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SUMMARY:What lies beneath? Pictish Monsters and the Living Frame
DESCRIPTION:Find out all about Pictish monsters in this talk by Heather Pulliam\, Professor of Medieval Art at Edinburgh School of Art \n\n\n\n\nMedieval art is known for its monsters\, but Pictish art seems to take it to the next level. Drawn from her new book\, “Art\, Nature and the Body in Early Medieval Art” (Cambridge University Press\, 2026)\, Heather’s talk addresses the many questions raised by the monsters that crawl\, slither\, and climb across the sculptural surfaces of Pictish art. While her focus is primarily on sculpture\, she also considers the Book of Kells and the Book of Deer. The talk begins by asking what a monster is\, and what it means to be monstrous. It then turns to ask: What do Pictish monsters do for Pictish art? Why do they feature on so many monuments\, in so many positions on these monuments\, including places normally reserved in medieval art for the most sacred and divine figures? Finally\, it briefly considers how the settings of these monuments might help us better understand the role of monsters in Pictish art. \n\n\n\n\nThis lecture is our Annual Academic Lecture\, part of the Groam House Museum lecture series for 2026.
URL:https://groamhouse.org.uk/event/what-lies-beneath-pictish-monsters-and-the-living-frame
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SUMMARY:Treasure Trove Scotland – Recent Finds from the Black Isle
DESCRIPTION:Emily Freeman\, Head of Treasure Trove Operations at the National Museum Scotland will talk about objects that have been discovered recently on the Black Isle and were eligible to be evaluated through the Treasure Trove process.
URL:https://groamhouse.org.uk/event/treasure-trove-scotland-recent-finds-from-the-black-isle
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Brutal Murder or Ritual Sacrifice? Rosemarkie Man and the Rosemarkie Caves
DESCRIPTION:Steve Birch\, director of excavations for the Rosemarkie Caves Project will talk about the discovery of Rosemarkie Man within the wider context of the excavations in the Rosemarkie Caves\, Black Isle. \nThe discovery of Rosemarkie Man in 2016\, in a cave located at Learnie\, to the northeast of Rosemarkie on the Black Isle\, has received significant coverage in the press and media. The location and deposition of the inhumation within a dark recess within the former sea cave in association with the bones of cattle\, horse\, and fish\, with stones placed over the arms and lower limbs\, suggested a ‘deviant’ burial – that is\, one that has been treated differently than others. Traits often used to classify a burial as deviant\, include decapitations\, amputation or mutilation (overkill)\, and burials in isolated or unusual places. Detailed forensic analysis indicated a series of blows to the man’s head\, suggesting significant ‘overkill’. Radiocarbon dating of the human remains placed his death during the 5th to 6th centuries AD – a period during which there were many cultural influences and developments in the region. The burial has the potential to represent Pictish\, Viking\, early Christian or other influencing factors. \nThis presentation will place Rosemarkie Man within the wider context of activities taking place within the Rosemarkie Caves\, especially a group of three caves located at Learnie\, spanning the Late Iron Age to Later Historic period. Industrial use of the caves included metalworking during the Late Iron Age to Early Medieval periods\, while Traveller Folk using the caves during the 18th to 19th centuries AD included horn-working\, tin-smithing and the recycling of other materials\, and repairing of leather shoes.
URL:https://groamhouse.org.uk/event/brutal-murder-or-ritual-sacrifice-rosemarkie-man-and-the-rosemarkie-caves
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SUMMARY:Rosemarkie\, Iona\, Orcades and the Importance of the North
DESCRIPTION:Rosemarkie\, Iona\, Orcades\, and the importance of the North.  An online talk given by  Dr Oisin Plumb of The Institute for Northern Studies\, University of the Highlands and Islands. \nIn the medieval worldview\, the Highlands and Islands inhabited a place which was both peripheral and central: They marked the edge of the known world\, reflected in the frequent use of ‘Orcades’ to represent the boundary of civilisation in the minds of scholars throughout Europe. However\, this very peripherality gave the Highlands and Islands a crucial centrality in the medieval Christian view of the world: The activities of Rosemarkie\, Iona and other northern establishments marked the fulfilment of Christ’s instructions to bring his message to the ‘uttermost part of the earth’. This talk will look at how texts and maps up to the 12th century juggled this contradiction- representing Rosemarkie\, Iona and the Orcades places of both geographical peripherality and cosmological centrality.
URL:https://groamhouse.org.uk/event/rosemarkie-iona-orcades-and-the-importance-of-the-north
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online Lecture
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SUMMARY:The Black Isle in the Highland Historic Environment Record
DESCRIPTION:Groam House Museum Lecture with Ian Scrivener-Lindley\, HER Officer with the Highland Council
URL:https://groamhouse.org.uk/event/the-black-isle-in-the-highland-historic-environment-record
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SUMMARY:Identifying the Monastery of St Moluag – The Archaeological Evidence
DESCRIPTION:Groam House Museum Lecture with Dr Claire Ellis from Argyll Archaeology
URL:https://groamhouse.org.uk/event/identifying-the-monastery-of-st-moluag-the-archaeological-evidence-2
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SUMMARY:A Tale of Two Citadels – Recent Work at Burghead Fort
DESCRIPTION:Groam House Museum Lecture with Elinor Graham from the University of Aberdeen \nBooking available soon.
URL:https://groamhouse.org.uk/event/identifying-the-monastery-of-st-moluag-the-archaeological-evidence
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