The period may have as much contemporary resonance as Ancient Rome. By Jonn Elledge Last week ... the second century Hadrian’s Wall as a fifth century defence against the Picts. Yet he remains one of ...

Did the Picts originate from Thule and migrate to ... In a study done by the Technical University of Berlin, researchers used ancient Greek and Roman maps to determine Thule's location.

The Pictish symbol stones at Aberlemno are “perhaps the most extraordinary and beautiful of all carved stones in the British Isles”, according to Historic Environment Scotland. So the news that ...

Although it’s well over 70 years since I left my ancestral home of Camelon I have never lost my interest in the fantastic ...

The Kingdom of Scotland was founded in 843 AD when Kenneth MacAlpin unified the Picts and Scots, though its story stretches ...

It was ‘terrarum fine’ - the end of the world - and for around 20,000 soldiers who had marched north, crossing hills, swamps and rivers to ...

Abernethy, Perthshire, is an extremely potent name in Scottish history. In ancient times it was the religious centre for the Southern Picts and later their political capital and home of their King.

READ MORE: How this ancient but new city became de facto capital of Scotland ... “Mitchell believed that Scotland had been populated by contented primitive hunters who became the Picts, and that the ...