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Early Medieval Inscribed Stones

June 30, 2013

I have the final volume of Nancy Edwards’ Corpus of Early Medieval Inscribed Stones to...

If the past is a foreign country, should you get its geography right?

August 19, 2013

Hilary Mantel says that if you want to write historical novels and you include facts...

The Cross of Destiny

March 21, 2015

Sometimes it’s the things that everyone knows that turn out to be the most puzzling...

#smokingisnottheonlyrubbish

September 12, 2013

Why are we so mucky in south Wales? As Steve and I work our way...

The Excellent Mystery

August 15, 2016

According to the old Prayer Book, marriage is ‘an honourable estate, instituted of God …...

Coedcae and the Cwm

August 4, 2020

Having found the ruins of Coedcae Garw thanks to @mikekohnstamm (https://www.heritagetortoise.co.uk/2020/07/coedcae-garw/) I’ve reverse engineered the...