IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 1201: 'Ne'er was castle lovelier sited': Recent Research at Caerlaverock
Wednesday 6 July 2022, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Morvern French, St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, University of St Andrews |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Stefan Sagrott, Historic Environment Scotland, Edinburgh |
| Paper 1201-a | Life on the Edge: A Very Small Selection of Research Highlights (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Daily Life, Local History, Military History |
| Paper 1201-b | Storming the Castle: Medieval Climate Change, Storm Surges, and Coastal Impacts at Caerlaverock (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Geography and Settlement Studies, Science |
| Paper 1201-c | 'Fractione et prostratione ad terram'?: Caerlaverock and the Remaking of 14th-Century Scotland (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Genealogy and Prosopography, Military History |
| Abstract | Historic Environment Scotland's multidisciplinary research project (2019 - present) has improved understanding of Caerlaverock Castle's history, archaeology, collections, and natural environment. We will present a few highlights before focusing on two individual pieces of research. Tipping will discuss how storm surges in the High Middle Ages, dated by radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence, prompted the movement from the old castle to a new one built further inland. We will end with Brown's examination of the new castle's reconstructions after its destruction by Robert I in c. 1312, setting the Maxwell family's ambitions into the context of the architectural and political remaking of Scotland. |