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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1. Verfasser: Carver, M. O. H. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh : EUP, 2016.
Ausgabe:Second edition.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (224 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780748699971
074869997X
9780748697687
0748697683

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