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Worked in Stone and the 'Penryn Pillar'
In which I attend a conference that changes how I see a sculpture in my home town
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In search of the Altyre Cross
In which I try to track down the original site of an early medieval cross-slab
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Sueno's Stone: an 8th, 9th, 10th or 11th century monument?
In which I grapple with the thorny topic of when this extraordinary stone was carved
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Military or monastic? Deciphering the 10th century bridge at Kinloss
In which I try to work out what a bridge mentioned in the early medieval records was like and what it was for
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Kinneddar: Fragmentary hints of a royal Pictish monastery
In which I try to work out if an early medieval site near Lossiemouth is related to Sueno’s Stone
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Like Jon Snow, I know nothing
In which a conversation with a proper historian leaves me feeling (temporarily) disheartened
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Did three early kings of Scotland die in Forres?
Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is... evidence of an early royal centre?
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The river that moved and the lost lochs of medieval Moray
In which I investigate an extraordinary "fact" about the course of the River Findhorn in the middle ages
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History: Once more, with feeling
I hated history at school – why am I so keen to study it now?
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The Princess Stone and the place-names of the Findhorn valley
In which I jump to foolish conclusions as I hunt for an early medieval church site
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The bridge of Kinloss: A 10th century mystery
In which I examine whether Sueno’s Stone depicts a bridge mentioned in the medieval Scottish king-lists
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Sueno's Stone and the death of king Dubh of Alba
Does a leading theory about Sueno's Stone stand up to scrutiny?