#StandingStoneSunday
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
March 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
#StandingStoneSunday
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
Feb 28: Feast of Oswald (†992), bishop of Worcester from 961 and archbishop of York from 971. Important figure in the 10thC Benedictine reform movement. After Oswald's death, Ealdwulf (†1002) would also go on to hold Worcester and York in plurality. 📸York Archaeological Trust
February 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Feb 28: Feast of Oswald (†992), bishop of Worcester from 961 and archbishop of York from 971. Important figure in the 10thC Benedictine reform movement. After Oswald's death, Ealdwulf (†1002) would also go on to hold Worcester and York in plurality. 📸York Archaeological Trust
Fabulous news: a major project has been funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social on the history of smallpox & measles in the ancient & early medieval work. At last! A proper edition & translation of Rhazes' 10thC text on these diseases. A transitional moment in infectious disease history. #EpiSky
...the amazing Rebecca Flemming, and included in the team are myself and Siam Bhayro from the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, and David Leith and Dan King from Classics and Ancient History. Stay tuned for announcements concerning post-docs and PhDs. 2/2
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Fabulous news: a major project has been funded by the @wellcometrust.bsky.social on the history of smallpox & measles in the ancient & early medieval work. At last! A proper edition & translation of Rhazes' 10thC text on these diseases. A transitional moment in infectious disease history. #EpiSky
Wirral, Cheshire. Wirhealum, Wirheale early 10thC. ‘(Place at) the nook(s) where bog-myrtle grows’. Old English wīr + halh (dative plural halum). Source: Oxford Dictionary of British #PlaceNames. 📸Trees for Life #medievalsky
January 5, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Wirral, Cheshire. Wirhealum, Wirheale early 10thC. ‘(Place at) the nook(s) where bog-myrtle grows’. Old English wīr + halh (dative plural halum). Source: Oxford Dictionary of British #PlaceNames. 📸Trees for Life #medievalsky
#StandingStoneSunday
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
July 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
Mar 6: Feast of Balthere (Baldred) (†756). Anchorite from Lindisfarne linked with Lothian sites Aldham (Auldhame), whose monastic community he may have founded; the Bass Rock, his likely retreat; and Tinangeham (Tyninghame), whose religious centre eclipsed Aldham by mid-10thC. #medievalsky
March 6, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Mar 6: Feast of Balthere (Baldred) (†756). Anchorite from Lindisfarne linked with Lothian sites Aldham (Auldhame), whose monastic community he may have founded; the Bass Rock, his likely retreat; and Tinangeham (Tyninghame), whose religious centre eclipsed Aldham by mid-10thC. #medievalsky
Edwin (Eda), a Northumbrian noble who became abbot of Gegenforda (Gainford, County Durham), died #OTD in 801. Cross-head from 10thC Gainford 📸Tom Middlemass #medievalsky
January 15, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Edwin (Eda), a Northumbrian noble who became abbot of Gegenforda (Gainford, County Durham), died #OTD in 801. Cross-head from 10thC Gainford 📸Tom Middlemass #medievalsky
The bones of a 10thC woman were found protruding from sand at Cnip, Isle of Lewis, by campers Mr and Mrs Maclean #OTD in 1979. The grave included gilded bronze oval brooches and 44 coloured glass beads. By 1995, six more burials had been found nearby. 📸National Museums Scotland
July 20, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The bones of a 10thC woman were found protruding from sand at Cnip, Isle of Lewis, by campers Mr and Mrs Maclean #OTD in 1979. The grave included gilded bronze oval brooches and 44 coloured glass beads. By 1995, six more burials had been found nearby. 📸National Museums Scotland
The discovery of an unusual Pictish stone was reported by The Courier #OTD in 1934. A mechanical excavator struck it during work near Bullion Farm, Invergowrie. The 10thC Bullion Stone is a whimsical portrait of a mounted warrior drinking from a horn. 📸National Museums Scotland #medievalsky
March 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
The discovery of an unusual Pictish stone was reported by The Courier #OTD in 1934. A mechanical excavator struck it during work near Bullion Farm, Invergowrie. The 10thC Bullion Stone is a whimsical portrait of a mounted warrior drinking from a horn. 📸National Museums Scotland #medievalsky
The glorious Saxon rood carving in St Anne’s Chapel in Romsey Abbey. Dating to the 10thC, it may have been a gift from King Edgar when the abbey was refounded as a nunnery in the 960s. Edgar’s stepdaughter, St Aethelflaed was a nun there and later abbess #romseyabbey #anglosaxon
March 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The glorious Saxon rood carving in St Anne’s Chapel in Romsey Abbey. Dating to the 10thC, it may have been a gift from King Edgar when the abbey was refounded as a nunnery in the 960s. Edgar’s stepdaughter, St Aethelflaed was a nun there and later abbess #romseyabbey #anglosaxon
July 11: Feast of Drostan († early 7thC), founder-abbot of the Pictish monastery of Deir (Deer). Several dedications to him in NE Scotland including Episcopal church at Old Deer. The old church at Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, claimed his relics. Also Dec 15. The 10thC Book of Deer
July 11, 2026 at 7:35 AM
July 11: Feast of Drostan († early 7thC), founder-abbot of the Pictish monastery of Deir (Deer). Several dedications to him in NE Scotland including Episcopal church at Old Deer. The old church at Aberdour, Aberdeenshire, claimed his relics. Also Dec 15. The 10thC Book of Deer
Heysham Church (Lancashire) is a nice one, 14thC additions notwithstanding. Plus it has a terrific 10thC Norse hogback stone.
June 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Heysham Church (Lancashire) is a nice one, 14thC additions notwithstanding. Plus it has a terrific 10thC Norse hogback stone.
The first objects of the Storr Rock Viking Hoard were found on the shore near the Skye landmark #OTD in 1891. The hoard comprised 108 coins and 23 pieces of hacksilver. It was probably deposited in the mid-10thC by a Scandinavian trader or settler. 📸National Museums Scotland #medievalsky
January 7, 2026 at 8:39 AM
The first objects of the Storr Rock Viking Hoard were found on the shore near the Skye landmark #OTD in 1891. The hoard comprised 108 coins and 23 pieces of hacksilver. It was probably deposited in the mid-10thC by a Scandinavian trader or settler. 📸National Museums Scotland #medievalsky
The Book of Deer appeared in north-east Scotland for the first time in hundreds of years #OTD in 2022. The 10thC pocket gospel-book was displayed at Aberdeen Art Gallery, on loan from Cambridge University Library. Its Gaelic notes link it to the monastery of Deer, Aberdeenshire.
July 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
The Book of Deer appeared in north-east Scotland for the first time in hundreds of years #OTD in 2022. The 10thC pocket gospel-book was displayed at Aberdeen Art Gallery, on loan from Cambridge University Library. Its Gaelic notes link it to the monastery of Deer, Aberdeenshire.
This 10thc Persian perfume bottle was so beautiful too.
January 2, 2024 at 7:14 PM
This 10thc Persian perfume bottle was so beautiful too.
honestly same, I had absolutely no idea. Do we have evidence it was used for anything ELSE in 10thc Italy/southern France/Iberia? Or had it ossified into 'support used for papal bulls, when available'?
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 PM
honestly same, I had absolutely no idea. Do we have evidence it was used for anything ELSE in 10thc Italy/southern France/Iberia? Or had it ossified into 'support used for papal bulls, when available'?
Kells Market Cross: A late 9th/early 10thC Irish high cross standing outside the old Court House (now Tourist Information Centre) in Kells, Co. Meath. The cross is remarkable for its figural panels on all four faces of base, shaft and head - a rarity among Irish high crosses.
February 21, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Kells Market Cross: A late 9th/early 10thC Irish high cross standing outside the old Court House (now Tourist Information Centre) in Kells, Co. Meath. The cross is remarkable for its figural panels on all four faces of base, shaft and head - a rarity among Irish high crosses.
Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire. Kirkintulach c.1200. 'Fort at head of the hillock'. Welsh caer + Gaelic ceann + tulach (genitive tulaich). Earlier Caerpentaloch 10thC, from caer + Welsh pen 'head, end' + tulach. Source: Oxford Dictionary of British #PlaceNames. 📸Rosser1954
February 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire. Kirkintulach c.1200. 'Fort at head of the hillock'. Welsh caer + Gaelic ceann + tulach (genitive tulaich). Earlier Caerpentaloch 10thC, from caer + Welsh pen 'head, end' + tulach. Source: Oxford Dictionary of British #PlaceNames. 📸Rosser1954
Paying a visit to the oldest house in Iceland. A 10thC Viking longhouse excavated in 2001 beneath the streets of Reykjavik. The Adalstraeti settlement exhibition was built around it #aðalstræti #adalstraeti #reykjavit #viking
February 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Paying a visit to the oldest house in Iceland. A 10thC Viking longhouse excavated in 2001 beneath the streets of Reykjavik. The Adalstraeti settlement exhibition was built around it #aðalstræti #adalstraeti #reykjavit #viking
The discovery of the 10thC Skerne Sword was reported in the Hull Daily Mail #OTD in 1982. Archaeologists found it at Skerne, Yorkshire, sheathed in a sheepskin-lined scabbard of willow/poplar. The pommel and guard are decorated with inlaid silver and copper wires. 📸Hull Museums
July 3, 2026 at 7:15 AM
The discovery of the 10thC Skerne Sword was reported in the Hull Daily Mail #OTD in 1982. Archaeologists found it at Skerne, Yorkshire, sheathed in a sheepskin-lined scabbard of willow/poplar. The pommel and guard are decorated with inlaid silver and copper wires. 📸Hull Museums
A 9thC iron plate lock from a trunk or coffin and a 10thC key. On display in Winchester’s fascinating 878AD Experience #anglosaxon #saxon #978ADExperienc
January 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
A 9thC iron plate lock from a trunk or coffin and a 10thC key. On display in Winchester’s fascinating 878AD Experience #anglosaxon #saxon #978ADExperienc
May 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM