Tag Archives: archaeology

A walk to Rí Cruin Cairn ~ Jo Woolf

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged fromThe Hazel Tree: It doesn’t seem like six weeks ago that we walked down the grassy lane to Rí Cruin, the most southerly chambered cairn in Kilmartin Glen’s remarkable ‘linear cemetery’. The roadside verges were high with the … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged archaeology, Argyll, Bronze Age, chambered cairn, feature slider, history, Kilmartin Glen, Neolithic, Ri Cruin, Scotland, Scottish history | 5 Comments

Loch Nell: the Tomb of the Giants and a Serpent Mound ~ Jo Woolf

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Hazel Tree: “And now we were in the very midst of a land of legends.” R Angus Smith, Loch Etive and the Sons of Uisnach (1879) Early on a Sunday morning in July, with a shimmering haze … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Photography, reblog | Tagged archaeology, Argyll, chambered cairn, Constance Gordon-Cumming, Diarmaid, Diarmuid and Grainne, Diarmuid's Pillar, feature slider, Fingalian, Fionn MacCumhaill, folklore, Glen Lonan, Irish Mythology, legends, Loch Nell, Mythology, Neolithic, R Angus Smith, Scotland, Scottish history, serpent mound | 9 Comments

Time travelling: St Wystan’s

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We finally made it through the outer door of St Wystan’s church in Repton…and stopped. Two huge columns flank the inner door and, scattered around the porch are fragments of ancient masonry. carved medieval grave slabs and Saxon crosses. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Churches, france and vincent, Photography | Tagged archaeology, churches, Derbyshire, folklore, ghosts, local legnds, Repton, Saxon | 9 Comments

Time travelling: Ivar the Boneless and the Bone-yard…

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Repton today is no more than a small Derbyshire village, but once it was the capital of Mercia, one of the most powerful realms of its era. For three hundred years, Mercia encompassed most of what would eventually become the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Churches, france and vincent, historic sites, Photography | Tagged archaeology, churches, Derbyshire, folklore, ghosts, local legnds, mercia, Repton, Saxon, Viking | 19 Comments

Time travelling: The ghosts of Repton…

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Sue Vincent

After our visit to the wonderful church at Breedon, with its wealth of carved Saxon stonework, it seemed only right to call at Repton, less than ten miles away… and probably much closer in the days when horse and foot … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Ancient sites, Churches, Folk Tale, france and vincent, historic sites, Photography | Tagged archaeology, churches, Derbyshire, folklore, ghosts, local legnds, Repton, Saxon | 13 Comments

Time Travelling: Monumental memories

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We could not leave Breedon on the Hill without mention of the Shirley family who left their mark on the little church in no uncertain terms. In fact, as soon as you enter the nave, your eye is immediately drawn … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Art, Churches, History, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged 16th and 17th century memorials, archaeology, breedon on the hill, cadaver tomb, carved stone, Church of SSs Mary and Hardulph, Shirley family, tomb | 23 Comments

Time travelling: Fantastic beasts and where to find them…

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The reason I had long wanted to take my companion to the church at Breedon on the Hill was carved in stone. On my first ‘accidental visit’, I had been astounded by a collection of cross shafts tucked away in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Art, Churches, Don and Wen, dragons, History, Photography | Tagged angel, Anglo-Saxon art, archaeology, breedon on the hill, carved stone, Church of SSs Mary and Hardulph | 46 Comments

Time travelling: Ancient sanctity

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We entered through the porch door, surprised to find ourselves in a kind of antechamber. From the outside, there is no suggestion that you will be anywhere other than in the main body of the church and I had forgotten … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, ancient mound, Ancient sites, Churches, Don and Wen, England, france and vincent, History, Photography, symbolism, Templars | Tagged archaeology, breedon on the hill, Church of SSs Mary and Hardulph, icon, Mandylion | 18 Comments

Time travelling

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Nearly five years ago and with strict instructions from my writing partner about ‘not finding things’ on my way north without him, I had accidentally found Breedon on the Hill and we had been ‘going to’ go there together ever … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Ancient sites, Churches, Don and Wen, England, historic sites, Landscape, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged archaeology, breedon on the hill, Church of SSs Mary and Hardulph, destruction of heritage, Iron age hillfort, settlement | 20 Comments

The Giant Wombat in the Basement ~ Rob Hedge

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Incurable Archaeologist: There’s a giant wombat in the basement of Worcester Museum. It’s there because Henry Hughes was bored of banking. It was the starting point of a story that has led me, via mid-19th century Brisbane … Continue reading →