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Does Sueno’s Stone record the battle of Sigurd the Powerful and Máel Brigte ‘Tooth’?
In which I examine W.F. Skene’s suggestion that Sueno’s Stone records a legendary ninth-century battle.
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Did ‘vikings’ conquer Moray in the 9th century?
Or was it a twelfth-century geographical misunderstanding?
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Bell, broch or bloomery? Deciphering the ‘tower-like object’ on Sueno’s Stone
In which I consider an intriguing new theory about a key element of the stone’s battle iconography
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Was there an earlier Pictish monastery on the Kinloss Abbey site?
In which I test Neil McGuigan’s theory that there was an early medieval monastery near to—and connected with—Sueno’s Stone
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What can the Pillar of Eliseg tell us about Sueno's Stone?
In which I think about analysing Sueno's Stone using techniques applied with great success to the ninth-century Pillar of Eliseg in north Wales
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In civitate Nrurím: A medieval place-name mystery
In which I examine three theories about where king Áed mac Cináeda died in 878 AD
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The sword and the stone: Evidence of early medieval kingship rituals in Forres?
In which I ponder the significance of some intriguing marks carved into Sueno’s Stone
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Mapping Pictish stones with Google My Maps
In which I learn—and share—an easy way to use spatial data for historical research
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'Earn' place-names in Moray: Early Irish colonies?
In which I examine a theory that sees 'earn' place-names as indicators of early Gaelic settlement on the Moray Firth
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Bell, motte and sundial: in search of early medieval Auldearn
In which I weigh the evidence for a village in Nairnshire as an early medieval settlement site
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Book Review: Picts: Scourge of Rome, Rulers of the North
A comprehensive new survey of Pictish history and archaeology is engaging, authoritative and absorbing for academics and amateurs alike
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Fiona Campbell-Howes
The Achareidh fragment: antiquarian curio or evidence of a lost Pictish site?
In which I try to puzzle out the origins of a cross-slab fragment found near Nairn in 1890
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Was Sueno’s Stone originally one of a pair?
In which I investigate the curious case of the ‘curious carved pillars’ shown on early maps of Moray
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Rabbit Holes of Early Medieval Scotland
Rabbit Holes of Early Medieval Scotland
All the stuff I'm researching for my MA on early medieval Moray and Nairnshire.
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