The Early Medieval crannog at Llangorse, Powys: an interim statement on the 1989-1993 seasons

Brood parasitism by the cuckoo on patchy reed warbler populations in Britain

“…Reed warblers were already found at the lake 130 years ago (Armitage & Ley 1869), but they may have colonized much earlier. Reeds were found at the base of the artificial island which was constructed in the lake in around ad 890 (Dumbleton 1870; Redknap & Lane 1994), suggesting the presence of breeding habitat for reed warblers about 1100 years ago. Thus despite a presumably small annual probability of colonization, reed warblers may have been breeding at the lake long enough to render probable their discovery by reed warbler cuckoos.…”

Neolithic crannogs: rethinking settlement, monumentality and deposition in the Outer Hebrides and beyond

“…The Outer Hebrides represent a particular hotspot in their distribution with over 170 known sites (Lenfert 2012). It is estimated that as many as 2000 crannogs were built across Ireland, and a single example is known also in Wales (Redknap & Lane 1994; Fredengren 2002: 6). The general academic consensus is that Scottish crannogs were built, used and re-used over a period of 2500 years from the Iron Age to the post-medieval period, c .…”

Land, People and Power in Early Medieval Wales: The cantref of Cemais in comparative perspective

“…Knowledge of early medieval settlement rests on a small number of excavations of high status sites, most notably Coygan Camp, Dinas Powys, Longbury Bank, Rhosyr, Llangorse and Llanbedrgoch (Edwards 1979;Edwards et al 2011;Edwards and Lane 1988,1-13, 45-6, 59-61, 88-90;Johnstone 2000;Longley 1997;Redknap 2004;Redknap and Lane 1994;Seaman 2013;Silvester and Kissock 2012). Analysis of patterns of archaeologically-attested early medieval settlement is substantially shaped by Campbell's and Dark's observations about the hierarchy of post-Roman (5th-to 7thcentury) settlement (Campbell 2007, 117, 123-4;Dark 2000, 164-70, 184-5;cf.…”