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Easter Ross site yields clue in kirk riddle
Archaeologists believe they have found the missing link between a Pictish monastery and a 17th-century church on an important Christian site in Easter Ross.There was previously no evidence of what happened on the site at Portmahomack, near Tain, between the 8th-century monastery and the later church, which is currently the home of Tarbat Discovery Centre.
But a carved sandstone fragment of a column, which has now been unearthed during work to replace a nearby water main, is decorated in the gothic style and believed to date from the 14th century.
Archaeologist Cait McCullagh, of Highland Archaeology Services, is carrying out an archaeological watching brief, funded by Scottish Water, which is replacing just under 20 miles of water mains in the area.
Full story at the Aberdeen Press & Journal.
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