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amazing!

I did think that assertion that was passed around did seem a little unsafe
can you cite an earlier one?

#MedievalMonday with one of my favourite sites in the country, The Anchor Church caves in Derbyshire, while altered in c19 are believed to have housed a hermit between c8-9

See more of Derbyshire & the peak district in the new episode >>>
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#MosaicMonday with the surviving in-situ mosaic floor at the Canterbury Roman Museum

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#MotteMonday with the Motte just on the edge of the town of Bakewell, Derbyshire

See more of Bakewell & the Peak District in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ta4...

yh i gathered it was 'temporarily' moved followed by a case of the oops-no-getbacksies

#StandingStoneSunday with the Barbrook Circle, Peak District on a rather wet day, trying to find dry patches to step on on the waterlogged moor

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We'll park the thread there but don't forget to check out the episode for more ancient places across the Peak District

#SaxonSunday
#SundayStonework

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While this is both Christ descending to Hell on the left & ascending to heaven on the right

#SaxonSunday
#SundayStonework

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There is *a lot* going on here,
for example - this rather hard to parse scene which is in fact Mary being buried after her death

#SaxonSunday
#SundayStonework

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If that dating seems suspiciously-specific...
on the cross is a lamb (Jesus depicted as an actual sheep) & this was outlawed by the Council of Constantinople in 692
so while its possible a recalcitrant mason carved this later, it seems likely to have been earlier

#SaxonSunday
#SundayStonework

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However - these pieces are dwarfed by this ...utterly incredible frieze, discovered in 1820 under the chancel floor being used as the lid of a tomb
dated to pre-692

unbelievable 😳

#SaxonSunday
#SundayStonework

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And a bit of local celebrity - T'owd man is reputedly the oldest depiction of miner in the world
there seem to be a a wide spread of dating estimations tossed around from 800 years old to ...much older,
(and the village of Bonsall would rather like him back)

#SaxonSunday
#SundayStonework

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These two are especially striking the 'King & Queen of hearts' in a suitably naive style

#SaxonSunday
#SundayStonework

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Either built into the walls or on display inside is an absolute treasure trove of Pre-Conquest stonework (though ...full disclosure, i've struggled to find secure dating on much of it)

#SaxonSunday
#SundayStonework

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So this is St Mary's Wirksworth - to be perfectly honest the fabric of the current building isn't of the greatest interest after extensive restorations through the 1800's
however whats on display inside is a different matter...

#SundayStonework

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YouTube video by Forest Archaic Collective Is it worth heading to the Peak District in Winter?

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First of all you can see more of Wirksworth & the Peak District in our newest episode here >>>

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ta4...

In a mixture of #SaxonSunday & #SundayStonework thought we could use a thread of some of the fantastic things on display in St Mary's Church, Wirksworth in the Peak District

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#StandingStoneSunday with the Nine Ladies Stone Circle in the Peak District, Derbyshire

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YouTube video by Forest Archaic Collective Is it worth heading to the Peak District in Winter?

great 😩
easily on track to be our worst performing ...anything, ever thanks to

...vague, entirely unspecified Youtube BS 😔😔😔

so, if you need an easy watch for a saturday morning, that'd be a big help

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ta4...

i mean - my first glance was '[something]-wine', but can't imagine Hadrians wall was prime wine country, even in a climatic event like the medieval warm period

yes - white fields or similar
Otherwise, don't know

#RomanSiteSaturday with the view over Vindolanda
It was only this Autumn that we got there for the first time

See more of what we've been up to over Autumn/Winter, and a nice relaxing watch for Saturday morning with the Grey Days playlist >>>
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#SteepleSaturday with St Mary's Wirksworth, Derbyshire

See more of the Peak District in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ta4...

#CastleSaturday with Peveril Castle, Castleton in the Peak Distrcit

See more of the Peak District in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ta4...

#RuinedPrioryFriday with Dale Abbey in Derbyshire

its a short way north, but see more of Derbyshire & the Peak District in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ta4...

yh the Hereford School is pretty wild
there's all sorts in there that seems pretty out-there to a c21 audience
Undoubtedly all the influences you mentioned are in the mix,

but its still a journey from the text of the bible to the beasts: griffins, dragons, serpents
its a lot to take in at once!

It really is pretty special

Can only imagine its impact on its original c12 audience 😳😳

#RomanRoadsFriday & there are some of the most beautiful examples in Merida 🇪🇸

see more of Roman Merida in the episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFz5...

i was nervous about it all day! esp since i was only going to be there mid-afternoon,
but think this was about 3.15pm on a sunday

(think last time it was more like 4pm on a weekday, but it was also much sooner after covid so, fair)

i'd lost where this church was entirely on my map of pins, but managed to make it in this winter

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