March Miscellany

Items of Interest

BBC Digging for Britain Highlights Creswell Crags Apotropaic Graffiti

From Twitter

St Leonard, Clent, Worcestershire. The mediaeval inscription in the chancel. pic.twitter.com/f2bppU19CH

— C B Newham FSA (@cbnewham) March 4, 2022

This set of staves is from a tower pier of St Peter's Berkhamsted which is close to a minor royal castle and 800 years old. Can anyone suggest who might be able to tell us more? There are different styles of notes but I don't know their meaning. @MedievalG pic.twitter.com/tIGWSYWdOY

— River Bulbourne (@RiverBulbourne) March 12, 2022

Here is a set of concentric circles, from the stairwell wall in @HistoricNE's ca. 1664 Jackson House in Portsmouth – the oldest standing house in New Hampshire. Like the daisy wheel and saltires in the house's woodwork, this may be protective magic. pic.twitter.com/dn7UR2s1vL

— Emerson Baker (@EmersonWBaker) March 12, 2022

The church of St Winifred in Branscombe, Devon, has a rare, if not unique, scratch dial. Roman numerals are scratched in the walls and the southern chancel buttress casts a shadow over the numbers in the morning. #AnimalsInChurches #TimeInChurches @LandscapeIan pic.twitter.com/X25YnVSKtv

— English Churches (@EngChurchPics) March 22, 2022

A lot of debate as to cross Vs being the initials W and M. We get very elongated crossed Vs which we think are probably apotropaic as they are in the places where you might expect apotropaic marks. pic.twitter.com/v7ooreWuhF

— NW Historic Graffiti (@NWHistGraffiti) March 25, 2022

Medieval graffiti at Scole Church, Norfolk #EyeSpyinChurches #Woodensday #Animalsinchurcheshour pic.twitter.com/a6gLwA3F4P

— John Vigar (@johnevigar) March 30, 2022