Strongholds of the Picts: The Fortifications of Dark Age Scotland

by Angus Konstam

When the Romans left Britain around AD 410 the island had not been fully subjugated. In the Celtic fringe of Caledonia - now Northern Scotland - these unconquered native peoples were presented with the opportunity to pillage what remained of Roman Britain. By way of response the Post-Roman Britons of what is now Scotland did their best to defend themselves from attack, and to preserve what they could of the economic and administrative systems left...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846036860
• ISBN13: 9781846036866
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.3" x 8.8"