Picts, Gaels and Scots: Early Historic ScotlandFrom the 5th to the 10th century AD, Scotland was home to a variety of peoples and cultures competing for land and supremacy, yet by the 11th century it had become a single, unified kingdom, known as Alba, under a stable and successful monarchy. At the heart of this mystery lies the extraordinary influence of the Picts and their neighbours, the Gaels, who were originally immigrants from Ireland. |
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List of illustrations | 6 |
the sources | 19 |
The residence of power | 33 |
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Aberlemno Adomnán Alba and/or appear archaeological Argyll associated authority Bede Britain brooch Brough of Birsay Burghead burial Celtic Chapter Cináed mac Ailpín Class I stones colour plate Columba Columban Church Constantín crop marks cross cross-slab Dál Riata distribution documentary sources Dunadd Dundurn Dupplin cross early Christian early historic period eighth century elite enclosure evidence excavation Forteviot Fortriu Gaelic Gaels high-status Historic Scotland important inscription Iona Ireland Irish Iron Age kingdom kingship land late later Loairn medieval metalwork military monastery monks monuments Museum neighbours northern Northumbria ogham Orkney pagan perhaps Pictish and Dál Pictish kings Pictish symbols Pictland Picts Picts and Dál place-names political power centres RCAHMS referred religious ritual role Roman Church roundhouses royal Scots Scottish sculpted stones sculpture secular settlement seventh century sixth century social society souterrains St Andrews St Ninian's Isle status Sueno's stone suggests surviving territories timber tion Viking