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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to day 2 of our online conference today, diving into the latest archaeological discoveries from Pictland with @northernpicts.bsky.social, and new research on Pictish sculpture from Prof Jane Geddes, Dr Victoria Whitworth and Dr Susan Youngs.

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Kim McDonald 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @unearthed-it.bsky.social · 5d

Really enjoyed my first attendance @pictishartssociety.bsky.social conference today. Great lectures, speakers and visuals. Thanks to everybody involved, especially @fortrenn.bsky.social

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 5d

Many thanks Kim for attending! Hope to see you there tomorrow.

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suespins.bsky.social @suespins.bsky.social · 6d

Really enjoying the talks this afternoon at the @pictishartssociety.bsky.social conference!

Re the invisible charcoal industry, I'm wondering if some, at least, of their cooking was done using charcoal - this would just increase the need for a managed charcoal industry . . .

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 6d

Are you stuck inside due to Storm Amy? Why not buy a last-minute ticket to attend our online conference this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon?

The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 7d

Last chance to book! The 2025 Pictish Arts Society Conference takes place on Zoom tomorrow and Sunday. We have 8 expert speakers on Pictish sculpture, metalwork and metalworking, plus an update on the latest exciting discoveries from @northernpicts.bsky.social. Full agenda and booking link below.

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 7d

Important update, as people are asking: The conference will be recorded, so your ticket will also get you access to the recordings afterwards.

The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 7d

Last chance to book! The 2025 Pictish Arts Society Conference takes place on Zoom tomorrow and Sunday. We have 8 expert speakers on Pictish sculpture, metalwork and metalworking, plus an update on the latest exciting discoveries from @northernpicts.bsky.social. Full agenda and booking link below.

The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 7d

Last chance to book! The 2025 Pictish Arts Society Conference takes place on Zoom tomorrow and Sunday. We have 8 expert speakers on Pictish sculpture, metalwork and metalworking, plus an update on the latest exciting discoveries from @northernpicts.bsky.social. Full agenda and booking link below.

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 9d

Still time to get your ticket for this weekend's online conference! Full agenda and booking link at the link below.

The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 15d

Next weekend! The Pictish Arts Society conference 2025, with 8 expert speakers on Pictish metalwork and sculpture - from the legacy of Roman silver to new insights on Sueno's Stone, cross-slabs at Skinnet and Ulbster, and Pictish bull carvings. 4-5 Oct, online via Zoom. Agenda and booking link:

The Picts: Rulers of the North | The Ancients

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 12d

Podcast link:

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 12d

If you enjoyed the recent The Ancients podcast about the Picts, you can hear more from both experts at our online conference next weekend! Dr Martin Goldberg will speak about Roman silver in Pictland, and Prof Gordon Noble will speak about the latest Pictish archaeological discoveries. Booking link:

New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 13d

The Guardian article for those who missed it yesterday:

Exclusive: Author challenges assumption monks on Iona created manuscript, instead positing its origins are Pictish

www.theguardian.com

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 13d

If you were intrigued by yesterday's Guardian article about the Book of Kells, why not come and hear more of Dr Victoria Whitworth's research at our online conference next weekend? Dr Whitworth will be speaking on Sunday 5 October about the Pictish cross-slabs at Skinnet and Ulbster in Caithness.

Exclusive: Author challenges assumption monks on Iona created manuscript, instead positing its origins are Pictish The Book of Kells was likely to have been created 1,200 years ago in Pictish eastern Scotland, rather than on the island of Iona, according to research that challenges long-held assumptions about one of the world’s most famous medieval manuscripts. The Book of Kells is an intricate, illuminated account of the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John that was long thought to have been started in the late eighth century at the monastery on Iona before being taken in the 9th century to the monastery of Kells in County Meath, Ireland, after a Viking raid. Continue reading...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14d

New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic

www.theguardian.com

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 14d

Look forward to seeing you there, Kim!

The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 15d

Next weekend! The Pictish Arts Society conference 2025, with 8 expert speakers on Pictish metalwork and sculpture - from the legacy of Roman silver to new insights on Sueno's Stone, cross-slabs at Skinnet and Ulbster, and Pictish bull carvings. 4-5 Oct, online via Zoom. Agenda and booking link:

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Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 18d

The author will be joined by master craftsman and artist Thomas Keyes who uses the vellum-making technology used to make the pages of the Book of Kells, and as uniquely discovered in excavations at the early medieval monastery of Portmahomack, for his Kells-inspire artwork scribalstyles.net

Naomh Calumcille Ann an Alba by Thomas Keyes via https://scribalstyles.net/

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Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 18d

Exciting book launch event!!

Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.

Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 21d

Yes, you can see the full agenda here: www.thepictishartssociety.org.uk/conference-2..., book directly at the Ticketsource link below, and the conference itself is held on Zoom.

www.ticketsource.co.uk

PAS Annual Conference 2025

The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 21d

Just to add that the conference is fully online, not (per the link below) in Brechin. We look forward to seeing you there!

Daniel MacLean @danielmaclean.bsky.social · 21d

THE PICTISH ARTS SOCIETY CONFERENCE!!

Day 1, Metal and Metalwork
Day 2, New research on Pictish Art and it’s Context

Book below!

facebook.com/events/s/pas...

Event in Brechin, United Kingdom by The Pictish Arts Society on Saturday, October 4 2025

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 21d

Student unearths 2,000-year-old stone that shows Pictish face carving www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Student unearths 2,000-year-old stone that shows Pictish face carving

Jodie Allan made the finding while digging in Fife, Scotland. It’s more evidence that the area ‘was an important Pictish settlement’, her professor says

www.independent.co.uk

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 22d

Have you got your ticket yet? The Pictish Arts Society's 2025 online conference is on 4 and 5 October, focusing on sculpture and metalwork in Pictland. 8 expert papers including finds from Burghead and Rhynie, Pictish bull carvings, Pictish weapons, the 'tower' on Sueno's Stone and more. Link below.

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Daniel MacLean @danielmaclean.bsky.social · 24d

Burghead 2025. What a year. Here is a snapshot of the upper citadel. 8/9th C brooch pin like one from Dunadd. A 2nd C spiral bead from inside a 8th/9th C building, very similar to one from the Croy hoard. The building is massive >7m long, a huge central hearth. Also me busy on the John Deere!

8/9th C penannular brooch pin, very similar to one from
Early Medieval royal hillfort Dunadd

A black and yellow spiral glass bead made in the 1st/2nd C. Very similar to one in the Early Medieval Croy hoard which dates to the 8th C

A Pictish building in plan. The left of the image shows a massive stone built hearth with associated flue or quenching pit. To the right is the base of a low stone wall which supported a far greater turf wall. On the outside of the turf wall are a line of post holes which may be associated with the support for the roof of the building.

An archaeologist busy pretending to excavate with a child’s toy ride on tractor

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The Pictish Arts Society @pictishartssociety.bsky.social · 28d

Join us on 4 and 5 October for our 2025 online conference! Two days of expert talks on Pictish art and craft - from recycled Roman silver to metalwork at Burghead and Rhynie, plus insights into Pictish weaponry, Sueno's Stone, two Caithness cross-slabs and Pictish bull carvings. Booking link below.