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The Melsonby Hoard

Posted on 29 May 20259 June 2025Author Mandua BrigaPosted in Richmond, Stanwick Iron Age Fortifications, The Melsonby Hoard, The Stanwick HoardLeave a Reply

Yesterday Jenny and I were invited to attend a lecture at The Yorkshire Museum on the Melsonby hoard. The details of the hoard are absolutely stunning. I did start taking some photographs of the presentation but was just so overwhelmed by the volume of amazing images of all of the finds that I ended up…

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Druids in Richmond! (Again!)

Posted on 10 April 202313 April 2023Author Mandua BrigaPosted in Films, King Arthur, Richmond, River TeesLeave a Reply

After the last blog post on the film Arcadia, I thought I would have a look through the British Film Institute’s free online archive, from which many of the clips used in Arcadia were taken. I was intrigued by the clip of the druids that was in the film, and although I wasn’t able to…

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‘Ossing About

Posted on 26 December 202213 April 2023Author Mandua BrigaPosted in Mari Lwyd, Richmond, Richmond Old 'Oss, Winter SolsticeLeave a Reply

On Christmas Eve we went over to Richmond to see T’Owd ‘Oss do his stuff around the town. T’Owd ‘Oss – or ‘The Old Horse’ to southerners – is a real horse’s skull on a pole, which is carried around the centre of the town every Christmas Eve. All decked out in greenery and poinsettias,…

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