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Fhad’s a tha seann Leabhar Dhèir, anns a bheil an eisimpleir as sine de Ghàidhlig sgrìobhte, a’ tilleadh gu Ear-thuath na h-Alba far am bunadh e, an dùil an soirbhich na àrc-eòlaichean le na h-oidhirpean as ùire aca gus làrach na manachainn anns an robh e sgrìobhte a’ lorg.

Ceithir bliadhna às dèidh na h-oidhirpean mu dheireadh aca, bidh buidheann sònraichte de dh'arc-eòlaichean agus saor-thoilich a' dèanamh air achadh ann an Siorrachd Obar Dheathain a chladhach airson nithean a tha iad an dòchas a leigeas leinn làrach Manachainn Dhèir aithneachadh mu dheireadh thall.

Nam b’ urrainn dòchas is dìorras a thoirt am follais, ’s e saothair soirbh a bhiodh ann, ach ’s e dìcheall agus min-sgrùdadh acadaimigeach a tha a dhìth. Tha an ùine a’ ruith orra leis an Leabhar air iasad, agus an cladhach a’ maireadh 10 seachdainnean, an lorg an sgioba seo an làrach far an deach an leabhar a chruthachadh?

As the ancient Book of Deer, containing the oldest surviving example of written Scottish Gaelic, returns to its roots in the North East of Scotland, will its presence bring success to the latest attempts by archaeologists to discover the site of the monastery in which it was written?

Four years after their last attempt, a dedicated group of archaeologists and volunteers heads to an Aberdeenshire field to dig for, and painstakingly uncover, artefacts which they hope will allow the site of the Deer Monastery to finally be identified.

If hope and enthusiasm could bring things to light, then this would be an easy search. Instead, it is dogged determination and academic rigour that is required. As the clock ticks on, the visit of the Book itself to the North East and on the allotted time for the dig, will this team finally discover the location of the book’s creation?

In Gaelic with English subtitles