[MR] BBC: Picts in Dark Ages Galloway

[Garth Groff via Atlantia]

Noble Friends, Especially Fellow Scots:

Today the BBC has a brief illustrated feature about the excavations at 
Trusty's Hill Fort in Galloway. The major fort there suggest that this 
might be the seat of the lost Dark Ages kingdom of Rheged. This was long 
thought to have been settled by Britons/Welsh like the kingdom of Strath 
(later Strathclyde) to the north, but the whole issue is clouded by the 
presence of Pictish-style carvings. These carvings might indicate an 
influx of Picts in southeast Scotland, or simply cultural and trade 
links. Who knows, but the finds are exciting and give us new insight 
into the Dark Ages period of Scottish history: 
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-38679324 .

More on the excavations at Trusty's Hill Fort, including a depiction of 
the mysterious Pictish carvings, can be found at 
http://gallowaypicts.com . The carvings can be seen in more detail at 
http://gallowaypicts.com/wordpress/2016/08/03/3-august-2016/ .

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, That Proud Scot (whose ancestors are from Strathclyde)