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In and on an abbey

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There is more spare time in my new life than there was but somehow it keeps being taken up… I haven’t yet worked out where blogging fits into the new régime, either. I should, really, be able to post more … Continue reading

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Medievalist in North Wales VII: older stones

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I am travelling this weekend and have time only for a short post, but happily one of the two final posts from my 2021 trip to North Wales is very short, and is therefore presented herewith. This was another bit … Continue reading

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Welsh Castles for Next Time

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This must be a quicker post than usual, as I am typing it beside a hospital bed; nothing too serious, don’t worry, but definitely throwing some of my plans for the weekend off. So here is a small selection of … Continue reading

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A Welsh church diversion

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The last few weeks have been uncharacteristically full of research writing, as well as a decent measure of family difficulty to keep things busy. In between those difficulties I’ve been playing article tennis with four different pieces of writing; two … Continue reading

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Medievalist in North Wales, II: Post-Roman hillfort use?

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Well, I am feeling somewhat better—and thankyou all for sympathetic comments, sympathetic commentators—but this weekend unforeseen, though not as unwelcome, circumstances have seen me on the road for almost all of it, so I now sit down to write for … Continue reading

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Medievalist in North Wales, I: Castell Dolbadarn

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After such a huge post for last week, and so late, it seems wise to go for something lighter this week, so here are some pictures. In July 2021, right after the digital IMC was finished, my partner and I … Continue reading

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Fragments of Mercian Memorial

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I’m travelling today for family reasons, so have only time for something short and hopefully sweet. At the very end of May 2021, for reasons I no longer remember, my partner and I were travelling through Derbyshire and there was … Continue reading

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A short and partial tour of the castles of Lady Anne Clifford

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I’m sure you thought you were through with my 2020 holiday photos, indeed you must be wondering how I had any more 2020 holiday, but nonetheless, in late September 2020 for reasons not important here, I had reason to be … Continue reading

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Pictish Pandemic Road-Trip Part VIII and final

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Neil Terry Photography (@neilterryphotography) Believe it or not, I’m on strike yet again, along with other people at a variety of universities who are still being expected to work at reduced … Continue reading

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Pictish Pandemic Road-Trip Part VII

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Nearly there now! And in this instance, there is heading south-west, into what as early medievalist I think of as Dál Riata rather than Pictland, that is to say—now how to put this without taking a historiographical side?—the part of … Continue reading