The Pictish Guide: A Guide to Pictish Stones

by Elizabeth Sutherland

This is the only book to detail all known Pictish carved stones, with a full listing of symbols, and location maps. Easy to read and authoritative.

154 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

About the author

Elizabeth Sutherland had an Orcadian father and a mother from Fife, which, she claims, makes her a Pict. After training at Edinburgh University to be a social worker, she married an Episcopalian clergyman and lived in four Scottish parishes, ending up in Fortrose, on the Black Isle.

On her late husband's retirement in 1982 she took over Groam House Museum in Rosemarkie and was responsible for its becoming a Pictish Centre. Her work on Coinneach Odhar - the Brahan Seer - established her as a serious historian. The subject was especially relevant, as he ended his days in a burning barrel of tar at Chanonry Point, Fortrose.

Recently she has turned her hand to Black Isle local history in a series of pamphlets for Black Isle Press.

Biography, bibliography and excerpts available at Am Baile: The Highland Council's Literary Landscapes.

Reviews

[Alison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful little book that really warrants an update. Some more photos preferably in colour would also be an improvement.