The Silicon Tribesman

Aberlemno Pictish 'Churchyard Cross', Aberlemno, nr. Forfar, Angus

Tealing Iron Age Earth House, nr. Dundee, Angus

Ballochmyle Prehistoric Petroglyph Panels, Ayrshire, Scotland

Prehistoric Pottery Design, Craven Museum, Skipton, Yorkshire

Prehistoric Jet Ear Stud, Craven Museum, Skipton, Yorkshire

Iron Age Human Skull, Deposited Without Body, Skirethorns, 770 to 390 BCE, Craven Museum, Skipton, Yorkshire

This Iron Age sword was found in a pool on Flasby Fell. It has an iron blade inside a copper alloy scabbard. The design of the sword is that used by the local tribe of people, the Brigantes. They made it around 50 CE. During the Iron Age, water may have been seen as magical.

Iron Age Stone Head, found at Wentcliffe Beck, Earby, Craven Museum, Skipton, Yorkshire

Prehistoric Mace Head, found in a bog, Langcliffe, Craven Museum, Skipton, Yorkshire

A first visit to a newly discovered stone (2022).

On the undressed boulder are incised Pictish symbols of a horseshoe and 'beast'. The 'beast' is a unique Pictish hybrid perhaps combining elements of a dolphin and seahorse. The same pairs of symbols, decorated in an equally simple way, are found at Congash (Highland), Clatt (Aberdeenshire) and Bruceton (Perth & Kinross).

Neolithic Vessel Fragment from the House of Dun, Montrose Museum, Angus

Whalley Abbey, circa 12th and 13th century CE, Whalley, Lancashire

Whalley Abbey, circa 12th and 13th century CE, Whalley, Lancashire

The Whalley Early Medieval Crosses, Whalley, Lancashire

Birkrigg Prehistoric Stone Circle, nr. Ulverston, South Lakes

Birkrigg Prehistoric Stone Circle, nr. Ulverston, South Lakes