Picts: History and Heritage
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Picts: History and Heritage provides an overview of some of the key developments in the evolution of the Pictish kingdom between the 5th and 9th centuries. Using recent studies on the political centralisation of Pictland and its external relations with neighbouring kingdoms, the film traces some of the key developments in the history of Fortiu until the Gaelic takeover at the end of the 9th century.
The film emphasises the cultural and religious interaction between Pictland and the kingdom of Northumbria which provided the context for cultural masterpieces like the class 2 Pictish symbol stones and the Northumbrian illuminated Gospel books.
Filming at Bennachie, Tap o Noth, Burghead, the Rhynie dig and other locations provides a striking visual record of some of the key locations in Pictish history.
Subtitles are available by clicking on the small cc at bottom margin of the video.
I will never forget seeing the Pictish Sueno's Stones in Forres for the first time! I felt like I had gone back in time to those days when they were first built in the 9th and 10th Century!
Amazing glad you got to see them. Oneday I will too can't wait. I will feel the same way. I get that feeling too when im among ancient things from the past.
The Scots were still Scots and original inhabitants.
We also climbed up to this Pictish fortress and spent a few hours there. I prepared a light snack and I also meditated and thought about how the Picts have managed to live there. We also did the Bennachie. The views were breathtaking and I hope that the Picts remain a mysterious culture and looking forward to going back to Scotland. Thanks for that great video from Germany
This is my 7th or 8th time of watching this EXCELLENT presentation. (My interest in the Picts is that my ancestors lived in Banchory, Deeside, Aberdeenshire for centuries before coming to the USA 385 years ago... a place solidly in Pictland.)
MR. ALAN SHORT is an EXCELLENT organizer, interpreter, presenter and speaker. He is a master. His two-minute summary at the end is a hallmark of good pedagogy. The closed-caption "subtitles" are very helpful to those of us who are not familiar with Scottish names.
Thumbs-up, subscribed, and now headed off to watch all the other programs by Mr. Short. Thank you, Sir, from Scottish genes now residing in the USA !
The picts were pretty much eradicated. There is hardly any Pictish ancestry in modern Scottish people.
@@MrPassiontea I am sure you're one of those that also believes Neaderthals were Eradicated by Homo-Sapiens...Despite evidence showing otherwise.
Recent discoveries of the Tap o Noth has found it to have over 800 dwellings, and was probably one of the largest communities in Europe at the time.
I'm skeptical if that's true, more likely we're seeing survivorship bias because these dwellings are better preserved than usual in Europe because of their remoteness and building with stone rather than wood as was usual.
@@robokill387 better preserved? in the wet Scottish highlands?
@@SungazerDNB yes. They built their houses of stone there, whereas in most of Europe they probably built their houses out of wood, which rots. Also, in most of Europe they had higher populations and a higher percentage of their land was agriculturally valuable- which would lead to more of it being tillef over repeatedly, destroying stone age sites. In mountainous regions and remote islands with low population density that's less likely.
Also, it completely possible for very wet conditions to lead to high preservation- look up bog bodies. Highly acidic soil, low oxygen and low temperature can preserve organic material for millenia - in fact "bog butter" is regularly found in Britain and Ireland that has been buried for 2000 years and is still edible.
@@robokill387 they used stone on this side of the channel also. (Dutchman here) I understand your thinking though.
@@SungazerDNB yes, but they probably used proportionally more wood in the Netherlands compared to Scotland - the areas of Scotland where these things are typically found are nearly treeless.
This is a fantastic series - so well researched, up-to-date scholarship, clearly presented. A great resource, thank you!
Superb presentation...Alan.
I'm of Scottish descent hailing
from my father's side...
...surname, Law.
This extraordinary work of yours
avails a broad glimpse of the Land and Culture that for perhaps 2000 years or more of where my blood lived in this region... Astonishing...
.. Beautiful...and a bit Surreal..
Much thanks to you...fine gentleman and good sir, Mr. Short.
You are amazing !!!
I do believe it's time to
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Watch "Scottish history tours" of you aren't already aware of the channel 👍🏴
Quite a lot illustrious Law's
Thank you for charing your knowledge! My 3x grandfather by the name John Alexander Robertson married to Ann (born Potter) emigrated to Norway in the midt of the 18. century and I am more than average interessted in the history of the land. Best wishes from Norway, K.
Smashing informative film, Alan. Thank you so much for making it, along with the others in the series.
Superb documentary, thank you. I am a Scot but I am also a Pict. I forgot, thank you Alan.
This was a great documentary. Extremely informative. I loved it!!! Thank you.
Excellent film, I found it really engaging and perfectly paced.
Does anyone know the song playing at the start when the flag waves
Amazing documentary. Thank you for sharing 🏴
When I was educated in Scotland in the sixties, they didn't have much to say about the Picts. Obviously they are more fashionable now. If the height of their culture was light relief carving on stones, it would suggest they weren't very advanced. The fact they were able to give the Roman's a bloody nose says something about the people
For one thing, they were taller. 😊
Do you think culture resides in art? You have been brainwashed by elite institutions, without even knowing it.
Excellent, thanks for providing!
Maybe not to the point, but I kinda like Robert E. Howard's portrayal of the Picts in his Conan the Barbarian books. I like to think that I may have ancestors like that among my antecedents. The mystery is what makes the Picts attractive to thinkers and dreamers of today.
Don't miss the standalone Bran Mak Morn tales from REH, especially "Worms of the Earth".
While Conan is REH's most famous creation, King Kull, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, Steve Costigan, and Breckinridge Elkins were all great characters/stories.
Sounds like you have !
Bravo to this reference!!
Very much enjoyed your programme. Thank you.
Excellent. Here is a man who has a genuinely realistic grasp of the history of our great Nation.
Great video. My Aunt traced my surname back to a Pictish village that was nestled in the hills of Cargill in Perthshire.
Thank you for this great documentary
Well done Alan - informative and enjoyable. Thanks
Great narration and lots of fascinating info
Excellent presentation and research. Fascinating.
Sober, smart, fascinating. Well done!
Their art is amazing! :)
I honestly cant think of any other examples that captivate me as pict art does.
D.M.
Fascinating. Superb documentary. Thank you.
Thank you for this Alan!
Most fascinating! Thanks for sharing.
I don't care what anyone says, you should always remember where you've come from. Try to understand the struggles your ancestors overcame to bring you to this moment, here and now.
D.M.
Sorry to be so offtopic but does any of you know a method to log back into an Instagram account..?
I stupidly forgot the account password. I love any assistance you can offer me
@Terry Rudy Instablaster =)
If they don't foster u or migrate u, i wouldn't trust technology ethier to tell you these things the only thing is spirit
Its coded in our bloodlines
Break the chain
Thank you. Great presentation
Excellent video. You deserve more likes.
Very nice video. Thank you!
brilliant use of piano music in this film
Very clear clean and precise. Very professional. Thankyou I didn't get the presenters name but he is extremely easy to follow because he makes the viewer comfortable.
Thankyou for this.
Going back in time before the romans, how populous was Scotland? Was intrigued to read that most of the landscape that is so bare now, was once wooded, and people were settled along rivers and the coast in large part.
Perhaps 150 000 ? given that it was only about a 1/2 million by the start of the medieval period ?
Very well done!
good stuff,thanks so much for your effort..subbed hope you upload more.
Excellent presentation !
Great clip . Helped me on personal research. 👍
The Pictish Clans were still in existence even in the 1200's and 1300's and even later. I am descended from Thomas Dickson (Dicson) and the De Keiths (Earl Marischal of Scottland) who were from Pictish clans.
I've become rather obsessed with the Pictish history as fairly recent genetic evidence points to a possible "Pict" male relocating to the present day Scottish lowlands and becoming the progenitor of the Armstrongs, of which I am one! Never forget the past and always honor your ancestors!
Outstanding!
Well presented thank you very insightful. :)
This was a great documentary. Thanks for making this it must have taken you quite some time. I'm from Kirkcaldy in Fife and would love to find out if I had Pictish DNA in my blood
This is the best so far...
I enjoyed that. I'm a Buchan loon fae Buchan folk
Thank you so much to this it has opened my eyes to a new [ for me ] wider history of Britain
Thank you for this.
Great effort on a very mysterious people. My ancestry on my father's line goes back to Aberdeen - so maybe I am a bit of a Pict myself.
I am I know
Ken M if you have inherited a big pair o balls there you go by the way I'm in Aberdeen
my Ancestors are picts too
My Maternal Grandfather's family came from Aberdeenshire, just where is lost to time.
You must proudly yell, that you're a pict!!!
I was glued to this documentary fascinating and brilliantly filmed
Alba Thank you it is great to get positive feedback.
Really appreciate the music, beautiful.
9:53 Who were the inhabitants before the Picts? They must've been a developed people to build stonework, right?
I so want to go to visit that spot where the Picts lived.
great video enjoyed
One of the best ..Tk you
My family is from the Taexili pict tribal area in Aberdeen. I am Taexili tribe, Norse, and Irish.
Thank you. 🕊💜🕊
Great upload great info thankyou
Love this. Thanks ❤
Thank you for your research and video on the Picts history. They have been conveniently left out of history and something needs to be done to bring their history forward. There are some ancient writings that state the Picts were originally from Egypt and in fact related to Egyptian royalty. Most of the ancient writings are not in English and there are holes in the "paper" here and there but that aside, we need to do some translations.Thank you again.
Bertha Yellowfinch are you referring to princess Scoti,whom legend suggests the Scots are derived from?
Huh , Egyptian royalty ? hahahahaha
Scotland was named for Scotia, a red headed Egyptian princess, descendant of Tutankhamun, who fled Egypt to the area now known as Scotland with the Scythian prince she had married. This theory is further supported by DNA tests that demonstrated 70% of the male population throught the UK had genetic links to Tutankhamun while conversely less than 1% of the male population of Egypt was found to have the same.
@@tori0305ful
Thanks for this rarely mentioned history. The more that’s learned through scientific research the more clearly our present is related to the Annuls and so called myths. Cheers.
hello I have found three place names in Scotland that have an Estonian meaning Laide (shallow sea), PoolWe (semi-water), Ullapool (Above). Continental Europe has many old
place names with Estonian origins.
you're saying picts might have had ugro finnish background?
According to the Romans, the picts initially lived on the banks of the Loire River. From there, they traveled to the British Isles to look for a vacancy for the Goths and Celts. The Pikes had twenty Viking ships. Approximately 60% of the Gallia place names written by Caesar were of Finno-Ugric origin.@@frogman4700
@@frogman4700 Gene study: The peoples of India are of similar origin to Estonians and finns.Mohenjo Daro and Harappa culture.What was destroyed by a major catastrophe (nuclear war, etc.). We are Aryans :-). Descendants of the Elves.
Ullapool is "wool pool," from the Norse, or possibly from the woman's name, Ulla + pool. The other two names could be Norse as well, though I need to hear them pronounced to be certain.
They originally came from Siberia then traveled to finland then to Scandinavia then to Scotland
Very interesting .
How does one dna test for Pictish lineage? I ve watched the game of thrones and learned about the chains across the harbors. It sparked my light research into the Viking stones and the Dunnard castle king foot stone as well as the seven brothers fish wolf boar ….symbols. Very curious about historical movements of cultures.
I offer a thank you, To the narrator of this video, Na dooniawosl, Learned Man, In search of heritage, I have come to regard my self as part of the Siol Alpine, The 5 clan's out of Clan Mac Alpine, I am now told there are 7 clans, And in fact we are descendents of the picts, So this means that when I go to a football match I can paint my face blue, I can handle that, But I will disregard the comments that we were sheep stealers and cattle thieves.
Jack Duffy, There are seven clans of Siol Alpin, they are :- MacNab, MacGregor, MacKinnon, MacQuarrie, Grant, MacAulay and MacFie. These seven clans are directly descended from the Pictish King Alpin and through his son King Kenneth I, the first king to unite the Picts and the Scots.
I fail to understand why you regard yourself as a part of Siol Alpin, the name Duffy is of Irish origin, originally spelled O Dubhthaigh in Irish Gaelic. Duffy's are descended from one of the Heremon kings of Ireland, namely Cahir Mon of Leinster.
As a MacGregor, I can claim descent from Siol Alpin, our clan motto is 'S Rioghal Mo Dhream (Royal is My Race). Rob Roy MacGregor coined the phrase "Black Mail", extorting money from livestock owners on the promise that neither he nor his clansmen would rustle the paying owners herds. Cattle and Sheep rustling was a way of survival for some Highland clansmen. Ownership of land and livestock were held by the law of the sword.
David MacGregor, Thank you David for your input, Back in the 1970s the Clan Chief Mac-Fee, lived here in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has past on now, Chief Earl Duglas, Mac-Fee, Insisted that, Coffy, Cathy, Hathy, Duffy, And others, Were Clane Mac-Fee, He is still regarded heer as, Na-dooniawosl, Learned Man, So let me call out, Coom-Ra Bass-Alpin, Remember the death of Mac-Alpine.
The Pictus, From Isiaths whence they came.
@@jackduffy1817 Thank you for your reply Jack, sorry about my late reply. It's possible that the names you mentioned above were Septs of Clan MacFee, or MacFie. A Sept is a famIly who are not directly related to a Clan through it's bloodline, but when they show loyalty to a Clan they are treated as though they are a fully fledged member of the Clan and are given protection by the Clan.
I ask myself why does Pictish art (animals especially) resemble the tattoos found on a mummy half way across the globe on a princess, above the Altai? I am guessing from looking at them that the animals are ancient maps, showing trade routes, centers, and land and water features. If they are tattooed on, you won't get lost. (If they are maps.) This mapping system would have been brought by an ancient culture. The circles joined like a handle are also seen in another culture. As well the ponies maybe of the Steppes are also interesting.
+cyndi aides
there were no copy right laws in those days
Your right to question. The picts originally came from Siberia then traveled to Finland then to Scandinavia then to Scotland
The Picts were clearly Britons as shown in the video from there placenames like aberdeen
Picts were the Sardinian exiles when Rome defeated Carthage about 230 BCE. The Sardinian Nurages were the mining and metal specialists of the Phoenician trading network. Look at where the brochs are and where the old mines were. They were coming to the British Isles for a long long time before the Roman invasion of their island. The bull cult was primary in Nuragia; look at the bull carving from Burghead fort. 🤔
White people are Jews?
striking resemblances between the pictish and scythian symbology
Thanks for this excellently narrated and filmed video. More "captioning" would be beneficial for those proper names.
Surprised you didn't explain more the difference between the Christianity parcticed and the one that came from Northumbria, as, at that time everything revolves around belief... less fashionable now, however most base to culture back then.
However the rest was very very informative, thank you.
Is it possible for the fish above the coat of arms shield might represent Pict heritage?
I found the Onkney's to be the most interesting in historical site's
at 2:06 you see the hill behind him...looks like a very ancient sphinxt
Interesting, seems to have kicked of a debate , thanks
I remember reading about the Picts when I was young ( a long time ago) and back then, the Picts were considered a completely different language group, since so little was known about them. I remember my brother saying they must have become a substrate of Scottish. I wonder when that point of view changed.
I did too, +55 years ago. But there has been a great deal more research since then and much less credence given to the opinions (hardly research) of the 19th c historians and antiquarians that we used to believe. There are lots of resources online about the archeological finds (eg much larger settlements than previously thought, evidence of trade with far distant places), linguistic research (the modern consensus is that Pictish was a branch of “Common Brittonic” the root language of most pre Roman Britons) and of course DNA research which was unheard of back then (the unique Pictish DNA marker has been isolated from bones found in archeological digs - and in modern Scotland is still most commonly found in the area of former Pictland).
It’s all part of a much greater interest in and research of the early history of what is now Scotland, which turns out to be a lot less like the “misty Celtic twilight” of 19th c romanticism and a lot more like “Game of Thrones” (minus the dragons) with 5 quite different cultural and language groups vying for dominance over a 500 year period. Worth looking into it, it’s fascinating.
I am Welsh. But my ancestors are Scottish on my Maternal side. Came down to Welsh Valleys for mining work.
Picts were not the indigenous people of Scotland. There were people in Scotland before the Picts, and whether they were invaded by the Picts or assimilated into the Celtic Pictish culture and kingdoms we will never know. Archeologists and DNA researchers have clearly uncovered “pre”-Celtic civilations in Scotland. My own personal y-DNA, for example, is I-M223, and it has been found in Scotland before 4,000 years ago (2,000 BC) when the Bell Beaker Folk started to arrive in the UK. This, of course, is all well before written history, but written history is but a fraction of time in world history.
The word Scotland is half greek, σκότος in greek means Dark so Scot-Land is the land of darkness
because of rainy weather
the name Scotland comes from the Scoti, tribes who invaded from northern Ireland
@@ajrwilde14 Maybe, these are not my words, its ancient greek quotes i think from Pytheas of Masalia who went there
@@ajrwilde14 Its a fact that scotos in greek means darkness
Considering how migratory humans were tens of millennia before the Christian Era, the term "indigenous" is always questionable, especially with regards to cultures without written histories.
Are most parts of Scotland cloudy for most of the year like Seattle, where I'm at?
Yep and we can get four seasons in one day 😂😂😂🏴
Nice. Maybe some simillarity between Picts and Slovenian only we had luck to survive by name and language.
picts are my favorit ancient culture, together with the huns and the goths.
Yeah the 80s were great
Most Scots have the Russian Steppe Gene (from the picts no other part of the British isles has this gene ) so the Scythia legend has a element of truth the Scythians language was written in hieroglyphs just like on the Pictish standing stones www.scotsman.com/news/politics/genetics-show-many-scots-are-descended-russian-nomads-1463717
I'm just going to enjoy your video and not read the comments. Thanks for showing.
To clear up confusion:
Picts, Gauls, Celtiberians, Galatians and Gaels are all Celtic peoples.
I read somewhere that Celtic's were from France and someone first mentioned Celts in a book from the 17th century.
@@markmacthree3168 the Celts originated in the upper Danube river, with the Urnfield Cultures being the first Celts.
@@dracodistortion9447 I don't trust academia as far as I could throw them and I'm not sure But I know one thing Britain was a major presence in ancient times and we weren't just tribes but powerfull kingdom's and we were full of knowledge the druids educated kings around the world ....hey just getting into our history since the TV broke 3.5 years ago ....best thing that ever happened to me 😃.
@Askr Whats your proof
@@markmacthree3168 who said anything about literally any of that?
On your maps Pictland doesn't extend as far south as the Antonine wall site. Is that where the confederation of the Maeatae was situated. It doesn't seem likely that the latter were directly north of Hadrian's wall in which area the Romans dominated with outlying forts and roads and paid subsidies under treaty to the tribes there. So, in order to plunder Britannia, the Picts used their skill as sailors, bypassing intervening terrain. They were 'transmarini' , from across the sea
Is there a history between the Picts and stone of scone?
It is frustrating that no dates are given for the events regarding the early Picts.
This tape doesn't go back to the origins, doesn't go back far enough. He just starts with, they were the indigenous people of Scotland. But they weren't.
@@JanetCaterina Well it seems you're fishing for a reply so... elaborate... you made a "finite" statement. So elaborate... What's your info and where did you get it from?
@@JanetCaterina He did state it was believed the Picts were of Scythian origin from East of the Black Sea. The Scythian people were a fierce, warlike people.
I really enjoyed video however I would like to point out error at 3:29 ( map ). Should be Scythia ( not Sycthia ).
Whatever. I'm sure that we'll all be ok.
Oh now your just being pickty 😂✌️
@@johnmcintosh5465 :D
Looking for more detailed info on MacNaughton surname Mccracken which was from MacNeachtain son of neach which were of picts eh?
My grandmas name on my dads side comes from the picts. This is prrtty cool to learn about my.ancestors
my Dads last name comes from some weird irish name, but his ancestors were picts
Interesting how the indigenous people had roundhouses, and either adopted, or had thrust upon them square houses.
What info do you have about the earliest of their symbols?
Hi David,
The most recent research on the early symbols from Dunnicaer near Stonehaven by Professor Gordon Noble and the University of Aberdeen archaeologists puts the dating of the stones earlier than had previously been thought. Chapter seven of his book on the Picts: The King in the North (2019) describes their findings.
Noble writes as an archaeologist and does not try to explain what individual symbols might mean. I don't think there is any consensus on that subject yet !
On the web, the Pictish Arts Society is a great place to explore some of the issues and the University of Aberdeen's Northern Picts Project might also give you some information on the earliest stones.
Alan Short
The artwork is very similar to that found in Gobekli tepee and the Baltic region in general. It appears they were forced to migrate west at some point.
I read years ago that the surname of Stonger is actially from an ancient pictish name. Wondering if this is accurate.
I’m doing an ancient civilization report on the picts
my surname is Pitkeathly, ill send you a photo of me, and you really will say shit the Picts really are ancient .Duncan.
Several species of small furry animals, gathered together in a cave, grooving with a Pict.
Several thousand
Thats just what i was thinking.
Listening to Pink Floyd !
Ummagumma!
My great grandmother was a Ewing, the gentleman talking looks like my uncle.
So Pitlochry is also a Pictish name; what does it mean?
Gavin Menzies book "1421 THE YEAR THE CHINESE DISCOVERED AMERICA' One of the interesting facts is they found the copper mines at the north end of the Mississippi River. The copper was taken to England and their tin was used to make the best quality bronze
If anyone is curious, there is a short clip at the third installment of the series Blood of the Vikings " ". Historian Brian Smith, I believe is his name, has an interesting theory of the fate of the Picts. There is a copy on RUclips if anyone cares to take a look. It's Part Three "the Sea Road" I think. You don't have to watch the whole thing. Dr. Smith gives his theory at the around the ten minute mark. Fascinating.
The pictsish tribes would have been subsumed by the invading Norsemen, the Scots were invading from Ireland,
Thank you.
Ephraim was a Bull. In Deuteronomy 33:17 a firstborn bull is followed by a wild ox in Hebrew Raem i.e. unicorn].
Picts never died out , they intermarried into the Kingdom of Alba
As a Henderson, our Dad’s DNA showed that we have “Pict” DNA, so yes, we are still here! Just widely spread around the western world.
Best I've watched in ages