When Vikings first came to Scotland, they only attacked in quick ... Norse word meaning 'bear skin' and berserkers were Viking warriors who went into battle wearing wolf or bear skins.

Constantine mac Áed (Constantine II), the grandson of Kenneth MacAlpin, began his life as an exile. In 878 AD his father, Áed, had been slain by a Giric, son of Dungal, and Constantine, a young boy at ...

Warriors often chopped plunder into pieces ... were discovered in a hoard buried by a wealthy Viking in Scotland. Photographs by ROBERT CLARK-WITH PERMISSION OF HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND ...

Vikings may have moved ships - similar to this replica of a vessel found in a Viking burial ground in Norway - across land in the west of Scotland Archaeologists are investigating the possibility ...