11 research outputs found

    The Chapel and Burial Ground on St Ninian's Isle, Shetland: Excavations Past and Present

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    This volume is the definitive account of the excavation which led to the discovery of the magnificent hoard of 28 pieces of Pictish silverware on St Ninian’s Isle, Shetland in 1958. It includes a reassessment of the original archives and finds, including an ogham stone found on the site in 1876 and a fantastic collection of glass beads, as well as several new small-scale excavations on the site of the chapel and its burial ground

    An Ogham-inscribed slab from St Ninian’s Isle, found in 1876

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    The Shetland Chapel-Sites Project: further investigations and résumé

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    The Shetland Chapel-Sites Project: further investigations and résumé

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    Excavations at Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, 1990-1999

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    Major work undertaken by Glasgow Univesrity Archaeologists has shed light on an enigmatic era - the so-called Age of Arthur. Tintagel epitomises the struggle between myth and reality. New excavations have shown the site to be much more extensive that previously thought, and considerable assemblages of imported ceramics from the Mediterranean region, as well as glass have been discovered

    Glass beads

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    This is a full consideration of a series of glass beads which were originally recovered in association with the major Pictish silver hoard from St Ninian's Isle, Shetland. They have never before been considered and are a major contribution to the study fo the period
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