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1,500‑year‑old woman challenges modern assumptions about disability
New research is revealing how a woman who lived with a lifelong physical impairment more than 1,500 years ago was supported, valued and buried with honour in early medieval Scotland.
Her story is at the centre of a new exhibition at The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum.
History in Our Bones: Uncovering Stories of Disability Through Time, delivered by Leisure and Culture Dundee in partnership with the University of St Andrews, brings together history, archaeology and science to explore how people with disabilities lived in Scotland and England between 500 and 1600 years ago.
At its heart is the story of LL11, whose remains are cared for by The McManus. Her story combines the latest osteological and biomolecular analysis with a striking facial reconstruction…
