TSoc Discovering the Northern Picts

The Northern Picts project at Aberdeen is an award-winning project run by the University of Aberdeen uncovering the archaeology of Pictish society in Scotland. Winners of the 2021 Current Archaeology Research Project of the Year the project has uncovered major new central places of the Picts including an early royal centre at Rhynie and a 16 hectare settlement at Tap o’ Noth with over 800 house platforms. This talk will outline some of the major discoveries of the project and outline what the new findings mean for Pictish society in the period c.300-900 AD. The talk will also include a look at what the project has been achieving in the south of Pictland and beyond at sites such as Eildon Hill, Borders.