Anton Hodge
@antonhodge.bsky.social
Author of
https://northerntapestry.com/ blog, In Black and White - the story of Gretna FC, The Border and The Great Wall of Britain. Exiled Scot now living in North Yorkshire. antonhodge.co.uk
https://northerntapestry.com/ blog, In Black and White - the story of Gretna FC, The Border and The Great Wall of Britain. Exiled Scot now living in North Yorkshire. antonhodge.co.uk
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SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology (2025) - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
The Society is delighted to announce the publication of a new edited volume in honour of Dr Anna Ritchie.
www.ssns.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
OUT NOW! 📚
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
SSNS is proud to present its new edited volume, 'Common Ground in Scottish Archaeology' (ed. Kelly Kilpatrick), which honours the work of Dr Anna Ritchie, esteemed archaeologist, author, and lifelong advocate of Scotland's premodern history and heritage.
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Why not become a member of SSNS?
As well as providing access to events and publications (including our journal), you will support the Society to promote and fund research into the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish worlds - both within Scotland and further afield
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
As well as providing access to events and publications (including our journal), you will support the Society to promote and fund research into the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish worlds - both within Scotland and further afield
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Why not become a member of SSNS?
As well as providing access to events and publications (including our journal), you will support the Society to promote and fund research into the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish worlds - both within Scotland and further afield
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
As well as providing access to events and publications (including our journal), you will support the Society to promote and fund research into the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish worlds - both within Scotland and further afield
www.ssns.org.uk/membership/
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Coming soon...
October 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Coming soon...
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Would highly recommend the new Viking North exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum (York) if you are in the area. Lots to see and thoughtfully presented. #vikingsky
July 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Would highly recommend the new Viking North exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum (York) if you are in the area. Lots to see and thoughtfully presented. #vikingsky
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Thanks to everyone who came to our stall at @imc-leeds.bsky.social! We were giving away colourful copies of old editions of our journal ‘Northern Studies.’ You can access our back catalogue for free online! www.ssns.org.uk/our-journal/volumes
July 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to our stall at @imc-leeds.bsky.social! We were giving away colourful copies of old editions of our journal ‘Northern Studies.’ You can access our back catalogue for free online! www.ssns.org.uk/our-journal/volumes
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We're getting set up in the Leeds Student Union for the @imc-leeds.bsky.social Historic Societies Fair - come down from 10:30am and grab some free copies of the Northern Studies journal!
July 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We're getting set up in the Leeds Student Union for the @imc-leeds.bsky.social Historic Societies Fair - come down from 10:30am and grab some free copies of the Northern Studies journal!
"Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past"
May 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past"
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In my latest post I look at some of the Norwegian characters who are beginning to play a growing and important role in this Tapestry
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Arrival of the Norwegians: Early Kings and The Family of Ketil Flatnose
In this post I want to turn once again towards Scandinavia. In the early 9th century the land now called Norway was not united. Instead there existed a number of kingdoms such as Vestfold, Rogaland…
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April 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
In my latest post I look at some of the Norwegian characters who are beginning to play a growing and important role in this Tapestry
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Returning to #IMC2025 Historical and Archaeological Societies Fair is Scottish Society for Northern Studies ☺️ Make sure to visit their stall in between exploring Making Leeds Medieval! 😁
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#MedievalSky #SkyStorians
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#MedievalSky #SkyStorians
May 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Returning to #IMC2025 Historical and Archaeological Societies Fair is Scottish Society for Northern Studies ☺️ Make sure to visit their stall in between exploring Making Leeds Medieval! 😁
www.ssns.org.uk
www.facebook.com/NorthernStud...
bsky.app/profile/nort...
#MedievalSky #SkyStorians
www.ssns.org.uk
www.facebook.com/NorthernStud...
bsky.app/profile/nort...
#MedievalSky #SkyStorians
On this day in (possibly) 858...
February 13th is the anniversary of the death of Kenneth MacAlpin, often (if not quite accurately) said to be the first king of Scotland. My latest blog tries to work out how Kenneth came to power as I continue to look at the twilight of Pictish royalty
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The Last Pictish Kings: Part 2 – Kenneth, Brude, Drust… and Kenneth
In the last post we saw how, after the catastrophic defeat by the Norse in 839 which impacted both the Picts and the Dál Riadan Scots, Uurad ruled in Pictland for three years, and was based in Pert…
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February 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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This is the Pictish stone which stands against the graveyard wall in the village of Strathmiglo, Fife. It is very weathered, but you can just about make out the head of a deer and, above it, a rectangular shape, possibly a “tuning fork” symbol.
January 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is the Pictish stone which stands against the graveyard wall in the village of Strathmiglo, Fife. It is very weathered, but you can just about make out the head of a deer and, above it, a rectangular shape, possibly a “tuning fork” symbol.
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Carved into the rocks where the sea meets the site of the original Faroese 9th century parliament at Tinganes in the Faroese Capital of Tórshavn, you can find this viking-age sundial. 1/4
January 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Carved into the rocks where the sea meets the site of the original Faroese 9th century parliament at Tinganes in the Faroese Capital of Tórshavn, you can find this viking-age sundial. 1/4
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A very exciting SSNS Seminar coming up this Thursday (16 Jan, 7pm GMT), as Nelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm will be discussing ‘Frisia and the Viking Age‘. Online, free, and open to all!
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SSNS Seminar - Dr Nelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm - 'Frisia and the Viking Age' - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
The SSNS Seminar Series continues on 16 January with a talk by Dr Nelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm on 'Frisia and the Viking Age'.
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January 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A very exciting SSNS Seminar coming up this Thursday (16 Jan, 7pm GMT), as Nelleke IJssennagger-van der Pluijm will be discussing ‘Frisia and the Viking Age‘. Online, free, and open to all!
Sign up now at www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...
Sign up now at www.ssns.org.uk/events/ssns-...
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The latest instalment of the Northern Tapestry starts to look at the twilight of the Pictish royalty #picts, #vikings
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The Last Pictish Kings: Part 1 – Uurad and Bred
In Vikings v Picts, Scots, Irish and Anglo-Saxons, I wrote that a battle in 839 between the Picts & Scots on one side, and the Norse on the other, resulted in the deaths of the Pictish king Uue…
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January 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The latest instalment of the Northern Tapestry starts to look at the twilight of the Pictish royalty #picts, #vikings
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My latest blog looks at some (often colourful) descriptions of the Picts – as seen through the eyes of others.
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Who were the Picts? – Views from abroad
As there are no original Pictish literary sources surviving[1] – or at least, none which have yet been discovered – the portrayal of the Pictish people which has been passed down the centuries come…
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December 7, 2024 at 12:26 PM
My latest blog looks at some (often colourful) descriptions of the Picts – as seen through the eyes of others.
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Thank you to everyone who has followed me since I joined Bluesky a week ago. northerntapestry.com is an attempt to join up the characters, their stories and historical events in an area covering northern Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, Iceland and the Faroe Islands in the early medieval period.
November 16, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Thank you to everyone who has followed me since I joined Bluesky a week ago. northerntapestry.com is an attempt to join up the characters, their stories and historical events in an area covering northern Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, Iceland and the Faroe Islands in the early medieval period.
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My latest blog looks at the Pictish King Onuist II and what little we know of him, other than how, in alliance with a supposed “King of Scotland,” he defeated the Anglo-Saxon “king” Athelstan – a victory which apparently led to the birth of the Scottish flag
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Onuist II and the Flag of Scotland
While this blog tries as best as it can, using historical references and other evidence to make sense of what was happening in the period that it covers, from time to time we will come across stori…
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November 9, 2024 at 11:12 AM
My latest blog looks at the Pictish King Onuist II and what little we know of him, other than how, in alliance with a supposed “King of Scotland,” he defeated the Anglo-Saxon “king” Athelstan – a victory which apparently led to the birth of the Scottish flag
northerntapestry.com/2024/11/02/o...
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