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Aerial view of Portmahomack, Tarbat Ness, Easter Ross, looking NW.

SC 1896764

Description Aerial view of Portmahomack, Tarbat Ness, Easter Ross, looking NW.

Date 1998

Collection Papers of James Sloan Bone, landscape historian, Inverness, Highland, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 1896764

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content A distant view with Portmahomack Harbour to the right, which was improved by Telford 1811-16. In the centre is Tarbat Old Parish Church where there are references to the many early Medieval carved stones found in the Church Yard. There are the archaeological remains of a peckish monastic settlement below the burial ground. The photo shows a University of Bradford excavation in progress led by Prof Martin Carver. Excavations of the precinct around Tarbat revealed a Pictish monastery, with surviving remains of large industrial working areas, for gold, iron, leather, glass. Title and Scope & Content contributed by North of Scotland Archaeological Society (2021).

Accession Number 2019/15

External Reference P11070

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1896764

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap

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