Some years ago a revolution took place in Early Medieval history in
Scotland. The Pictish heartland of Fortriu, previously thought to be
centred on Perthshire and the Tay found itself relocated through the
forensic work of Alex Woolf to the shores of the Moray Firth. The
implications for our understanding of this period and for the formation
of Scotland are unprecedented and still being worked through.
This is the first account of this northern heartland of Pictavia for a
more general audience to take in the full implications of this and of
the substantial recent archaeological work that has been undertaken in
recent years. Part of the The Northern Picts project at Aberdeen
University, this book represents an exciting cross disciplinary approach
to the study of this still too little understood yet formative period in
Scotland's history.