Illustrated Talks & Guided Tours 2026

by Wayne Perkins BA (Hons), ACIfA (Associate, Chartered Institute for Archaeologists) 19th March 2026 @ 7.30pm ‘Witchcraft in Gloucestershire: The Archaeological … More

St Kenelm’s Legend & St Kenelm’s Church, Upton Snodsbury, Worc’s

The briefest of visits was made to St Kenelm’s church at Upton Snodsbury, in Worcestershire, which bagged a small but … More

Survivals in Temple Church: A Rare Example of Architectural Graffiti

In 2023, I was able to make a preliminary survey of Temple Church to record any surviving graffiti. With the … More

Special Announcement! Book release for Summer 2026!

‘A Consensus of Symbols: Patterns in Ritual Building Protection’ by Wayne Perkins (BA, Hons, ACIfA) Published by Aeon Books in … More

Prittlewell Priory: Religious Centre & Private Residence

Apotropaic marks have been found both within the Priory’s ecclesiastical buildings and the later private residence adapted from the West … More

Hearth & Home…

A fireplace, half a millennium old and re-built in the foyer of Southend-on-Sea’s museum still bears apotropaics…perhaps embracing the concept … More

‘Twas the Night before Christmas……

…that I slipped into the church of St Peter & St Paul, in the village of Borden in Kent to … More

The ‘Flower of Life’ Motif at the Temple of Seti I & the Osireion, Abydos, Egypt

Some of the motifs collected in the corpora of Medieval graffiti are derived from ancient antecedents, which has led many … More

Apotropaics Vs. Gunpowder?

One of the most unusual discoveries that I have made recently is a six-petal rosette (or daisy wheel) graffito that … More

Ye Olde Six Bells, Horley, Surrey: When Sympathetic Magic Goes Bad

Legends, myths & ritual taper burn marks It is believed that the proximity of the Ye Older Six Bells public … More