The ruins of the Abdie Church near the Scottish Newburgh dates from the Middle Ages (consecrated in 1242); But was already built in a “place of history” at that time. This place has already been shaped by the Lindores Stone , a piktic symbol stone from the 7th century AD.
The pikes have their names of the Romans, the Romans named the primal bulge "Picts" that was opposed to their will to conquer with a weapon and tattooed (therefore the name comes, the pikes are "painted", even if several peoples with different cultural traditions defend themselves against the Romans).
Ruins of the Abdie Church - photographed by James Allan
Little is preserved from the culture of these pords, only a few late picture stones and steles with characters and ornaments, such as the 1.70 m high and 56 cm wide Lindores Stone, which today stands on a place of honor in a small building at the cemetery entrance of the Abdie-Church area.
The stone is dated to 7th century AD and was decorated by the stone -cut artists among the pikes with three typical symbols: a circle with crossbeams and two small, also circular ears, which is generally interpreted as a boiler; A collection of half monds and two rods, under Kurzelinks.de/63qk you can see the original and interpretations.
The Romans survived the pords, but not the permanent generation with neighboring skots; 843 AD were taken up by the first Scottish King King Ich I. Macalpin and Scotland (Alba) was affiliated, language and cultures of the British Celts came up in the Gaelic-Irish Celts.
The Trvve Picture of One Picte by Theodor de Bry
In addition to the Britan Celts, there were also fishing, Jüten and Saxony on the island, which first became Anglo -Saxon and then British. The Scots were sovereign for 864 years; In 1707 they were united by the Act of Union with the British to the Kingdom of Great Britain (including because the Scottish state was about to establish a Scottish colony in Panama, shortly before the bankruptcy).
With Brexit, England is currently heading towards bankruptcy, which is why it could be good that the Scots will soon become self -employed after a little more than 300 years ...
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