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History of Picts of Scotland

The Picts left clues across much of north and east Scotland so why not stay at more than one holiday cottage as part of your tour.

Author: Mellisa Turner

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The Picts of Scotland have captured people’s imaginations since the time of the Romans. They have been heavily romanticised they died out as a group around the eleventh century. Their history goes back at least a millennium but ended with domination by the gaelic culture. Still today you can find much evidence of Pictish settlements and culture in Scotland particularly along the north east coast and on Orkney. A holiday to this part of Scotland is a good opportunity explore this early people’s past.

Picts probably started as a group of different peoples at least partially unified under a succession of Pictish kings. Formed around the late iron age they tended to live on the north and east of Scotland but actually extended considerably further. Their history was in part chronicled by the Romans who found their neighbours in the north a frightening band of raiders. The Roman use of the word Pict leads people to believe they were either painted for battle or even tattooed. This adds further to the Picts’ romance.

Despite the rather hazy history there are several sites in Scotland that make learning more about the Picts possible. One way to discover the Picts is through the stones they left behind. Many of these were intricately carved such as Sueno’s Stone. This was carved near the end of the first millennium AD and stood some 20 foot high making it Scotland’s tallest sculpted stone. The stone is now covered by glass but can be viewed in Forres, on the south side of the Moray Firth.

Travel north east from Forres and you can see the Pictish promontory fort of Burghead Well. Featuring 20 steps cut into the rock leading to a large underground room. The purpose for the this room or tank seems unclear, typifying the mystifying nature of the Picts.

Well placed for discovering this area’s Pictish routes is Mackays self catering’s Mossyards. Here you can choose from two stone semi-detached Scottish cottages both giving wonderful views over the Laigh of Moray.

The other side of the Firth is the Groam House Museum in Rosemarkie. Here there fifteen Pictish carved stones. The Rosemarkie stone slab again builds the Pictish mysticism with strange carved symbols the meaning of which have troubled many academics.

In Rosemarkie Mackays has a deceptively spacious, 18th Century end-terraced Scottish cottage. Conveniently situated in the main street of this conservation village, within walking distance of the local shops, pub, restaurant, museum and beach the stone cottage sleeps 8.

About Author

Mellisa Turner is a good human being. She likes travelling a lot that's why she likes to write about the experience. Recently she went to Scotlland where she stayed at Scottish cottages and after that she wrote about Scottish cottages. She lives in Scotland and is fun loving person.

The Picts left clues across much of north and east Scotland so why not stay at more than one holiday cottage as part of your tour. For a full list of Mackay’s Scottish cottages visit www.mackays-self-catering.co.uk

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History of Picts of Scotland