Carver, Martin orcid.org/0000-0002-7981-5741 (2004) An Iona of the East:the early-medieval monastery at Portmahomack, Tarbat Ness. Medieval Archaeology. pp. 1-30. ISSN 0076-6097
Abstract
A new research programme located on the Tarbat peninsula in north-east Scotland offers the first large-scale exposure of a monastery in the land of the Picts. A case is argued that the settlement at Portmahomack was founded in the 6th century, possibly by Columba himself, and by the 8th century had developed into an important political and industrial centre comparable with Iona. Signs of the monastery's former prominence survive in workshops producing liturgical objects, possibly including books, and in the brilliant art of the Tarbat cross-slabs at Portmahomack, Nigg, Shandwick and Hilton of Cadboll. The monastic institution, which had contacts with Northumbria and beyond, seems to have been expunged by the 11th century, probably in the context of political struggles between Scandinavian, Pictish and Scottish interests.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) |
Depositing User: | Repository Officer |
Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2006 |
Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2025 00:04 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1179/007660904225022780 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1179/007660904225022780 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:1830 |