Adam Murimuth's Continuation and Robert of Avesbury’s 'The Wonderful Deeds of King Edward III'
This volume brings together two of the most important contemporary chronicles for the reign of Edward III and the opening phases of the Hundred Years’ War. Written in Latin by English clerical observers, these texts provide a vivid and authoritative window into the political, diplomatic, and military history of fourteenth-century England and its continental ambitions. Adam Murimuth Continuatio's Chronicarum continues an earlier chronicle into the mid-fourteenth century, offering concise but valuable notices on royal policy, foreign relations, and ecclesiastical affairs. Its annalistic structure makes it especially useful for establishing chronology and tracing the development of events year by year. Complementing it, Robert of Avesbury’s De gestis mirabilibus regis Edwardi tertii is a rich documentary chronicle preserving letters, treaties, and official records alongside narrative passages. It is an indispensable source for understanding Edward III’s claim to the French crown, the conduct of war, and the mechanisms of medieval diplomacy. Together, these works offer scholars, students, and enthusiasts a reliable and unembellished account of a transformative period in English and European history. Essential for anyone interested in medieval chronicles, the Hundred Years’ War, or the reign of Edward III.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn
Knowe of Ramsay, Rousay
Knowe of Rowiegar, Rousay
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn
Midhowe Chambered Cairn
Taversoe Tuick
Rousay is in Orkney Northern Islands.
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn is also in Orkney Cromarty Type Chambered Cairn.
3000BC. Blackhammer Chambered Cairn [Map] is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on the island of Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland. The tomb, constructed around 3000 BC, is a Orkney–Cromarty chambered cairn, characterized by stalled burial compartments. The oblong tomb measures 22.5 m (74 ft) by 8.9 m (29 ft) externally. The cairn encloses a long burial chamber measuring 13.5 m (44 ft) by 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in), and 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) in height.
Knowe of Ramsay, Rousay is also in Orkney Cromarty Type Chambered Cairn.
Knowe of Ramsay, Rousay [Map]. An Orkney-Cromarty stalled cairn, near the edge of one of the natural terraces above the shore overlooking the "Knowe of Lairo" (HY32NE 6). It is now a low grass-grown mound with a hollow down the centre from which some flagstones protrude . It had much the same appearance before excavation in 1935, when it was found that it had already been severely robbed and disturbed. The cairn, with its major axis NW-SE, is 103' long; the SE end, which contains the entrance passage, is square, 15' in width. The sides diverge to give a maximum width of 24' and then converge into the rounded NW end. It is edged by a wall face of horizontally laid stones, greatly dilapidated but surviving to a height of 4'2" on the SW side; there is no second wall-face. Against the W side of the NW end is a rough block of masonry, possibly part of an unfinished outer casing to the cairn, and at the SE end on the E side a wall 7'9" long abuts the cairn at right angles. The passage is 6'5" long and 1' 8" wide, with a maximum height of 2'4". The chamber, 88' long and from 3'11" to 6'8" wide, is divided into 14 compartments by pairs of transverse slabs, 2'6" - 4'9" high. The end of the chamber is formed by a large stone on edge. A small stone cist was found near the SW corner of the fifth compartment from the entrance. Finds from the site included: about 6 small sherds of reddish ware, a scraper and 5 pieces of flint, human bones very broken and decayed and numerous animal bones.
Carbon Date. 2340BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Bone, id as?bovine ribs, from Knowe of Ramsay [Map], Rousay, Orkney, Scotland.
ID: 4436, C14 ID: Q-1223 Date BP: 4340 +/- 65, Start Date BP: 4275, End BP: 4405
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 400, OS North: 280
Archaeologist Name: Callander and Grant 1936
Reference Name: Antiquity, 50, 1976, 194-203; C Renfrew (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (1985)
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2300BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Bone, id as red deer humerus, metacarpals and radius, from Knowe of Ramsay [Map], Rousay, Orkney, Scotland.
ID: 4437, C14 ID: Q-1224 Date BP: 4300 +/- 60, Start Date BP: 4240, End BP: 4360
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 400, OS North: 280
Archaeologist Name: Callander and Grant 1936
Reference Name: Antiquity, 50, 1976, 194-203; C Renfrew (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (1985)
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2010BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Bone, id as Bos metacarpals, tibiae and ulna, from Knowe of Ramsay [Map], Rousay, Orkney, Scotland.
ID: 4438, C14 ID: Q-1222 Date BP: 4010 +/- 60, Start Date BP: 3950, End BP: 4070
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 400, OS North: 280
Archaeologist Name: Callander and Grant 1936
Reference Name: Antiquity, 50, 1976, 194-203; C Renfrew (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (1985)
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Knowe of Rowiegar, Rousay is also in Orkney Cromarty Type Chambered Cairn.
Knowe of Rowiegar, Rousay [Map]Knowe of Rowiegar, an Orkney-Cromarty type stalled cairn, now a grass-covered mound with a few slabs projecting near the centre.
The mound was excavated by W G Grant in 1937, who found that the SE end had been so badly damaged that it obscured all trace of the entrance, and that an earth-house had been constructed in the easternmost half of the cairn. Other Iron Age building, datable by pottery (J Phemister 1942) and other relics, lay on and around the cairn.
Carbon Date. 2305BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Bone, id as Bos tibia and radius, from Knowe of Rowiegar [Map], Rousay, Orkney, Scotland.
ID: 4439, C14 ID: Q-1221 Date BP: 4305 +/- 60, Start Date BP: 4245, End BP: 4365
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 373, OS North: 298
Archaeologist Name: W G Grant c 1940s
Reference Name: Antiquity, 50, 1976, 194-203; C Renfrew (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (1985)
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2005BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Charcoal, id as red deer femur, tibia and humerus, from Knowe of Rowiegar [Map], Rousay, Orkney, Scotland.
ID: 4440, C14 ID: Q-1227 Date BP: 4005 +/- 60, Start Date BP: 3945, End BP: 4065
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 373, OS North: 298
Archaeologist Name: W G Grant c 1940s
Reference Name: Antiquity, 50, 1976, 194-203; C Renfrew (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (1985)
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn is also in Orkney Cromarty Type Chambered Cairn.
3500BC. Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn [Map] is a Neolithic burial monument located on the island of Rousay in Orkney, Scotland. The site was excavated in the 1930s, and uncovered human and animal bones as well as pottery sherds, flint and bone tools, and arrowheads. The tomb, dating to the period between 3500 and 2500 BC, is a stalled chambered cairn. Archaeological excavation during the 1930s revealed a rectangular-shaped cairn measuring 15 m (49 ft) by 8 m (26 ft) externally and situated northwest-southeast. The cairn encloses a burial monument measuring 8 m (26 ft) by 2 m (6 ft 7 in) with a surviving height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in). The roof to the tomb had been removed at some point when the tomb was robbed. The exterior walls of the tomb display decorative stonework which can be seen near the entrance.
Carbon Date. 2225BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Bone, id as?red deer tibiae, from Knowe of Yarso [Map], Rousay, Orkney, Scotland.
ID: 4443, C14 ID: Q-1225 Date BP: 4225 +/- 60, Start Date BP: 4165, End BP: 4285
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 404, OS North: 281
Archaeologist Name: Callander and Grant 1935
Reference Name: Antiquity, 50, 1976, 194-203; Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 69, 1935, 325-51; C Renfrew (ed), 'The prehistory of Orkney' (1985)
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn [Map]. During excavation in 1934.
Midhowe Chambered Cairn is also in Orkney Cromarty Type Chambered Cairn.
Midhowe Chambered Cairn [Map] is a particularly well preserved example of the Orkney-Cromarty type of chambered cairn. Tombs of this type are often referred to as "stalled" cairns due to their distinctive internal structure. Stalled cairns have a central passageway flanked by a series of paired transverse stones that separate the side spaces into compartments that reminded early investigators of horse stalls.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback format.
Unstan Ware is finely decorated early Neolithic Pottery from the 4th Millenium BC and the 3rd Millenium BC; elegant shallow bowls with a groove-pattern around the rim, or undecorated round bottomed bowls. The name is from the Unstan Chambered Cairn [Map] where the pottery was first found in 1884. Unstan Ware is found in tombs: Midhowe Chambered Cairn [Map], Tomb of the Eagles [Map], Taversoe Tuick [Map] as well as farmsteads: Knap of Howar [Map].
Midhowe Chambered Cairn [Map]. During excavation 1832.
Carbon Date. 1850BC. Middle Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: Bone, id as Bos humerus and femur, from Rinyo, Rousay, Orkney, Scotland.
ID: 4308, C14 ID: Q-1226 Date BP: 3850 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 3780, End BP: 3920
OS Letter: HY, OS East: 440, OS North: 321
Archaeologist Name: Childe and Grant 1939/48
Reference Name: Antiquity, 50, 1976, 194-203; Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 73, 1939, 6-31; Renfrew (ed), Prehistory of Orkney (1985) [synth & calibrn]
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Taversoe Tuick is also in Orkney Chambered Cairns Unspecified Type.
Unstan Ware is finely decorated early Neolithic Pottery from the 4th Millenium BC and the 3rd Millenium BC; elegant shallow bowls with a groove-pattern around the rim, or undecorated round bottomed bowls. The name is from the Unstan Chambered Cairn [Map] where the pottery was first found in 1884. Unstan Ware is found in tombs: Midhowe Chambered Cairn [Map], Tomb of the Eagles [Map], Taversoe Tuick [Map] as well as farmsteads: Knap of Howar [Map].