Strongholds of the Picts

By Angus Konstam, Peter Dennis (illustrator),

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This concise guide actually covers not just Pictish fortifications, but all those in use in early medieval Scotland, including those of Strathclyde and Rheged and of the Dal Riata. Konstam introduces the reader to the principal types of fort, including the re-use of earlier defences, before offering more in-depth surveysā€¦

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Iā€™ve spent some time in the north of Scotland and became intrigued by the remains of Pictish forts on hilltops and by the sea. This book doesnā€™t provide many answersā€”written records before 900 AD are few and the archaeology is confusedā€”Konstamā€™s conclusion is "the main benefit of any visit to one of these sites is to be able to stand on the same hilltop or promontory, and to imagine what it might have looked like in the days of the Picts." Which explains why legends and stories have grown up about castlesā€”imagining has beenā€¦

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