Known as 'Picti' by the Romans, meaning 'Painted Ones' in Latin, these northern tribes constituted the largest kingdom in Dark Age Scotland. They repelled the conquests of both Romans and Angles ...

The Kingdom of the Britons stretched along the ... A fascinating account of the Britonnic Scots is provided by Scotland's earliest poetry. 'The Gododdin', written by the Welsh bard Aneirin ...

Scotland's History Early Scotland The Gaelic Kingdom of Dál Riata emerges The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

The Gaels gave Scotland its name from 'Scoti', a racially ... At the heart of the Gaelic kingdom – Dál Riata – was a formidable hill fort. The rocky outcrop of Dunadd, Argyll, was far more ...