Scotsman Walking Wearing Kilt By Hill Fort On Spring History Visit To Inverness Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K Spring travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a Kilt and Sporran and walking by Iron Age Craig Phadrig Hill Fort on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to a hill overlooking Inverness, Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. An Iron Age fortification begun around 300 BC. Craig Phadrig is perhaps the best-known vitrified hill fort in Scotland. Curiously the hill fort was burned and then abandoned shortly after it was built, then around AD 400 to 600 it was re occupied by a Pictish king. Craig Phadrig has been called the original Inverness. The name comes from the Gaelic words for creag meaning rock and Phadraig meaning Patrick, so Craig Phadrig means literally Patrick's Rock. It isn't clear why it was abandoned. Centuries later it was re-occupied by the Picts and used as an important tribal centre. One of the Pictish kings was Bridei, or Brude. Around AD 565 St Columba journeyed up the Great Glen from his base on Iona in an attempt to convert the Picts to Christianity. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. The date for astronomical Spring is 20th March, ending on 21st June All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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