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The kingdom of "Dal Raita" emerged in Argyll in the early centuries AD, after the Romans had abandoned Scotland. Unlike the Picts to the North and the British Celtic tribes to the South, the rulers of Argyll were Gaelic speakers who had crossed the sea from Ireland. This book describes the results of new excavations at Dunadd, the rocky hill on which these early Scots built a citadel. The authors also review past research at the site, and discuss what we know of Dalriadic society and culture. From the Iron Age onwards Dunadd was one of the most important regional centres, and the extensive Early Mediaeval remains have been interpreted in the past as the site where the first kings of Scotland were crowned (before that honour moved to Scone). The elegant metal artefacts, metallurgical workshop and elaborate masonry uncovered in these new excavations support this claim, and also shed new light on the development of insular art. Iona, only 60km away, had close links with Dunadd. While this volume is at heart a detailed excavation report, the wider contextual discussions (which are a hallmark of the Cardiff Studies in Archaeology series) should be of interest to anybody interested in the early, unwritten history of Scotland.
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The kingdom of "Dal Raita" emerged in Argyll in the early centuries AD, after the Romans had abandoned Scotland. Unlike the Picts to the North and the British Celtic tribes to the South, the rulers of Argyll were Gaelic speakers who had crossed the sea from Ireland. This book describes the results of new excavations at Dunadd, the rocky hill on which these early Scots built a citadel. The authors also review past research at the site, and discuss what we know of Dalriadic society and culture. From the Iron Age onwards Dunadd was one of the most important regional centres, and the extensive Early Mediaeval remains have been interpreted in the past as the site where the first kings of Scotland were crowned (before that honour moved to Scone). The elegant metal artefacts, metallurgical workshop and elaborate masonry uncovered in these new excavations support this claim, and also shed new light on the development of insular art. Iona, only 60km away, had close links with Dunadd.
While this volume is at heart a detailed excavation report, the wider contextual discussions (which are a hallmark of the Cardiff Studies in Archaeology series) should be of interest to anybody interested in the early, unwritten history of Scotland."About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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Dunadd: An Early Dalriadic Capital (Cardiff Studies in Archaeology)
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 295p well illustrated. The definitive work on the hill fort of Dunadd in Mid Argyll - "one of the most famous early medieval sites in Britain. Since the mid 19th century it has been popularly regarded as the royal capital of the earliest Scottish kingdom. This report gives the first full account of the site and publishes the research excavations undertaken in 1980 and 1981. The fort and its unique rock carvings are fully described and the historical evidence for the site is critically examined. The likely development of the fort is set out on the basis of radiocarbon, stylistic and stratigraphic evidence. The excavations demonstrated that there was Iron Age activity on the site though the classic nuclear fort plan is of early medieval date. The finds are fully described and illustrated including the outstanding 7th century metalworking assemblage which is discussed in the light of its significance for the emergence of the Hiberno-Saxon art style. An extensive discussion of the role of the site, its finds, and status concludes that Dunadd was one of the primary royal fortresses of the Dal Riata and a place of inauguration of its kings." The book is clean and unmarked with a neat bookplate at the top of the fep. Seller Inventory # 012160
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