Books/Reports

• Work in progress (book co-author: Emeritus Professor Graeme White). The Earls of Chester and their Castles, c.1070 - 1237
• January 2019 (Editor): Ainsworth, S., Parker, R. and Taylor, T., Unearthing Dunster: Time Team Digital Dig Village Project 2012 – 2018
• 2018 (author/compiler). The Royal Archaeological Institute Report and Proceedings of the 162nd Royal Archaeological Institute in 2017, Cork and Environs, Ireland
• 2017 (co-editor, with Prof. Howard Williams). The Royal Archaeological Institute Report and Proceedings of the 161th Royal Archaeological Institute in 2016, Wiltshire
• 2016 (author/compiler). The Royal Archaeological Institute Report and Proceedings of the 161th Royal Archaeological Institute in 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
• Liddiard, R. and McGuicken [Swallow], R. 2007. Beeston Castle, London: English Heritage Guidebooks

 Articles and Chapters

• Forthcoming, 2021. Haiae, Parks and Elite Residences in Comital Cheshire (title to be confirmed), in S. D. Church (Ed.), Anglo-Norman Studies XLIII, Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2020
• Forthcoming, 2020. Cherchez la Femme: Gender, Space and Place at Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, North Wales, Chateau Gaillard, 29, Chateau Thierry, France
• Forthcoming, 2020. Ring-fencing the gardinum? : European Romance to British Reality of the Thirteenth-century Caernarfon Castle Garden and Park, in Rozier, C. and Steinforth, D. (eds), Britain & its Neighbours: Cultural Contexts & Exchanges in Medieval & Early Modern Europe, London, Routledge
• Forthcoming, 2020. Shifting Border, Shifting Interpretation: The Anglo-Welsh Border and Dodleston Castle, Cheshire, Archaeologia Cambrensis, 220
• Forthcoming, 2020. Stockport Castle, Cheshire: From Minor to Major, in Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 169
• Forthcoming, 2020. Domesday and Castles: Patterns of Continuity and Change in North-East Wales, in D. Thornton (Ed.), Domesday Book and Wales, Woodbridge: Boydell and Brewer
• 2019. (With Matthew Thomas). Does Oner Herison Make a Castle?: An Early Fourteenth-Century Document Relating to Tattenhall, West Cheshire, in Cheshire History Journal, 58, pp. 11-47
• 2019. Living the Dream: The Legend, Lady and Landscape of Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, North Wales, in Archaeologia Cambrensis, 219
• 2019. ‘The Gesta Stephani’, in Ainsworth, S., Parker, R. and Taylor, T., Unearthing Dunster: Time Team Digital Dig Village Project 2012 – 2018
• 2018. Cheshire Castles in Context: Some Conclusions, Castles Studies Group Journal, 2018 – 19, 32, pp. 114 – 39
• 2018. The eleventh-century elite landscapes of Nantwich Castle and Acton, Cheshire: A paradigm shift in continuity of site significance?, in Guy, N. (ed.), Castles: History, Archaeology, Landscape, Architecture, and Symbolism. Essays in Honour of Derek Renn, Castles Studies Group
• 2018. Hilltop Castles in a Medieval Landscape: Beeston and Buckton, Cheshire, England, in Chateau Gaillard 28: Castles and Landscape, Roscommon, Eire
• 2018. What law says that there has to be a castle?: The castle landscape of Frodsham, Cheshire, in B. Hausmair, B. Jervis, R. Nugent and E. Williams (eds), Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation. Between Text and Practice, Oxford, New York: Berghan Books, (Chapter Six), pp. 127 - 47
• 2016. (With Matthew Thomas). Lost and Found: A Medieval Castle at Poulton, West Cheshire?, in Cheshire History Journal, 56, pp. 11 - 40
• 2016. The Archaeological Heritage of Taxidermy: Biologiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, The Royal Archaeological Institute Report and Proceedings of the 161th Royal Archaeological Institute in 2015, pp. 55 59
• 2016: Cheshire Castles of the Irish Sea Cultural Zone, The Archaeological Journal, 173, issue 2, pp. 288 – 341
• 2015 (January 13). Seeing the bigger picture: Researching medieval landscapes of power in Cheshire, England, in www.dissertationreviews.org (http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/8649)
• 2014. Gateways to Power: The Castles of Ranulf III of Chester and Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd, The Archaeological Journal, 171, pp. 291 – 314
• 2014. Palimpsest of Border Power: The Archaeological Survey of Dodleston Castle, Cheshire, in Cheshire History Journal, 54, pp. 24 – 51
• 2013. Two for One: The Archaeological Survey of Shocklach Castle, Cheshire, Cheshire History Journal, 53, 2013 – 14, pp. 18 – 44
• 2012. Landscape of Power: Aldford castle, Cheshire, Cheshire History Journal, 52, 2012/2013, pp. 5 – 28
• 2010. [Under the name of McGuicken]. Castle in context: redefining the significance of Beeston Castle, Cheshire, Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, 81 (2006), pp. 65 – 82
• 2010. [Under the name of McGuicken]. Castle in context? An analysis of heritage interpretation and presentation at Beeston Castle, Cheshire, Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society, 81 (2006), pp. 83 – 91

Media Contributions and Coverage

• Aired on 14 January, 2019: Discussing Offa’s and Wat's Dykes and a cross-cultural boundary landscape, on Making History programme, host: Tom Holland, BBC Radio 4: https://bbc.in/2s2FR49

Book Reviews

• Forthcoming 2020. Review in The Archaeological Journal, 177. Title by Rippon, S. 2018. Kingdom, Civitas, and County. The Evolution of Territorial Identity in the English Landscape, Oxford, Oxford University Press
• 2018. Review in Castles Studies Group Journal, 2018 – 19, 32. Title by Duffy, P., O’Keeffe, T., Picard, J.-M. (eds) 2017. From Carrickfergus to Carcassonne. The Epic Deeds of Hugh de Lacy during the Albigensian Crusade, Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols
• 2018. Review in The Archaeological Journal, 175. Title by Wright, D. W. and Creighton, O. H. (eds) 2016. Castles, Siegeworks and Settlements: Surveying the Archaeology of the Twelfth Century, Oxford: Archaeopress Archaeology Ltd
• 2018. Review in Landscape History Journal , 39. Title by Varey, S. M. and White, G. J. (eds) 2016. Landscapes Past and Present. Cheshire and Beyond, Chester: Chester University Press
• 2017. Review in Cheshire History Journal, 57. Title by Hayns, D. 2016. Malpas. Cheshire’s Town in the Marches, Published by the Author: Stoke Cottage, Malpas, Cheshire
• 2015. Review in Archaeology in Wales journal, 53, 2013 – 14, pp. 246-47. Title by Clarke, C. A. M. (ed.). 2011. Mapping the Medieval City: Space, Place and Identity in Chester c. 1200-1600. University of Wales Press (Paperback)
• 2015. Review in Cheshire History Journal, 55, 2015 – 16. Title by Grimsditch, B. Nevell, M. and Nevell, R. 2013. Buckton Castle and the Castles of North West England, University of Salford, Loughborough: Acorn Print Media
• 2014 (April). Review in The Archaeological Review from Cambridge (ARC) a journal published by postgraduate students at the University of Cambridge: Title by Davies, M.I.J. & Nkirote M Mbogori, F. (eds.) 2013. Humans and the Environment - New Archaeological Perspectives for the Twenty-First Century, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 232 – 35
• 2011. Review in Archaeological Journal, 168: Title by Malcolm Airs and P S Barnwell (eds.) 2011. The Medieval Great House, Lincolnshire; Shaun Tyas, pp. 440 – 41 

Commercial: Grey Literature

Soden, I. and Swallow, R. 2012. Archaeological Excavation at Woodhouse Farm, Aldford, Cheshire, Northamptonshire Archaeology. Report 12/2

Commercial: Desk Based Assessments

• 2014. Cornerstone Archaeology Ltd.: Proposed Development on land to the rear of 'Belmont', South Street, Caerwys CH7 5AL, centering on NGR SJ 312903 372835
• 2013. Cornerstone Archaeology Ltd.: Property Development at Sundawn Nurseries, Babell Road, Holywell. NGR SJ15298 75123
• 2013. Iain Soden Heritage Services Ltd.: Harthill, Cheshire
• 2012. Cornerstone Archaeology Ltd.: The Headless Woman Inn, Tarporley Road, Duddon, Cheshire. CW6 OEW
• 2012. Cornerstone Archaeology Ltd.: Tredustan Hall, Talgarth, Powys. LD3 OPY.
• 2012. Northamptonshire Archaeology: Woodhouse Farm, Aldford, Cheshire

 Conferences: Papers and Session Organiser

• Forthcoming 2020 (23 – 27 July). Paper (Des Seal Memorial Lecture): Hunting Landscapes and Elite Residences of the Earls of Chester in Cheshire, c. 1070 - 1237 , Battle Conference of Anglo-Norman Studies

• Forthcoming 2020 (11 – 12 July). Paper: Shifting Border, Shifting Interpretation: what the Anglo-Norman Castle of Dodleston in Cheshire might be telling us about the eleventh-century northern Anglo-Welsh Border, Borders of Anglo-Saxon England Conference, Cambridge University

• Forthcoming 2020 (6 – 9 July). Co-Session Organiser (with Dr Michaɬ Rzepiela, The Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland): (Two sessions): What really was a castle? : Tightening the borders of elusive interpretation, The International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University

• Forthcoming 2020 (6 – 9 July). Paper. (Session: What really was a castle? : Tightening the borders of elusive interpretation): Classical with a Twist? : a re-examination of the Anglo-Norman use of, and differentiation between, castrum and castellum for ‘castle’ in England, The International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University
• Forthcoming 2020 (6 – 9 July). Session Chair: Defending and Restoring the Borders of the Realm, The International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University
• 2019 (4 – 7 September). Co-Session Organiser (with Dr Markus Blaich): Reconnecting the Interplay of Fortifications and Religious Buildings within their Landscapes: Castles, Monasteries and Churches Re-Examined, European Association of Archaeologists conference (EAA), Bern, Switzerland
• 2019 (4 – 7 September). Paper. (Session: Reconnecting the Interplay of Fortifications and Religious Buildings within their Landscapes: Castles, Monasteries and Churches Re-Examined), There’s Something About Mary: Marian Church Dedications and Medieval Castle Foundations in England and Wales, European Association of Archaeologists conference (EAA), Bern, Switzerland
• 2019 (1 July). Co-Session Organiser (with Séan Ó Taidhg): (Three sessions): Medieval Settlement Research Group: Materialities, The International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University
• 2019 (1 July). Paper. (Session: Medieval Settlement Research Group: Materialities): Overlooking, and Overlooked: Watch Towers and Castles in a Medieval Welsh Land- and Seascape, The International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds UniversityForthcoming, 2019 (22 – 23 March). Paper. (Session: New Approaches in Medieval Settlement Studies): New Ways of Seeing: The Legend, Lady and Landscape of Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales, Space and Settlement in the Middle Ages Conference, Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Trinity College Dublin
• 2018 (26 August – 1 September). Poster: Cherchez la Femme: Gender, Space and Place at Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, North Wales, Chateau Gaillard 29, Chateau Thierry, France
• 2018 (4 July). Paper. (Session: Medieval Settlement Research Group: Memory, Settlement and Landscape ): Layers of Legend, Lordship and Landscape: A fresh interdisciplinary and multi-period approach to understanding medieval Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales, The International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University
• 2018 (23 – 24 March 2018). Paper. (Session: Castles and Defensive Structures): Dodleston Castle, Cheshire: A Multi-Faceted Bead on a String in the Irish Sea Cultural Zone, Space and Settlement in the Middle Ages Conference, Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Research Institute, Trinity College Dublin
• 2017 (12 October). Seminar paper: Gateways to Power: The Castles of Ranulf III of Chester and Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd, Bangor University
• 2017 (30 August – 3 September). Paper. Misfit Castle Forms of the Irish Sea: Crossing the Northern Anglo-Welsh Bridge, European Association of Archaeologists conference (EAA), Maastricht, Holland
• 2017 (3 – 6 July). Paper. Misfit Castle Forms of the Irish Sea: The Welsh Perspective, Session: ISMARN, The International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University
• 2017 (11 – 14 May). Paper. Solid Foundations for Strong Structures: The Form and Siting of Anglo-Norman Castles in the Irish Sea Region, (Session: New Voices in Medieval History), 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, USA
• 2017 (15 March). Seminar paper: Gateways to Power: The Castles of Ranulf III of Chester and Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd, University of Highlands and Islands
• 2016 (17 November). Seminar paper with Dr Mark Hagger (Bangor University): Expressions of Medieval Power: Ducal Acta and Princely Gateways, Winchester University
• 2016 (30 August – 4 September). Paper. Living on the Edge: Cheshire Castles in Context. European Association of Archaeologists conference (EAA), Vilnius, Lithuania
• 2016 (14 – 18 August). Paper. Cheshire Hilltop Castles in a Medieval Frontier Landscape. Chateau Gaillard Colloque: Castles and Landscape, Roscommon, Eire
• 2016 (8 – 9 July). Paper. Square Pegs and Round Holes: Misfit Castle Forms of the Irish Sea Cultural Zone: The Irish Sea in the Middle Ages Research Network (ISMARN): Interaction and Identity in the Irish Sea Region, c. 400-1066, University of Liverpool
• 2016 (4 – 7 July). Paper. Bordering on the Defensive: Forestal Liminality and Castle Siting in Medieval Cheshire. Session: The Medieval Landscape/Seascape. The International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University
• 2016 (12 March). Paper. Cheshire Castles in Context. Chester Archaeological Society, Grosvenor Museum, Chester
• 2015 (14 – 16 March). Paper. Lord of the Ring: Assembly, Memory and Movement in Medieval West Cheshire, Theoretical Archaeological Group (TAG), Bradford University
• 2015 (12 April). Paper. Edgar the Peaceable and Power and Place on the Anglo-Welsh Border: Aldford Castle, Cheshire. Contest and Collaboration: Chester Conference on the March of Wales, University of Chester
• 2014 (13 December). Paper. A Paradigm Shift in Landscape Continuity?: The Eleventh Century Elite Landscape of Nantwich Castle and Acton, Cheshire. Medieval Settlement Research Group Winter Seminar, University of Leicester
• 2014 (8 November). Paper. New Perspectives on Old Landscapes: Dodleston Castle, Cheshire. Council for British Archaeology (CBA) North West, Castles Research Conference, Grosvenor Museum, Chester
• 2014 (25 October). Paper. Cheshire as a Frontier: the medieval castles of the Earls of Chester and their Barons. Cheshire Local History Association (CLHA) History Day Conference, The Lifestyle Centre, Winsford, Cheshire
• 2014 (8 July). Paper. Frodsham Castle in Cheshire: All the trappings of a medieval castle landscape, but where is the castle? (Session: Landscape and Seascapes: Shaping the Landscape, led by Prof. Catherine Clarke, Southampton University and Dr. Leonie Hicks, Canterbury Christchurch University). The International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University
• 2014 (May 15). Paper. When the best defence really was a good offence: The Castles of Ranulf III of Chester and Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd. (Session: Conflict: Society and Self). History and Archaeology Post Graduate Conference, University of Chester
• 2014 (May 14). Paper. East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet? : a multidisciplinary research approach to the medieval Welsh border and the castles of Cheshire. M6 Seminar Group, at Manchester Metropolitan University
• 2014 (January 9). Paper. Pushing the Boundary?: Cross-border marriage and the castles of medieval Cheshire. Gender and Medieval Studies (GMS) 2014, University of Winchester
• 2013 (July 3). Paper. What was so special about the Earldom of Chester?: Charters, Place and Identity in the early thirteenth century. The International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University
• 2013 (May). Paper. Castle in the Air?: A landscape historiographical approach to putting the foundations below Frodsham Castle in Cheshire. Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium (EMASS), University of Chester
• 2012 (December 17). Paper. The Magna Carta of Chester and the castles of its princeps: a landscape historiographical approach. Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG), Liverpool University
• 2012 (12 July). Paper. Parade, Power and Place: King Edgar the Peaceful and the siting of Norman castles in a Cheshire landscape. International Medieval Congress (IMC), Leeds University
• 2011 (October). Paper. The Power of Place in an Eleventh-Century Elite Landscape: Nantwich Castle and Acton, Cheshire. The Society for Medieval Archaeology (SMA) Student Colloquium, Cambridge University