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Pictish fort razed by Vikings gets a full digital rebuild

The Times/The Sunday Times 04 Nov 2021
Scotland’s largest known Pictish ... Burghead was home to a Pictish settlement that was burnt down in about the 10th century when Vikings were attacking the Moray coast.
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Step inside a 1,000-year-old Scottish fort! Incredible 3D reconstruction reveals what Scotland’s largest Pictish settlement ...

The Daily Mail 03 Nov 2021
An incredible 3D reconstruction has revealed what Scotland's largest Pictish fort would have looked like in its prime, more than 1,000 years ago ... However, the team's efforts have painted a different picture, yielding what they call 'some of the most significant Pictish items and building remains ever uncovered.'.
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Is this how a Pictish fort looked 1,000 years ago?

BBC News 02 Nov 2021
A three-dimensional reconstruction has depicted how a significant Scottish Pictish fort may have looked more than 1,000 years ago ... It is thought the settlement was a significant seat of power within the Pictish kingdom between AD500 and AD1000 ... Pictish site", he said.
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Buried cross may be sign of early Pictish Christians

The Times/The Sunday Times 30 Jul 2021
A Pictish cross thought to be 1,300 years old has been unearthed during farm work, after it was initially mistaken for rubble and ignored ... .
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Royal Pictish ‘power centre’ unearthed on Dunkeld hillfort

The Courier 17 Apr 2021
The story behind a hillfort in Dunkeld which was once a royal Pictish ‘power centre’ is now being explored via a series of community projects, as Gayle Ritchie discovers ... .
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Revealed: Details of massive Pictish-era feast in Orkney

The Scotsman 17 Mar 2021
They came, they partied – they eat more than 18,000 pieces of shellfish ....
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Brutally Murdered Pictish Man's Face Gets Digitally Recreated

TheNewsHOOK 09 Mar 2021
Brutally Murdered Pictish Man's Face Gets Digitally Recreated ....
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North-east archaeological group wins national award after bringing the past to life in Deeside

The Courier 12 Feb 2021
There are no whips or sable fedora hats among the men, women and children who search for ancient artefacts across Aberdeenshire ... .
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Wemyss Caves: Gates proposed to protect ancient Pictish symbols from repeated vandal attacks

The Courier 09 Feb 2021
Mindless vandals could force a nationally important heritage site in Fife to be put behind bars for its own protection ... .
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Pictish Trail announced rescheduled shows

Ents24 04 Feb 2021
Tue 22nd Mar. Hare & Hounds, Birmingham Thu 24th Mar ... The Louisiana, Bristol Sun 27th Mar.
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Samuel Beckett in Scotland: parenthood, Pictish stones and pancakes

The Irish Times 21 Jan 2021
Aberdeen ... But this may be a Scottish connection too far…. And then there is Beckett’s use of Scots ... What draws me to the garden centre is our two young children’s appetite for pancakes, so while All That Fall is a play of ageing and decline, my adaptation of it would be a play of parenthood – parenthood, Pictish stones and pancakes ... .
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Rare Pictish stone goes on Covid-safe display

BBC News 12 Dec 2020
A rare Pictish standing stone is to go on display in the window of a Highlands museum that is temporarily closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic ... Archaeologists described its discovery last year being of national importance because it is one of only about 50 complete Pictish cross-slabs - intricately carved stones - known to exist ... Related Topics. .
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