Dr Rachel E Swallow FSA
@swallowtailarch.bsky.social
Castles & Landscapes Expert | Research, Writing, Review, & Reach in Archaeology, History & Heritage | Where Words Work
www.swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk
#queenoflostcastles #LegendLadyLandscape
#ResearchWritingReviewReach
www.swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk
#queenoflostcastles #LegendLadyLandscape
#ResearchWritingReviewReach
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
3/3
I’ll be running the Walk & Talk again soon under Swallowtail Archaeology – watch this space!
swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk
#CaergwrleCastle #MedievalSky #QueenOfLostCastles
I’ll be running the Walk & Talk again soon under Swallowtail Archaeology – watch this space!
swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk
#CaergwrleCastle #MedievalSky #QueenOfLostCastles
September 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
3/3
I’ll be running the Walk & Talk again soon under Swallowtail Archaeology – watch this space!
swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk
#CaergwrleCastle #MedievalSky #QueenOfLostCastles
I’ll be running the Walk & Talk again soon under Swallowtail Archaeology – watch this space!
swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk
#CaergwrleCastle #MedievalSky #QueenOfLostCastles
2/3
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in. Your ideas & questions are already feeding into my current research on new contextual interpretations of the castle and its landscape. 🙌
#ArchaeologyWalk #CommunityResearch #QueenOfLostCastles
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in. Your ideas & questions are already feeding into my current research on new contextual interpretations of the castle and its landscape. 🙌
#ArchaeologyWalk #CommunityResearch #QueenOfLostCastles
September 16, 2025 at 8:14 AM
2/3
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in. Your ideas & questions are already feeding into my current research on new contextual interpretations of the castle and its landscape. 🙌
#ArchaeologyWalk #CommunityResearch #QueenOfLostCastles
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in. Your ideas & questions are already feeding into my current research on new contextual interpretations of the castle and its landscape. 🙌
#ArchaeologyWalk #CommunityResearch #QueenOfLostCastles
2/3
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in. Your ideas & questions are already feeding into my current research on new contextual interpretations of the castle and its landscape. 🙌
#ArchaeologyWalk #CommunityResearch #QueenOfLostCastles
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in. Your ideas & questions are already feeding into my current research on new contextual interpretations of the castle and its landscape. 🙌
#ArchaeologyWalk #CommunityResearch #QueenOfLostCastles
September 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
2/3
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in. Your ideas & questions are already feeding into my current research on new contextual interpretations of the castle and its landscape. 🙌
#ArchaeologyWalk #CommunityResearch #QueenOfLostCastles
Huge thanks to everyone who joined in. Your ideas & questions are already feeding into my current research on new contextual interpretations of the castle and its landscape. 🙌
#ArchaeologyWalk #CommunityResearch #QueenOfLostCastles
Just led a brilliant Walk & Talk at #CaergwrleCastle with the Cambrian Archaeological Association! 🏰✨
We explored what’s known – and still debated – about this rare hybrid of Welsh siting & Edwardian-strength masonry, perched above the River Alyn. 1/3
#MedievalCastles #WelshHistory #MedievalSky
We explored what’s known – and still debated – about this rare hybrid of Welsh siting & Edwardian-strength masonry, perched above the River Alyn. 1/3
#MedievalCastles #WelshHistory #MedievalSky
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Just led a brilliant Walk & Talk at #CaergwrleCastle with the Cambrian Archaeological Association! 🏰✨
We explored what’s known – and still debated – about this rare hybrid of Welsh siting & Edwardian-strength masonry, perched above the River Alyn. 1/3
#MedievalCastles #WelshHistory #MedievalSky
We explored what’s known – and still debated – about this rare hybrid of Welsh siting & Edwardian-strength masonry, perched above the River Alyn. 1/3
#MedievalCastles #WelshHistory #MedievalSky
🏰✨ Free Walk & Talk! ✨🏰
📅 Sat 13 Sept 2025 | ⏰ 2–4 pm
📍 Caergwrle Castle, Flintshire
📩 Reserve your spot: rachel@swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk
#SwallowtailArchaeology #QueenOfLostCastles #ResearchWritingReviewReach #CaergwrleCastle #WelshHistory #CastlesOfWales #LegendLadyLandscape #medievalsky
📅 Sat 13 Sept 2025 | ⏰ 2–4 pm
📍 Caergwrle Castle, Flintshire
📩 Reserve your spot: rachel@swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk
#SwallowtailArchaeology #QueenOfLostCastles #ResearchWritingReviewReach #CaergwrleCastle #WelshHistory #CastlesOfWales #LegendLadyLandscape #medievalsky
September 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🏰✨ Free Walk & Talk! ✨🏰
📅 Sat 13 Sept 2025 | ⏰ 2–4 pm
📍 Caergwrle Castle, Flintshire
📩 Reserve your spot: rachel@swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk
#SwallowtailArchaeology #QueenOfLostCastles #ResearchWritingReviewReach #CaergwrleCastle #WelshHistory #CastlesOfWales #LegendLadyLandscape #medievalsky
📅 Sat 13 Sept 2025 | ⏰ 2–4 pm
📍 Caergwrle Castle, Flintshire
📩 Reserve your spot: rachel@swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk
#SwallowtailArchaeology #QueenOfLostCastles #ResearchWritingReviewReach #CaergwrleCastle #WelshHistory #CastlesOfWales #LegendLadyLandscape #medievalsky
Acorns on sun-burnt August grass 🌱☀️
In medieval Britain, the oak was power itself — boundary marker, court tree, symbol of endurance and lordship. 🌳👑
#Oak #Acorns #BritishCountryside #MedievalHistory #Folklore #queenoflostcastles #medievalsky
In medieval Britain, the oak was power itself — boundary marker, court tree, symbol of endurance and lordship. 🌳👑
#Oak #Acorns #BritishCountryside #MedievalHistory #Folklore #queenoflostcastles #medievalsky
August 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Acorns on sun-burnt August grass 🌱☀️
In medieval Britain, the oak was power itself — boundary marker, court tree, symbol of endurance and lordship. 🌳👑
#Oak #Acorns #BritishCountryside #MedievalHistory #Folklore #queenoflostcastles #medievalsky
In medieval Britain, the oak was power itself — boundary marker, court tree, symbol of endurance and lordship. 🌳👑
#Oak #Acorns #BritishCountryside #MedievalHistory #Folklore #queenoflostcastles #medievalsky
St. Mary’s, #Beverley, #Yorkshire - founded AD 1120.
Though the #Lincoln #Imp is famous, the Beverley Imp is arguably more frightening—yet perhaps also endearing?! Its grotesque face vividly shows how #medieval carvers mixed #myth and #morality into #sacred spaces.
#medievalsky
Though the #Lincoln #Imp is famous, the Beverley Imp is arguably more frightening—yet perhaps also endearing?! Its grotesque face vividly shows how #medieval carvers mixed #myth and #morality into #sacred spaces.
#medievalsky
August 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
St. Mary’s, #Beverley, #Yorkshire - founded AD 1120.
Though the #Lincoln #Imp is famous, the Beverley Imp is arguably more frightening—yet perhaps also endearing?! Its grotesque face vividly shows how #medieval carvers mixed #myth and #morality into #sacred spaces.
#medievalsky
Though the #Lincoln #Imp is famous, the Beverley Imp is arguably more frightening—yet perhaps also endearing?! Its grotesque face vividly shows how #medieval carvers mixed #myth and #morality into #sacred spaces.
#medievalsky
August 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
August 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Some very lovely people very kindly made my #dream come true a year ago today!
Another Big One off my Big #Birthday #BucketList!
Just loved it! 😊
#tractor
Another Big One off my Big #Birthday #BucketList!
Just loved it! 😊
#tractor
July 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Some very lovely people very kindly made my #dream come true a year ago today!
Another Big One off my Big #Birthday #BucketList!
Just loved it! 😊
#tractor
Another Big One off my Big #Birthday #BucketList!
Just loved it! 😊
#tractor
Worn holloways, whispering sunken lanes.
A #castle nestled in the folds of its landscape.
No sound but #nature.
Time and Peace hold their breath. 😊
#MedievalWales #Castles #LandscapeDreaming #SunkenLanes #medievalsky #queenoflostcastles #legendladylandscape
A #castle nestled in the folds of its landscape.
No sound but #nature.
Time and Peace hold their breath. 😊
#MedievalWales #Castles #LandscapeDreaming #SunkenLanes #medievalsky #queenoflostcastles #legendladylandscape
July 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Worn holloways, whispering sunken lanes.
A #castle nestled in the folds of its landscape.
No sound but #nature.
Time and Peace hold their breath. 😊
#MedievalWales #Castles #LandscapeDreaming #SunkenLanes #medievalsky #queenoflostcastles #legendladylandscape
A #castle nestled in the folds of its landscape.
No sound but #nature.
Time and Peace hold their breath. 😊
#MedievalWales #Castles #LandscapeDreaming #SunkenLanes #medievalsky #queenoflostcastles #legendladylandscape
Really enjoyed the Arguing About Castles II session at @imc-leeds.bsky.social today—expertly organised by @willwyeth.bsky.social of #EnglishHeritageTrust. It was great to present alongside Christian Clarkson (Simpson & Brown) and Ryan Prescott (Leeds). Some excellent research out there!
July 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Really enjoyed the Arguing About Castles II session at @imc-leeds.bsky.social today—expertly organised by @willwyeth.bsky.social of #EnglishHeritageTrust. It was great to present alongside Christian Clarkson (Simpson & Brown) and Ryan Prescott (Leeds). Some excellent research out there!
My paper delivery is tomorrow, in the second part of the session, ‘Arguing about Castles’ at #IMC2025, organised by @willwyeth.bsky.social of #EnglishHeritage
#MedievalSky
#QueenOfLostCastles
Excited! 😝
#MedievalSky
#QueenOfLostCastles
Excited! 😝
July 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My paper delivery is tomorrow, in the second part of the session, ‘Arguing about Castles’ at #IMC2025, organised by @willwyeth.bsky.social of #EnglishHeritage
#MedievalSky
#QueenOfLostCastles
Excited! 😝
#MedievalSky
#QueenOfLostCastles
Excited! 😝
Ridgeway Park Cemetery, Bristol, holds stories beneath weathered stones and wide blue skies. Time and Nature lingers gently where the Past still breathes.
#BlueSky #CemeteryViews #VictorianRest #BristolHistory #UnderTheSky #QuietPlaces
#BlueSky #CemeteryViews #VictorianRest #BristolHistory #UnderTheSky #QuietPlaces
July 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Ridgeway Park Cemetery, Bristol, holds stories beneath weathered stones and wide blue skies. Time and Nature lingers gently where the Past still breathes.
#BlueSky #CemeteryViews #VictorianRest #BristolHistory #UnderTheSky #QuietPlaces
#BlueSky #CemeteryViews #VictorianRest #BristolHistory #UnderTheSky #QuietPlaces
An epic staircase of water in Wiltshire. Caen Hill Locks is where history, engineering, and nature meet.
#CaenHillLocks #KennetAndAvonCanal #Wiltshire #CanalLife #UKHeritage
#QueenOfLostCastles
#CaenHillLocks #KennetAndAvonCanal #Wiltshire #CanalLife #UKHeritage
#QueenOfLostCastles
July 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
An epic staircase of water in Wiltshire. Caen Hill Locks is where history, engineering, and nature meet.
#CaenHillLocks #KennetAndAvonCanal #Wiltshire #CanalLife #UKHeritage
#QueenOfLostCastles
#CaenHillLocks #KennetAndAvonCanal #Wiltshire #CanalLife #UKHeritage
#QueenOfLostCastles
Historic landscapes have been central to my healing; they remind me I’m not alone in carrying the past.
If historic places support your wellbeing too, I’d love to hear how.
#QueenOfLostCastles #SwallowtailArchaeology #LegendLadyLandscape #ResearchWritingReviewReach
If historic places support your wellbeing too, I’d love to hear how.
#QueenOfLostCastles #SwallowtailArchaeology #LegendLadyLandscape #ResearchWritingReviewReach
June 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Historic landscapes have been central to my healing; they remind me I’m not alone in carrying the past.
If historic places support your wellbeing too, I’d love to hear how.
#QueenOfLostCastles #SwallowtailArchaeology #LegendLadyLandscape #ResearchWritingReviewReach
If historic places support your wellbeing too, I’d love to hear how.
#QueenOfLostCastles #SwallowtailArchaeology #LegendLadyLandscape #ResearchWritingReviewReach
Spotted during my early morning dog walk today: glorious red poppies. With it being the 80th anniversary of VE Day this year, they really stood out.
#VEDay80 #Remembrance #CollectiveMemory #Poppies #NatureAndHistory #SymbolicLandscapes #WalkingThoughts #MorningWalks
#VEDay80 #Remembrance #CollectiveMemory #Poppies #NatureAndHistory #SymbolicLandscapes #WalkingThoughts #MorningWalks
June 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Spotted during my early morning dog walk today: glorious red poppies. With it being the 80th anniversary of VE Day this year, they really stood out.
#VEDay80 #Remembrance #CollectiveMemory #Poppies #NatureAndHistory #SymbolicLandscapes #WalkingThoughts #MorningWalks
#VEDay80 #Remembrance #CollectiveMemory #Poppies #NatureAndHistory #SymbolicLandscapes #WalkingThoughts #MorningWalks
After the industrial roar, #peace and #nature set in.
#Telford #Coalport #China #Pottery #heritage #Ironbridge #IronbridgeGorge, #IronbridgeGorgeMuseum #WorldHeritageSite #Shropshire
#Telford #Coalport #China #Pottery #heritage #Ironbridge #IronbridgeGorge, #IronbridgeGorgeMuseum #WorldHeritageSite #Shropshire
June 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
After the industrial roar, #peace and #nature set in.
#Telford #Coalport #China #Pottery #heritage #Ironbridge #IronbridgeGorge, #IronbridgeGorgeMuseum #WorldHeritageSite #Shropshire
#Telford #Coalport #China #Pottery #heritage #Ironbridge #IronbridgeGorge, #IronbridgeGorgeMuseum #WorldHeritageSite #Shropshire
✨ St John’s, #Chester #Cheshire #England✨
I had the honour of being invited to participate in the 950th anniversary celebrations of St John’s Church in Chester, on 14 June 2025.
Read the full blog post via the link in bio or here:
🔗 swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk/reflections-...
I had the honour of being invited to participate in the 950th anniversary celebrations of St John’s Church in Chester, on 14 June 2025.
Read the full blog post via the link in bio or here:
🔗 swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk/reflections-...
June 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
✨ St John’s, #Chester #Cheshire #England✨
I had the honour of being invited to participate in the 950th anniversary celebrations of St John’s Church in Chester, on 14 June 2025.
Read the full blog post via the link in bio or here:
🔗 swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk/reflections-...
I had the honour of being invited to participate in the 950th anniversary celebrations of St John’s Church in Chester, on 14 June 2025.
Read the full blog post via the link in bio or here:
🔗 swallowtailarchaeology.co.uk/reflections-...
Just agreed to do FOUR academic book reviews for a major medieval journal.
At Swallowtail Archaeology, I take reviewing seriously — with care, critique, and clarity.
🔸 Passionate about the field
🔸 Grounded in evidence
🔸 Big on overlooked narratives
#archaeology #bookreview
#QueenOfLostCastles
At Swallowtail Archaeology, I take reviewing seriously — with care, critique, and clarity.
🔸 Passionate about the field
🔸 Grounded in evidence
🔸 Big on overlooked narratives
#archaeology #bookreview
#QueenOfLostCastles
June 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Just agreed to do FOUR academic book reviews for a major medieval journal.
At Swallowtail Archaeology, I take reviewing seriously — with care, critique, and clarity.
🔸 Passionate about the field
🔸 Grounded in evidence
🔸 Big on overlooked narratives
#archaeology #bookreview
#QueenOfLostCastles
At Swallowtail Archaeology, I take reviewing seriously — with care, critique, and clarity.
🔸 Passionate about the field
🔸 Grounded in evidence
🔸 Big on overlooked narratives
#archaeology #bookreview
#QueenOfLostCastles
Graves in the foreground, stone-walled field systems climbing the hills behind—layers of power, community, and land use written into the landscape.
#LandscapeHistory #FieldSystems #PowerAndPlace #YorkshireDales #QueenOfLostCastles #LegendLadyLandscape #ResearchWritingReviewReach #WhereWordsWork
#LandscapeHistory #FieldSystems #PowerAndPlace #YorkshireDales #QueenOfLostCastles #LegendLadyLandscape #ResearchWritingReviewReach #WhereWordsWork
June 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Graves in the foreground, stone-walled field systems climbing the hills behind—layers of power, community, and land use written into the landscape.
#LandscapeHistory #FieldSystems #PowerAndPlace #YorkshireDales #QueenOfLostCastles #LegendLadyLandscape #ResearchWritingReviewReach #WhereWordsWork
#LandscapeHistory #FieldSystems #PowerAndPlace #YorkshireDales #QueenOfLostCastles #LegendLadyLandscape #ResearchWritingReviewReach #WhereWordsWork
It’s my birthday weekend! 🎉 I left Twitter/X at 1.5k++ followers for bluer skies—and landed here. Let’s beat that number! Follow for castles, lost legends & landscape magic 🏰✨ #medievalsky #queenoflostcastles #Legendladylandscape #ResearchWritingReviewReach
May 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
It’s my birthday weekend! 🎉 I left Twitter/X at 1.5k++ followers for bluer skies—and landed here. Let’s beat that number! Follow for castles, lost legends & landscape magic 🏰✨ #medievalsky #queenoflostcastles #Legendladylandscape #ResearchWritingReviewReach
Always look up — and down — at historic buildings.
Simple paving outside a Grade II* hall in NE Wales, c.1600. Quiet, enduring details.
Seen anything similar? Share it.
#HistoricPaving #BuiltHeritage #ListedBuilding #WelshHistory
#QueenOfLostCastles #LegendLadyLandscape
Simple paving outside a Grade II* hall in NE Wales, c.1600. Quiet, enduring details.
Seen anything similar? Share it.
#HistoricPaving #BuiltHeritage #ListedBuilding #WelshHistory
#QueenOfLostCastles #LegendLadyLandscape
May 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Always look up — and down — at historic buildings.
Simple paving outside a Grade II* hall in NE Wales, c.1600. Quiet, enduring details.
Seen anything similar? Share it.
#HistoricPaving #BuiltHeritage #ListedBuilding #WelshHistory
#QueenOfLostCastles #LegendLadyLandscape
Simple paving outside a Grade II* hall in NE Wales, c.1600. Quiet, enduring details.
Seen anything similar? Share it.
#HistoricPaving #BuiltHeritage #ListedBuilding #WelshHistory
#QueenOfLostCastles #LegendLadyLandscape