A large number of Pictish-era finds have been made in Shetland. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as ...

The origins of the Picts were local to the British Isles and not from large scale migration from exotic locations in the east, new research suggests. The study is helping to shed new light on the ...

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During an excavation in Burghead, a volunteer picked up a “bit of earth” and uncovered a well-preserved Pictish ring, archaeologists said. Photo from the University of Aberdeen During an ...

The brutal death of a Pictish man who lived in a Fife coastal community around 1,500 years ago has been revealed following analysis of his badly damaged skull. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...