The Picts: The Tribe That Defended Scotland From the Roman Empire

This video should give you a closer look at the carvings on the Hilton of Cadboll Pictish Stone on the Tarbat Peninsula north of Inverness. While the 1200 year old original stands in the National Museum in Edinburgh to protect it, this is an incredible replica. Carved by Barry Grove in 2000, it gives us the opportunity to see how these would have looked to the Picts (inhabitants of much of Scotland from 300AD to 900AD) when they were first carved. The only difference is that we think they may ha

VisitScotland - We can't decide what's more epic - these...

I’ve had lots of questions recently about Scottish clans so thought it would be a good time to repost this one from a few months ago. I’m going to make more videos on Clans soon, so let me know in the comments which ones you would like me to cover! One of the most widely recognized sources of information on Scottish clans is the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs, which lists around 140 distinct clans - however there are far more (some say upward of 500) surnames that are associated with Scotti