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	Pictish Stones
mickfinn
2-13-2008 4:58 AM
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Beautiful stonework from the ancient people of northern Britain.
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2-13-2008 10:18 AM
righthand
The Pitts!!!
2-13-2008 2:10 PM
kkcapricorn
Awesome
2-14-2008 3:07 AM
michellezm
Wonderful. Thanks Mick
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The landward-facing, secular side of the cross-slab on location in Easter Ross. This is the replica by Barry Grove.</DIV>
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The reverse or "secular" side of the stone in a 19th century illustration, minus the top section.</DIV>
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<DIV class="thumbinner"><A title="Illustration from Angus J Beaton's Illustrated Guide to Fortrose and Vicinity, with an appendix on the Antiquities of the Black Isle, published in Inverness in 1885." class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Rosemarkie_stone.jpg"><IMG width="180" height="283" border="0" class="thumbimage" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Rosemarkie_stone.jpg/180px-Rosemarkie_stone.jpg" alt="Illustration from Angus J Beaton's Illustrated Guide to Fortrose and Vicinity, with an appendix on the Antiquities of the Black Isle, published in Inverness in 1885." /></A>
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Illustration from Angus J Beaton's <I>Illustrated Guide to Fortrose and Vicinity, with an appendix on the Antiquities of the Black Isle</I>, published in Inverness in 1885.</DIV>
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The so-called Daniel Stone.</DIV>
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Picture of the stone, taken in July 2006.</DIV>
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Reverse, seaward side. This is a 19th century illustration.</DIV>
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<DIV class="thumbinner"><A title="Clach an Tiompain, Strathpeffer." class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Pictish_stone_strathpeffer_eagle.jpg"><IMG width="180" height="193" border="0" class="thumbimage" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Pictish_stone_strathpeffer_eagle.jpg/180px-Pictish_stone_strathpeffer_eagle.jpg" alt="Clach an Tiompain, Strathpeffer." /></A>
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<I>Clach an Tiompain</I>, Strathpeffer.</DIV>
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