Format:
Online-Ressource (265 p)
ISBN:
9780748624423
Content:
During the 19th and 20th centuries a trail of chance finds on the outskirts of Portmahomack led to the first exposure in 1996 of a Pictish settlement in northern Scotland. The area became the subject of one of the largest research excavations ever to have taken place on the Scottish mainland. This book describes the discovery and excavation of an early monastery. Dating from the 6th to the 9th century AD Portmahomack is one of the earliest Christian sites to be revealed in Britain and the first in the land of the Picts. The monastery was destroyed between 780 and 830 AD and was then lost to hi
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Description based upon print version of record
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COVER; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Plates; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part 1 Exploring; 1. Welcome to Portmahomack; 2. Designing the expedition; 3. What we found; Part 2 Age of Fame; 4. The monks arrive; 5. Carvers and thinkers; 6. Architects and artisans; 7. Serving new masters; Part 3 Legacy; 8. Aftermath: St Colman's Church; 9. Ritual landscape, with portage; 10. A holy place in history; Digest of evidence; Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748630462
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748624423
Additional Edition:
Print version Portmahomack: Monastery of the Picts
Language:
English
Keywords:
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