History comes alive at Picts in the Park
in the Park on the offensive Picts As part of Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust’s archaeology month programme, a fantastic family day of living history was held in Dunkeld.
Picts in the Park on Sunday took over the Highland Perthshire town’s Stanley Park as a community celebration of King’s Seat Hillfort, a site of national significance currently being investigated by the community supported by archaeologists through the King’s Seat Hillfort Archaeology Project.
From 11am until 3pm Stanley Park echoed with the clash of shields and the sounds of Pictish industry as re-enactors from Regia A lot to learn about early history Anglorum took members of the Dunkeld community back in time to the early historic period (200-900 AD) with technology and weapons demonstrations.
Visitors got to grips with traditional skills such as metal casting and smithing, leatherworking, timber construction and stone carving, all inspired by the remarkable archaeological discoveries being made on the hillfort.
For those keen to see the site itself, there were minibus tours and for the less adventurous, and talks hosted by project archaeologists from Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust and AOC Archaeology Group were offered in the nearby Duchess Anne Hall.
The event was opened by Perth and Kinross HeritageTrust patron, Dougie MacLean, with the mixed weather doing little to discourage over 600 people from attending throughout the day.
Photos by Bart Masiukiewicz