Spirals Shandwick Stone Celtic Tattoo Design fern incorporating the Scottish key patterns

incorporating the Scottish key patterns found in Pictish carved stones with the knotwork patterns found in traditional high crosses

Because it is a bold pattern it can be rendered any size from bracelet to leg band

Any significant symbol can be placed within

From the Duleek circle at the top it flows naturally across the muscles to end just above the elbow

dating from before the time of iron

Spirals Shandwick Stone Celtic Tattoo Design fern incorporating the Scottish key patternsAn amazingly complex spiral panel from the Shandwick Stone, in Easter Ross Shire, Scotland. The magnificent Clach a' Charridh Stone is a Class II Pictish stone located near Shandwick on the Tarbat peninsula. This pattern is adapted from an intricate carved circle of spirals on the landward side of the stone slab. The spiral is the signature decorative ornament used in Celtic art, and it was the special genius of the Celts to perfect the method of