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Tarbat Discovery Centre Pictish & Local Heritage Museum

Tarbat Discovery Centre, Tarbatness Road, Portmahomack, Tain, Ross-shire, Tain, United Kingdom
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The Tarbat Discovery Centre is a Pictish & Local Heritage Museum with its main focus on the history of the Tarbat Peninsula.  Housed in the refurbished Tarbat Old Parish Church,Tarbat Discovery Centre is a museum, learning and activity centre dedicated to displaying and preserving the heritage of the Tarbat peninsula. It is the site of the only fully excavated Pictish monastic settlement in Scotland to date, now a National Monument.

The Centre displays many of the artefacts uncovered during the extensive archaeological investigations of the site along with local exhibitions, parish records, photographic archives and more.

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Portmahomack on Tarbat Ness | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

A perfect Gift! :)

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We would be so grateful if you could support the Museum this Christmas by shopping online via Give As You Live and please share this post. Thank you! :) http://give.as/charity/tarbat-discovery-centre

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Part 2: Glen Affric to Tarbat Ness - Adventure Show Special, 2013/2014, The Adventure Show - BBC Two

If you missed it in 2014 here's another chance to see 'The Pilgrim's Trail' with Cameron McNeish - Part 2 - Tuesday 2nd August BBC2 at 7pm.

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Part 1: Iona to Glen Affric - Adventure Show Special, 2013/2014, The Adventure Show - BBC Two

Monday 1st August 2016 BBC2 at 7pm.

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Cromarty-Nigg Ferry on the App Store

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New evidence of Viking life in America? - BBC News

Tarbat Discovery Centre is on 'The Vikings Uncovered' BBC One Monday 4th April at 20:30.

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New Publication. Portmahomack: Monastery of the Picts (Second Edition) Now available at the Centre - £29.99

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Tarbat Discovery Centre will re-open today at 2pm. This year's new Exhibition in partnership with the University of Aberdeen: “Fortifying Rulership: the defended settlements of Pictland.” We look forward to welcoming you over the coming season :)

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