The double disc is a

Pictish Pictish is the extinct Brittonic language spoken by the Picts, the people of eastern and northern Scotland from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages. Virtually no direct attestations of Pictish remain, short of a limited number of geographica ...

symbol of unknown meaning that is frequently found on Class I and Class II

Pictish stones A Pictish stone is a type of monumental stele, generally carved or incised with symbols or designs. A few have ogham inscriptions. Located in Scotland, mostly north of the Clyde-Forth line and on the Eastern side of the country, these stones ar ...

, as well as on Pictish metalwork. The symbol can be found with and without an overlaid ''Z-rod'' (also of unknown meaning), and in combinations of both (as with the Monifieth 1 stone).

Gallery

File:Serpent stone.JPG, Aberlemno 1; Class I stone with double disc and Z rod File:DunnichenMeffan.jpg,

Dunnichen Stone The Dunnichen Stone is a class I Pictish symbol stone that was discovered in 1811 at Dunnichen, Angus. It probably dates to the 7th century AD. Location The exact location at which the stone was found is unknown, but thought to be in a field i ...

; Class I with double disc and Z rod File:Aberlemno III symbols.jpg, Aberlemno 3 rear face detail; Class II File:Monifieth1 rear.jpg, Monifieth 1; Class II stone with double discs with and without Z-rod File:Whitecleuch chain detail.jpg, Detail of penannular ring on

Whitecleuch Chain The Whitecleuch Chain is a large Pictish silver chain that was found in Whitecleuch, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1869. A high status piece, it is likely to have been worn as a choker neck ornament for ceremonial purposes. It dates from around 400 to ...

showing double disc and Z-rod File:Norrie's LawDSCF6226.jpg, Plaque from

Norrie's Law Norrie's Law hoard is a sixth century silver hoard discovered in 1819 at a small mound in Largo, Fife, Scotland. Found by an unknown person or persons, most of the hoard was illegally sold or given away. Remaining items of the hoard were foun ...

hoard showing Double disc and Z-rod File:Pictish.stone.Fordoun.jpg, Fordoun stone File:Picardy Symbol Stone.jpg, Picardy stone File:St Orlands Stone - geograph.org.uk - 138248.jpg, St Orland's Stone File:Invereen stone.JPG, Invereen Stone File:Woodwrae stone rear.JPG, Woodwrae Stone rear face

References

{{reflist Symbols on Pictish stones