Still Waters Posted April 13, 2021 #1 Share Posted April 13, 2021 What is believed to be a Pictish royal hillfort has been revealed after three years of excavations and analysis of finds from the site. The existence of King's Seat Hillfort has been known for the last 100 years, but the significance of the site has only now been better understood. A citizen science project involving teams of volunteers carried out the digs near Dunkeld from 2017-2019. Finds included items believed to have been made in France and Germany. Archaeologists said this suggested the Picts who lived at King's Seat had trade links with continental Europe, and provided possible evidence that the site was of "high status". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-56719180 Quote King's Seat Hillfort Archaeology Project http://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/current-projects/kings-seat/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted April 13, 2021 #2 Share Posted April 13, 2021 44 minutes ago, Still Waters said: What is believed to be a Pictish royal hillfort has been revealed after three years of excavations and analysis of finds from the site. The existence of King's Seat Hillfort has been known for the last 100 years, but the significance of the site has only now been better understood. A citizen science project involving teams of volunteers carried out the digs near Dunkeld from 2017-2019. Finds included items believed to have been made in France and Germany. Archaeologists said this suggested the Picts who lived at King's Seat had trade links with continental Europe, and provided possible evidence that the site was of "high status". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-56719180 http://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/current-projects/kings-seat/ Very interesting thank you for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted April 13, 2021 #3 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Seems pretty far inland to defend against the Norse raids that were happening around that time, but that would seem to be a good reason to have a fort overlooking the river in that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orphalesion Posted April 13, 2021 #4 Share Posted April 13, 2021 21 minutes ago, OverSword said: Seems pretty far inland to defend against the Norse raids that were happening around that time, but that would seem to be a good reason to have a fort overlooking the river in that period. Didn't the Vikings sail up rivers to raid (and/or trader) further inland as well? In modern-day Russia they sure navigated the rivers all the way from the Baltic to the Black Sea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted April 13, 2021 #5 Share Posted April 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, Orphalesion said: Didn't the Vikings sail up rivers to raid (and/or trader) further inland as well? In modern-day Russia they sure navigated the rivers all the way from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Yeah but if you look at a map and imagining that there were at least settlements where there are now cities it would have made more sense to have a defensive position further down river, if I was looking at the map right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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