Together As One: The Landscape Of The Symbol Stones At Rhynie, Aberdeenshire

Gondek, Meggen; Noble, Gordon

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“…8 Rollason (2016) provides a penetrating investigation of this theme across a broad chronological and geographical canvas. The ideological and performative aspects of royal residence have been explored in a number of parallel early medieval contexts, including Carolingian Frankia (Samson 1994), early medieval Ireland (Gleeson 2012), northern Scotland (Gondek and Noble 2010) and Scandinavia (eg Hedeager 2001). Within an English context, Matthew Johnson's research on castles and other classes of later medieval seigneurial architecture (2002; 2007) offers the most theoretically developed treatment of elite settlements as theatrical stage-sets for enacting the rituals of power.…”

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Mead-Halls of theOiscingas: A New Kentish Perspective on the Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex Phenomenon

Thomas¹

2018

Medieval Archaeology

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THE GREAT HALL complex represents one of the most distinctive and evocative expressions of the Anglo-Saxon settlement record, and is widely cited as a metaphor for the emergence of kingship in early medieval England. Yet interpretation of these sites remains underdeveloped and heavily weighted towards the excavated findings from the well-known site of Yeavering in Northumberland. Inspired by the results of recent excavations at Lyminge, Kent, this paper undertakes a detailed comparative interrogation of three great hall complexes in Kent, and exploits this new regional perspective to advance our understanding of the agency and embodied meanings of these settlements as 'theatres of power'. Explored through the thematic prisms of place, social memory and monumental hybridity, this examination leads to a new appreciation of the involvement of great hall sites in the genealogical strategies of 7th-century royal dynasties and a fresh perspective on how this remarkable, yet short-lived, monumental idiom was adapted to harness the symbolic capital of Romanitas. 262

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Mead-Halls of theOiscingas: A New Kentish Perspective on the Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex Phenomenon

Thomas¹

2018

Medieval Archaeology

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“…The morphology of these sites was applied to and essentially cut into the topography in a very abrupt form whereas Wheedlemont and Cairnmore did not. Even though the morphology of Cairnmore and Wheedlemont was not elaborate, their enclosure was relatively extensive compared to their small size (Gondek and Noble 2011). This led to speculation prior to the dating of Cairnmore that these sites could have been occupied within the early Medieval period (ibid 2011).…”

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A GIS-based Analysis of Hillfort Location and Morphology

Murray¹

2018

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Moving away from the highly regionalised and constrained purely humanistic and empirical studies of hillfort location and morphology, this study is a multi-regional GIS-based analysis of the form and siting of several groups of hillforts across Britain. Hillforts in Dartmoor, Aberdeenshire, The Gower and Warminster are assessed, four regions that are topographically diverse. The highly varied topography of these regions also tests the GIS-basis of this study, another important intrinsic aspect of this novel research. GIS-based analysis has never before been applied to a study of hillfort location and morphology to this degree and, as with any innovative methodology its worth has to be tested and assessed. List of Contents Volume 1 Abstract i Preface iii List of Contents iv List of Figures xi List of Tables xxxi Chapter 1: Setting the scene: An introduction to hillfort 1 studies and their influence on a GIS-based v Current focus of the investigation……………………………………...42 Method of investigation………………………………………………...43 The basis of viewshed calculations…………………………………….44 Visual distances…………………………………………………………45 Multiple point viewsheds…………………………………………….....48 The visual representation and management of viewshed results……...

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“…Two seasons of evaluative excavation targeted the in situ Pictish symbol stone known as the 'Craw Stane', which stands on a prominent knoll overlooking the Waters of Bogie. Aerial photography had previously shown that the Craw Stane stood in association with a series of spectacular enclosures (Gondek & Noble 2011;Noble and Gondek 2011) (Figure 4). The excavations revealed these to comprise an outer post and plank palisade with foundations some 1.5m deep, suggesting an impressive timber wall at least 4-5m high, and two internal ditched enclosures that may have had associated ramparts.…”

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Between prehistory and history: the archaeological detection of social change among the Picts

Noble

Gondek

Cook³

2013

Antiquity

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The development of small-scale kingdoms in the post-Roman world of northwestern Europe is a key stage in the subsequent emergence of medieval states. Recent excavations at Rhynie in north-eastern Scotland have thrown important light on the emergence of one such kingdom, that of the Picts. Enclosures, sculptured ‘symbol stones’ and long-distance luxury imports identify Rhynie as a place of growing importance during the fifth to sixth centuries AD. Parallels can be drawn with similar processes in southern Scandinavia, where leadership combined roles of ritual and political authority. The excavations at Rhynie and the synthesis of dated Pictish enclosures illustrate the contribution that archaeology can make to the understanding of state formation processes in early medieval Europe.

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Together As One: The Landscape Of The Symbol Stones At Rhynie, Aberdeenshire

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Mead-Halls of theOiscingas: A New Kentish Perspective on the Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex Phenomenon

Mead-Halls of theOiscingas: A New Kentish Perspective on the Anglo-Saxon Great Hall Complex Phenomenon

A GIS-based Analysis of Hillfort Location and Morphology

Between prehistory and history: the archaeological detection of social change among the Picts

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