April Miscellany Upcoming Events Witchcraft in Kent Exploring Medieval Graffiti Items of Interest Graffiti at Kibworth Mill From Twitter Font with daisy wheel rosettes WW2 graffiti at London Library Graffiti at St Edward, Teffont, Wilts Daisy wheel mosaic at Pompeii Prisoner graffiti at Tower…
September Miscellany Items of Interest Protective Marks at University of Virginia Chapel Medieval Graffiti – The marks of faith in religious buildings during the Middle Ages Saints and Mystics in Legend and Tradition Conference Report From Twitter @mjc_associates Lots of lovely Medieval graffiti at Silk Willoughby near Sleaford pic.twitter.com/BD3K5bMyYK — theotherjanet (@theotherjanet1) September 1, 2023…
January Miscellany Upcoming Events ‘The Medieval & Historic Graffiti in the Borough of Swale’ Items of Interest UK Archaeologists Ask Public’s Help with Puzzling Cave Carving From Twitter What's this all about? I suppose the middle mark could be a mason's mark but why crosses in the corners of the blocks? @MedievalG @WiltsRecProj pic.twitter.com/sY6iisbX82 — Ron…
December Miscellany Upcoming Events From the Romans to World War Two: Two Thousand Years of ‘Smut’ Graffiti We have three online historic graffiti talks available to book over the festive season – details are below.ALL monies from these events will be going to @ShelterBecause sometimes we all need a helping hand.https://t.co/f7cChjHqx1 pic.twitter.com/IKGJ31My2f — Medieval Graffiti…
August Miscellany Items of Interest Graffiti in St. Mary’s in Lidgate, Suffolk From Twitter Graffiti in the Guards’ Chamber in Falaise Castle, Normandy. Much of it depicts weapons and is believed to date from the medieval period #Normandy #France #Graffiti #Medieval pic.twitter.com/6lEPTyqqF8 — Dr Elizabeth Norton (@ENortonHistory) August 8, 2022 Probably our most well defined….
June Miscellany Upcoming Events Ritual Acts of Building Protection: Concealed Objects & Wards Against Evil We'll be hosting a lecture/workshop on the historic graffiti & wall paintings at St Mary's, Purton as part of @archaeologyuk #Archaeology Festival. All proceeds to St Mary's & a cream tea included! @HeritageWSHC @WiltsHistory @BBCWiltshire @WiltshireMuseum pic.twitter.com/nJQyWj5Enr — Wilts Med…
February Miscellany Upcoming Events Graffiti talk at Elsenham Village History Society on 9 March 8pm Looking forward to being a part of this! https://t.co/Le4ifIljIR — Crystal Hollis (@GraffitiGinger) February 15, 2022 Items of Interest New Light Through Old Windows: Apotropaic Merels, Dots & Powder Procurement. From Twitter Carlisle castle graffiti gets some rather splendid conservation…
November Miscellany Items of Interest Graffiti found in Westbury, Wiltshire The Mysterious ‘Arrow Stones’ of Shotwick From Twitter What an absolutely fantastic #Roman tile: it's marked with #finger lines, hobnail #shoe prints, #dog's paw prints, and a #stamp of the LEG(io) XIIII G(emina). Tiles with imprints are very common, since tiles were laid out to dry…
August Miscellany Upcoming Events Historic graffiti at Kibworth Harcourt windmill, Leicestershire. 16 September 2021 From Twitter Royal Naval Air Station Dale was built on the Pembrokeshire coast in 1941. During the war it was used by No.34 Polish Bomber Squadron. The site is now mostly farmland, tho one of the RAF officers' accommodation blocks…
April Miscellany Upcoming Events Making Your Mark 2020 graffiti symposium is announced with a call for papers Brian Hoggard has an online talk on Magical House Protection on 15th May at 6pm. Opportunities for graffiti survey at Flamstead church, Hertfordshire Items of Interest 100 year old drawings found on school blackboard Sandstone Cave near Guildford…
February Miscellany Upcoming Events Wayne Perkins talk at Treadwells Bookshop, London Wayne Perkins guided graffiti tour of St Bartholomew the Great Church, London (Editor’s note (Anthea, this time): there are only a tiny number of City of London churches with any graffiti that survived the Great Fire, Christopher Wren, the Georgians, the Victorians and the…
October Miscellany A graffiti cat is lurking in the background of a famous painting. The Blind Fiddler by David Wilkie hangs in the Tate Britain Gallery. The cupboard doors on the right of the painting show a clearly drawn little cat. Upcoming Events Medieval Graffiti Tour at Exeter Cathedral Items of Interest Zine includes medieval graffiti Creswell…
Stonehenge, Wiltshire If there is ever a place on this website that needs no introduction, then Stonehenge has to be it. There has been a monument there for five thousand years. The current configuration (allowing for modern restoration and reconstruction) dates back to 1930-1600 BCE. The World Heritage site gets over a million visitors a…
Exeter Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire How do you photograph graffiti from a long-demolished building? In the case of the stones from the Old Sarum cathedral and castle site (demolished in the 13th century) you can go to Exeter St in Salisbury and find them making up part of the cathedral precinct wall. Now it’s not normally advisable…
St James Church, Avebury, Wiltshire Just outside the boundaries of Avebury Stone Circle lies the parish church of St James. It dates back to Saxon times, with additions from the Normans and in the 13th Century. The south porch has many reused stones, including one in the window frame dated to 1660-something and replaced upside…
