About

I am a final year PhD student at the Orkney Archaeology Institute, University of the Highlands and Islands. My multi-disciplinary research considers aspects of early medieval maritime pilgrimage and interactions between the sea and the land throughout the Irish Sea Zone. I have presented my work at a wide range of conferences, winning the best paper award in 2023 for my paper entitled ‘Out of the Blue’ Evaluating Maritime Pilgrimage in the Irish Sea Zone‘, at the Australian Early Medieval Association Conference. Other Academic papers include Multidisciplinary Methods, Maritime Routes as Boundaries, Brehon Placenames in the Rhins of Scotland, Marine and Land based Archaeology.

I teach on the Historical Archaeology and Early Medieval Archaeology programmes for undergraduate and masters students at the UHI and I also mentor higher education students across several UK universities. 

I am a Fellow of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland and also enjoy engaging with many other medieval clubs and societies across the UK, Scandinavia and Europe. 

I live in Scotland with my family and a menagerie of animals and I enjoy wildlife photography and travel with history and archaeology always at the fore.