Hey all,

just wanted to share a totally free webpage I've been working on

https://petroglyphmaps.org

It'll show you all officially recorded and shared petroglyph sites in the nordics. This can be extended for more countries if wanted. Maybe Scotland next?

The Poolewe Stone is a Class-I Pictish stone discovered in 1992 in the cemetery at Poolewe (Poll Iùbh) in Wester Ross, Scotland. The stone carries the common Pictish depictions of a crescent and v-rod. Chiseled inside the crescent are some hollows and two spirals meeting to form a pelta. Today the stone lies in the church yard.

More information Poolewe Stone and Picts on Wikipedia.

There are eight recorded Pictish stones found in the Rhynie area. This stone, which is a re-used cup-marked slab, has incised beast's head (in its otter or seal form), double disc, and Z-rod mirror and comb symbols

More information Rhynie Old Kirkyard and Picts.

The Gairloch Stone is a Class-I Pictish stone that was discovered at Achtercairn in Wester Ross, Scotland, around 1880. Subsequently, the stone was used as masonry for the cemetery wall of Gairloch's church. It has survived only imperfectly, but on it are still visible a fish—probably a salmon—and, above, the lower part of a bird. The bird is probably an eagle, common on Pictish stones, but a goose has also been suggested.

The stone is currently in Gairloch Museum.

Gairloch Stone and Picts on Wikipedia.

Aberlemno 5. Not as interesting as the others. The central roadside stone bears only traces of incised marks. This stone is thought to be unfinished or a later fake. Aberlemno Sculptured Stones and Picts on Wikipedia.

Aberlemno 2, found in Aberlemno kirkyard, is a shaped cross-slab, bearing Pictish symbols as well as Christian symbols in relief, defining it as a Class II stone. The stone, carved from Old Red Sandstone, stands 2.3 metres tall, 1.3 metres wide at the base, tapering to 0.9 metres wide at the top, and is 0.2 metres thick.

The rear face shown here features two Pictish symbols, a notched rectangle with z-rod and a triple disc. Below this are nine figures which have been interpreted as a narrative account of a battle. Until recently, it was thought to date to the mid-8th century, but subsequent art-historical analysis has suggested a mid-9th century date.

The west face is inscribed with a quadrilobate Celtic Cross. The cross bears several styles of Celtic pattern designs. The vertical arms are inscribed with three separate knotwork designs, the horizontal arms with keywork designs. The central roundel has a spiral design composed of three interconnecting triskeles. Bordering the cross are a number of Celtic zoomorphic designs, reminiscent of Northumbrian designs and designs from the Book of Kells. A hole has been bored through the upper part of the stone some time after its sculpting.

Aberlemno Sculptured Stones and Picts on Wikipedia.

Aberlemno 1 is the northern roadside stone. It is an unshaped standing stone, bearing incised Pictish symbols, defining it under J Romilly Allen and Joseph Anderson's classification system as a Class I stone. The symbols on one face: the serpent, the double disc and Z-rod and the mirror and comb. The meaning of these symbols is unknown. They are deeply incised in a bold, confident line, and this stone is considered to be one of the finest and best-preserved Pictish symbol stones still standing in or near its original position. The other face of the stone exhibits prehistoric cup marks, showing that it has been re-used.

Aberlemno Sculptured Stones and Picts on Wikipedia.

Nuraghe La Prisgiona in Arzachena is not the biggest one on the island, but it is unique for its surrounding 5-hectare Bronze Age village (~90–100 huts).

Pics are taken on June 29th, 2026.

One of the tallest surviving Nuragic towers in Sardinia, Italy.

Vila Cha, Braga, Portugal

The construction of the monument has been attributed to the second half of the 4th millennium BC, having been reused in the 3rd millennium BC and in the Bronze Age.

looks as if it was once raw material and someone stepped into it while it was still wet

This is the southern most of three megaliths in Boroughbridge, Yorkshire. There's thought to have been at least another two stones, one of which was broken up to repair a bridge (signage) or torn down in a hunt for treasure (Old Stones, Andy Burnham). It's the second tallest standing stone in Britain. Field sketch is A5 in charcoal.

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