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Portmahomak: A Pictish Academy in Northern Scotland

Carver, Martin

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 history before being unearthed by one of the largest archaeological research projects ever seen in Scotland. In this richly illustrated book, Martin Carver describes the discovery of the site and the design and execution of the research programme, then traces the events that occured from the mid-6th century to the 11th century when the parish church was founded on the former monastic site. 240p b/w and col illus (Edinburgh UP 2008)

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