Bullion Stone

The Bullion Stone is a late carved Pictish stone, which is unusual in containing a figure; it dates to c. 900-950.^[1] It was discovered in 1933 during the construction of a road in Angus, Scotland, and is now located in the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The image on the stone is unique amongst Pictish stones discovered thus far. It depicts a bald, bearded man on a weary horse, carrying a shield and drinking from a very large drinking horn with a bird's head terminal,^[2] a parallel that has been noted to the Torrs Horns, also in the museum, of nearly 1,000 years earlier.^[3]

References

↑ Museum of Scotland
↑ "Ancient Scotland - Bullion Pictish Stone". Retrieved 2008-12-31.
↑ "Laings", Lloyd Laing and Jennifer Laing. Art of the Celts: From 700 BC to the Celtic Revival, p. 71, 1992, Thames & Hudson (World of Art), ISBN 0-500-20256-7

Pictish sculptured stones

Ross	Ardjachie Stone Dingwall Stone Edderton Cross Slab Edderton Standing Stone Gairloch Stone Hilton of Cadboll Stone Nigg Stone Poolewe Stone Portmahomack sculpture fragments Rosemarkie Stone Rosemarkie sculpture fragments Rosskeen Stone Shandwick Stone Strathpeffer Stone

Badenoch and Strathspey	Advie Stone Ballintomb Stone Congash Stones Dunachton Stone Findlarig Stone Grantown Stone Inverallan Stone Lynchurn Stone

Moray	Dandaleith stone Rodney's Stone Sueno's Stone

Inverness	Balbair Stones Culaird Stone Dores Stone Drumbuie Stone Garbeg Stone Invereen Stone Kingsmills Stone Knocknagael Stone Lochardill Stone Torgorm Stone

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire	Ardlair Stone Aquhollie Stone Brandsbutt Stone Broomend of Crichie stone Cairnton stone Dyce stones Fordoun Stone Fyvie Stones Kintore stones Logie Elphinstone Stones Maiden Stone Migvie Stone Monymusk Stone Nether Corskie Stone Newbigging, Leslie Stone Newton House Stones Picardy Stone Rhynie Stones Tillytarmont Stones

Angus	Aberlemno Sculptured Stones Balluderon Stone Camus Cross Drosten Stone Dunnichen Stone Eassie Stone Glamis Manse Stone Hunter's Hill Stone Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones Monifieth Sculptured Stones St Orland's Stone St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Strathmartine Castle Stone Woodwrae Stone

Perth and Kinross	Bullion Stone Dupplin Cross Meigle standing stones

Fife	Abdie stone

Coordinates: 55°56′49″N 3°11′21″W / 55.946991°N 3.189183°W / 55.946991; -3.189183

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Bullion Stone

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