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  • Discovery of early medieval royal stronghold in southwest Scotland [ the Picts ]

    07/27/2012 9:55:32 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 51 replies
    Past Horizons ^ | Thursday, July 26, 2012 | unattributed
    Trusty's Hill, near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway, is best known for the Pictish Symbols carved into a natural rock outcrop at the fort's entrance. However, in recent years, many historians have begun to doubt whether these carvings were genuine, some even suggesting that the carvings are forgeries... As well as an abundance of domestic waste, including animal bones, stone and metal tools and a spindle whorl, from 'dark soil' occupation deposits sealed by the collapsed ramparts of the fort, the excavators recovered numerous crucible and clay mould fragments, metalworking debris and a variety of iron pins and...