Picts and the Scots

The Picts, the native inhabitants of northern Scotland, who along with their allies & later adversaries, the Scots, immigrants from northern Ireland, harried Roman Britain. In the last 30 years, archaeology has shed new light on both the Picts & the Dalriadic (Scottish) settlement from Ireland. This highly readable account presents the latest archaeological discoveries & discusses the evidence for the relationship between these two peoples, tracing their development from their raids on Roman Britain to the formation of rival Dark Age kingdoms that produced a unique artistic inheritance. Dozens of color & B&W photos & drawings.