Pictish 'royal hillfort' revealed by citizen science project

[Still Waters]

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

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King's Seat Hillfort Archaeology Project

http://www.pkht.org.uk/projects/current-projects/kings-seat/

[Grim Reaper 6]

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!

[+OverSword]

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.

[Orphalesion]

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.

[+OverSword]

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.