Picts: History and Heritage
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- Picts: History and Heritage provides an overview of some of the key developments in the evolution of the Pictish kingdom between the 5th and 9th centuries. Using recent studies on the political centralisation of Pictland and its external relations with neighbouring kingdoms, the film traces some of the key developments in the history of Fortiu until the Gaelic takeover at the end of the 9th century.
The film emphasises the cultural and religious interaction between Pictland and the kingdom of Northumbria which provided the context for cultural masterpieces like the class 2 Pictish symbol stones and the Northumbrian illuminated Gospel books.
Filming at Bennachie, Tap o Noth, Burghead, the Rhynie dig and other locations provides a striking visual record of some of the key locations in Pictish history.
Subtitles are available by clicking on the small cc at bottom margin of the video.
I will never forget seeing the Pictish Sueno's Stones in Forres for the first time! I felt like I had gone back in time to those days when they were first built in the 9th and 10th Century!
Amazing glad you got to see them. Oneday I will too can't wait. I will feel the same way. I get that feeling too when im among ancient things from the past.
The Scots were still Scots and original inhabitants.
We also climbed up to this Pictish fortress and spent a few hours there. I prepared a light snack and I also meditated and thought about how the Picts have managed to live there. We also did the Bennachie. The views were breathtaking and I hope that the Picts remain a mysterious culture and looking forward to going back to Scotland. Thanks for that great video from Germany
This is my 7th or 8th time of watching this EXCELLENT presentation. (My interest in the Picts is that my ancestors lived in Banchory, Deeside, Aberdeenshire for centuries before coming to the USA 385 years ago... a place solidly in Pictland.)
MR. ALAN SHORT is an EXCELLENT organizer, interpreter, presenter and speaker. He is a master. His two-minute summary at the end is a hallmark of good pedagogy. The closed-caption "subtitles" are very helpful to those of us who are not familiar with Scottish names.
Thumbs-up, subscribed, and now headed off to watch all the other programs by Mr. Short. Thank you, Sir, from Scottish genes now residing in the USA !
The picts were pretty much eradicated. There is hardly any Pictish ancestry in modern Scottish people.
@@MrPassiontea I am sure you're one of those that also believes Neaderthals were Eradicated by Homo-Sapiens...Despite evidence showing otherwise.
Recent discoveries of the Tap o Noth has found it to have over 800 dwellings, and was probably one of the largest communities in Europe at the time.
I'm skeptical if that's true, more likely we're seeing survivorship bias because these dwellings are better preserved than usual in Europe because of their remoteness and building with stone rather than wood as was usual.
@@robokill387 better preserved? in the wet Scottish highlands?
@@SungazerDNB yes. They built their houses of stone there, whereas in most of Europe they probably built their houses out of wood, which rots. Also, in most of Europe they had higher populations and a higher percentage of their land was agriculturally valuable- which would lead to more of it being tillef over repeatedly, destroying stone age sites. In mountainous regions and remote islands with low population density that's less likely.
Also, it completely possible for very wet conditions to lead to high preservation- look up bog bodies. Highly acidic soil, low oxygen and low temperature can preserve organic material for millenia - in fact "bog butter" is regularly found in Britain and Ireland that has been buried for 2000 years and is still edible.
@@robokill387 they used stone on this side of the channel also. (Dutchman here) I understand your thinking though.
@@SungazerDNB yes, but they probably used proportionally more wood in the Netherlands compared to Scotland - the areas of Scotland where these things are typically found are nearly treeless.
Superb documentary, thank you. I am a Scot but I am also a Pict. I forgot, thank you Alan.
This is a fantastic series - so well researched, up-to-date scholarship, clearly presented. A great resource, thank you!
Thank you for charing your knowledge! My 3x grandfather by the name John Alexander Robertson married to Ann (born Potter) emigrated to Norway in the midt of the 18. century and I am more than average interessted in the history of the land. Best wishes from Norway, K.
Superb presentation...Alan.
I'm of Scottish descent hailing
from my father's side...
...surname, Law.
This extraordinary work of yours
avails a broad glimpse of the Land and Culture that for perhaps 2000 years or more of where my blood lived in this region... Astonishing...
.. Beautiful...and a bit Surreal..
Much thanks to you...fine gentleman and good sir, Mr. Short.
You are amazing !!!
I do believe it's time to
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Watch "Scottish history tours" of you aren't already aware of the channel 👍🏴
Quite a lot illustrious Law's
I don't care what anyone says, you should always remember where you've come from. Try to understand the struggles your ancestors overcame to bring you to this moment, here and now.
D.M.
Sorry to be so offtopic but does any of you know a method to log back into an Instagram account..?
I stupidly forgot the account password. I love any assistance you can offer me
@Terry Rudy Instablaster =)
Smashing informative film, Alan. Thank you so much for making it, along with the others in the series.
Excellent film, I found it really engaging and perfectly paced.
Does anyone know the song playing at the start when the flag waves
This was a great documentary. Extremely informative. I loved it!!! Thank you.
When I was educated in Scotland in the sixties, they didn't have much to say about the Picts. Obviously they are more fashionable now. If the height of their culture was light relief carving on stones, it would suggest they weren't very advanced. The fact they were able to give the Roman's a bloody nose says something about the people
For one thing, they were taller. 😊
Do you think culture resides in art? You have been brainwashed by elite institutions, without even knowing it.
Maybe not to the point, but I kinda like Robert E. Howard's portrayal of the Picts in his Conan the Barbarian books. I like to think that I may have ancestors like that among my antecedents. The mystery is what makes the Picts attractive to thinkers and dreamers of today.
Don't miss the standalone Bran Mak Morn tales from REH, especially "Worms of the Earth".
While Conan is REH's most famous creation, King Kull, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, Steve Costigan, and Breckinridge Elkins were all great characters/stories.
Sounds like you have !
Bravo to this reference!!
Amazing documentary. Thank you for sharing 🏴
Their art is amazing! :)
I honestly cant think of any other examples that captivate me as pict art does.
D.M.
Excellent. Here is a man who has a genuinely realistic grasp of the history of our great Nation.
brilliant use of piano music in this film
Great video. My Aunt traced my surname back to a Pictish village that was nestled in the hills of Cargill in Perthshire.
Fascinating. Superb documentary. Thank you.
Excellent, thanks for providing!
I've become rather obsessed with the Pictish history as fairly recent genetic evidence points to a possible "Pict" male relocating to the present day Scottish lowlands and becoming the progenitor of the Armstrongs, of which I am one! Never forget the past and always honor your ancestors!
The Pictish Clans were still in existence even in the 1200's and 1300's and even later. I am descended from Thomas Dickson (Dicson) and the De Keiths (Earl Marischal of Scottland) who were from Pictish clans.
Very much enjoyed your programme. Thank you.
Thank you for this great documentary
Thankyou for this.
Going back in time before the romans, how populous was Scotland? Was intrigued to read that most of the landscape that is so bare now, was once wooded, and people were settled along rivers and the coast in large part.
Perhaps 150 000 ? given that it was only about a 1/2 million by the start of the medieval period ?
Great effort on a very mysterious people. My ancestry on my father's line goes back to Aberdeen - so maybe I am a bit of a Pict myself.
I am I know
Ken M if you have inherited a big pair o balls there you go by the way I'm in Aberdeen
my Ancestors are picts too
My Maternal Grandfather's family came from Aberdeenshire, just where is lost to time.
You must proudly yell, that you're a pict!!!
Great narration and lots of fascinating info
Very clear clean and precise. Very professional. Thankyou I didn't get the presenters name but he is extremely easy to follow because he makes the viewer comfortable.
Sober, smart, fascinating. Well done!
Well done Alan - informative and enjoyable. Thanks
This was a great documentary. Thanks for making this it must have taken you quite some time. I'm from Kirkcaldy in Fife and would love to find out if I had Pictish DNA in my blood
Thank you for this Alan!
Very nice video. Thank you!
Thank you for your research and video on the Picts history. They have been conveniently left out of history and something needs to be done to bring their history forward. There are some ancient writings that state the Picts were originally from Egypt and in fact related to Egyptian royalty. Most of the ancient writings are not in English and there are holes in the "paper" here and there but that aside, we need to do some translations.Thank you again.
Bertha Yellowfinch are you referring to princess Scoti,whom legend suggests the Scots are derived from?
Huh , Egyptian royalty ? hahahahaha
Scotland was named for Scotia, a red headed Egyptian princess, descendant of Tutankhamun, who fled Egypt to the area now known as Scotland with the Scythian prince she had married. This theory is further supported by DNA tests that demonstrated 70% of the male population throught the UK had genetic links to Tutankhamun while conversely less than 1% of the male population of Egypt was found to have the same.
Excellent presentation and research. Fascinating.
Great presentation, thank you.
Thank you so much to this it has opened my eyes to a new [ for me ] wider history of Britain
To clear up confusion:
Picts, Gauls, Celtiberians, Galatians and Gaels are all Celtic peoples.
I read somewhere that Celtic's were from France and someone first mentioned Celts in a book from the 17th century.
@@markmacthree3168 the Celts originated in the upper Danube river, with the Urnfield Cultures being the first Celts.
@@dracodistortion9447 I don't trust academia as far as I could throw them and I'm not sure But I know one thing Britain was a major presence in ancient times and we weren't just tribes but powerfull kingdom's and we were full of knowledge the druids educated kings around the world ....hey just getting into our history since the TV broke 3.5 years ago ....best thing that ever happened to me 😃.
@Askr Whats your proof
@@markmacthree3168 who said anything about literally any of that?
Excellent video. You deserve more likes.
Well presented thank you very insightful. :)
hello I have found three place names in Scotland that have an Estonian meaning Laide (shallow sea), PoolWe (semi-water), Ullapool (Above). Continental Europe has many old
place names with Estonian origins.
you're saying picts might have had ugro finnish background?
According to the Romans, the picts initially lived on the banks of the Loire River. From there, they traveled to the British Isles to look for a vacancy for the Goths and Celts. The Pikes had twenty Viking ships. Approximately 60% of the Gallia place names written by Caesar were of Finno-Ugric origin.@@frogman4700
@@frogman4700 Gene study: The peoples of India are of similar origin to Estonians and finns.Mohenjo Daro and Harappa culture.What was destroyed by a major catastrophe (nuclear war, etc.). We are Aryans :-). Descendants of the Elves.
Ullapool is "wool pool," from the Norse, or possibly from the woman's name, Ulla + pool. The other two names could be Norse as well, though I need to hear them pronounced to be certain.
They originally came from Siberia then traveled to finland then to Scandinavia then to Scotland
good stuff,thanks so much for your effort..subbed hope you upload more.
I offer a thank you, To the narrator of this video, Na dooniawosl, Learned Man, In search of heritage, I have come to regard my self as part of the Siol Alpine, The 5 clan's out of Clan Mac Alpine, I am now told there are 7 clans, And in fact we are descendents of the picts, So this means that when I go to a football match I can paint my face blue, I can handle that, But I will disregard the comments that we were sheep stealers and cattle thieves.
Jack Duffy, There are seven clans of Siol Alpin, they are :- MacNab, MacGregor, MacKinnon, MacQuarrie, Grant, MacAulay and MacFie. These seven clans are directly descended from the Pictish King Alpin and through his son King Kenneth I, the first king to unite the Picts and the Scots.
I fail to understand why you regard yourself as a part of Siol Alpin, the name Duffy is of Irish origin, originally spelled O Dubhthaigh in Irish Gaelic. Duffy's are descended from one of the Heremon kings of Ireland, namely Cahir Mon of Leinster.
As a MacGregor, I can claim descent from Siol Alpin, our clan motto is 'S Rioghal Mo Dhream (Royal is My Race). Rob Roy MacGregor coined the phrase "Black Mail", extorting money from livestock owners on the promise that neither he nor his clansmen would rustle the paying owners herds. Cattle and Sheep rustling was a way of survival for some Highland clansmen. Ownership of land and livestock were held by the law of the sword.
David MacGregor, Thank you David for your input, Back in the 1970s the Clan Chief Mac-Fee, lived here in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has past on now, Chief Earl Duglas, Mac-Fee, Insisted that, Coffy, Cathy, Hathy, Duffy, And others, Were Clane Mac-Fee, He is still regarded heer as, Na-dooniawosl, Learned Man, So let me call out, Coom-Ra Bass-Alpin, Remember the death of Mac-Alpine.
The Pictus, From Isiaths whence they came.
@@jackduffy1817 Thank you for your reply Jack, sorry about my late reply. It's possible that the names you mentioned above were Septs of Clan MacFee, or MacFie. A Sept is a famIly who are not directly related to a Clan through it's bloodline, but when they show loyalty to a Clan they are treated as though they are a fully fledged member of the Clan and are given protection by the Clan.
Most fascinating! Thanks for sharing.
My family is from the Taexili pict tribal area in Aberdeen. I am Taexili tribe, Norse, and Irish.
Outstanding!
Very well done!
Thanks for this excellently narrated and filmed video. More "captioning" would be beneficial for those proper names.
Great clip . Helped me on personal research. 👍
Picts were not the indigenous people of Scotland. There were people in Scotland before the Picts, and whether they were invaded by the Picts or assimilated into the Celtic Pictish culture and kingdoms we will never know. Archeologists and DNA researchers have clearly uncovered “pre”-Celtic civilations in Scotland. My own personal y-DNA, for example, is I-M223, and it has been found in Scotland before 4,000 years ago (2,000 BC) when the Bell Beaker Folk started to arrive in the UK. This, of course, is all well before written history, but written history is but a fraction of time in world history.
The word Scotland is half greek, σκότος in greek means Dark so Scot-Land is the land of darkness
because of rainy weather
the name Scotland comes from the Scoti, tribes who invaded from northern Ireland
@@ajrwilde14 Maybe, these are not my words, its ancient greek quotes i think from Pytheas of Masalia who went there
@@ajrwilde14 Its a fact that scotos in greek means darkness
Considering how migratory humans were tens of millennia before the Christian Era, the term "indigenous" is always questionable, especially with regards to cultures without written histories.
I found the Onkney's to be the most interesting in historical site's
Surprised you didn't explain more the difference between the Christianity parcticed and the one that came from Northumbria, as, at that time everything revolves around belief... less fashionable now, however most base to culture back then.
However the rest was very very informative, thank you.
Thank you for this.
I was glued to this documentary fascinating and brilliantly filmed
Alba Thank you it is great to get positive feedback.
Really appreciate the music, beautiful.
great video enjoyed
One of the best ..Tk you
This is the best so far...
Thank you. 🕊💜🕊
I ask myself why does Pictish art (animals especially) resemble the tattoos found on a mummy half way across the globe on a princess, above the Altai? I am guessing from looking at them that the animals are ancient maps, showing trade routes, centers, and land and water features. If they are tattooed on, you won't get lost. (If they are maps.) This mapping system would have been brought by an ancient culture. The circles joined like a handle are also seen in another culture. As well the ponies maybe of the Steppes are also interesting.
+cyndi aides
there were no copy right laws in those days
Your right to question. The picts originally came from Siberia then traveled to Finland then to Scandinavia then to Scotland
The Picts were clearly Britons as shown in the video from there placenames like aberdeen
Excellent presentation !
Love this. Thanks ❤
striking resemblances between the pictish and scythian symbology
Any pictorial references please?
Very interesting .
Nice. Maybe some simillarity between Picts and Slovenian only we had luck to survive by name and language.
9:53 Who were the inhabitants before the Picts? They must've been a developed people to build stonework, right?
They were the genetically inbred Neolithic indigenous from the Orkneys.
Though not Scottish - Dutch actually - I've always found the history of the British isles very intresting. It seems there has been such a rich amalgamate of peoples, cultures, languages and mythology from early inhabitants to all sorts of invading people. One could almost assert that Britain is the most European country in the world, yet with such a specific flavor that a new and very vibrant identity has come out of that. It really saddens me to see how there seems to be an almost obsessive craving for identity based on the past and past glory which we bow can see all too clear in English nationalism that drives Brexit, Scottish nationalism that may drive a new push to independence and Lord knows what the Welsh, Ulstermen and maybe even Yorkshiremen and Northumbrians may pursue.
Yet at the very same time I have to admit that I reluctantly have observed how Dutc culture has changed due to a great influence of American films, music, commerce and so on and at present is under pressure to adapt to so many immigrants. I have no problem with immigration as such, but the scale and tempo of change is beyond comfortable. And then looking at a self conscious nation like Scotland becomes very appealing. But I guess no Scot will be welcoming a vast influx of identity-ridden Dutch (wink). In an unpredictable and increasingly volatile world, everyone needs something to cling on to however.
Hope Scotland will stay true to its nature and remain open to change at the same time, as we all need to be since nothing is forever.
Slainthe math from the Netherlands.
The word Adam in Hebrew means rosy, to be able to blush, or to see the blood through one's skin. Dutch most take in more non-white males
that was awesome. an interesting note is that dal riata was referred to as curthin in the ulaid in ireland. so the irish ulaid were referred to as picts. so if they were referred to picts then it was picts conquering picts and or rather intermarriage of a dal riada into the pictish line that got the kingdom in mac alpine… also old irish or gaelic is illegible, its possible those stones were old gaelic as we can't read old gaelic… anyway, great video. also the irish didn't even wipe out the dal naradi of ireland who were picts the vikings help them getting the upper hand…this doesn't add up. the pict internal strife you speak of was of those picts loyal to columba church… they got backed up by vikings and dal riada, against roman rite
My grandmas name on my dads side comes from the picts. This is prrtty cool to learn about my.ancestors
my Dads last name comes from some weird irish name, but his ancestors were picts
Interesting, seems to have kicked of a debate , thanks
How does one dna test for Pictish lineage? I ve watched the game of thrones and learned about the chains across the harbors. It sparked my light research into the Viking stones and the Dunnard castle king foot stone as well as the seven brothers fish wolf boar ….symbols. Very curious about historical movements of cultures.
I am Welsh. But my ancestors are Scottish on my Maternal side. Came down to Welsh Valleys for mining work.
I'm just going to enjoy your video and not read the comments. Thanks for showing.
Picts never died out , they intermarried into the Kingdom of Alba
Gavin Menzies book "1421 THE YEAR THE CHINESE DISCOVERED AMERICA' One of the interesting facts is they found the copper mines at the north end of the Mississippi River. The copper was taken to England and their tin was used to make the best quality bronze
It is frustrating that no dates are given for the events regarding the early Picts.
This tape doesn't go back to the origins, doesn't go back far enough. He just starts with, they were the indigenous people of Scotland. But they weren't.
@@JanetCaterina Well it seems you're fishing for a reply so... elaborate... you made a "finite" statement. So elaborate... What's your info and where did you get it from?
@@JanetCaterina He did state it was believed the Picts were of Scythian origin from East of the Black Sea. The Scythian people were a fierce, warlike people.
at 2:06 you see the hill behind him...looks like a very ancient sphinxt
I remember reading about the Picts when I was young ( a long time ago) and back then, the Picts were considered a completely different language group, since so little was known about them. I remember my brother saying they must have become a substrate of Scottish. I wonder when that point of view changed.
I did too, +55 years ago. But there has been a great deal more research since then and much less credence given to the opinions (hardly research) of the 19th c historians and antiquarians that we used to believe. There are lots of resources online about the archeological finds (eg much larger settlements than previously thought, evidence of trade with far distant places), linguistic research (the modern consensus is that Pictish was a branch of “Common Brittonic” the root language of most pre Roman Britons) and of course DNA research which was unheard of back then (the unique Pictish DNA marker has been isolated from bones found in archeological digs - and in modern Scotland is still most commonly found in the area of former Pictland).
It’s all part of a much greater interest in and research of the early history of what is now Scotland, which turns out to be a lot less like the “misty Celtic twilight” of 19th c romanticism and a lot more like “Game of Thrones” (minus the dragons) with 5 quite different cultural and language groups vying for dominance over a 500 year period. Worth looking into it, it’s fascinating.
picts are my favorit ancient culture, together with the huns and the goths.
Yeah the 80s were great
Most Scots have the Russian Steppe Gene (from the picts no other part of the British isles has this gene ) so the Scythia legend has a element of truth the Scythians language was written in hieroglyphs just like on the Pictish standing stones www.scotsman.com/news/politics/genetics-show-many-scots-are-descended-russian-nomads-1463717
Picts were the Sardinian exiles when Rome defeated Carthage about 230 BCE. The Sardinian Nurages were the mining and metal specialists of the Phoenician trading network. Look at where the brochs are and where the old mines were. They were coming to the British Isles for a long long time before the Roman invasion of their island. The bull cult was primary in Nuragia; look at the bull carving from Burghead fort. 🤔
White people are Jews?
One mistake I found here Urquhart is Pict Surname since the word is not Scottish,Irish,German though the saxans or Viking it would be a pict Surname.
If anyone is curious, there is a short clip at the third installment of the series Blood of the Vikings " ". Historian Brian Smith, I believe is his name, has an interesting theory of the fate of the Picts. There is a copy on CZcams if anyone cares to take a look. It's Part Three "the Sea Road" I think. You don't have to watch the whole thing. Dr. Smith gives his theory at the around the ten minute mark. Fascinating.
The pictsish tribes would have been subsumed by the invading Norsemen, the Scots were invading from Ireland,
Interesting how the indigenous people had roundhouses, and either adopted, or had thrust upon them square houses.
Great upload great info thankyou
Why can't the producer interview Meggen Gondek away from everybody else so we can hear her clearly? It's bad interviewing and happens so many times. Don't they think about background noise and how it distracts from the interview?
I want to visit some of these sites.
I don't imagine the Picts were defeated in one big battle because the victors would have made sure it was known and recorded.
Thank you for your comment and advice. Alan and I are just two old guys with an interest in archeology and history who make these videos with no assistance from anyone else.
I agree the sound at the dig was not good but we were just grateful to get Meggen to stop and speak to us. Perhaps if we had more status we could have got better access. Actually Prof Gordon Noble who was in charge of the dig was being interviewed 50ft away by a much more high powered team!
I was aware of the poor sound quality and it spurred me to write subtitles for our films. If you turn these on you can read exactly what Meggen says. Thanks again for your interest.
@@dipinvideo Thanks for your reply. I hope you take it as useful criticism. Otherwise it was a very interesting programme and thanks for putting it on.
Bill we are always learning! I think I know you from some years back. Nigel Scott.
@@dipinvideo Oh, I can't say about knowing me, could be.
To my knowledge 'Picti' meant nothing more then 'the painted', so I do not get the continued referral of the roman term to the use of pictland... as romans were long gone by that point. It looks to me that you are trying to find a word for a people that never called themselves pict...in other words, you do not even know their actual name as a people, thus stick to a roman terminology (which is most definitely wrong) Alas they did not leave behind written texts, but plenty of symbols, maybe one of those reveal their true name?(probably would be fairly commonly found)
The Gaels, the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons all referred to the Picts as Picts. It became so common that by the 9th century we can be fairly sure that the Picts themselves were using the term.
Stop encouraging people to be tattooed!! 🥺 Pict simply means "big pects and big balls."
On your maps Pictland doesn't extend as far south as the Antonine wall site. Is that where the confederation of the Maeatae was situated. It doesn't seem likely that the latter were directly north of Hadrian's wall in which area the Romans dominated with outlying forts and roads and paid subsidies under treaty to the tribes there. So, in order to plunder Britannia, the Picts used their skill as sailors, bypassing intervening terrain. They were 'transmarini' , from across the sea
They were also a Marine force for the Romans fighting in their large ships, ( Beginning with an L….), in the Adriatic Sea, against Yougoslav types.
My great grandmother was a Ewing, the gentleman talking looks like my uncle.
I believe i have a Pictish name according to thoughts , my surname is Pitkeathly .
Nope, you do not. That surname means your family's males are actually gay.
Surnames are a relatively modern phenomenon. Your ancestor came from a place called Pitkeathly (Perthshire) that has a Pictish name.
Most Scots have the Russian Steppe Gene (from the picts no other part of the British isles has this gene ) so the Scythia legend has a element of truth the Scythians language was written in hieroglyphs just like on the Pictish standing stones www.scotsman.com/news/politics/genetics-show-many-scots-are-descended-russian-nomads-1463717 and the name "Pict" is Gaelic/Gàidhlig it means painted
Ulster and most of Ireland were of the Cruithne before the "Erinn" tribes and worse the "Gaels" ran their Roman influence over the island of Ireland.
CU Chulainn was the most memorable reb branch knight of Ulster who was indeed of indeginious Ulster Pict blood
Cú Chulainn was gael, omg are people stupid.
Nailed it 💜
Are so the original Irish would holded firm shouting no surrender funny that
The Romans had no influence in Ireland, Cu Chulainn is a mythical creature not real, you are mixing Myth with reality, and the Gaels are Irish not Mythical , you seem to be immersed in fantasy and stories created to satisfy your your desire for a Scotland that does not exist, never existed, and you are fooling yourself and trying to fool everyone else, yours Walter Mitty
Several species of small furry animals, gathered together in a cave, grooving with a Pict.
Several thousand
Thats just what i was thinking.
Listening to Pink Floyd !
Ummagumma!
I wholeheartedly disagree with much of what this video presents.
The Picts appear in the archeological record as far back as 5,000 BC and even earlier. At the time of the great Tsunami that hit the UK in roughly 8,000 BC there were two peoples who were well established on the British Isles before they were permanently separated from the continent. They were the Picts in present day Scotland and the pre Beaker people in present day England, Ireland and Wales. They were also the people who constructed monuments such as at Newgrange and Stonehenge long before the Egyptians laid the first cornerstones of the pyramids. The Celts did not even appear in the British Isles until the Iron Age thus making them late comers by at least 3,000 years.
Just because these people did not leave a written record of their society and presence certainly does not mean that they were not there in pre history and just because the Romans and Bede did not chronicle these facts. There is 10,000+ years of human occupation and history on the British Isles before the Celts and Romans even showed up.
The Picts were merely assimilated into the growing Celtic culture that was rapidly growing in Ireland, Cornwall, Wales and Argyle.
I enjoyed that. I'm a Buchan loon fae Buchan folk
We fought the best and we beat them all.
Hi Brian, remember AHS.
Are most parts of Scotland cloudy for most of the year like Seattle, where I'm at?
Yep and we can get four seasons in one day 😂😂😂🏴
I’m doing an ancient civilization report on the picts
my surname is Pitkeathly, ill send you a photo of me, and you really will say shit the Picts really are ancient .Duncan.
The artwork is very similar to that found in Gobekli tepee and the Baltic region in general. It appears they were forced to migrate west at some point.
Looking for more detailed info on MacNaughton surname Mccracken which was from MacNeachtain son of neach which were of picts eh?
I found out I am direct descendant of Kenneth II who is in my bloodline
He is in just about every Scot's bloodline
@Dolly Price, unless a DNA test has been done on Kenneth II's remains, you can't possibly know if you're a direct descendant of him. For one thing, you'd need proof the remains are his, plus you never know what your granny got up to, and there's no paper trail.
With all that said, as he lived over a thousand years ago, most Scotsmen are descended from Kenneth II, just as most Englishmen are descended from Edward III (died in 1377).
Are you American? Americans are always eager to claim royal heritage from Europe.
@Andrew Walker Are you saying that anyone with a goodly amount -- a _goodly_ amount, mind! -- of Scottish blood is probably related to both Kenneth II and Robert the Bruce? Egads, man! You're saying all of us are descended from royalty, meaning none of us are special! *cries in the corner*