Lecture

St Moluag's Monastery on Lismore - a Rival to St Columba's Monastery on Iona

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Creator
  • Ellis, Clare
  • Cruickshanks, Gemma
2023

Abstract
  • Community excavation on Lismore has identified an Early Christian monastic site which includes an enclosed cemetery, one oval stone building and evidence for a specialised craft workshop area in which fine pieces of jewellery and other intricately decorated objects were made, antler was worked, leather was embossed and stone was carved.

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Resource Type
  • Lecture
Creator
  • Ellis, Clare
  • Cruickshanks, Gemma
Date published
  • 2023-06-02
Institution
  • National Museums Scotland
Organisational unit
  • Scottish History & Archaeology
Event title
  • Archaeological Research in Progress Conference 2023
Event location
  • Augustine United Church, Edinburgh
Event date
  • 2023-05-27
Series name
  • Archaeological Research in Progress Conference
Publisher
  • Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Place of publication
  • Edinburgh
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