Pictland Quotes

“Why resist the Iona hypthesis? In part to play devil's advocate, but mostly because the wit, verve and apparent sponteneity - the daredevil quality of the Book of Kells is not in evidence in Iona. It is, however, abundantly present in Pictish sculpture, and thanks to new research we now know that Pictland has a monastic site that once rivalled Iona.”
― Victoria Whitworth, The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma

“philologists, archaeoligists and historians, differing among themslves at many points, would probably all agree that the historical Picts were a heterogeneous people and that the antecedents of Pictland should not be sought in a single race or culture.”
― Frederick T. Wainwright, The Problem of the Picts