Strongholds of the Picts: The fortifications of Dark Age Scotland

Strongholds of the Picts: The fortifications of Dark Age Scotland

Strongholds of the Picts: The fortifications of Dark Age Scotland

Strongholds of the Picts: The fortifications of Dark Age Scotland

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Overview

When the Romans withdrew from Britain, the north of the country was ruled by the most mysterious of the ancient British races, the Picts. Much of what is known about these “painted” warriors, comes from the remains of the fortifications that they left scattered around Scotland. Although the Picts are famous as sea raiders, they were also subjected to attacks from a number of opponents. To their south, the Romano-British reoccupied the abandoned Roman fortifications and hired Saxon mercenaries to strike against the Picts. Meanwhile, from the west a new group, the Scoti, attacked from Ireland. This book covers the fortification of the ancient Picts in all their conflicts and discusses the importance of these sites as religious centres and seats of power, while using the latest archeological evidence to help unravel the mystery of this ancient race.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781472801661
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 02/20/2013
Series: Fortress , #92
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 64
Sales rank: 632,328
File size: 16 MB
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About the Author

Angus Konstam is a highly respected historian, and the author of more than 40 Osprey books, including The Forts of Celtic Britain and British Forts in the Age of Arthur. Titles for other publishers include Sovereigns of the Seas, There was a Soldier and The World Atlas of Pirates. A former archaeologist, naval officer and museum professional, Angus has served as Curator of Weapons at the Tower of London and Chief Curator of the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, Florida. As well as being a widely published military and naval historian, Angus is also passionate about the history and archaeology of Early Historic Scotland, a fascination dating back to his days as a history and archaeology student in Aberdeen and St Andrews. He now works as a full-time author and historian, and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. www.anguskonstam.com
Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator, who has worked in the Royal Armouries, Tower of London, and Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.
Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction 4

The Picts

The Scots of Dal Riata

The post-Roman Britons of southern Scotland

Chronology 9

The Early Historic Forts of Scotland 10

Fortified homesteads: brochs and ring forts

Reoccupied hill forts

Promontory forts

Citadel forts and nuclear forts

Dundurn and Dunadd: A Tour of Two Great Strongholds 28

Dundurn

Dunadd

The Principles of Defence 41

The Living Sites 45

Strongholds in the political landscape

Strongholds as royal bastions

The Sites in War 50

Aftermath 56

The Sites Today 57

Forts

Museums

Further Reading 62

Glossary 63

Index 64

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