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"We also have outstanding carved Pictish crosses, which are being interpreted in new ways for the first time."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2024
Mainland’s archaeological gems include Jarlshof, which includes ruins from the Bronze, Iron, Pictish and Viking eras, and, just offshore, the some 2,000-year-old Broch of Mousa.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021
Indeed its collection includes the Milecastle 38 inscription, which proved that Hadrian built Hadrian's Wall – previously it was usually referred to as the Pictish Wall or the Roman Wall.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2013
A massive Pictish Christian monument, , may also give clues.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2012
The discipline, as the rebel generals said afterwards, was not Pictish.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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