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 …

Jan 27, 2024 · Z-Rod & Double Disc is the popular name for what historically has been determined as two (or more) shapes that look like a Z shaped rod and, in the main, two …

Oct 23, 2024 · Hundreds of Pictish stones are scattered across Scotland with curious symbols that archaeologists and historians have studied for years, here’s what we know about them. …

The face bears a Latin cross, part of a 'sea monster', a double-disc and Z-rod, a hunting scene with three horsemen and dogs, and two inscriptions, one in Hiberno-Saxon minuscules (on the …

The double disc is a Pictish symbol of unknown meaning, that is frequently found on Class I and Class II Pictish stones, as well as on Pictish metalwork. The symbol can be found with and …

Jul 17, 2019 · The next most common Pictish symbol is the Double disk and Z-rod which the engineer thinks “probably represents the summer and/or winter solstice,” and he thinks the …

These rods are shaped in a V- or a Z-form and they seem to cross the Pictish symbol. The rods are always decorated at the endings. The symbols that can be executed with rods are the …

Jun 27, 2010 · This is the Pictish symbol known as the double disc & Z-rod as it appears on the back of a cross-slab from Meigle in Perthshire. The stone in question is usually listed in …

Of the 16 Notched Rectangle objects 11 are with Z-Rods. They represent the shape and layout of a Mithraeum, in some cases with indentations which equate to the niches which would have …

The most numerous (mainly geometric) Symbols are the V-Rod & Crescent, Mirror, Z-Rod & Double Disc, Pictish Beast and Comb. Collectively these account for two thirds of the Symbols.