The Dál Riata kingdom came to an end in the mid-9th Century when Kenneth I brought together the Scots and Pict, with the country then known as Scotland.

Scotland's History Early Scotland The Gaelic Kingdom of Dál Riata emerges The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

At the heart of the Gaelic kingdom – Dál Riata – was a formidable hill fort. The rocky outcrop of Dunadd, Argyll, was far more than a defensive fortress however. Dunadd was the location where ...

In 563 AD Columba left Ireland and settled with the Gaels of Dál Riata, where he was granted ... and was carried before the Scots army as it marched into war. This reliquary is thought to be ...