In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery, researchers, led by Alice Jaspars of the University of Southampton and Ali Cameron of Cameron Archaeology, have potentially unearthed the site of the long-lost Monastery of Deer in Northeast Scotland. This site is pivotal in Scottish history, believed to be where the earliest written Scots Gaelic was added to the revered Book of Deer. Key Findings and Historical Significance The Book of Deer, a pocket gospel book dating between 850AD and 1000AD, is renowned for containing the earliest surviving Scots Gaelic texts. These texts, primarily Gaelic land grants, were inscribed in the book’s margins in … Continue reading Archaeologists Unearth Scotland’s Lost Monastery of Deer, Revealing Gaelic Origin