Re: Guess what it is?


"Paul Burke" <paul@xxxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
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> John Watson wrote:
> > Picts came before the Celts right?!. :D
> >
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> Celts mentioned by Ptolemy 150AD.
>
> Picts not mentioned until 3rd century AD. Probably a coalition of Celtic
> (or other) tribes.
>
> The Picts were there before the Scots though.

Paul,
I once saw some hints/assumptions when reading excavation-reports from the
Scottish islands up to Shetland, that the Picts might have lived on the
islands before they came to be mentioned in 3rd century AD.
Do you have any thoughts about that?

Inger E
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