The Northern Tapestry

Exploring the sagas and stories that link medieval Iceland, Scandinavia & the northern British isles. No longer active on X.

[The Northern Tapestry @northtapestry]

No longer posting here, but follow me- if you are there - on bluesky (@northerntapestry.bsky.social)

[North Ages @NorthAges]

Áed Finnliath, king of Ailech and Tara, died #OTD in 879. He was survived by his wife Máel Muire, daughter of Cináed mac Ailpín, former king of the Picts and Scots. Theirs is the only recorded marriage between an Irish king and a Pictish princess in the historical period.

[MrDarkins @DarkinsHistory]

@NorthAges @EarlyScotland ... and Clach a' Bhreatunnaich, another stone of the Britons a few glens south west overlooking Lochgoilhead. This one is as big as a house! Together they coukd be points marking the territorial boundary of the Alt Clut Britons #yrhenogledd

[North Ages @NorthAges]

Clach nam Breatann, Stirling. 'Stone of the Britons'. It stands in Glen Falloch, at the head of Loch Lomond, and probably commemorates either a boundary or a battle. Source: WJ Watson - The Celtic #PlaceNames of Scotland. 📸Eoghan

[The Northern Tapestry @northtapestry]

My latest blog looks at the 830s and the continuing Viking attacks on Ireland and the British Isles, notes a catastrophic defeat for the Picts, and introduces a couple of Norwegian youngsters to the story. @NorthAges @EarlyScotland #vikings #picts

https://t.co/wKaXkmD6HP

[The Northern Tapestry @northtapestry]

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[The Northern Tapestry @northtapestry]

Onuist II and the Flag of Scotland

@EarlyScotland @NorthAges #picts, #Scotland https://t.co/iivSUcTehx

[The Northern Tapestry @northtapestry]

In 728, during the Pictish civil war, a battle took place here (as related in my blog post https://t.co/HqdzoiyXvZ
This started a sequence of battles which led to the eventual victory in that war of Onuist son of Uurguist.

[The Northern Tapestry @northtapestry]

Moncreiffe Hill, just to the south of Perth, is home to two iron age hill forts. The highest of these, Moredun Top, is also the largest hill top fort in the Tay estuary. Unsurprisingly its name comes from the Gaelic and Celtic words mòr (big) and dùn (fort). #picts

[The Northern Tapestry @northtapestry]

Excavations of both took place between 2014-17. A free copy of the report can be downloaded at https://t.co/8cxoa7P7n6

[The Northern Tapestry @northtapestry]

My latest blog looks at the events of one decade in the early 9th century and considers the growing "relationship " between Picts, Dal Riada, Irish, Anglo-Saxons, Britons and Scandinavians #vikings, #Picts, #northumbria, @NorthAges
@EarlyScotland
https://t.co/XWfGSGWaC4

[Ross Cameron @ArchaeoRoss]

The Pictish stone in Inverallan Churchyard has had a lucky escape.

[The Northern Tapestry @northtapestry]

A recent trip to the Faroe Islands worked out perfectly for the timeline of my blog which moves briefly away from the British Isles to look at the settlement of the Faroes - and Connections to the Celtic world #vikings, #Faroes, @EarlyScotland
@NorthAges
https://t.co/k4DBJBn5IR

[The Northern Tapestry @northtapestry]

Viking house and cowshed, Kvívík in the Faroe Islands #vikings, #faroes

[@lairnscots.bsky.social @LairnScots]

Includes a talk fae Professor Robert McColl Millar, cried:

'Founder Populations? Internal and External Forces at Play in the
Dialects of Scots'