For all that it matters, I think it's worth considering - especially in light of the snippet about 'Old Rodney' that I've just found (by chance!) in Lauder's description of the Muckle Spate of 1829 - see my short update to the blog.
I love discovering your writing--as a former graduate student in Glasgow in the late 90s, it's so lovely to return to thinking about the Picts, the stones and that archaeology. Love these deep dives into the history of the stones.
Thank you Freya, glad you like it! Were you an archaeology grad student at Glasgow? So much great research and thinking on early medieval Scotland comes out of the Archaeology department there.
I continue to love the feeling of accompanying you on your thought process! Thank you for these posts. I especially appreciate the bibliographies--I’m interested but very amateur, and often at a loss as to where I should pursue similar questions.
Thanks Judith - glad you're continuing to enjoy them. Yes, I'm trying to use as many open-access sources as I can, as I've been astounded to discover the amount of scholarship that just isn't accessible because academic publishing models make everything punitively expensive.
Thanks for ferreting out that info about the Rev MacEwan - it does make a difference, I think.
For all that it matters, I think it's worth considering - especially in light of the snippet about 'Old Rodney' that I've just found (by chance!) in Lauder's description of the Muckle Spate of 1829 - see my short update to the blog.
I love discovering your writing--as a former graduate student in Glasgow in the late 90s, it's so lovely to return to thinking about the Picts, the stones and that archaeology. Love these deep dives into the history of the stones.
Thank you Freya, glad you like it! Were you an archaeology grad student at Glasgow? So much great research and thinking on early medieval Scotland comes out of the Archaeology department there.
I was--Steve Driscoll was my primary advisor. I loved studying there, such a great cohort of scholars.
I continue to love the feeling of accompanying you on your thought process! Thank you for these posts. I especially appreciate the bibliographies--I’m interested but very amateur, and often at a loss as to where I should pursue similar questions.
Thanks Judith - glad you're continuing to enjoy them. Yes, I'm trying to use as many open-access sources as I can, as I've been astounded to discover the amount of scholarship that just isn't accessible because academic publishing models make everything punitively expensive.