The crypt at St. Colman's, Portmahomack in VR
The medieval crypt
crypt
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 5 December 2025
It is as though the earth during its infancy first carved out a fold - a hollow that sat somewhere within the realms of Fibonacci - a proportion drawn from the same geometry that threads itself through constellations.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 28 Nov 2025
When I walk back up into the nave, the visitor is there at the top of the steps, sat in a chair - as if he knew of the tenderness that was taking place beneath and was unable to enter in upon it.
Video walk up to the Church and into the crypt at Lastingham.
Join me as we enter the church at St. Mary's Lastingham.
St. Mary, Lastingham in Glorious VR
St. Mary, Lastingham Interior and Exterior
🎨 Atelier: NOW SOLD: THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST An Opportunity to Own My Original Lastingham Artwork.
An opportunity to own an original piece from my 4x5 Khadi Papers sketchbook: an ink and watercolour drawing of the Anglo-Saxon crypt at Repton painted on 100% fibre, textured cotton rag paper.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 7 March 2025
Amidst the medieval ridge and furrow are lumps and bumps that mark events from the past, reverberating through this place. It was at Repton that a great Viking army wintered in 873 AD under the leadership of Ivar the Boneless. The lumps and bumps are the boundaries of their camp.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 28 Feb 2025
The weight of history here is a press. I am so taken in by what I see that I sit down on the cold slab to absorb it. This is a place that has held fast in the eddying tides and swells of chaotic times.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 16 August 2024
All the best things are double-baked—in this case, built and built again. Many of the stones that have held up the walls for over 1,300 years were tooled and carved by the hands of Romans.