# Bone objects and settlement layers in the Northern Isles show the symbols in use in the fifth century.

> Bone objects and settlement layers in the Northern Isles show the symbols in use in the fifth century.

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# Bone objects and settlement layers in the Northern Isles show the symbols in use in the fifth century.

Bone objects and settlement layers in the Northern Isles show the symbols in use in the fifth century.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[The system was in use by the third to fourth century AD.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/pictish-symbols/answers/ANS0CQHAN683C69/the-system-was-in-use-by-the-third-to-fourth-century-ad)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Bone objects and settlement layers in the Northern Isles show the symbols in use in the fifth century. [Evidence EVD0CQHANNW7382]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0CQHANNW7382
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