They did things a little differently in Pictland
Psychogeography or the Smell of Water has been on his wanderings again. And come back with these marvellous Hogbank stones from 'Up North' as you might say. Early medieval with a strong touch of the Scandinavian influence. If you peruse his blogs he has also been to the Kilmartin Glen, somewhere I shall probably never go to but am glad others do it for me!
I wrote about the Hogbacks at Lythe Church here. Which is just outside Sandsend, which in turn is but a couple of miles from Whitby. These early medieval coffin stones tell us of a settled community down by the sea. The raiders had become part of the landscape.
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