Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Friday, 13 March 2026

The Antonine Wall at Bearsden


Having constructed Hadrian’s Wall the Romans then moved north into what we now know as Northumberland and souther Scotland with a new frontier along the Antonine Wall. This second century acquisition was relatively soon abandoned, but still left a number of archaeological remains. This includes the evidence of stone buildings at Bearsden, north west of Glasgow.

This site is described on Wikipedia at Bearsden



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