Portmahomack : monastery of the Picts /

Portmahomack today is a serene fishing village on the Dornoch Firth, north east Scotland where archaeological excavations have written a new history of the origins of Scotland. This book brings alive the expedition and its discoveries, most famously a monastery of the eighth century in the land of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carver, M. O. H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : EUP, 2016.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Scotland > Portmahomack.
Monasteries > Scotland > Portmahomack.
Picts > Religion.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Écosse > Portmahomack.
Pictes > Religion.
British & Irish history.
History > Europe > Great Britain.
Celtic antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Monasteries.
Portmahomack (Scotland) > Church history.
Portmahomack (Scotland) > Antiquities, Celtic.
Scotland > Portmahomack.
Church history.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Portmahomack today is a serene fishing village on the Dornoch Firth, north east Scotland where archaeological excavations have written a new history of the origins of Scotland. This book brings alive the expedition and its discoveries, most famously a monastery of the eighth century in the land of the Picts. Starting from chance finds of a Pictish carved stone in St Colman's churchyard, the archaeologists unearthed four settlements one on top of the other. An elite farm was succeeded by the Pictish monastery, which, following a Viking raid in AD800, became a trading place and then a medieval vi.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780748699971
074869997X
9780748697687
0748697683

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