Bull Board Celtic Stud 29

Textual criticism of ch 65 of HB which contains seven dates relating to secular events in 5th century Britain.

The 1979/80 O'Donnell Lecture examines linguistic evidence for the nature of the contact between Celts and Germans, concluding that close contact came late, ie c mid 1st millennium BC, after which each language considerably influenced the other, in spite of a 'deep-seated and pernicious incompatibility'.

Syme's acceptance of a 60 AD date for the revolt has been widely copied, but it is argued that there is no reason to think Tacitus telescoped events which, from the invasion of Anglesey to the recall of Paulinus, could all have happened during 61.

Examines the environmental significance of location and its effect on the type, shape, and function of rural settlements in an area of particularly good data. The four RCAHM types of site (all periods) were studied for climate, soil, slope, altitude, and drainage; 95% of all homesteads with fields were on 'good' soils. Some comparisons with the SW English peninsula are made and the predictive effect of the analysis considered.

Continues this series in which altitude, topography, and other features of monuments are studied.

Four in a group of nine mounds were excavated; three had roughly built stone compartments at their bases.