Warriors and War of Pictish Sculpture

In this presentation John Borland looks at the various images of armed nobles and battle scenes on Pictish sculpture to see what they can tell us about the Picts’ warrior society.

Images of armed Pictish nobles adorn many sculptured stones and although they relate more often to the pursuit of hunting, they give a good indication of what a Pictish warrior looked like. Other sculptures depict hand-to-hand combat, armies on the move and a few actually depict battle.

This was a presentation delivered as part of the Historic Environment Scotland Archives 2021 programme of talks. You can find out about upcoming talks and events here:

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