Articles by Mick Aston

Selected articles by Mick Aston

Scholarly publications

Mick Aston, Publicizing archaeology in Britain in the late twentieth century: a personal view, The Oxford Handbook of Public Archaeology (2012) edited by Robin Skeates, Carol McDavid, and John Carman.
Mick Aston with Martin Ecclestone, Maria Forbes and Teresa Hall, Medieval farming in Winscombe parish in North Somerset, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History, volume 155 (2012), pp.79-144.
Mick Aston, Maria Forbes and Teresa Hall, The Winscombe project 2011, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History, volume 155 (2012), pp. 200-2.
Mick Aston with Martin Ecclestone, Maria Forbes and Teresa Hall, Medieval woodland in Winscombe parish in North Somerset, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History, volume 154 (2011), pp. 71-118.
Mick Aston et al., New radiocarbon dates for early medieval Somerset, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History, volume 154 (2011).
Mick Aston, Maria Forbes and Teresa Hall, The Winscome project 2010, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History, volume 154 (2011).
Mick Aston and Teresa Hall, The Winscombe Project, Somerset, 2011, Medieval Settlement Research, volume 26 (2011), pp. 67-69.
Mick Aston with Martin Ecclestone, Maria Forbes and Teresa Hall, Medieval settlements in Winscombe parish in North Somerset, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History, volume 153 (2010), pp. 55-90.
Mick Aston and Martin Watts, An early millstone from Sandford, Winscombe, in North Somerset, Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, volume 153 (2010), pp. 160-162.
Mick Aston, Maria Forbes and Teresa Hall, The Winscombe project, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History, volume 153 (2010), pp. 167-9.
Mick Aston and Teresa Hall, The Winscombe Project, Somerset, 2010, Medieval Settlement Research, volume 25 (2010), pp. 66-68.
Mick Aston and Teresa Hall, The Winscombe Project,Medieval Settlement Research, volume 24 (2009), pp. 68-69.
Mick Aston, An early Medieval estate in the Isle Valley of South Somerset and the early endowments of Muchelney Abbey, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History volume 152 (2009), pp. 83-103. Mick explains that ascetics could attract such admiration and support, expressed in land grants, that their once lonely home became a centre of great wealth and influence.
Mick Aston and Phil Harding, The context and significance of a Palaeolithic hand-axe from Winscombe, Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, volume 152 (2009), pp. 217-220.
Mick Aston and Michael Costen, An early Medieval secular and ecclesiastical estate: the origins of the parish of Winscombe in North Somerset, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History volume 151 (2008), pp. 139-157.
Mick Aston, An archipelago in central Somerset: the origins of Muchelney Abbey, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History, volume 150 (2007), pp. 63 - 71. Mick argues that the abbey originated in a group of hermitages on islands in the marsh.
Mick Aston, Monasteries in Somerset in Somerset Archaeology: Papers to Mark 150 Years of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, edited by C. J. Webster (2000). Free download in pdf format.
Mick Aston, Medieval rural settlement in Somerset Archaeology: Papers to Mark 150 Years of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society , edited by C. J. Webster (2000). Free download in pdf format.

Mick's Travels

British Archaeology carried a regular contribution from Mick, called Mick's Travels. Following the sad announcement of his death, the magazine pulled together all these articles up to that date in a special online issue, as a tribute to him. All can be downloaded in pdf format. The final column by Mick, submitted to the magazine before his death, was published in issue 132, together with tributes to him.

Mick Aston, Corfe Castle, Isle of Purbeck, Cloud's Hill, British Archaeology, 132 (September/October 2013), pp. 14-15.
Mick Aston, Garrow Tor, Bodmin Moor, Stowe's Pound, British Archaeology, 131 (July/August 2013), pp. 54-55.
Mick Aston, Elvet, Crossgate, Durham, British Archaeology, 130 (May/June 2013), pp. 54-55.
Mick Aston, Brompton Regis, Exmoor, Winsford Hill, British Archaeology, 129 (March/April 2013), pp. 54-55.
Mick Aston, Conservatory, vegetable plot, garden, British Archaeology, 128 (January/February 2013), pp. 52-55.
Mick Aston, Jorvik, Eboracum, York, British Archaeology, 127 (November/December 2012), pp. 50-53.
Mick Aston, Castle Morton, The Malverns, Hanley Castle, British Archaeology, 126 (September/October 2012), pp. 50-53.
Mick Aston, Grace Dieu Manor, Mount St Bernard, Charnwood Forest, British Archaeology, 125 (July/August 2012), pp. 50-53.
Mick Aston, The Lizard, Halliggye, Dry Tree, British Archaeology, 124 (May/June 2012), pp. 48-51.
Mick Aston, Dunwich, flooding, cliff fall, British Archaeology, 123 (March/April 2012), pp. 50-53.
Mick Aston, St Gildas de Rhuys, Landevennec, St Duzec, British Archaeology, 122 (January/February 2012), pp. 50-53.
Mick Aston, Chalkney Wood, Castle Hedingham, Earls Colne, British Archaeology, 121 (November/December 2011), pp. 50-53.
Mick Aston, Mick remembers Philip Rahtz, one of the country's greatest excavators, British Archaeology, 120 (September/October 2011), pp. 50-53.
Mick Aston, Plym Valley and Lydford, West Dartmoor, British Archaeology, 119 (July/August 2011), pp. 50-53.
Mick Aston, Alberbury, Rauzet (Charente), Craswall, British Archaeology, 118 (May/June 2011), pp. 48-51.
Mick Aston, West Penwith, Land's End, British Archaeology, 117 (March/April 2011), pp. 52-54.
Mick Aston, Peterborough, Castor: 2010, British Archaeology, 116 (January/February 2011), pp. 48-50.
Mick Aston, Bamburgh, Lindisfarne and the Farne Islands, British Archaeology, 115 (November/December 2010), pp. 48-51.
Mick Aston, Jersey: a defended island, British Archaeology, 114 (September/October 2010), pp. 46-7.
Mick Aston, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, British Archaeology, 113 (July/August 2010), pp. 48-9.
Mick Aston, Kilmartin and the Kintyre peninsula: a journey back in time, British Archaeology, 112 (May/June 2010), pp. 44-6.
Mick Aston, Portsmouth, British Archaeology, 111 (March/April 2010).
Mick Aston, Autumn: time to travel and plunder, British Archaeology, 110 (January/February 2010), pp. 46-7.
Mick Aston, The Medieval industry that went up with a bang, British Archaeology, 109 (November/December 2009), pp. 46-7.
Mick Aston, Tiree: a sunny, windy island, British Archaeology, 108 (September/October 2009), pp. 46-7.
Mick Aston, Portland: a remote, accessible, industrial island, British Archaeology, 107 (July/August 2009), pp. 48-9.
Mick Aston, Salisbury: new cathedral, new town, British Archaeology, 105 (March/April 2009), pp. 38-9.
Mick Aston, East Dartmoor, British Archaeology, 104 (January/February 2009), pp. 40-41.
Mick Aston, Iona: a centre of early Christianity, British Archaeology, 103 (November/December 2008), pp. 40-41.
Mick Aston, Barnard Castle and Gainford in the Tees Valley, British Archaeology, 102 (September/October 2008), pp. 42-3.
Mick Aston, Early monasteries in the Vale of Glamorgan, British Archaeology, 101 (July/August 2008), pp. 40-41.
Mick Aston, In search of Cornish relics, British Archaeology, 100 (May/June 2008), pp. 46-8.
Mick Aston, Wandering in Anglo-Saxon North Mercia, British Archaeology, 99 (March/April 2008), pp. 22-3.
Mick Aston, The Anglo-Saxons in Suffolk, British Archaeology, 98 (January/February 2008), pp. 40-1.
Mick Aston, Fishing, crofting and building stone houses, British Archaeology, 97 (November/December 2007), pp. 36-7. Mick explores the Outer Hebrides in his camper van. Illustrated by an artist's reconstruction of a wheelhouse.
Mick Aston, Romans and Saxons in County Durham, British Archaeology, 96 (September/October 2007), pp. 28-9.
Mick Aston, Winscombe: a hidden Mendip valley, British Archaeology, 95 (July/August 2007), pp. 46-8.
Mick Aston, Back to my roots, British Archaeology, 94 (May/June 2007), pp. 38 - 41. Mick revisits his birthplace at Halesowen in Birmingham.
Mick Aston, The Isle of Man, British Archaeology, 93 (March/April 2007), pp. 44 - 46.
Mick Aston, The lost county of Winchcombeshire, British Archaeology, 92 (January/February 2007), pp. 30-33.
Mick Aston, Anglesey revisited, British Archaeology, 91 (November/December 2006), pp. 24-29.
Mick Aston, An early monastic estate in Somerset, British Archaeology, 90 (September/October 2006), pp. 36-41. This first contribution by Mick was on the estate of in Muchelney Abbey.