Today when we talk about the Picts we are referring to the ‘Historical Picts’, those Iron Age people living in the present Scotland and who had come to the attention of classical writers after their encounter with the Romans in the 1st. century AD. This was not always the case however. Three decades ago discussion…
Dalhousie Castle Originally built in the 13th C. and unsuccessfully besieged by King henry IV of England in 1400. It was extended in distinctive pink sandstone around 1450 and further enlarged in 1633 to form a Renaissance house for Lord Ramsay, the Earl of Dalhousie
What is a Finds Liaison Officer? The Portable Antiquities scheme operates through a network of locally based ‘Finds Liaison Officers’, who can offer identification and recording services as well as advise on how to conserve archaeological finds and how to tell if what you have found may be classed as treasure . Since the scheme…
Apart from Caesars comments regarding there being four tribes with their own rulers in Cantiaci we know very little about the peoples living in the area during the years between the invasions of Caesar and Claudius. (Caesar De Bello Gallico v.22) “… Cassivellaunus sent messages to Cantium, a country by the sea, as above set…
The English army consisted of around 17,000 men made up as follows : Heavy cavalry, well equipped with chain mail and armour , a 12ft lance and a mace or battle axe as a close combat weapon. Archers carried a long bow, 24 arrows and a dagger as a personal weapon. They were enlisted from…
Hillfigures, a mostly English phenomenon, are indelibly associated with Wessex, thanks to the plethora of White Horses that gallop their way across the Downs of Wiltshire. However, the three counties covered by the Cantiaci TTFF have their fair share of these historic landmarks, thanks mainly to the chalky swathes of the North and South Downs…
Over the past few years I’ve cycled many hundreds of miles through some of the loveliest parts of southern and eastern England, mostly with a couple of friends. I’ve made my way from Land’s End to John O’Groats (or vice-versa) by three different and somewhat unusual routes, I’ve travelled a fair bit of the Sustrans…
I am a student from East Yorkshire. I come from a farming family, and I have a keen interest in animals, the countryside and agriculture. I am currently studying at Bishop Burton College for a BSc. (Hons) in Animal Science & Management in the second year of a three-year course. I also keep a small…
My day job is that I’m a 1st year student nurse, but in between shifts and lectures I must admit to being an armchair archaeologist. I hail from Teesside (north east England). I have been interested in archaeology since school when we ‘investigated’ the finds from an old saxon burial place at nearby Norton. My…
I’ve been visiting the Forum since December 1997 when my dad bought himself a modem for Christmas. I am a level three Archaeology at Queen’s University in Belfast (Northern Ireland) and I can’t remember how long I’ve been watching Time Team. I also read sci-fi, Fantasy and historical type books. I’ve been digging in England,…