Maeatae
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The Maeatae were a confederation of tribes that probably lived beyond the Antonine Wall in Roman Britain.
Dumyat summit, with the River Forth in the distance
Myot Hill with the Ochils on the horizon
Picts
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The Picts were a group of peoples in what is now Scotland north of the Firth of Forth, in the Early Middle Ages. Where they lived and details of their culture can be gleaned from early medieval texts
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…them receiving money from the Romans to keep the peace. The Miathi, mentioned in Adomnán's Life of Columba, probably to be identified with the Southern Picts, have been posited as the same group, their identity seemingly surviving in some form as late as the 6th or 7th centuries AD…
The Aberlemno I roadside symbol stone, Class I Pictish stone with Pictish symbols, showing (top to bottom) the serpent, the double disc and Z-rod and the mirror and comb
Silver plaque from the Norrie's Law hoard, Fife, with double disc and Z-rod symbol
The so-called Daniel Stone, cross slab fragment found at Rosemarkie, Easter Ross
The Whitecleuch Chain, high-status Pictish silver chain, one of ten known to exist, dating from between 400 and 800 AD