An account of the major advances in the understanding of the development of the Pictish kingdoms.
Professor Noble outlines some of the results of the 12-year (to date) project - the Northern Picts – highlighting some of the major advances that have been made in understanding the development of the Pictish kingdoms. This includes work on the dating and meaning of the Pictish symbol stone tradition, and the discovery of major settlements and fortifications. He also explores what we know of the Picts in NW Scotland.
Professor Gordon Noble has undertaken award-winning landscape research and field projects working on projects from the Mesolithic to Medieval periods. He has two major current projects, Northern Picts, funded by the University of Aberdeen Development Trust and Historic Environment Scotland, is focused on the post-Roman societies of northern Britain. The second, Comparative Kingship, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, is examining the early royal landscapes of Ireland and Scotland. Research for the Northern Picts and Comparative Kingship projects won Research Project of the Year 2021 in the Current Archaeology Awards, the leading UK archaeology awards programme.
Public engagement is a big part of his research with Northern Picts having featured in numerous exhibitions and on BBC 2 'Digging for Britain', National Geographic, Radio 4 'In Our Time' and many other media venues.
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