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It is thought the settlement was a significant seat of power within the Pictish kingdom between AD500 and AD1000.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024
Mainland’s archaeological gems include Jarlshof, which includes ruins from the Bronze, Iron, Pictish and Viking eras, and, just offshore, the some 2,000-year-old Broch of Mousa.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021
With woad-daubed face and Pictish beard, as well as the backdrop of primeval, Pasolini-esque landscape, Fassbender’s Macbeth is unquestionably a boundary-pushing take on Shakespeare.
From The Guardian • Sep. 25, 2015
It is thought that Dull's name is derived from the Pictish word for fields, while Boring was named after William H Boring, an early resident.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2012
The discipline, as the rebel generals said afterwards, was not Pictish.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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