Chasing down Gaelic and Norse place-names, Iron Age circles, Máel Ruba's monastery and some Hebridean barns. 1/2

A cool 38° in Düsseldorf but @isseme2025.bsky.social @hhu.de is proving fascinating. So far, Communities in Early Medieval England @rorynaismith.bsky.social , Old English Andreas as inadvertent rogation and Judith and Holofernes as never before seen via powerpoint animations 1/2

Annual DAC meeting and dinner @stjohnsox.bsky.social @oxforddiocese.bsky.social Inimitable tour from William Whyte. Laud, Juxon, Opus Anglicanum and Rawlinson's heart, not to mention theatrical shrubberies! Great to gather & thank everyone working for hundreds of unique and irreplaceable sites. 1/2

Opening icebreaker... @GeoPlace 2025 @englishplacenames.bsky.social @namestudies.bsky.social @uonenglish.bsky.social

Facilitating a roundtable today at GeoPlace 2025 on using historical place-names to inform modern street naming. Interesting hearing others from public and private sectors as we kick off. @namestudies.bsky.social @uonenglish.bsky.social @ordnancesurvey.bsky.social @englishplacenames.bsky.social

Speaking imminently @snsbi.bsky.social - Stirling. Pre-conference walk looking at Logie Old Kirk (Thomas Clancy eprints.gla.ac.uk/135558/1/135... and Simon Taylor eprints.gla.ac.uk/222543/), a standing stone at the county boundaries (now rugby pitch) and a hogback or two.