 Suggestions have included a dolphin, a kelpie (or "each uisge"), and even the Loch Ness Monster.Recent thinking is that the Pictish Beast might be related to the design of dragonesque brooches, which were S-shaped pieces of jewelry, made from the mid-1st to the 2nd century CE, that depict double-headed animals with swirled snouts and distinctive ears.These have been found in southern Scotland and northern England.