Principal Subject of the Research\nThe inscribed stones and stone sculpture are still the most prolific form of material evidence for Wales cAD 400-1100. Analysis of the catalogue data on monument context, form, ornament and inscriptions illuminates research questions about this formative period of Welsh history. These are addressed in the catalogue discussions and brought together in the introductory chapters. The material throws unique light on questions concerning conversion to Christianity, identification of early church sites, their hierarchy and evolution, as well as changes in liturgy and belief. The inscriptions provide the main source for study of the Welsh and Irish languages in post-Roman Wales and their evolution and can shed light on literacy and learning. The identification of local and regional sculptural groups contributes to debates concerning wealth and the exploitation of resources (stone), the role of patronage, changing cultural identities, the impact of Irish, Anglo-Saxon and Viking settlement in Wales, and the significance of Welsh cultural and artistic contacts with other parts of Britain and Ireland, especially around and across the Irish Sea, as well as with the Continent.\nKey Aims\nCompletion of A Corpus of the Early Medieval Inscribed Stones and Stone Sculpture in Wales, Volume III: North Wales, the final volume of the Welsh early medieval sculpture corpus series, thereby finishing the overall project, the first country in Britain to be completed to modern scholarly standards. This will complete the provision of a pan-Wales multi-disciplinary, well illustrated analytical catalogue and introductory discussion. This will act as the key resource on the subject for the foreseeable future and may be used by other scholars, both in the UK and globally, in a range of disciplines (archaeology, history, Celtic Studies, geology, religious studies); also by public and heritage bodies, e.g. Cadw, facilitating future protection and display; other specialists e.g. archaeological units. Completion of the published resource will allow wider academic and more popular dissemination. \nWhere and how the research will be undertaken\nThe book analyses data collected for the catalogue and sets it within the broader context of research on early medieval inscribed stones and stone sculpture in Wales, elsewhere in Britain, Ireland and elsewhere in Europe as appropriate. It will also take into account relevant published research on the archaeology, history, languages and religion of Britain, Ireland and Europe. Initially research focussed on primary and secondary written material, including published books and academic articles and medieval and later manuscripts in Bangor, Aberystwyth and Oxford and relevant on-line data, to write draft catalogue entries and bibliographies for each monument. Fieldwork was then conducted throughout north Wales and in National Museum Cardiff to record and check each extant monument and its original find-site if appropriate to enable final catalogue descriptions to be written; comparative material was visited where appropriate. Additional comparative research, for example on Continental material, was carried out in Oxford. Using the data gathered in preliminary research, fieldwork and comparative work, and incorporating research of my collaborators, I am now writing up discussions of individual monuments and the broader introductory analytical chapters, a process which would be completed by the award of a Fellowship.\nOthers involved\nThe Corpus has been undertaken with the continuing support of two partners: The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales and National Museum Wales. For Volume III: North Wales photographs and line-drawings have been done specially by or for the RCAHMW. Specialist contributors are Jana Horak and Heather Jackson (NMW, geology); Patrick Sims-Williams(Celtic languages); David N. Parsons (runes); Helen McKee (later palaeography).