Balance Z-Rod Pictish Tattoo Design geometry stands in holy ground outside

stands in holy ground outside Saint Patrick's Slane Abbey there

hunted with mighty hounds at her side

This particular pattern was found on the shield of King Raedwald

The scientist for whom this pattern was created as a symbol of frontier optics research explains it thus: "To me

Balance Z-Rod Pictish Tattoo Design geometry stands in holy ground outsideA 6th century Pictish carving on the Rodney standing stone near Brodie Castle in Moray, Scotland depicts the balance of two great warring clans. This symbol is a doubled disc and Z rod, memorializing the time when they came together and joined forces, creating a stronger Pictish Nation.