Scotland is very rich in the remains and evidence of the Vikings. Using all the sources available - historical, archaeological and linguistic - this book explor

Beginning with the archaeology of the Picts and Scots and ending with the transition to the Middle Ages, the authors place the impact of the Norse in its wider

1.Scotland Before the Vikings --2.Norwegian Background --3.Sources for Scandinavian Scotland --4.Regional Survey Part I: Northern Scotland --5.Regional Survey P

During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social

A cache of over 100 gold, silver and other items, the richest collection of rare and unique Viking-age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland, was unearthed b