The Kingdom of the Britons stretched along the River ... Britons and a flourishing centre of a Britonnic culture that spoke Old Welsh, or Cumbric - a language now almost entirely forgotten.

Known as 'Picti' by the Romans, meaning 'Painted Ones' in Latin, these northern tribes constituted the largest kingdom in Dark Age Scotland ... The politcal map was altered.

They called themselves 'Goidi l', modernised today as Gaels, and later called Scotland 'Alba'. For centuries historians have debated the Gaels' origin. The earliest historical source we have comes ...

The arrival of the Gaels in the west coast of Scotland introduces a new power bloc in early Scottish politics. Video: A history of Scotland: The Last of the Free.