An ‘Incredibly Rare’ Medieval Carving Of A Face Discovered In Scotland May Be Of Pictish Origin

The Picts lived in northern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages, and this stone face may have been a rudimentary portrait created by them nearly 1,000 years ago. A small carved stone fragment depicting what appears to be a human face has been discovered at East Lomond hillfort in Fife, Scotland, in a find that may rewrite what is known about Pictish art and identity. “It is incredibly rare to have a representation of a human face in this time period,” Noble said. East Lomond Is Proving To Be An Archaeological Treasure TroveOther recent finds at the site bolster the argument that East Lomond was a high‐status settlement. Archaeologists think that if this really is a human face, it may reflect how Pictish identity was expressed locally.