Archaeology InSites
Age of Warriors
The Age of Warriors explores the time of Picts, Celts and Vikings. Learn about intricately decorated Pictish cross slabs and coastal caves with unique carvings; discover early Medieval landscapes and read about potential Viking canals.
Sculptor's Cave pictish carving and human remains - Covesea, Morayshire
Striking Pictish symbols carved into the walls and roof canopy of a cave, located part way up a sheer cliff edge, lend their name to one of the most interesting and significant sites in Scottish prehistory – Sculptor’s Cave.
Medieval ‘Viking’ Canal – Rubh’ An Dunain, Isle of Skye Highland
In a remote corner of the Isle of Skye there is a strange canal with no known parallels anywhere else in Scotland. It has no lock-gates, but instead utilises the rise and fall of the natural tides to allow or deny vessels access to a small lochen. A radiocarbon date from a boat timber found within this lochen suggests it was as an anchorage about 1100 AD.
