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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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