British Academy Lecture | Darlith yr Academi Brydeinig

Schedule

Thu May 21 2026 at 05:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Bute Building Exhibition Space | Cardiff, WA

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The Northern Picts: The Citadel Project, Rescue- and Research-led Investigations at a Viking Age Power Centre
About this Event

Delivered by the most outstanding academics in the UK and beyond, the British Academy’s flagship Lecture Programme showcases the very best scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. This lecture forms part of the 'Sir John Rhys Memorial Lectures (Celtic Studies)’.

Abstract

This lecture will look at the major developments in Pictish archaeology that has been made under the umbrella project, the Northern Picts, at the University of Aberdeen.

In particular the project will outline the major discoveries at the largest Viking Age power centre known in northern Britain - the Pictish promontory fort at Burghead, Moray.

Speakers

Gordon Noble is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen. His Northern Picts/Comparative Kingship research project won the Current Archaeology Research Project of the Year 2021.

Vicki Cummings is a Professor of Neolithic Archaeology and is currently the Head of the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University. Her research focuses on Neolithic monumentality, especially chambered tombs, in Britain, Ireland and NW Europe.

Event information

  • Thursday 21 May 2026 | 17:00-19:30
  • Bute Building Exhibition Space, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB
  • Free event, booking required via Eventbrite
  • Registration opens at 17:00, with the lecture starting at 17:30
  • There will be a Q&A
  • This event includes a reception for attendees after the lecture at 18:45
  • There is step free access from the main entrance of Bute Building to the Exhibition Space, with lift access available to accessible toilets
  • Live captioning in English will be available for this lecture

We apologise that the entire registration page is not available in the medium of Welsh. Unfortunately, the platform we use does not offer this service.

This event is organised in partnership with Cardiff University. If you have any questions about this event, please email or

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Pictiaid y Gogledd: Prosiect y Citadel, Ymchwiliadau Achub ac Ymchwil mewn Canolfan Bŵer o Oes y Llychlynwyr

Wedi'i chyflwyno gan yr academyddion mwyaf rhagorol yn y DU a thu hwnt, mae Rhaglen Ddarlithoedd flaenllaw'r Academi Brydeinig yn arddangos yr ysgolheictod gorau yn y dyniaethau a'r gwyddorau cymdeithasol. Mae'r ddarlith hon yn rhan o Ddarlithoedd Coffa Syr John Rhys (Astudiaethau Celtaidd).
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Bydd y ddarlith hon yn trafod datblygiadau sylweddol yn archaeoleg Pictaidd sydd wedi deillio o brosiect Pictiaid y Gogledd ym Mhrifysgol Aberdeen.

Yn benodol, bydd y prosiect yn amlinellu’r darganfyddiadau mawr yn y ganolfan bŵer hysbys mwyaf o Oes y Llychlynwyr yng ngogledd Prydain – caer bentir Pictaidd yn Burghead, Moray.
Siaradwr

Athro Archaeoleg ym Mhrifysgol Aberdeen yw Gordon Noble. Enillodd ei brosiect ymchwil Pictiaid y Gogledd/Brenhiniaeth Gymharol wobr Prosiect Ymchwil Archaeoleg Cyfredol y Flwyddyn yn 2021.

Mae Vicki Cummings yn Athro Archaeoleg Neolithig, a hi yw Pennaeth yr Ysgol Hanes, Archaeoleg a Chrefydd ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd ar hyn o bryd. Mae ei gwaith ymchwil yn canolbwyntio ar henebion Neolithig, yn enwedig beddau siambr, ym Mhrydain, Iwerddon a gogledd-orllewin Ewrop.
Gwybodaeth am y digwyddiad

  • Dydd Iau 21 Mai 2026 |17:00–19:30
  • Man Arddangos, Adeilad Bute, Rhodfa Brenin Edward VII, Caerdydd, CF10 3NB
  • Digwyddiad am ddim, rhaid cadw lle drwy Eventbrite
  • Cofrestru yn agor am 17:00, gyda'r ddarlith yn dechrau am 17:30
  • Bydd sesiwn holi ac ateb
  • Mae'r digwyddiad hwn yn cynnwys derbyniad ar gyfer cyfranogwyr ar ôl y ddarlith am 6.45pm
  • Mae mynediad heb risiau o brif fynedfa Adeilad Bute i'r Arddangosfa, gyda lifft i’r toiledau hygyrch
  • Bydd capsiynau byw yn Saesneg ar gael ar gyfer y ddarlith hon.

Ymddiheurwn nad yw'r dudalen gofrestru gyfan ar gael yn Gymraeg. Yn anffodus, nid yw hynny’n bosibl ar y platfform rydyn ni’n ei ddefnyddio.

Trefnir y digwyddiad hwn mewn partneriaeth â Phrifysgol Caerdydd. Os oes gennych unrhyw gwestiynau am y digwyddiad hwn anfonwch e-bost at [email protected] neu




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