{"id":1815,"date":"2020-11-02T08:38:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T08:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2020-11-02T08:38:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T08:38:42","slug":"the-life-of-st-machar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/2020\/11\/02\/the-life-of-st-machar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life of St Machar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The and times of the sixth century founder of St Machar&#8217;s Cathedral Church in Aberdeen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explore the life and times of the sixth century founder of the St Machar Cathedral in Aberdeen through research, stories, timelines, games and art in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/stmachar.com\/education_outreach.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Who was St Machar? Activity Pack<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activities are suitable for Curriculum for Excellence Levels 1 and 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Choose from Activity ideas, wordsearches, colouring<br>sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further resources <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stmachar.com\/education_outreach.htm\" target=\"_blank\">on our website<\/a><\/strong> featuring history, heritage and natural world in and around the Cathedral include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stmachar.com\/big_draw.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Graveyard Patterns <\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Scenes of nature around St Machar&#8217;s Cathedral, including one of 48 shields high up on the ceiling inside the cathedral, inspired these <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stmachar.com\/big_draw.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dot-to-Dots<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stmachar.com\/education_outreach.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mindfulness colour sheets<\/a><\/strong> drawn from the Cathedral&#8217;s sacred symbols, the Sanctuary Cross, and the Baptismal Banner. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/St-Machar-cathedral-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1846\" width=\"413\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/St-Machar-cathedral-logo.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/St-Machar-cathedral-logo-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/St-Machar-cathedral-logo-768x562.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">#stmacharscathedral<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Cathedral Church of St Machar | The Chanonry | Aberdeen | AB24 1RQ Scottish Registered Charity No. SC008157<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">w:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stmachar.com\/\">www.stmachar.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">e:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:education@stmachar.com\">education@stmachar.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Heritage Resources Portal is an&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Archaeology Scotland&nbsp;<\/a>initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/archaeologyscotland.org.uk\/heritage-resources-portal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/AS-Typography-RGB-300x107.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1868\" width=\"150\" 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