George
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Sep 24
The Ninth Legion
The inspiration for this work came from the author Rosemary Sutcliff and her book ‘The Eagle of the Ninth’ which she wrote in 1954. Although a fictional book it was based on a fact believed in at that time. In the 1990’s many people still refer to the Ninth as the ‘Lost Legion’; this response has caused me to question whether a legion had been lost in Roman Britain.
Sep 24
Roman References
Roman References – Roman political background to the conquest of the Brigantes Maps of Roman forts covering and Britain, Wales and . Maps of , and Maps of and Gaul.
Sep 24
Historic Publications
Historic Publications Tacitus Tacitus grew up during a the reign of Nero, and may have been a teenager when Nero died and the Roman empire was plunged into civil war. In his later years he became interested in writing an unbiased account of those times, starting his account just before Tiberius came to the throne. …
Sep 24
Demetae
The Demetae Location of the tribe The south eaat coast of Wales Principal towns and settlements in Demetae territory Moridunum – (Carmarthen, Dyfed) – Possibly the site of a Flavian fort. The only polis attributed to the tribe by Ptolemy, the location of this settlement was also known as Muridunum. The civitas capital may have …
Sep 24
Celtic Warriors
Though these may seem fairly accurate, more recent interpretations of how Celtic warriors looked in the late La Tène or Iron Age period before the Claudian invasions in Gaul and Britain are available.
Sep 24
The Celts in Battle
CELTS IN BATTLE Polybius, who lived between about 202 and 120 BC, gives a full account of how the Celts fought at the battle of Telamon in 225 BC; it is worth quoting at length because it highlights several recurring characteristics: ‘The Celts had drawn up the Gaesatae from the Alps to face their enemies …
Sep 24
Celtic Marriage
Celtic Marriage Customs and Status of Women from The High Kings: Arthur’s Celtic Ancestors by Joy Chant Pages 36-36 Marriage was usually lifelong and to one partner, but there were other forms. One interesting custom was the “temporary marriage.” The laws list ten kinds of marriage, of which only three were permanent. Full marriages were …
Sep 24
Establishment of the Tribes
The establishment of the tribes Introduction Tacitus Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians. The way in which the individual tribes developed is not known. The Celtic langauge and its dialects did not have a written form, so the recording o …
PAS North Yorkshire
- NLM-3644D0 BUTTON POST MEDIEVAL 5 February 2025Silver probable button or cufflink fragment. Oval cast concavo-convex front from an object of probably composite construction with a small central apical boss which serves as the centre of a hexagonal floret. The floret is set between two doubled incised lines passing diagonally across the domed surface, with singly incised lines completing the enclosure of […]
- NLM-367AD7 BROOCH POST MEDIEVAL 5 February 2025Copper alloy brooch. An item of costume jewellery made by the bending of a hollow cylinder of round section into a simple loop whose overlapping ends are presumably brazed to each other; the open and obliquely angled ends of the tube are slightly expanded or flared and blind, being filled with concave insets. The form […]
- NLM-3615C9 DEBITAGE PALAEOLITHIC 5 February 2025Flint possible debitage. An irregular rounded nodule, heavily worn by natural agencies such as rolling by water and stained an orange-tan tint by exposure to or incorporation within ferruginous gravels. This was found near NLM-670938 though is less convincing as an artefact. Three or four large flakes may have been removed by hard-hammer working from […]
- NLM-35E1DF UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT UNKNOWN 5 February 2025Copper alloy unidentified object fragment. A tiny cast flat-sided billet of slightly wedge-shaped profile with one rounded and nicked end and with intermittently grooved or notched sides. Smoothed and rounded overall, as if by wear – perhaps a hint that this had served as part of a dress accessory and has been polished by its […]
- NLM-35C05B COIN ROMAN 5 February 2025Copper alloy coin fragment. Radiate or nummus indeterminate, probably of medium to large module, later Roman issue of 260-330, probably a regular issue.Obverse description: youthful bust right, clean-shaven.Obverse inscription: (----)OAGReverse description: male figure nude save for cloaked shoulders left, with right arm extended and appearing to hold the lead of a small dog – the […]
PAS West Yorkshire
- YORYM-8E1BC7 BUCKLE MEDIEVAL 28 January 2025A complete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1250 -1500. Meols Type 2.The buckle is a single looped D-shape with a narrowed and recessed strap bar. A grooved pin rest is present on the upper surface of the outside edge of the loop. A circular sectioned pin is fitted around the bar by an open loop. A rectangular […]
- YORYM-8E4F89 BUCKLE MEDIEVAL 28 January 2025A complete copper-alloy buckle of medieval date, c.AD 1250-1500. Meols Type 1.The buckle is a single looped D-shape with a narrowed strap bar. The upper surface of the frame has been decorated with four groups of four parallel incised grooves. A rectangular sectioned pin is fitted around the bar by an open loop. A rectangular plate is looped […]
PAS South Yorkshire
- YORYM-8FC319 HARNESS PENDANT MEDIEVAL 28 January 2025An incomplete copper-alloy gilded zoomorphic harness pendant of medieval date, AD 1200 - 1400.The pendant comprises a D-shaped plate in the form of a forward-facing animal's head, probably a stag, with integral attachment loop. The upper surface is moulded with features including pellet eyes, an elongated raised muzzle, and rounded snout. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The attachment […]
- NMGW-C31C53 CHARIOT FITTING IRON AGE 24 January 2025Addendum to an Iron Age sacred lake assemblage: a Late Iron Age bridle-bit and terret (50 BC - AD 75)1. Two-link bridle-bit, Polden Hill Subtype, bronze, complete Dimensions: maximum length 238.0mm; external rein-ring diameters (1)73.8-74.0mm & (2) 73.5-74.7mm; internal rein-ring diameters (1) 55.6mm & (2) 56.3mm; thickness rein rings – side to side (1) 8.3-9.0mm & […]
