Pictish Ring Discovered at Burghead Fort
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•'Remarkable' Pictish ring is discovered after 1,000 years
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Kite-shaped ring with garnet or red glass centre laid undiscovered at Burghead Fort in Moray , Scotland .
Area thought to have been 'archaeologically vandalised' in 1800s when town was built on top of it.
But now ring has been uncovered in a dig led by the University of Aberdeen .
Professor Noble and his team will use the ring and other evidence uncovered on the dig to start to answer those questions.
Burghead was a significant seat of power in the Pictish period.
Historic Environment Scotland said the find is 'hugely significant' for what it tells us about Pictish lives and society.
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