Comments on: Brunanburh and Burnswark http://senchus.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/brunanburh-and-burnswark/ Notes on early medieval Scotland Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Chris http://senchus.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/brunanburh-and-burnswark/#comment-168 Chris Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:36:16 +0000 http://senchus.wordpress.com/?p=101#comment-168 This has been a debate that has really fascinated me but after endless hours of researching every available resource and opinion on this I am still left wondering if both places could be incorrect. I have read from others that an area in South Yorkshire is being overlooked. I found an excerpt from a book written in the first part of the last century that seems to give a lot of credence to a place south of York as being the site. In it was claimed that archaeological finds showed numerous charred bones in a field somewhere that indicated a mass pyre and burial. There were other notes as well though I would need to dig up the reference. In the end I suppose we shall never know. This has been a debate that has really fascinated me but after endless hours of researching every available resource and opinion on this I am still left wondering if both places could be incorrect. I have read from others that an area in South Yorkshire is being overlooked. I found an excerpt from a book written in the first part of the last century that seems to give a lot of credence to a place south of York as being the site. In it was claimed that archaeological finds showed numerous charred bones in a field somewhere that indicated a mass pyre and burial. There were other notes as well though I would need to dig up the reference.

In the end I suppose we shall never know.

]]> By: Tim http://senchus.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/brunanburh-and-burnswark/#comment-167 Tim Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:01:32 +0000 http://senchus.wordpress.com/?p=101#comment-167 Interesting. The Brun- in Brunanburh could mean brown if it isn't a personal name like Bruna. I looked up Pennersaughs in The Celtic Place Names Of Scotland: "This appears to be Pen yr Sax, Saxon's Head" (p.356) alternatively "Head of the Saxons" (p.180). Interesting. The Brun- in Brunanburh could mean brown if it isn’t a personal name like Bruna. I looked up Pennersaughs in The Celtic Place Names Of Scotland: “This appears to be Pen yr Sax, Saxon’s Head” (p.356) alternatively “Head of the Saxons” (p.180).

]]> By: Lindsay http://senchus.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/brunanburh-and-burnswark/#comment-165 Lindsay Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:35:09 +0000 http://senchus.wordpress.com/?p=101#comment-165 Found this piece if history fascinating but knowing the area local to Burnswark i wonder if another hill near to ecclefechan has been ignored. The brown moor to the east of ecclefechan is adjoining pennersaughs. I believe the saxon meaning for pennersaughs is "head of the saxons"and that brunan can mean either burn(s) or brown Found this piece if history fascinating but knowing the area local to Burnswark i wonder if another hill near to ecclefechan has been ignored. The brown moor to the east of ecclefechan is adjoining pennersaughs. I believe the saxon meaning for pennersaughs is “head of the saxons”and that brunan can mean either burn(s) or brown

]]>