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, ...

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Dr Anne Crone, consultant dendrochronologist and archaeologist, carried out the dating work on the timbers from Dundurn after funding was awarded from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Together they created the Kingdom of Alba. The Picts took part in one of the most decisive battles in Scottish history - the Battle of Dun Nechtain (Dunnichen). If the Picts had lost, Scotland ...