Our Next Event 06/02/2024

Published: 30 January 2024

THE NORTHERN PICTS PROJECT

ABOUT THE PAPER

Northern Picts is a project that aims to uncover the archaeological traces of Pictish society in northern Scotland. The project to date has had some spectacular successes. It has involved beginning to uncover a major and undocumented Pictish royal centre at Rhynie and the discovery a significant portion of a major Pictish silver hoard at Gaulcross. Professor Noble will discuss these developments as well as ongoing work exploring forgotten and neglected Pictish forts and centres of power.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Professor Gordon Noble has undertaken award-winning landscape research and field projects working on projects from the Mesolithic to Medieval periods. He has two major current projects, Northern Picts, funded by the University of Aberdeen Development Trust and Historic Environment Scotland, is focused on the post-Roman societies of northern Britain. The second, Comparative Kingship, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, is examining the early royal landscapes of Ireland and Scotland. Research for the Northern Picts and Comparative Kingship projects won Research Project of the Year 2021 in the Current Archaeology Awards, the leading UK archaeology awards programme.

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