Fortriu (Latin: Verturiones; Old Irish: * Foirtrinn; Old English: Wærteras; Pictish: * Uerteru) was a Pictish kingdom recorded between the 4th and 10th centuries. [1] . It was traditionally believed …

Fortriu was probably the core area of Pictish kingship and claimed overlordship over all Picts. There is some doubt about its extent. A late source identifies it with the Strathearn and …

Burghead Fort was a Pictish promontory fort on the site now occupied by the small town of Burghead in Moray, Scotland. It was one of the earliest power centres of the Picts [1] and was …

There is no firm explanation either of their origins before the third century AD or their disappearance in the mid-ninth century. Yet that period of over five centuries, too easily cast …

Fortriu (Latin: Verturiones; Old Irish: *Foirtrinn; Old English: Wærteras; Pictish: *Uerteru) was a Pictish kingdom recorded between the 4th and 10th centuries. It was traditionally believed to …

Fortriu has long been recognised as the core territory of Pictavia and its re-location in the North has profound implications for our understanding of the course of early Scottish History. In this …

Fortriu (Latin: Verturiones; Old Irish: * Foirtrinn; Old English: Wærteras; Pictish: * Uerteru) was a Pictish kingdom recorded between the 4th and 10th centuries. It was traditionally believed to …

4 days ago · Fortriu, its people, and its kings are frequently mentioned in contemporary sources from the 7th cent. until 904, when they are last heard of led by Constantine II winning a battle …

Fortriu or the Kingdom of Fortriu is the name given by historians for an ancient Pictish kingdom, and often used synonymously with Pictland in general. It was almost certainly located in …

Woolf remov’d the realm of Fortriu/Fortrenn from its rightful place by the River Forth, & relocated it many miles to the north by the Moray Firth. The truth is that the Moray region was ever known …