Tour Scotland Autumn travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, to the Pictish Stone on ancestry visit to Forteviot, Perthshire. Forteviot was the Pictish royal centre in the mid ninth century AD, and became the regional ceremonial centre for the Picts from as early as the eighth century. Forteviot was the seat of Cinaed mac Aipin ( Kenneth, son of Alpin ), who ruled Southern Pictland. Kenneth MacAlpin’s ancestors went on to rule the kingdom until the 11th century, overseeing areas such as modern day Angus, Fife and Perthshire, which formed the core of the Pictish lands. The Picts are well known in history for their artwork on large monumental sculptures, which were used as territorial markers, setting out the boundaries of Forteviot’s Pictish palace. This new stone was created by David McGovern from Monikie Rock Art, who took inspiration from the sculpture of the Forteviot area, and from Pictish motifs found on Iona.
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