The Gefrin Trust
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Dedicated to the preservation and investigation of a nationally-significant early medieval royal palace site at Yeavering, Northumberland. Instagram: @gefrintrust
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Online orders have commenced. Pick up your copy at: adgefrin.co.uk/shop/Ad-Gefr...
February 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Online orders have commenced. Pick up your copy at: adgefrin.co.uk/shop/Ad-Gefr...
Roger Miket's "Ad Gefrin: Brian Hope-Taylor and His Quest for the Early Medieval Kingdom of Northumbria" is out now. Published by The Gefrin Trust. Online orders coming soon! In the meantime, pick up your copy at Ad Gefrin Museum & Distillery in Wooler, Northumberland. #Archaeology #Northumbria
February 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Roger Miket's "Ad Gefrin: Brian Hope-Taylor and His Quest for the Early Medieval Kingdom of Northumbria" is out now. Published by The Gefrin Trust. Online orders coming soon! In the meantime, pick up your copy at Ad Gefrin Museum & Distillery in Wooler, Northumberland. #Archaeology #Northumbria
Brian Hope-Taylor pondering the base of a Bronze Age cinerary urn.
#GefrinTrust #Yeavering #EarlyMedieval #Northumbria #Archaeology
#GefrinTrust #Yeavering #EarlyMedieval #Northumbria #Archaeology
February 3, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Brian Hope-Taylor pondering the base of a Bronze Age cinerary urn.
#GefrinTrust #Yeavering #EarlyMedieval #Northumbria #Archaeology
#GefrinTrust #Yeavering #EarlyMedieval #Northumbria #Archaeology
Thanks for the lovely feedback, Stef! We totally agree about the volume's aesthetic. It is eye-catching and has very helpful citation formatting and appendixes!
I've been lucky enough to have a copy of this since December.
It's a brilliant and fascinating publication, and I'm still swooning over the design and type setting - it really is worth getting a copy of!
It's a brilliant and fascinating publication, and I'm still swooning over the design and type setting - it really is worth getting a copy of!
The Gefrin Trust is delighted to announce the publication of a landmark volume by Roger Miket entitled "Ad Gefrin: Brian Hope-Taylor and His Quest for the Early Medieval Kingdom of Northumbria." Get your copy at the Ad Gefrin Shop in Wooler! #Yeavering
February 3, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Thanks for the lovely feedback, Stef! We totally agree about the volume's aesthetic. It is eye-catching and has very helpful citation formatting and appendixes!
The Gefrin Trust is delighted to announce the publication of a landmark volume by Roger Miket entitled "Ad Gefrin: Brian Hope-Taylor and His Quest for the Early Medieval Kingdom of Northumbria." Get your copy at the Ad Gefrin Shop in Wooler! #Yeavering
February 2, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The Gefrin Trust is delighted to announce the publication of a landmark volume by Roger Miket entitled "Ad Gefrin: Brian Hope-Taylor and His Quest for the Early Medieval Kingdom of Northumbria." Get your copy at the Ad Gefrin Shop in Wooler! #Yeavering
Our Trustees met on site this morning for a tour led by Trustee Sarah Semple, a wander around Maelmin with Trustee Roger Miket, and—in the afternoon—sat down for a proper meeting. The future of #Yeavering is in good hands! Stay tuned for exciting news out of Yeavering in the months to come.
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Our Trustees met on site this morning for a tour led by Trustee Sarah Semple, a wander around Maelmin with Trustee Roger Miket, and—in the afternoon—sat down for a proper meeting. The future of #Yeavering is in good hands! Stay tuned for exciting news out of Yeavering in the months to come.
The TillVAS Archaeology group came and visited our site today. Thanks for the visit! We’re in the last days of the 2025 #Yeavering dig and are readying for tomorrow’s Trustees meeting.
September 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The TillVAS Archaeology group came and visited our site today. Thanks for the visit! We’re in the last days of the 2025 #Yeavering dig and are readying for tomorrow’s Trustees meeting.
We’re reaching the excavation’s final days. Though it’s damp on site, nothing dampens our spirits! Here’s Annabelle, an @arcdurham student, who faithfully helps lead👟 tours of site ☔️ rain or ☀️ shine. She—and all at #Yeavering right now—make our site & its stories come to life. Thanks, Annabelle! 👏😊
September 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We’re reaching the excavation’s final days. Though it’s damp on site, nothing dampens our spirits! Here’s Annabelle, an @arcdurham student, who faithfully helps lead👟 tours of site ☔️ rain or ☀️ shine. She—and all at #Yeavering right now—make our site & its stories come to life. Thanks, Annabelle! 👏😊
In between the hours excavating, the @arcdurham students at #Yeavering have been enjoying some early medieval games… and donuts 🍩! (Don’t worry - the donuts aren’t 7th-century 😉)
Catch our daily site tour tomorrow at 3pm. #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #Northumberland #DUArchaeology
Catch our daily site tour tomorrow at 3pm. #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #Northumberland #DUArchaeology
September 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In between the hours excavating, the @arcdurham students at #Yeavering have been enjoying some early medieval games… and donuts 🍩! (Don’t worry - the donuts aren’t 7th-century 😉)
Catch our daily site tour tomorrow at 3pm. #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #Northumberland #DUArchaeology
Catch our daily site tour tomorrow at 3pm. #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #Northumberland #DUArchaeology
It’s the #Yeavering team’s day off. 😊 What better way to spend it than to head over to Holy Island & check in on the 10th (final) year of the DU/DV dig! Dr David Petts @arcdurham talks the team through the reopened trenches. We’ve been so lucky to have both digs run concurrently for a few years!
September 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It’s the #Yeavering team’s day off. 😊 What better way to spend it than to head over to Holy Island & check in on the 10th (final) year of the DU/DV dig! Dr David Petts @arcdurham talks the team through the reopened trenches. We’ve been so lucky to have both digs run concurrently for a few years!
The Yeavering excavation team will be taking a well-earned rest tomorrow (Sunday, 7 September). Today’s site tour is at 3pm as usual. See you there!
#DUArchaeology #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #northumbria #edwin
#DUArchaeology #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #northumbria #edwin
September 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Yeavering excavation team will be taking a well-earned rest tomorrow (Sunday, 7 September). Today’s site tour is at 3pm as usual. See you there!
#DUArchaeology #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #northumbria #edwin
#DUArchaeology #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #northumbria #edwin
It’s raining cats🐱 & dogs 🐶 out there! Archaeologists are hearty folk but trenches this wet mean super slippery surfaces.
We’ve cancelled our @gefrintrust site tour for today but will be back at #Yeavering to deliver the usual 3pm tour tomorrow (Thurs, 4 September). Stay dry! ☔️ 💦
Image: @adgefrin
We’ve cancelled our @gefrintrust site tour for today but will be back at #Yeavering to deliver the usual 3pm tour tomorrow (Thurs, 4 September). Stay dry! ☔️ 💦
Image: @adgefrin
September 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It’s raining cats🐱 & dogs 🐶 out there! Archaeologists are hearty folk but trenches this wet mean super slippery surfaces.
We’ve cancelled our @gefrintrust site tour for today but will be back at #Yeavering to deliver the usual 3pm tour tomorrow (Thurs, 4 September). Stay dry! ☔️ 💦
Image: @adgefrin
We’ve cancelled our @gefrintrust site tour for today but will be back at #Yeavering to deliver the usual 3pm tour tomorrow (Thurs, 4 September). Stay dry! ☔️ 💦
Image: @adgefrin
Amy (PhD researcher at Durham) and Brian (Associate Professor at Eastern Washington University & Durham grad) are hard at work cleaning back the trenches here at #Yeavering. What might they find today? Free site tours run daily at 3pm from now until 18 September. #Northumbria #GefrinTrust
August 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Amy (PhD researcher at Durham) and Brian (Associate Professor at Eastern Washington University & Durham grad) are hard at work cleaning back the trenches here at #Yeavering. What might they find today? Free site tours run daily at 3pm from now until 18 September. #Northumbria #GefrinTrust
Rain or shine, there’s big smiles all around from the Yeavering crew! #YeaveringExcavation #Northumbria #earlymedieval #GefrinTrust #DUArchaeology
August 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Rain or shine, there’s big smiles all around from the Yeavering crew! #YeaveringExcavation #Northumbria #earlymedieval #GefrinTrust #DUArchaeology
Jane also snapped a picture of flowers left by a couple in honour of parents who loved this place. A great reminder of the indelible mark that #Yeavering and its landscape have left on so many. What’re your memories of Yeavering?
August 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Jane also snapped a picture of flowers left by a couple in honour of parents who loved this place. A great reminder of the indelible mark that #Yeavering and its landscape have left on so many. What’re your memories of Yeavering?
One of our Trustees, Jane, stopped by the excavation site this afternoon. The skies look a bit foreboding but the smile on Roger's face tells us that the archaeology is as bright and exciting as usual! #Yeavering
August 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
One of our Trustees, Jane, stopped by the excavation site this afternoon. The skies look a bit foreboding but the smile on Roger's face tells us that the archaeology is as bright and exciting as usual! #Yeavering
The 2025 Yeavering excavation has commenced with the relocation of the grandstand! Stay tuned for lots more from the trenches. We can't wait to see what the team gets up to! #YeaveringExcavation #Northumberland #DUArchaeology #GefrinTrust
August 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The 2025 Yeavering excavation has commenced with the relocation of the grandstand! Stay tuned for lots more from the trenches. We can't wait to see what the team gets up to! #YeaveringExcavation #Northumberland #DUArchaeology #GefrinTrust
To celebrate the start of the 2025 excavation season, we've just released the Gefrin Trust's recent conversation with Professor Sarah Semple. Read on for more! gefrintrust.org/conversation...
August 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
To celebrate the start of the 2025 excavation season, we've just released the Gefrin Trust's recent conversation with Professor Sarah Semple. Read on for more! gefrintrust.org/conversation...
Professor Sarah Semple (Durham University) and team are readying to lay out the trenches at Yeavering for another fantastic season of fieldwork. We can’t wait to see what they get up to! #Yeavering #DurhamArchaeology #GefrinTrust
August 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Professor Sarah Semple (Durham University) and team are readying to lay out the trenches at Yeavering for another fantastic season of fieldwork. We can’t wait to see what they get up to! #Yeavering #DurhamArchaeology #GefrinTrust
Want to learn more about Brian Hope-Taylor’s mid 20th-century excavations at #Yeavering? Have a listen to Roger Miket (Trustee, Gefrin Trust) & Prof Ian Ralston’s (Edinburgh) 2024 Society of Antiquaries of London lecture on Hope-Taylor’s years in Northumberland:
www.youtube.com/live/WC8E69M...
www.youtube.com/live/WC8E69M...
August 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Want to learn more about Brian Hope-Taylor’s mid 20th-century excavations at #Yeavering? Have a listen to Roger Miket (Trustee, Gefrin Trust) & Prof Ian Ralston’s (Edinburgh) 2024 Society of Antiquaries of London lecture on Hope-Taylor’s years in Northumberland:
www.youtube.com/live/WC8E69M...
www.youtube.com/live/WC8E69M...