Using tree-ring data from ancient oaks, the team reconstructed rainfall levels in southern Britain during the years preceding ...

Three summers of extreme drought might have contributed to British rebellion against Roman legions, according to academic ...

Stand in Aberlemno and you find yourself at the heart of a landscape of deep importance to the Picts - and a place where villagers care very much about their history indeed.

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

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 ...

A RING believed to date back more than 1,000 years has been unearthed by a volunteer. John Ralph made the incredible find while he was on a dig at a fort in Burghead, Scotland. The area was ...

When the Romans first came to northern Scotland in the first century A.D., they found the Highlands occupied by fierce, tattoo-covered tribes they called the Picts, or painted people. From the ...

Scientists link the 367 CE Barbarian invasion of Roman Britain to severe drought, revealing climate’s hidden role in the ...

At a time when Viking raids were destroying much of Scotland the new king, MacAlpin, helps strengthen the ties between the Pict and Gaelic kingdoms. His legacy is a new royal dynasty that would ...

The findings have been published in the journal Climatic Change. Picts, Scotti and Saxons inflicted crushing blows on weakened Roman defences in the spring and summer of AD367. Senior Roman ...

Researchers argue that Picts, Scotti and Saxons took advantage of famine and societal breakdown caused by an extreme period of drought to inflict crushing blows on weakened Roman defenses in 367 CE.