Plates
1Kite-photograph of excavations at Rhynie in 2012
2Imported objects found at Rhynie
5Ogham-inscribed stone spindle-whorl from Buckquoy
6Decorative mount from Viewfield, Lhanbryde
8The different toponymic regions of Scotland
10Prehistoric and Pictish features to the south of Forteviot
11Hilton of Cadboll cross-slab
14Aerial view of Whitebridge cemetery
Figures
1A child’s burial under excavation at Knowe of Skea
2St Vigeans 11 cross-slab, back face
3Summary of the excavated features at the Pictish monastery at Portmahomack
4Architectural sculpture discovered during excavations at Portmahomack
5Inchmarnock ‘adeptus sanctum premium’ slate
6A school party visits the archaeological excavations at Portmahomack
7Map of the known names of peoples and kingdoms in Scotland between the 1st and 10th centuries
10Examples of Pictish sculptures
11General Roy’s plan of Burghead in the late 18th century
12Aberlemmno 1 symbol-bearing stone
15Summary of the ogham alphabet as used in Scotland
16Aerial photograph of Newton, Islay
19Comparison of animals on Insular manuscripts and Pictish carvings
21Carving of three warriors on a slab from the Brough of Birsay
22Aberlemno 2 (churchyard), back face
23Replica rock surface with carved footprint at Dunadd fort
25Map of documented early historic forts and other royal sites in Scotland
26Plans of early historic forts
28Dundurn, ‘St Fillan’s Chair’
29Reconstruction of Dunadd fort
31Sculpted Celtic head found at Burghead
32Rhynie man (Barflat) and iron pin
33General Roy’s late 18th-century plan of Inchtuthil
34Reconstruction of Buiston crannog
36Location map of key sites in the heart of Strathearn
37Reconstruction of Buckquoy with the Brough of Birsay in the background
39Woollen hood from St Andrew’s Parish, Orkney
41Wooden deer trap from Auquharney Moss, Aberdeenshire
42Reconstruction of roundhouses and souterrain
46Craig Phádraig hanging-bowl escutcheon
50Distribution of imported pottery and glass in the British Isles
52Dunadd fort with the Atlantic beyond
53Sources of the imported material found at Dunadd
56Cannel coal pendant in Inverness Museum, from Erchless
57Silver chain from Whitecleugh
58Symbol-incised slab from Dairy Park, Dunrobin
59Brodie cross-slab, back face
60Distribution of Pictish early sculpture and associated artwork
61Brandsbutt symbol- and ogham-bearing stone
62Dunfallandy cross-slab, back face
63Distribution of eccles- place names, long-cist burials and early inscriptions in south-east Scotland
64The cemetery around the Catstane under excavation
65Plan of the cemetery excavated at Hallow Hill
67Comparative plans of early Christian monasteries
68St Martin’s Cross, replica of St John’s Cross and St Columba’s Shrine, Iona
69St Vigeans 7, front face and detail of Applecross cross-slab
71Comparative plans of lesser early Christian sites
72Reconstruction of the monastery of Eileach an Naoimh, Garvellachs
73Beehive cell at Eileach an Naoimh
76Routes from Iona to Lindisfarne and Atholl
77Aerial view of Tullich church
78Excavations at the Pictish monastery at Portmahomack
79Distribution of early historic sites in and around the Tarbat peninsula
80Anglo-Saxon church at Escomb
81Aberlemno 2 cross-slab, front face
82Aberlemno 3 cross-slab (roadside), back face
83Distribution of select types of non-symbol-bearing early historic sculpted stones
84Hilton of Cadboll excavations in 2001
85Collection of sculpted stones at Meigle, as displayed in 1953
87Constantine’s Cross from Dupplin
89Detail of St Orland’s Stone, Cossans.
90Benvie cross-slab, back face
91Inscribed sword chape from St Ninian’s Isle
92Suggested model for the relationship between resources and the structuring of social authority over time and space