A probably 8th-/9th-century AD oak shovel from the tin streamworks at Boscarne, Bodmin, Cornwall; now in @Cornwall_Museum.pic.twitter.com/Uhq9eRN9qY
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The Red River just before it flows into St Ives Bay, Cornwall; the early medieval Gwithian site with its Byzantine imports lay a little inland from this point, within a wide landscape of deep deposits of wind-blown sand on the northern side of the Red River estuary.pic.twitter.com/kT6SjeqA0G
Map showing the landscape of the Red River estuary at Gwithian c.1000 AD and the location of the 5th- to 8th-century sites (via https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310596540_Gwithian_Scientific_dating_AMS_programme …); the sites were positioned along the top of a linear sand dune (pictured), probably then located on the edge of a tidal inlet.pic.twitter.com/8mLTiqpStF
A selection of reconstructed post-Roman bar-lug pots excavated at Gwithian, Cornwall: http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/gwithian_eh_2007/downloads_images.cfm …pic.twitter.com/mnq44lyjVc
Spindle-whorls found at Gwithian, Cornwall, made out of fragments of Late Roman 2 amphorae—British Bi—produced in the Aegean (C. Thomas).pic.twitter.com/rfdsUKhDUW
St Ia and St Senara in stained glass at St Senara's Church, Zennor, Cornwall.pic.twitter.com/SG5nNlrf9B
The earliest insular traditions about St Ia are found in the 'Life of Gwinear', written c. 1300 by Anselm, BnF Latin 15005, ff. 68r–71v: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90670160/f69.image …pic.twitter.com/PTqZc2Rp3t
The martyrdom of St Ia in the late 10th-century 'Menologion of Basil II', commissioned by/made for the Byzantine emperor Basil II (r. 976–1025): https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1613/0050 …pic.twitter.com/RzQKozFAOF
St Ia had a shrine in Constantinople located right by the main imperial ceremonial entrance to the city, the Golden Gate; this shrine was apparently extensively and lavishly renovated by the Emperor Justinian (527–65): https://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/01/st-ia-of-st-ives-byzantine-saint.html …pic.twitter.com/xrCtkGT33l
, I wonder what @romanpottery book conclusions are ? I can't get any insight from the free 'Introduction' chapter. Need to find a library with a copy.https://twitter.com/ArchaeologyNCL/status/1022871263499485184 …
You may find this interesting :) http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue41/3/index.html …
Thx for link
Thank you for sharing that link! I’ll be posting more info on the book this week. All best and thanks for the interest.
It's a really interesting paper and I look forward to reading the book! :)
Thanks that’s kind!! 
Found anything?
There's a medieval coastal chapel out that way, but too many adders around to go exploring...!
West ankle length boots or wellies and tough it out......
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