Lots of things going on this week! 2 of us are in Skye talking about intertidal #PlaceNames & #PronunicationMatters & @tcfairfax & Jasmin Higgs were at #NorthRonaldsay Community School having fun with the pupils. They loved the #Viking #hoards activity (& so did the children!)

On this #NationalPoetryDay, check out the poetic posts on Ragna's Islands' blog: blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/ragnasislands/…

Our backdoor and another on St Mary’s Chare #Hexham Their similarities suggest they reuse masonry from the same source. Any thoughts welcome. #AdoorableThursday

Don’t miss this update by Jane Harrison on our Besselsleigh excavation. ۞ Ԁ7мooич : ) 7.45pm 21 November

🚨 New Podcast🚨 🛠️ A Lost Anglo-Saxon Estate and the Viking Great Army Uncover an early medieval archaeological site in Northumberland that reveals: 💡 Anglo-Saxon textile & metalworking? ⚔️ Evidence of a Viking Great Army camp?

We are excited to announce that we are now a Community Interest Company! The Appleton Area Archaeology Project has evolved into Community Archaeology North CIC #archaeology

So thrilled with this evolution of our fabulous community project. Jane Harrison and I are looking forward to working with our volunteers on new projects.

Our book, by Jane Harrison & Prof Rob Collins, FSA, about the excavations & conservation work that we carried out along Hadrian's Wall is up for Current Archaeology Book of the Year! You can vote for us here: archaeology.co.uk/awards/book-of…

Wow! 5,000+ views of our Shindig Archaeology Podcast episode on the early Anglo-Saxon and Viking Great Army finds at the nationally important site of Near Felton in northern Northumberland! 📺 Watch youtu.be/nu-2zZtnOj8?fe… 🎙 Listen to the audio podcast open.spotify.com/episode/5tVgls…

How a Northumbrian village could have been the regional capital of the North East. Newcastle University Classics at Newcastle @ArcSocNC Hadrian's Wall Community Archaeology Project Jane Harrison Prof Rob Collins, FSA The National Lottery Heritage Fund English Heritage Frances McIntosh Steve Ellwood NewcastleAntiquaries Oxbow Books culturednortheast.co.uk/p/how-corbridg…

Spent the morning in the fab Orkney Library #archives today... yes... thinking about #PlaceNames... here are a couple of rather nice spellings of two places that occur in #OrkneyingaSaga: Rapness and Orphir!

Our Community Archaeology North CIC website goes live as we build new projects with a wonderful range of volunteers and communities cancic.com #CommunityArchaeology Community Archaeology North CIC

Our latest blog on the #OrkneyingaSaga #PlaceName Geitaberg is out! #Orkney blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/ragnasislands/…

Sundays Result 🏰🏏 Bamburgh won by one wicket in a thrilling game against Berwick! #bamburgh #villagecricket 🏰🏏

COMING SOON...👀 Borrowed Stories: Facing Cancer with Culture from Breaking Bad to The Divine Comedy By Ewan Bowlby 🛒 Available to pre-order: dltwritingforyou.com/product-page/b… When Ewan was diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of 17, he tackled the consequences head on. During the

Bishop Peter Selby reflects on the remarkable life, thought and legacy of Ewan Bowlby, whose book 'Borrowed Stories: Facing cancer with culture from Breaking Bad to The Divine Comedy' will be published next week. dlted.substack.com/p/ewan-bowlby-…

In this week’s newsletter, we share the moving sermon given by Bishop Peter Selby at Ewan’s memorial, a powerful reflection on his personal engagement with cancer, his academic work, and his deep desire to make an offering to others seeking a more creative way of engaging with

"Keyhole" archaeology bid to plot evolution of Northumberland town. NewcastleAntiquaries Hexham Abbey culturednortheast.co.uk/p/community-di…

The Ragna’s Islands project has now come to an end. BUT it is not the end! Read our final blogpost for exciting news about forthcoming publications including the new translation of The Saga of the Earls of Orkney by @judithjesch and other resources! blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/ragnasislands/…