Battle Scars and Sacred Stars: The Story of the Picts

January 20, 20251 min read

Battle Scars and Sacred Stars: The Story of the Picts

Two thousand years ago, an unstoppable empire met an immovable people. Rome’s mighty legions had conquered most of Celtic Britain . . . except for the tribes of the far north. We have little direct evidence for Pictish culture, but there are strong suggestions that long before Christianity reached Scotland, the early Picts were using Neolithic sites built with mathematical precision — not just to honour their gods, but to track the stars and planets across the heavens. And what they left behind is more than just stone — it’s a prehistoric observatory that still works to this day.

The Picts course is course no. 11 on the website: https://celticsource.online/courses-page

Studied at Bangor University:

2005, BA: 1st, Welsh

2007, MA: Distinction, Welsh

2012, PhD, School of Welsh

Originally from Queens Park (now Caia Park), Wrecsam. Formerly released music as Gwilym Morus, Mwnci Nel and lead singer for Drymbago. He worked as a research fellow at the Library of Congress, Washington DC in 2010. One of the founders of Eos, the Broadcasting Rights Agency for Wales in 2011. He continues to compose, perform, write, teach, consult and make video to this day.

Gwilym Morus-Baird

Studied at Bangor University: 2005, BA: 1st, Welsh 2007, MA: Distinction, Welsh 2012, PhD, School of Welsh Originally from Queens Park (now Caia Park), Wrecsam. Formerly released music as Gwilym Morus, Mwnci Nel and lead singer for Drymbago. He worked as a research fellow at the Library of Congress, Washington DC in 2010. One of the founders of Eos, the Broadcasting Rights Agency for Wales in 2011. He continues to compose, perform, write, teach, consult and make video to this day.

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