Mr. Cornwell–

In the Saxon Chronicles, Uhtred is always comparing the Anglo-Saxon building structures and the old Roman ones, and laments how Saxon only knows how to build with wood and the great Romans of stone. I was always confused when you wrote that because i’ve always thought that the Saxons built stone structures since the mid 800s: the crypts of St. Wystan’s Church, St Mary’s Priory Church, and St Peter’s Church, Barton-upon-Humber. After some digging, modern excavation at Bebbanburg has shown that  “the first of the two halls was a timber building that we broadly date to the 7th century. It was later replaced by a smaller stone hall that went out of use by the 11th century, when its stone was robbed away for re-use. To the west of the halls and close to the modern wall of the castle.” (Bamburgh Research Project). In short, I want were you got your research of Anglo-Saxon architecture? And in your mind, am i wrong.

John Erikson