Pictish History and Scotland through the Ages | Historian and Author Stuart McHardy | Full Podcast

I speak to Scottish history author Stuart McHardy about Pictish history, we talk about Pictish sites of interest, including stone circles, carvings and Stuart explains our ever evolving understanding of where our ancestors came from and what we can learn about their way of life. Stuarts Website: https://www.luath.co.uk/stuart-mchardy Also at: https://tracscotland.org/storytellers... Stannis website Books (Paid Links) The Nine Maidens https://amzn.to/3JIECeQ Pagan Symbols of The Picts https://amzn.to/4aY7rQx Tales Of Whiskey https://amzn.to/4bcBsvy The Stones of the ancestors: https://amzn.to/4aTe9qY Scotland the Brave Land: 10,000 Years of Scotland in Story https://amzn.to/4b9uury Many more of Stuarts books are available on Amazon 00:00 04:53 Pictish hill forts and the Caterthuns 09:20 Beltane and the fires 12:23 what the Romans tell us about Scotland 16:27 Where did the Picts come from? 18:18 Pagan Symbols of the Picts 22:44 Stone Circles in Scotland 24:50 Brythonic Language and words from the past 29:23 Brodgar 33:00 British occupation of Scotland 35:21 Jacobites 39:50 Ethnic Cleansing of Scotland 41:45 Bonnie Prince Charlie 49:35 Scottish Clan call to arms The Fiery Cross 58:07 Cultural Sausage How the highlands and lowlands mixed 01:01:45 Illicit Whiskey 01:13:35 Pictish Sones are defaced by the church 01:16:43 The Scots did not come from Ireland 01:25:26 Pictish Ambush the Romans