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Encyclopedia of the Celts : Pach - Pwyll (10358 words) |
 | Pechs and Pehts are Scottish Lowland names for fairies and are confused in tradition with the Picts, the mysterious people of Scotland who built the Pictish Brughs and possibly also the Fingalian Brochs, the round stone towers, of which the most perfect examples are the Round Towers of Brechin and Abernethy. |
| As to the racial identity of the Picts, they were possibly Celtic and called Pretani in their own language, hence the name of Britain. |
| Whatever their origins, the kings of the principal Northern Pict kingdom in Arthur's time were said to have been Galem I (AD 495), Drust III and Drust IV (AD 510-25, after which Drust III ruled alone), Gartnait III (AD 530) and Cailtram (AD 537); however this list should be treated with caution. |
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