Strongholds of the Picts: The Fortifications of Dark Age Scotland (Fortress, #92)

by Angus Konstam

Peter Dennis (Illustrator)

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This concise guide actually covers not just Pictish fortifications, but all those in use in early medieval Scotland, including those of Strathclyde and Rheged and of the Dal Riata. Konstam introduces the reader to the principal types of fort, including the re-use of earlier defences, before offering more in-depth surveys of Dundurn and Dunadd. As well as architecture and construction he looks at the use of the forts in war and peace, to control the landscape and act as royal strong points.
  • ISBN10 184908257X
  • ISBN13 9781849082570
  • Publish Date 20 February 2013 (first published 10 February 2010)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint Osprey Publishing