The Pictish man's skeleton was discovered during a cave excavation in the Black Isle
three years ago
ROSEMARKIE CAVES PROJECT
A Pictish man who was killed and then buried in a cave in the Highlands 1,400 years ago had links to Orkney, according to genetic analysis.
Archaeologists found the man's skeleton buried in a recess of a cave at Rosemarkie in the Black Isle in 2016.
He was discovered with stones weighing down his limbs while his head had been battered multiple times.
Researchers have compared his nuclear genome with a worldwide dataset of ancient and modern populations.
His genetics were found to be most similar to other Iron Age individuals from the Knowe of Skea in Westray in Orkney.
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