The ancient burial site is believed to contain the remains of several generations of the same family UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD
Archaeologists have used DNA analysis to uncover the secrets of a centuries old burial site nicknamed the "six-headed chief".
The grave at Portmahomack in the Highlands contains a man with a fatal sword wound to his skull.
He was buried with four skulls before his grave was later reopened to bury a second man, while a third man was buried in a nearby grave.
Analysis suggests some of the remains to be generations of the same family.
All the remains bar one date to the late 13th to early 15th century.
Archaeologists said the exception was one of the four skulls which dates to the 8th to 10th century and probably belonged to a Pictish monk.
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