ABSTRACT
For decades, Pictish sculpture has enthralled art-historians and archaeologists in a search for its meaning. Both disciplines inform one another, and contribute to the development of an interpretation. One strand of the archaeologists' enquiry is the meaning these monuments hold in the landscape, and it is therefore unfortunate that many Pictish carved stones are not found in their original settings. This paper examines the evidence for the original settings of Pictish cross-slabs and crosses, specifically by reconsidering the results of archaeological excavations that have taken place prior to remedial work.
