I've thought about nothing but place-names, sundials and early medieval handbells for the past fortnight, and this blog is the result: https://fortrenn.substack.com/p/bell-motte-and-sundial-in-search
Bell, motte and sundial: in search of early medieval Auldearn

In which I weigh the evidence for a village in Nairnshire as an early medieval settlement site

Becoming an Early Medievalist