Known as 'Picti' by the Romans, meaning 'Painted Ones' in Latin, these northern tribes constituted the largest kingdom in Dark Age Scotland. They repelled the conquests of both Romans and Angles ...
Ralph had uncovered a rare 1,000-year-old Pictish ring ... They eventually joined a neighboring kingdom and “evolved into Scotland.” Photos show the Pictish ring before and after being ...
The largest weighs about 3kg - nearly twice as heavy as the Crown of Scotland made about 1,000 years later ... what will eventually become the kingdom of Scotland. With the collapse of the ...
The Gaels gave Scotland its name from 'Scoti', a racially ... At the heart of the Gaelic kingdom – Dál Riata – was a formidable hill fort. The rocky outcrop of Dunadd, Argyll, was far more ...
A "remarkable" Pictish ring thought to be at least 1,000 years old has been discovered ... a significant seat of power within the Pictish kingdom between AD500 and AD1000. Delighted Mr Ralph ...