‘Half church of God, half castle ‘gainst the Scot’
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A lineal descendant of Captain Robert Ferguson (1719-1799) the older brother of the great Scottish Enlightenment Philosopher and historian Adam Ferguson (1723-1816); the friend of Hume, Gibbon and Adam Smith. Also related to the great feminist author and playwright Rachel Ferguson. Has written extensively on a vast range of subjects, been published in print as a book author and in various journals and magazines into the bargain. Early work as an underground film maker on the early Goa Trance and radical anti-CJB political scene in the 1990s has since become more refined and ambitious and has led to regular contributions to such high profile events as the Portobello Film Festival Annual Film Maker’s Convention…..
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Caer Weir or Din Guaire? Cymric Settlement or Roman Ruin?
As we saw in an earlier post, a great deal of controversy still surrounds the exact point in time when a proper urban settlement was first established in the vicinity of Durham. Recent excavation on the site of the Cathedral’s Great Kitchen seems to suggest that some sort of human habitation on the Peninsular itself may be dated to the Roman Period, but thus far we have no definite record of a settlement to which we can put a name. Continue reading
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Tagged Caer Weir, Din Guaire, Gododdin, Historia Brittonum, Ida the son of Eobba, Lindisfarne, Maiden Castle, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Nennius, Old Durham, Robert Surtees of Mainsforth, Sir Walter Scott, Taliesin Poetry, Urien of Rheged, William Forbes Skene
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'Half Church of God Half Castle 'Gainst the Scot' 