The Picts emerged some 1,700 years ago in what is now northeastern Scotland—known in some sources as Pictavia, or Pictland—and left virtually no written records of their own and very few ...

Pottery from Africa found in a burnt-out fortress in Galloway hints at a 'lost' Dark Ages kingdom that may even have been born of an alliance between Britons and Picts.

It was a time when the warring kingdoms of Dark Ages Scotland such as Gododdin and Pictland were fighting for supremacy, with battle skills honed fighting Roman invaders.

Dunnottar Castle has played an important role during many crucial episodes of Scottish History, however, it was originally known as a Pictish fortress, and its greatest hour came during Æthelstan ...

Evidence of wine drinking has been found at Scotland’s largest known Pictish settlement with archaeologists investigating whether a huge festival was held at the hilltop site.

Burghead is thought to have been one of the key royal centres of Northern Pictland. The team from Aberdeen university began their dig in 2015.

In Pictland, Columban monks began to spread the word of Christianity in the seventh century. Iona faced competition from other Irish monastic missions, however, and their religious power was not ...

Burghead is thought to have been one of the key royal centres of Northern Pictland. The team from Aberdeen university began their dig in 2015.