Mapping the March is a major research project selected by the ERC and funded by UKRI. Each semester we invite speakers to present papers on topics related to borders and borderlands in medieval and early modern Europe. All welcome to attend the seminars in person or online, with in-person refreshments available after the papers.

In this seminar, Dr Andy Seaman will present some preliminary results from on-going analysis of the previously unpublished excavations of a unique early medieval site on the Breiddin Hill known as New Pieces. He will also consider the landscape context of the site and its potential relationship to medieval literary traditions. 

This research forms part of a wider Leverhulme-funded project entitled Making the March, which is exploring the origins, evolution, and contestations of the early medieval frontier in the Welsh March.

To attend in person or online, please send a message to Abi Freeman at: mapping-the-march@bristol.ac.uk