Articles by Mick Aston
With links to those available for free download
Scholarly publications
- 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 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, Maria Forbes and Teresa Hall, The Winscombe project, Somerset Archaeology and Natural History, volume 153 (2010), pp. 167-9.
- 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 Michael Costen, An early Medieval secular and ecclesiatical 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, Early monasteries in Somerset - models and agendas, in M. Ecclestone et al. (eds.), The Land of the Dobunni (2003, revised edn 2009). Free download in pdf format, or available in paperback.
- Mick Aston, The expansion of the monastic and religious orders in Europe from the eleventh century,
- 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 has been carrying a regular contribution from Mick, called Mick's Travels.
- 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.
