Archive - Rabbit Holes of Early Medieval Scotland

December 2024

November 2024

Cantray and Kilravock: The early medieval place-names of Strathnairn

In which I consider what these names might tell us about early medieval settlement along a stretch of the River Nairn

Nov 26, 2024 •

Fiona Campbell-Howes

October 2024

Uncovering Ros and Moreb: A talk for NOSAS

The findings of my MA research, using distribution maps to illuminate the political geography of the Moray Firthlands from 700–900 AD.

Oct 26, 2024 •

Fiona Campbell-Howes

September 2024

Auldearn: A place-name mystery revisited

In which I take a new look at this puzzling place-name, and come to an unexpected conclusion.

Sep 29, 2024 •

Fiona Campbell-Howes

March 2024

The pierced Anglo-Saxon coins of Moray: A clue to early lordship?

In which I investigate whether a series of ninth-century coin finds can tell us anything about the distribution of power centres in early medieval Moray

Mar 17, 2024 •

Fiona Campbell-Howes

January 2024

I'm giving an online talk on the 16th Feb

Come and hear me talk about the landscape context of Sueno's Stone

Jan 27, 2024 •

Fiona Campbell-Howes

December 2023

November 2023

Sicut rivulus descendit in Massat: A lost Pictish cultic site?

In which I ponder the significance of a lost river confluence mentioned in a twelfth-century charter of Kinloss Abbey

Nov 5, 2023 •

Fiona Campbell-Howes

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