I'm a PhD student at the University of Glasgow, exploring the early medieval (c.500-1000 AD) Moray Firthlands in north-east Scotland. My supervisors are Professors Katherine Forsyth and Thomas Clancy.
This post is more or less the transcript of a talk I gave this afternoon at the Scottish Place-Name Society Autumn conference, which took place on Zoom. Many thanks to Simon Taylor, Bill Patterson, Sofia Evemalm-Graham, Morag Redford and all of the other speakers for such an interesting day of
This blog is more or less a transcript of a talk I gave last weekend at the Highland Archaeology Festival in Inverness. It was a great conference and it was wonderful to meet so many people in person! Thanks very much to Grace from Highland Historic Environment Record for inviting
Details of upcoming talks I'm giving about my PhD research into the early church in the Moray Firthlands, Scotland.
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In which I investigate three intriguing places named in the tenth-century Life of St Cathroe.
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In which I try to figure out what a place-name mentioned in 1150 actually meant
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In which I propose that the place-name ‘caput regionis’ referred to Kinneddar in Moray
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In which I suggest a link between ‘carden’ names and early medieval hunting grounds
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In which I analyse Adomnán's Life of St Columba for overlooked clues to the location of the stronghold of Bridei mac Mailcon, King of Picts.
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In which I examine the possible significance of 'David' sculpture in the Moray Firthlands
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In which I consider what these names might tell us about early medieval settlement along a stretch of the River Nairn
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In which I present the findings of my MA research in a 60-minute talk