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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: #The isolated rocky hill in #CrinanMoss, #Strathclyde, was used as a #hillfort by the #Epidii even before the #Scotti from northern #Ireland invaded their territory, making #Dunadd the principal headquarters of the kingdom of the #Scots, #Dalriada, for
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#CelticSoulJourney #the #CrinanMoss #Strathclyde #hillfort #Epidii #Scotti #ireland #Dunadd #scots #Dalriada
#Celtic #MythologyMonday:Β This footprint at #Dunadd #Hillfort, #Strathclyde, is a relict from the inaugurations of the kings of #Dalriada, the kingdom of the #Scots, between 500 and 900 AD.
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Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: This figure of a boar, carved in #Pictish style close to the footprint and the basin at #Dunadd #Hillfort, #Strathclyde, might have been added by the #Pictish royal sculptor when Fergus, king of the #Picts, captured the principal headquarters of the
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#CelticSoulJourney #pictish #Dunadd #hillfort #Strathclyde #picts
Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: This figure of a boar, carved in #Pictish style close to the footprint and the basin at #Dunadd #Hillfort, #Strathclyde, might have been added by the #Pictish royal sculptor when Fergus, king of the #Picts, captured the principal headquarters of the
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#CelticSoulJourney #pictish #Dunadd #hillfort #Strathclyde #picts
Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: This footprint and the basin at #Dunadd #Hillfort, #Strathclyde, mark the site where the kings of #Dalriada, the kingdom of the #Scots, were inaugurated between 500 and 900 AD.
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#CelticSoulJourney #Dunadd #hillfort #Strathclyde #Dalriada #scots
Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: #The isolated rocky hill in #CrinanMoss, #Strathclyde, was used as a #hillfort by the #Epidii even before the #Scotti from northern #Ireland invaded their territory, making #Dunadd the principal headquarters of the kingdom of the #Scots, #Dalriada, for
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#CelticSoulJourney #the #CrinanMoss #Strathclyde #hillfort #Epidii #Scotti #ireland #Dunadd #scots #Dalriada
Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: The #IronAge #hillfort at #Dunadd originally had four ramparts at different levels. The layout with the outer line of defense around a stronghold almost corresponded to the type of castle called Motte and Bailey, which the Normans introduced centuries
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#CelticSoulJourney #ironage #hillfort #Dunadd
Nua-#CelticSoulJourney: #Dunadd, #Strathclyde, lies in the middle of the extensive ritual precinct in #KlimartinGlen and was the most important site in this part of #Scotland between 500 and 900 AD as the main and coronation site of the #Dalriada kingdom.
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