I am old enough to remember rationing (just). Purely an armchair history enthusiast, I have no formal history education or archaeology experience, just reading and visiting sites etc. I have been more practically involved in the industrial archaelogy of canals and railways. Not a native of Scotland, Anglo-Welsh-Irish by descent in fact, but I have now lived by Trimontium for the past 20+ years.
Special Interest Areas
History of British Isles from pre-Roman to Napoleonic Times, but especially the dark ages and Scotland. Also industrial archaelogy, and the age of steam.