Finachale Priory on the River Wear. Cult site of eccentric merchant-turned-hermit Godric of Finachale, and later used as a holiday resort for monks of nearby Durham Cathedral.
One of the buildings is still in use as a diverse farm with cafe, campsite, and apiary!

The St Bees Priory Dragon Stone - thought to be St Michael casting Lucifer from heaven. Also floated as a motif from Germanic myth. The 12th century date always seemed late to me, but as the Bridekirk font shows, Anglo-Scandi styles stilled cropped up from Cumbrian craftsmen, if unconsciously.

Michelle P. Brown's 'Bede And The Theory of Everything'. Remarkable book. Got my copy from St Paul's Jarrow, the very site where Bede unfolded his 'Dark Age' enlightenment.

From 'Welsh Histories' on FB

Strongly approve of this stylistic map of 7th century Britain that squeezes England south of the Humber into a more humble chunk of the landmass.

Love how this map of the Anglo-Saxon dioceses between 850-925 AD puts the key over Cumbria because no one knows what the heck was going on there in the Late Saxon/Viking period.

Western Europe have found our answer to the haka

"But see! you dream no longer. You live."

Best 'Christmas film that no one thinks is a Christmas film'

Three Islands:
Piel Island Castle rises above the salty waters of the Walney Channel, with Roa Island on the left. Taken from the southern tip of Walney Island.

Quite interesting map I came across on Reddit dividing England into topographic rural and urban areas.

Archangel Michael casting Lucifer out of heaven by sculptor Fenwick Lawson, 1956 - St Paul's Jarrow (aka Bede's church).

Hwaet!

Barbarian warlords? Erm, I think you mean dynamic vernacular local economies!