Indigenous inhabitants of northern
Scotland, pre-dating the
Celts; somewhat assimilated first by the invading Celts, and later overrun and annhilated by the
Romans. Known only by their Roman name. Called Picts because of their affinity for body
tattoos, using blue
woad.
It is believed the Picts spoke a language which may originally have preceded Indo-European languages, possibly related to Basque, but because of early Milesean incursions, eventually evolved to a type of Brythonic (P-Celtic) linguistic structure.
Place names may retain Pictish elements. See http://www.strathearn.com/ge/place_names.htm