The Golden Age of artisan efforts at the Tarbat monastery did not last nearly as long as the monastery of Iona; the industrial locations were burned in a site wide fire in the eighth or ninth century, indicating they had only been utilized for a couple centuries before the sites were rendered unusable. The artisan workshops were the first aspect of the monastery to suffer from the flames that would serve as the beginning of the end for the Pictish establishment identifiable by "multi-colored deposits white, pink, red, orange, black, the garish remains of straw, heather and timber consumed by fire at high temperatures".
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Murray, who is originally from Lewis in Outer Hebrides, has found himself surrounded by lighthouses all his life.
Tarbat Ness lighthouse near Portmahomack, Easter Ross, is Grade A listed and dates from 1830. It was designed and built by Robert Stevenson. PIC: HES.
He recalled a boyhood trip to the Butt of Ness lighthouse, an experience which literally changed his view of life.
Murray, now of Shetland, said: “I remember going up to the gallery in my socks and sandals and I realised, standing there, there was this entirely different perspective on things. I felt semi-regal .Instead of always looking up at things, here I was looking down. I could see Dell Rock, I could see the pattern of the lazy beds. It was magical.