A Brief Introduction to Church Buildings
The parish church is so familiar in our cities, towns and villages that many people hardly notice them. However they characterise towns and villages and many people feel attached to […]
The parish church is so familiar in our cities, towns and villages that many people hardly notice them. However they characterise towns and villages and many people feel attached to […]
The architecture of Rome had re-emerged in the 11th and 12th century in the form of the Romanesque style, this was displayed through the construction of new churches. But it […]
In his famous book on the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon wrote ‘ In the second century of the Christian era the empire of Rome comprehended […]
During the period between the late Bronze Age and the late Iron Age (800BC-100BC) a series of large defended enclosures emerged. These are known as hillforts and are regarded today […]
The Coinage of the Durotriges tribe between the mid 1st century BC and AD 43 By Jeremy Hallatt (BA Roman Archaeology) The next few posts will be on my research […]
The Church of St Mary is a fine medieval parish church occupying a prominent position in Quarry Street, Guildford overlooking the River Wey with a great deal of surviving Saxon […]
In the C1AD The Roman general Vespasian conquered the hill forts of southern England, this included perhaps the most famous of iron age fortifications in England, Maiden Castle. Some of […]
Fig 1. The remains of a Roman mosaic now located in Winchester museum. Located in the heart of Hampshire lies Winchester one of the oldest towns in England with a […]
On a crisp winters morning, I scrambled over to the Salisbury Plains past the most famous henge of them all to the often forgotten and in many ways more […]
In this brief post I will describe some of my personal favourite historic sites, in no particular order. Akrotiri ton Plakoton, Cyprus Located close to the RAF base in the […]
The evolution of the hall can be traced back to the early middle ages, The Anglo Saxons constructed buildings such as the sunken featured buildings (sfb’s or grubenhauser) and […]
Located in the south of Italy, nestled between the regions of Puglia to the east and Sicily to the west is Calabria. This often overlooked region contains some of the […]
This post is intended as a brief introduction to what I consider to be the best preserved Roman sites in Britain, there are of course many others which I have […]
Set adjacent to the River Wey and within the grounds of an 18th century estate lies Waverley Abbey. If it was not for the small English Heritage sign pointing the […]