Tour Scotland Travel Video Autumn Drive To Pictish Cross In Forteviot Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of an Autumn road trip drive to the Pictish Cross in the centre of the village on ancestry history visit to Forteviot, Strathearn, Perthshire. The village was a major Pictish royal centre from the middle of the 9th Century after it first became important as a regional ceremonial centre from the 8th Century. At its peak, Forteviot was the seat of Cinaed mac Ailpin, Kenneth, son of Alpin, whose descendants ruled Scotland until the 11th Century. Southern Pictland, today’s Angus, Fife and Perthshire, was the core of the Pictish kingdom, which was to become the medieval kingdom of the Scots.The Picts are well known for their artwork on large monumental sculptures.

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