Aberdeenshire is known for its Pictish symbol stones, but until recently evidence for Pictish settlements in the region was sparse and our understanding of Pictish sites even more tenuous. This has now changed dramatically, in large part due to a…
Few people have made such a profound impact on the understanding of Scotland’s prehistoric and early medieval past as Anna Ritchie. In 2022, the Scottish Society for Northern Studies and the Pictish Arts Society jointly hosted a conference to celebrate…
REVIEW BY NICHOLAS EVANS This reprint of the updated 2014 edition of Dr Foster’s accessible multidisciplinary study is very welcome. Originating in a 1996 publication by Batsford for Historic Scotland, the 2014 edition was substantially altered to take into account…
It might have been used as an antiseptic or… a hunger suppressant – or just because people liked the taste.
It probably dates to between the 5th and 7th centuries AD, before the Picts were converted to Christianity.
Archaeologists also found three pieces of late Neolithic or Bronze Age rock art bearing cup marks and spiral designs