"Fortriu became the dominant kingdom in the late seventh century," Woolf said. "The idea of a unified Pictish kingdom was probably the result of the kings of Fortriu extending their rule over ...

From major fire to demolition and now the threat of coastal erosion, the once mighty Pictish fort at Burghead ... power centre of the Pictish Kingdom of Fortriu. Here, Pictish leaders are likely ...

Until recently historians had believed that Fortriu - one of the most powerful Kingdoms of the “painted people” - had been based in Perthshire. But recent research has now placed the Pictish ...

Aka “Scotland, the Last Kingdom of the ancient Britons ... Woolf, Alex, "Dun Nechtain, Fortriu and the Geography of the Picts", Scottish Historical Review 85, pp. 182-201.

The early Christian centre, one of the biggest ever Pictish site excavations, is thought to have been one of the major churches of the Kingdom of Fortriu. Dr Gordon Noble, director of the new ...

What we know about Fortriu and the Picts is from foreign sources – the ... is bringing to light more evidence of this truly lost kingdom and its peoples. However, we still do not know what ...

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 ...

It is believed the site at Burghead may been one of the most important elite settlements of the Kingdom of Fortriu which was the Pictish overkingship from the 7th century onwards. Dr Noble ...

The Picts, who inhabited early medieval Scotland from about 300–900 AD, formed the first documented kingdoms of eastern Scotland, but have often been a subject of mystery due to the lack of ...

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 ...