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Rossia, Rigmonath, Bellethor: Early Gaelic settlements in Pictland?
In which I investigate three intriguing places named in the tenth-century Life of St Cathroe.
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Fathenechten: deciphering a medieval Nairnshire place-name
In which I try to figure out what a place-name mentioned in 1150 actually meant
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An overlooked Pictish monastery in the Life of St Columba?
In which I propose that the place-name ‘caput regionis’ referred to Kinneddar in Moray
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The meaning of ‘carden’ in Pictish place-names
In which I suggest a link between ‘carden’ names and early medieval hunting grounds
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Bonus Hogmanay post: Where was King Bridei's fort?
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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An eighth-century royal circuit in Moray and Easter Ross?
In which I examine the possible significance of 'David' sculpture in the Moray Firthlands
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Cantray and Kilravock: The early medieval place-names of Strathnairn
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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Uncovering Ros and Moreb: A talk for NOSAS
In which I present the findings of my MA research in a 60-minute talk
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Auldearn: A place-name mystery revisited
In which I take a new look at this puzzling place-name, and come to an unexpected conclusion.
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The pierced Anglo-Saxon coins of Moray: A clue to early lordship?
In which I investigate whether a series of ninth-century coin finds can tell us anything about the distribution of power centres in early medieval Moray
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I'm giving an online talk on the 16th Feb
Come and hear me talk about the landscape context of Sueno's Stone
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An early Christian burial ground at Knockando?
In which I go in search of the lost early medieval ecclesiastical site of ‘Pulvrenan’