The monks arrive
The monks arrive
How the monastery began. On the sandy ridge overlooking the Dornoch Firth was an Iron Age cemetery containing burials lined with stone slabs. Christian burials were added to these from the 6th century onwards – the time of Columcille's expedition up the Great Glen. But the main monastic flowering was not until the early 8th century when the whole site was developed.
Keywords: Columcille, early medieval burials, cist graves, Vikings
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