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Face of a Pictish man who was 'brutally killed' 1,400 years ago is reconstructed in stunning detail Skeleton was in remarkable state of preservation and found in a cave in the Black Isle, Ross-shire The body had been placed in an unusual cross-legged position with large stones holding down his limbs Forensic analysis showed that the man suffered at least five blows to the head that fractured his face and skull  The final blow saw a weapon driven through his skull from one side and out the other as he lay on the ground Researchers have reconstructed the face of a Pictish young man who was 'brutally killed' 1,400 years ago. Archaeologists excavating a cave in the Black Isle, Ross-shire, were astonished to find a perfectly preserved skeleton of the man buried in a recess of the cave. The body had been placed in an unusual cross-legged position, with large stones holding down his legs and arms. Forensic anthropologists found that the Pict victim had suffered...