{
  "id": 13143601,
  "title": "A Community-Led Archaeology Dig on a Tiny Scottish Isle Has Unearthed a Medieval Monastery of 'International Importance'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/a-community-led-archaeology-dig-on-a-tiny-scottish-isle-has-unearthed",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-09T14:35:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-community-led-archaeology-dig-on-a-tiny-scottish-isle-has-unearthed-a-medieval-monastery-of-international-importance-180989654/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The settlement, founded by an early Christian saint in the 500s, is \"far more than a small island church.\" It may have played a larger role in the Christianization of Britain than historians once realized",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}