King s Seat community dig team discovers evidence of busy Pictish settlement in Dunkeld
Evidence of a Pictish hillfort is being unearthed in Dunkeld Perthshire
An archaeological excavation of the King s Seat Hillfort in Dunkeld has found it was a power house during Pictish times (Image: Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust)
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image captionAn artist s reconstruction of the hillfort near Dunkeld
What is believed to be a Pictish royal hillfort has been revealed after three years of excavations and analysis of finds from the site.
The existence of King s Seat Hillfort has been known for the last 100 years, but the significance of the site has only now been better understood.
A citizen science project involving teams of volunteers carried out the digs near Dunkeld from 2017-2019.
Finds included items believed to have been made in France and Germany.
Archaeologists said this suggested the Picts who lived at King s Seat had trade links with continental Europe, and provided possible evidence that the site was of high status .
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