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The page has been created to promote and disseminate research into medieval & historical graffiti; the archaeological identification of apotropaic symbols and the practice of concealing objects within buildings to ward against misfortune. Contributions are welcomed!

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Author: Wayne Perkins

I am an archaeologist with over twenty years of experience. After a decade or so working as a volunteer on excavations in the 1990’s, I undertook my degree in Archaeology at the University of Birmingham. In the last year of my degree I helped to supervise the university’s annual excavations. Directly after my exams I began my career in Commercial Archaeology as a Field Archaeologist with Oxford Archaeology and remained there for four years. Anticipating a career in archaeology in France I volunteered on excavations at Rom and at Prisse-la-Charriere, Niort (for Poitiers & Rennes University respectively). In due course I worked for the States’ premier scientific organization, I.N.R.A.P. (Institut Nationale des Récherches Archéologiques Préventives) as well as for a number of private companies. I returned to the UK in 2013 and resumed my role as a Supervisor, undertaking projects around Oxfordshire with John Moore Heritage Services before moving to London in 2014. I now undertake Historic Building Surveys and supervise urban excavations in the City of London as well as overseeing rural excavations in surrounding Sussex, Surrey & Kent. Wayne Perkins BA Hons (Archaeology) ACIfA (Associate Member, Chartered Institute for Archaeologists)

‘Historic Graffiti & Ritual Protection Marks in the Worcestershire Churches’

Main image: You need hands! The stone bench inside the porch of St Peter in Little Comberton, Worcestershire is festooned … More

Illustrated Talks 2023 – 2024

Main image: A series of deep taper burn marks on the rear of the north door at St Giles’ church, … More

Spiritual Middens: Decoys, Spirit Traps or Counter Witchcraft Measures?

Thu, 16 February 2023, 20:00 – 21:30 GMT Online talk via Zoom Archaeologists regularly discover large collections or ‘caches’ of … More

History Society Finds: Concealed Shoes, two Witch Bottles & a ‘Witch’s Nail’ from Charing, Kent.

Pat Winzar (1920 – 2012) was an archaeologist and historian who worked on Eccles Roman Villa and became Council member … More

If the walls could speak………..

Examples of figurative art among graffiti corpora are relatively common but no more straight forward to interpret than some of … More

‘The Medieval & Historic Graffiti in the Borough of Swale’

Friday 3rd February 2023, @ 7.30pm £5 An Illustrated Talk by Wayne Perkins ‘In person‘ only Sheppey Little Theatre, Meyrick Road, Sheerness … More

The ‘Littlest’ Green Man

The small face of a Green Man carved into the spandrel of the 14th century arcading, St Mary the Virgin, … More

A Discovery of Angels: How an Anglo-Saxon Chapel Gave up Its Secrets

A fine example of how a multi-disciplinary approach to archaeology can unlock the secrets of ancient buildings. An Ancient Building … More

John Schorn: the Rector Who Conjured the Devil Into A Boot

Hosted by the London Fortean Society Venue: The Bell,  50 Middlesex Street E1 7EX (Tubes: Liverpool Street, Aldgate, Aldgate East) Date: 28th … More

Protecting Hearth & Home: Ox Row Inn, Salisbury

The Ox Row public house resides in a timber framed building built in 1594 on the Market Square, Salisbury. It … More

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