Double disc (Pictish symbol)

The double disc is a Pictish symbol of unknown meaning, that is frequently found on Class I and Class II Pictish stones,^[1] as well as on Pictish metalwork.^[2][3] The symbol can be found with and without an overlaid Z-rod (also of unknown meaning), and in combinations of both (as with the Monifieth 1 stone).

Gallery

Aberlemno 1; Class I stone with double disc and Z rod  Dunnichen Stone; Class I with double disc and Z rod  Aberlemno 3 rear face detail; Class II  Monifieth 1; Class II stone with double discs with and without Z-rod  Detail of penannular ring on Whitecleuch Chain showing double disc and Z-rod  Plaque from Norrie's Law hoard showing Double disc and Z-rod  Fordoun stone  Picardy stone  St Orland's Stone  Invereen Stone  Woodwrae Stone rear face

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