Medieval Britain and Ireland — Fieldwork Highlights in 2021

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Notes

1 Souterrain Archaeological Services Ltd, 3 Wellingborough Road, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 4BJ; [email protected].

2 Margary 1973, 188.

3 Salzman 1937, 21–7.

4 Powell-Smith 2011.

5 Brown 1967, 25; Wilson and Hurst 1969, 273.

6 Northamptonshire HER Event No. ENN110321; OASIS ID: souterra1-504965.

7 Northamptonshire Archives T183.

8 Brown 1967; Wilson and Hurst 1969.

9 Diaz et al 2011.

10 eg Lamb 1967, 455–60; Hallam 1984, 124–32.

11 Diaz et al 2011, 1490.

12 Hallam 1984, 128.

13 Lamb 1967, 459.

14 Dr David Petts, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE; [email protected]; Dr Brendon Wilkins, DigVentures 5 Witham Studios, Hall Street, Barnard Castle DL12 8JB; [email protected].

15 For an overview of earlier fieldwork pre-2016, see Petts 2017a.

16 For the report on the 2016 season, see Petts 2017b.

17 Cramp 2005, 82, 176; Wilmott, pers comm; see also Maldonado 2011, 120.

18 Cramp 1984, 202–06.

19 Radford and Donaldson 1984, 28.

20 Maldonado 2011, 98–101.

21 Craig-Atkins 2012.

22 Bede, HE iii.17.

23 eg McOmish and Petts 2008.

24 Adomnan VSC 1.41. bib.

25 Hall 2021.

26 For full report on this see Prijatelj et al 2020.

27 Paul Duffy: Project Manager IAC Archaeology, Unit G1, Network Enterprise Park, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow, Ireland; [email protected]. David McIlreavy: Licence Eligible Archaeologist IAC Archaeology; [email protected].

28 The differing stages of excavation were directed by the authors under licence 19E0156 issued by the National Monuments Service (NMS) of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLGH) in consultation with the National Museum of Ireland (NMI) and the Archaeology Section of Dublin City Council. The work was undertaken on behalf of LMS Investments DAC in response to planning conditions attached to the proposed development (Planning Ref: ABP 3629/17).

29 Deriving from ‘Ost men’ or ‘East men’ a term traditionally thought to refer to Danish Vikings.

30 Clarke 2001, 6.

31 This area of Dublin is undergoing extensive redevelopment and numerous ongoing excavations will enhance our understanding of many aspects of the abbey. For example, a pre-12th-century date from a burial close to the chapter house may suggest a pre-existing foundation (Linzi Simpson, pers comm).

32 Doran and Doran 2009, 188–9.

33 See Stout 2012, 153. Ongoing excavations in this area are confirming this picture: Ed O’Donovan, pers comm.

34 Ó Conbhuidhe 1962.

35 Vilnius lab number: FTMC-KG89-1.

36 Duffy and Pavia 2021.

37 Vilnius lab number: FTMC-TT26-1.

38 Simpson 2014.

39 Gilbert 1884, 26.

40 Stout and Stout 2020.

41 Keenahan 2022.

42 Ibid.

43 Luxford 2014, 55.

44 Morant 2004.

45 Excavation licence number 21E0604.

46 Stout 2012, 151.

47 See <http://matthewryanhistoricalillustrator.com/>