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Archaeologists dig into the secrets of the Picts at Fortingall

Excavations have begun at Fortingall village in Highland Perthshire, where the remains of an ancient Pictish monastery are believed to rest.
The dig will be led by renowned archaeologist Dr Oliver O'Grady, best known for excavations at Scone Palace that revealed medieval burials and evidence of the lost abbey of Scone.

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The Picts were a group of Late Iron Age and Early Mediaeval people living in what is now eastern and northern Scotland. There is an association with the distribution of brochs, Pit-names, for instance Pitlochry, and Pictish stones. They are recorded from before the Roman conquest of Britain until the 10th century, when they merged with the Gaels. They lived to the north of the Forth and Clyde rivers, and spoke the extinct Pictish language, thought to have been related to the Brythonic languages spoken by the Britons to the south. They are assumed to have been the descendants of the Caledonii and other tribes named by Roman historians or found on the world map of Ptolemy. Pictland, also known as Pictavia, gradually merged with the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata to form the Kingdom of Alba (Scotland). Alba expanded, absorbing the Brythonic kingdom of Strathclyde and Bernician Lothian, and by the 11th century the Pictish identity had been subsumed into the "Scots" amalgamation of peoples.
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THE PICTS


The Picts ( Pretani )



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a Visitor Centre which tells the story of Scotland's ancient Pictish tribes, a warrior people who roamed Angus nearly two thousand years ago. Discover their stories, battles, music, art - discover their lives.
These 1st Millennium settlers in Angus left us a mysterious legacy of carved stones, bearing their iconic images of birds, beasts, warriors and symbols, which to this day watch over the landscape all around the county.

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A Pictish encampment at Pictavia Visitor Centre comes under attack this Summer when they are invaded by marauding Vikings on Saturday July 28th and Sunday July 29th!

Programme for Saturday 28th

    * 13.00-13.20 - A Vikings v Picts Skirmish
    * 14.10-14.30 - Pictish Weapons Demonstration
    * 15.30-15.50 - A Vikings v Picts Skirmish

Programme for Sunday 29th

    * 13.00-13.20 - A Vikings v Picts Skirmish
    * 13.30-14.00 - Elite Falconry Display
    * 14.10-14.30 - Pictish Weapons Demonstration
    * 14.45-15.15 - Elite Falconry Display
    * 15.30-15.50 - A Vikings v Picts Skirmish


Adults: £3.00 Children / OAP: £1.50 
Family (2 adults, 2 children or 1 + 3): £7.50


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