Tag: Kenneth MacAlpin

The Picts: The Mystery, the Myth and the Monuments

Dec 18, 2025 | Burghead, Christianity, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Forteviot, Kenneth MacAlpin, Nigg, Peoples, Picts, Portmahomack, Pre-Christian Belief, Rhynie, Rosemarkie, Saint Columba, Scone, Shandwick, Tap o' Noth, Vikings, Well Worship

My first encounter with the Picts came, as a child, when I went to see Sueno’s Stone on the...

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Kenneth MacAlpin: Heroic Unifier of Scotland or Treacherous Destroyer of The Picts?

Sep 28, 2025 | Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Kenneth MacAlpin, Picts, Scone

Kenneth MacAlpin, or Cináed mac Ailpín as he was called in his native tongue, sat watching the...

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The Tale of Maelbrigte the Tooth

Dec 9, 2018 | Anglo-Saxons, Betrayals and Treachery, Britons, Dal Riatan Scots or Gaels, Dark History, Picts, Scottish Highlands, Vikings

In 874 AD Maelbrigte the Tooth appeared from the shadows of Scottish history. Little is recorded...

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