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Kevin Wilbraham

@kpw1453.bsky.social

Passionate about archives, archaeology and the medieval past.

created November 15, 2024

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Profile picture Tuatha (@tuatha.ie) reposted

Ogham Stone • Dingle Peninsula • Kerry In the graveyard of Kilmalkedar Church on the Dingle Peninsula, you can find this holed ogham stone. It bears an inscription: ANM MAILE INBIR MACI BROCANN, translated to ‘the soul of Mael-Inbir, son of Brocán’ (Ogham in 3D Project). #Ireland #Archaeology 🏺

A slender pillar of stone with a number of notches or scores carved along the edge, stands in a historic graveyard on the Dingle Peninsula, West Kerry, Ireland.
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Profile picture Ed Henderson (@dredhenderson.bsky.social) reposted

Dunmail Raise cairn Cumbria. According to tradition, Dunmail was the last king of Cumbria when it was part of Strathclyde, Scotland and is buried beneath the cairn. Dunmail Raise, meaning ‘Dyfnwal’s Cairn’, may well be named after the historical Dyfnwal ab Owain, King of Strathclyde. #TombTuesday

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Profile picture Dr Alan Montgomery (@classicalalan.bsky.social) reposted

Inside the one of the three dolmens at Mané-Kerioned in Brittany can be found a number of intriguing carvings. They were uncovered, along with many pottery fragments, when the site was excavated in 1866. #TombTuesday

Two large stones inside an ancient tomb featuring lots of carved shapes. A stone inside an ancient tomb heavily carved with lines
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Profile picture Tony O (@tony-o.bsky.social) reposted

For #TombTuesday, continuing an exploration of the Temple of Deen aka Laraghirril Court Tomb - see previous posts #Scape #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Photography #Black&White #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #Inishowen #Donegal

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Profile picture Becky Wallower (@bwallower.bsky.social) reposted

#EpigraphyTuesday 🏺 First known mention of #Roman Londoners - Londiniensium - on late 2nd/early 3rd C AD Turkish marble tablet of Tiberinius Celeranius a trader from Beauvais. From important Tabard Square site in #Southwark excavated by @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social In new London Museum expected 2026

Turkish marble tablet with Latin text, translated as: To the spirits of the Emperors and to the god Mars Camulus, Tiberinius Celeranius, Citizen of the Bellovaci, Mortix of the people of London, first...[set up this monument]. Mars was an important god of place in Rheims, near Beauvais (Bellovaci). A mortix was a position related to trading or shipping.
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Profile picture Malcolm Stoneman (@malcolmstoneman.bsky.social) reposted

#Roman tile - 10th legion Late 2nd Century CE Inscription: LEG(lo) X G(emina) P(ia) F(idells) Found in bath complex Burgstall hill, Mušov, Czech Republic. Such buildings suggest planning for long term Roman control. Marcus Aurelius exhibition - Rheinisches Landesmuseum, #Trier #TilesOnTuesday

Roman clay floor tile with inscription LEG(lo) X G(emina) P(ia) F(idells)
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Profile picture Dr Tom Horne (@hornesupremacy.bsky.social) reposted

I would be endlessly grateful if you were to support this crucial fundraising effort for Govan Old's 1,500-year-old graveyard and the @govanstones.bsky.social museum! 💲❤️ tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...

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Profile picture Andy Marshall (@fotofacade.bsky.social) reposted

✨The Saxon baptistry at St. Peter, Barton-upon-Humber might be even older than the C10th tower. Both were built (in part) with Roman stone transported by river from Yorkshire. Many burials beneath are older than the church.

The Anglo-Saxon tower of St Peter’s Church, Barton-upon-Humber, rises in rough stone with narrow twin-arched belfry openings and faint decorative arcading. Attached in front is the small, simple baptistry with a single round-arched window. The weathered walls reveal centuries of history, contrasting with later medieval fabric to the right.
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Profile picture North Ages (@northages.bsky.social) reposted

Sept 23: Feast of Adomnán mac Rónáin (627-704), abbot of Iona. He wrote The Life of Columba, and championed Rome’s dating of Easter. His Lex Innocentium, ‘Law of the Innocents’, protected women, children and clergy, especially during warfare. Conamail mac Faílbi succeeded him. #medievalsky

A section of the Lex Innocentium from Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B. 512, an Irish vellum manuscript.
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Profile picture North Ages (@northages.bsky.social) reposted

Ælfwald I, king of the Northumbrians, was assassinated at Scythlecester (perhaps Chesters), near Hadrian’s Wall #OTD in 788. It was the result of a conspiracy formed by his leading courtier Sicga, who later killed himself. The murdered king was buried at Hagustaldes ham (Hexham). #medievalsky

Digital reconstruction of the seventh-century Bamburgh Sword found during excavations at Bamburgh Castle.
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Profile picture The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones (@megalithic.bsky.social) reposted

Trewavas Cliff Chambered Cairn: The remains of a clifftop chambered cairn, possibly once a Scillonian entrance grave. You can see one capstone in position, one misplaced capstone and one stone of the kerb. #TombTuesday #prehistory #cornwall More 1/

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Profile picture Nina Willburger (@drnwillburger.bsky.social) reposted

Looking forward to the next two days of #RomanArchaeology – and that right in my hometown Rottweil/Arae Flaviae: LIMITES ET RIPAE III – Research on the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Germany. 11th Colloquium of the German Limes Commission. #archaeology🏺

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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

The ‘Whispering Knights’ - the remains of an early Neolithic burial chamber in Oxfordshire. The chamber is part of the Rollright Stones complex, with stone circle and standing stone nearby. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Oxfordshire #RollrightStones

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1st century AD building stone inscribed with the name of the 20th Legion from Maryport Roman Fort in Cumbria. New part of the collections at Senhouse Roman Museum. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #Maryport

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Surviving medieval floor tile fragments from Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #Oxfordshire #DorchesterAbbey

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Profile picture Chapps (@chapps.bsky.social) reposted

One torc in the collection of the #BritishMuseum stands far above the others: the Snettisham Great Torc. Eight topes of twisted gold alloy threads are capped with large ornamented hollow terminals. Found by farmers in a field in Snettisham, Norfolk, in 1950. 🏺 1/ Iron Age, 150-50 BCE. 📸 me

Gold alloy torc with ornamented terminals. The torc is made from just over a kilogram of gold mixed with silver. It is made from sixty-four threads. Each thread is 1.9mm wide. Eight threads were twisted together at a time to make eight separate ropes of metal. These were then twisted around each to make the final torc. The ends of the torc were cast in moulds. The hollow ends were then welded onto the ropes. The terminals are ornamented with embossed ridges, contrasting with areas filled by chased 'basket-work'. This torc (metal neck-ring) was discovered in 1950, by farmers ploughing in a field near the village of Snettisham. The site is on the north-west coast of Norfolk, overlooking the Wash. Later, many hoards of Iron Age torcs were found at this site. This torc was one of the early finds, and at the time the most impressive, and so it is conventionally referred to as “The Snettisham Great Torc”. This torc is one of the most elaborate golden objects from the ancient world. It is made from an alloy of gold, silver and copper, and weighs over 1 kg. The neck-ring is made from 64 wires in eight separate coils. The ends are elaborately decorated with swirling motifs. British Museum (1951,0402.2)
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Profile picture Nina Willburger (@drnwillburger.bsky.social) reposted

The condition of fabrics from pile dwelling and wetland settlements is amazing. This charred ball of thread was found at the site of Marin-Epagnier/Préfargier. It was made of hemp or lime fibres, and dates about 3900 to 3300 BC. The thread measures a total of about 10 m in length. 📷 Laténium 🏺

A dark, almost black ball of tightly wound thread. The thread is densely packed, creating a l complex interwoven texture.
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Profile picture Nina Willburger (@drnwillburger.bsky.social) reposted

Rottweil - my beautiful hometown 😍

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Profile picture Dr Alan Montgomery (@classicalalan.bsky.social) reposted

A carved face from the 12th-century Prior's Door at Ely Cathedral, which quite accurately reflects my Monday mood #MedievalMonday #MondayMood

A carved medieval face with a rather melancholy expression.
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Profile picture Jon Hawke (@archaeohawke.bsky.social) reposted

#MosaicMonday River #Nile scene, detail of Ducks, a Cobra snake and a Mongoose. The mosaic currently resides in Naples’ National Archaeological Museum, with inventory references connecting it to Pompeii and Casa del Fauno #Italy #romanarchaeology #Art #History #Roman #Archaeology

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Profile picture The Partial Historians 🏺 (@partialhistorians.bsky.social) reposted

This #MosaicMonday we are drawn to the knowing stare of this figure, identified as a genius of the year who was originally surrounded by the four seasons. Knowing gaze ✅ Fruity wreath ✅ What look like grape earrings ✅ This gent is clearly here for serious seasonal business! #AncientRome

This mosaic can be found in the El Jem Museum in Tunisia. It dates to the C2nd CE. The central figure in wears an elaborate wreath of pine cones, pomegranate, feathers, and potentially grapes. The figure is surrounded by a circular border of foliage and fruits.
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Profile picture Dr Crom (@doccrom.bsky.social) reposted

#MosaicMonday - A mythological panel showing Perseus, holding the head of Medusa, as he defeats the sea-monster Ketos. From the central peristyle of the House of the Fountains at Conimbriga, Portugal: ca. Late 3rd Century AD. #Myth #Archaeology 🏺 Image: Conimbriga Monographic Museum

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Profile picture Ulla Rajala (@ullamr.bsky.social) reposted

The mosaic from the Stibbe site just north of Ratae's forum in Leicester. The fine townhouses the mosaic was found from dated to the later Roman period after AD 250. The floor showed complex multicolour geometric patterns. Now in the Jewry Wall Experience. #MosaicMonday

The mosaic presented on the wall
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Profile picture Fishbourne Roman Palace (@romanpalace.bsky.social) reposted

It's not a peacock. It's a rocket-propelled goose. #MosaicMonday

Ignore us. It clearly is a mosaic of a peacock. However, if you squint, it could be a large, long-necked bird like a goose and the peacock tail could be flames shooting from the bird's rear end.
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Profile picture Dr Sophie Hay (@pompei79.bsky.social) reposted

That magical moment when the pumice is gently cleared away revealing, for the first time in nearly 2000 years, a white mosaic. #MosaicMonday #Pompeii

Most of the image is of a white mosaic and the top part is small pumice stones
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Profile picture Dr Wendy Morrison (@hillfortian.bsky.social) reposted

#mosaicMonday Saturday I was asked to speak to a brilliant local charity - I don't think they are on here - Restore Hope Latimer. Their buildings and carpark are on top of Latimer Villa, excavated by Keith Branigan in the 60s. They are the proud curators of a fragment of mosaic floor!

Mosaic floor fragment in a case.
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Profile picture Alison Fisk (@alisonfisk.bsky.social) reposted

Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum. This magnificent #Roman monochrome mosaic makes quite an impact! 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

My photo shows a black and white floor mosaic with a depiction of a very striking octopus in the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum. The octopus with eight writhing arms is composed of small black tesserae (tiles) laid in a white tesserae background
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Profile picture Ennius (@enniusredloeb.bsky.social) reposted

The Autumnal Equinox is close at hand as the world continues to turn and turn again.... BL Add 18856; Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale; c.1420 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.5v

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Profile picture Steffen Hope (@hopesteffen.bsky.social) reposted

This detail from a Danish hymnal from c.1200 serves to illustrate today's varied tasks for a medievalists in the fjords. As I'm putting together a presentation for an upcoming conference, I have also helped getting the boat out of the fjord & into winter storage. [Sveriges Riksarkiv Fr 25548]

Bottom end of of a manuscript page - surviving only as a fragment - with the opening text and notation for the hymn
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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

The central part of the 4th century AD ‘Hare Mosaic’ from Roman Cirencester (Corinium). The mosaic was discovered during 1971 at Beeches Road in Cirencester, and is now on display in the fabulous Corinium Museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #CoriniumMuseum

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Vicar’s Close in Wells, Somerset. The street was built in the 14th century for the Vicars Choral (Cathedral Choir) who sang daily worship at the Cathedral. The chimneys were added in the 15th century. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #Wells

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Profile picture Dr Toby Driver (@drtobydriver.bsky.social) reposted

A Welsh mountain landscape to start the working week ⛰️ Low cloud over the summit of Cader Idris, from Llyn Cau 📷 My own, 4th September

A wide mountain lake surrounded by brown shaggy moorland
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Profile picture North Ages (@northages.bsky.social) reposted

An Anglo-Danish force stormed York #OTD in 1069, tearing down its two Norman castles, killing hundreds of Frenchmen and taking sheriff William Malet captive. Edgar Ætheling, ealdormen Waltheof and Gospatric, Mærle-Sveinn and Siward son of Æthelgar led the English. 📸Terry Ball #medievalsky

Artist's impression of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle at York.
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Profile picture Jon Hawke (@archaeohawke.bsky.social) reposted

#StandingStoneSunday This set of standing stones, also known as the Llanfechell Triangle, stands at a prominent location overlooking the village of Llanfechell. It is unique on Anglesey in having three standing stones erected together as a triangle.

The many prehistoric remains close to the village indicate that the area has been lived in for thousands of years. The first written mention of Llanfechell itself is in 1291. The name Llanfechell means Church of St Mechell (In the lenitive (treiglad meddal) the 'M' becomes 'F', pronounced V.). Mechell (or Mechyll) appears to have been a 6th-century missionary, possibly from Brittany, who founded a monastery here. He is said to have been the son of Echwydd and the grandson of Gwyn Gohoyw, who flourished in the 5th century. A 17th century manuscript (Llanstephan MS. 125) records a Welsh poem, Cywydd i Fechell Sant. This describes how St Mechell was offered a gift of land in gratitude for a miraculous healing, to be demarcated by the route of a released hare. The hare, under divine guidance, marked the full extent of what is now the parish of Llanfechell, where he then founded the monastery.
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Profile picture Ulla Rajala (@ullamr.bsky.social) reposted

Irelands largest stone circle is the Grange Lios embanked stone circle in Lough Gur, County Limerick. It was occupied in the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Early Christian, Medieval, Early Modern and Modern periods. It consists of 113 stone with a diameter of 46 m. #StandingStoneSunday

The stone circle from air
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Profile picture Alison Fisk (@alisonfisk.bsky.social) reposted

Roman advertisement for wine! 🍷 At the entrance to a bar in ancient Herculaneum, this fresco with four coloured jugs, and the text ‘Ad Cucumas’ / ‘To the vessels’, was preserved by volcanic ash from the eruption of Mt Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago! 📷 by me #AncientSiteSunday #Archaeology

My photo shows a painted advertisement depicting four different coloured wine jugs shown in profile (L to R: green, blue, red, grey) on a cream painted plaster background. The spout of the green and grey jugs point right. The blue and red point left. They are all the same shape; round body with a long neck with pouring spout and a long handle which attaches from the middle of the vessel and has a downward curve as it attaches to the top of the neck. Beneath each jug is red text showing a different price ranging from two to four and a half asses per sextarius (a unit equal to just over half a litre). Red painted text above the jugs reads: Ad cucumas/ To the vessels.
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Profile picture Dr Toby Driver (@drtobydriver.bsky.social) reposted

#StandingStoneSunday A year ago on Ynys Môn / Anglesey, visiting the incredible Penrhosfeilw Standing Stones 😮🤩 These 3m tall stones somehow survive in modern pasture towards the western tip of Holy Island; while legend says they once formed part of a circle, they seem pretty complete as a pair

A pair of tall standing stones in pasture with a figure alongside
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Profile picture Forest Archaic Collective (@forestcollectiv.bsky.social) reposted

#AncientSiteSunday with Wolstonbury Hill in Sussex, a hillfort with a late Bronze age origin see more of the Hillforts of the South Downs in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dsE...

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Profile picture Becky Wallower (@bwallower.bsky.social) reposted

Striking vaulted #SundayCeiling of 12th C @carlislecathedral.bsky.social. Replaced c.1400 after devastating fire in 1292. Decorative scheme follows medieval original w detailed design and colour (angels and stars) the work of top artist Owen Jones in restoration of 1853-6.

Looking up at barrel vaulted ceiling between clerestory levels of Carlisle Cathedral, towards stained glass window at east. The ceiling consists of side to side bands of 8 square panels with ten-pointed stars in the centre of each that are surrounded by 16 six-pointed stars on an intense blue background the squares are all banded in light blue-green strips bearing white carved dentation. At intersections of squares are more stars, mostly in gold, some with red centres. The image shows two brackets with angels near the ceiling, sprung from columns on the fenestrated walls of the topmost two levels of the church.
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Profile picture Nina Willburger (@drnwillburger.bsky.social) reposted

The 3,000-year-old gold Shropshire sun pendant was dicovered in 2018. Crafted with incredible skill and decorated with intricate geometric patterns, it symbolizes the importance of the sun in Bronze Age society. As scientific analysis has indicated, the pendant...🧵1/2 📷 me #archaeology 🏺

A gold half-disc pendant decorated with intricate geometric patterns of triangles and lines, displayed upright against a dark background with a soft circular light in the distance.
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Linked arm’ carving from St. Peter’s Church at Hanwell in Oxfordshire. Dating to around 1340, the style is representative of a ‘North Oxfordshire School’ of carving. 📸 My own #StoneworkSunday #Hanwell #Oxfordshire

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One of the stone rows at Ballymeanoch - part of the remarkable prehistoric landscape at Kilmartin Glen in Argyll. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Argyll

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13th century roundel from Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire depicting the consecration of St. Birinus before his mission to convert the West Saxons to Christianity during the early 7th century. 📸 My own. #StainedGlassSunday #DorchesterAbbey #Birinus

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Profile picture Jon Hawke (@archaeohawke.bsky.social) reposted

#Silchester #amphitheatre looking through one of the entrances. A stone revetment wall contained the seating banks which were probably fitted with wooden seats. The visible remains belong to the early 3rdC AD but at least 2 predecessors lie underneath. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanSiteSaturday

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Profile picture Following Hadrian (@followinghadrian.bsky.social) reposted

#RomanSiteSaturday - Located in Bulla Regia, Tunisia, the House of the New Hunt boasts rooms arranged around a peristyle and a hunting mosaic that lends the house its name, showing the owner and his servants on a hunting expedition. Downstairs, a five-column hall boasts a swirling geometric floor.

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Profile picture RoaminTheEmpire (@roamintheempire.bsky.social) reposted

New post this week, part two on ancient Kos! This week's post details the large Western Archaeological Zone with its mosaics and frescos as well as the city's 1st-2nd century CE odeon. www.roamintheempire.com/index.php/20... #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Profile picture Ulla Rajala (@ullamr.bsky.social) reposted

St. Albans near London was the Roman city of Verulamium. It was already in the Iron Age the centre of the Catuvellauni. The main Roman road Watling Street passed through the city. It became a munipicium in AD 50. Its walls were built between AD 265 and 270. #RomanSiteSaturday

The walls from the air
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Profile picture Becky Wallower (@bwallower.bsky.social) reposted

#RomanSiteSaturday 🏺 From this year's visit to Volterra here are both C1 BC #Roman theatre cut into slope of hill and 3C bath complex built when theatre out of use. Discovered in 1950s, theatre featured fantastic views, 16m high stage, statues of Augustus+Livia. Some seats bear local family names.

View from top of hill overlooking Roman theatre and later baths. Discovered 1950s, excavated and rebuilt in 1970s. Now full arena and entries to underground passages are visible, with lower understage sections of the theatre and a rebuilt section to the left with columns defining niches that once held sttues. Beyond the theatre is a large colonnaded area which was once part of the theatre complex, where the bath complex was built much later. The arena and other areas are mostly covered in grass. A view from the north, behind the theatre's stage area towards the seating arena. Stone foundations of the bath complex are seen within a colonnaded area. Nearest the viewer are the caldarium, tepidarium and laconicum, all with evidence of underfloor hypocaust heating system with furnaces. Beyond both baths and theatre, buildings can be seen high above over the city walls.
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Profile picture Dr Sally Spong (@drsalspong.bsky.social) reposted

Yesterday, at a very warm St Peter's, Coton. #steepleSaturday #churchcrawling

Medieval church, renovated by the Victorians. Photo taken standing in the churchyard shows from right to left chancel with east end window, nave, south aisle with large late medieval window, tower with top 2 stages visible. Top stage has crenellations, with a steeple topped by a shiny, cockerel weather vane. Bright blue last-of-summer sky and a warm 27 degrees.
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Profile picture Laurette (@laurette1.bsky.social) reposted

All Saints Church in the village of Wroxton in North Oxfordshire. #SteepleSaturday #SaturdaySteeple #Churches #Photography #Oxfordshire

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Profile picture Malcolm Stoneman (@malcolmstoneman.bsky.social) reposted

Church of St Gregory, #Dawlish, #Devon A #Medieval #Perpendicular west tower of red sandstone. It has an octagonal turret, crenellated crockets & waterspouts. The rest of the church was rebuilt in the 19th Century. #SteepleSaturday

A red sandstone tower. The rest of the church in grey limestone with tall perpendicular windows.
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Profile picture Nancy Johnston (@jeelyeater1.bsky.social) reposted

#SteepleSaturday Iona Abbey, yesterday.

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Profile picture Malcolm Stoneman (@malcolmstoneman.bsky.social) reposted

Ring-shaped flask 4th Century The flask, with missing base, was probably made in the Rhine workshops or imitated their productions. It has the then fashionable drinking quotations, - “Hostess, fill my flask ….” Found Rue des Ursins, Paris Now Musée Carnavalet, #Paris #RomanSiteSaturday

A ring shaped flask with small handles & spout.
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Profile picture Nina Willburger (@drnwillburger.bsky.social) reposted

The Roos Carr figures are dating to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. They were inadvertently unearthed by laborers during ditch maintenance at Roos Carr in 1836. Approximately two meters beneath the surface, the workers discovered a collection of well-preserved...🧵1/3 📷 me #archaeology 🏺

Two elongated wooden figurines with white stone eyes stand upright on a boat carved with a serpent-shaped head, displayed against a dark background.
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Profile picture Alison Fisk (@alisonfisk.bsky.social) reposted

The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩 The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD. 📷 by me #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology

My photo shows the ruin of an eight-sided Roman brick lighthouse with four stepped levels. There is a doorway at ground level, above which, on the upper three levels, are narrow rectangular window openings. It stands 15.8 metres high and is 12.2 metres wide at the base. Roman fabric survives to a height of 12.5 m. The brickwork of the uppermost level was reconstructed for use as a church bell tower for the adjacent Anglo-Saxon church of St Mary in Castro of which a small portion can be seen in my photo on the right hand side. The Pharos is dated 1st century - early 2nd century AD and is one of a pair originally built on the headland flanking each side of the Roman port of Dubris (Dover). It now stands within the grounds of Dover Castle.
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Profile picture North Ages (@northages.bsky.social) reposted

Harald (III) Sigurðsson, king of Norway, and Tostig Godwineson, former ealdorman in Northumbria, defeated the brothers Morcar and Edwin, ealdormen in Northumbria and Mercia respectively, at the Battle of Fulford, near York, #OTD in 1066. 📸British Museum #medievalsky

A Viking / late Anglo-Saxon spearhead.
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Profile picture South Downs National Park (@southdownsnp.bsky.social) reposted

St. Roche's hill in West Sussex rises to 206 metres and commands views across the coastal plain to the south and the Weald to the north. ⠀ The hill is famous for the Iron-Age hillfort on its summit called the Trundle (Old English: Tryndel, meaning "circle").

An aerial shot of an old hill fort - you can clearly see the markings of the fort and the wider landscape
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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

The remains of the south-west range of North Leigh Roman Villa in Oxfordshire. The villa went through various stages of construction between the 2nd and 4th centuries AD, and was probably the centre of a large agricultural estate. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain

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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

Detail from the 15th century chancel screen of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul at Church Hanborough in Oxfordshire, with original paintwork. 📷 My own. #ScreenSaturday #ChurchHanborough #Oxfordshire

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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

All Saints’ Church at Burton Dassett in Warwickshire - a really interesting church located in the Burton Dassett Hills. The tower dates to the 14th century; while the main body of the church dates to the 13th and 14th centuries. 📸 My own. #SteepleSaturday #BurtonDassett

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Profile picture Ste Lingard (@stelingard.bsky.social) reposted

Roman coins from the #RiddlesdenHoard, found in 2014 by a detectorist and now on display in the nearby Cliffe Castle Museum, #Keighley. There hoard consists of 110 coins from 78-235. They are believed to be part of a larger hoard found in the C18 and later lost. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Yorkshire

A group of small coins, some very worn and with pieces missing, on display in a case in a museum. For more information about the original find, visit: https://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news/11186275.historic-silver-coin-hoard-find-in-riddlesden/. For more on the hoard itself, visit: https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/3065
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Profile picture Vauvert Moths (@vauvertmoths.bsky.social) reposted

A while since I posted a nice Iron Age #coin, so for #FindsFriday here's a silver quarter stater loosely attributed to the Baiocasses in Normandy. From the Le Câtillon hoard, #Jersey. Fine example of the human-headed horse on the reverse which dominates the coinage of this region. #numismatics 🏺

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Profile picture Ulla Rajala (@ullamr.bsky.social) reposted

Glass vases from Leicester, presented in the Vine Street Courtyard House 'drum' in the Jewry Wall Experience. Did you know that the Romans manufactured glass in Leicester and Leicestershire? #FindsFriday

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Profile picture Prehistoric Wirral (@prehistoricwirral.bsky.social) reposted

📜Under the terms of the Treasure Act 1996 "Any group of two or more metallic objects of any composition of prehistoric date that come from the same find" finds.org.uk/treasure/adv... ⚱️💫 More prehistoric Treasure from Wirral, votive offerings. #FindsFriday #Archaeology #Wirral

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Profile picture Becky Wallower (@bwallower.bsky.social) reposted

#FindsFriday Among star finds from #Saxon Prittlewell Prince burial in Essex were #glass beakers w trailed lattice decoration. Beautiful and rare, so similar they were likely made as a pair, in Kent. Few other examples are known, almost all in high status burials. Southend Museums #Ancientbluesky 🏺

Two small deep-blue round glass vessels with a squat shape and trailed glass lattice decoration, forming diamond shapes around the body. They have a broad low rim at the top. Burial dated 580-605 AD and thought to be of Sæxa, brother of King Sæberht of Essex.
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Profile picture North Ages (@northages.bsky.social) reposted

York's Norman garrison torched a number of buildings #OTD in 1069, fearing the approaching Anglo-Danish force would use the wood to fill the moats. Unfortunately the fires spread, destroying much of the city including St Peter's Church (today's York Minster). 📸Terry Ball #medievalsky

Artist's impression of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle at York.
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Profile picture Dr Toby Driver (@drtobydriver.bsky.social) reposted

For #FindsFriday the extraordinary Late Bronze Age Arthog bucket, a huge & rare 35 litre vessel discovered at the foot of Cader Idris mountain in Eryri/Snowdonia in 1826 🥰 Now on display in the St Fagans archaeology galleries of National Museum Wales 🤔👉 museum.wales/collections/... 📷 My own

A tapering bronze bucket in a museum display
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Profile picture Nina Willburger (@drnwillburger.bsky.social) reposted

#FindsFriday: A #Roman amber flask, from Aquileia, dating 1st/2nd c. AD. Aquileia's position at the end of a main amber trade route resulted in its becoming a centre for the carving and distribution of Baltic amber across the Roman Empire. 📷: Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Aquileia

A flask carved from amber, featuring vertical panels decorated with intricate leaf motifs; the vessel stands on a circular foot and is topped with a stopper. The flask is dramatically lit against a deep black background, highlighting the rich orange-red tones of the amber and the detailed craftsmanship.
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Profile picture Durotriges Dig (@durotrigesdig.bsky.social) reposted

A goddess for #FindsFriday In 1882 antiquary Edward Cunnington dug at the #Roman temple at Maiden Castle hillfort in #Dorset Sadly his excavations were never published although one important find was this copper alloy plaque with repoussée figure, possibly Minerva Now in @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social

Thin copper alloy sheet with a lightly hammered image of a female figure wearing an archaic Greek helmet and holding a spear in her right hand, the left resting on a shield
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Profile picture Tony Divey (@tonydivey.bsky.social) reposted

For #FindsFriday I offer the gold plaques from the hoard from Ashwell, Hertfordshire. Deposited in the Roman period they bear the name Senuna, a local deity previously unknown. My 📷 objects in the British Museum

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Profile picture Alison Fisk (@alisonfisk.bsky.social) reposted

Timeless design! Incredibly, these beautiful fibre baskets are about 9,500 years old! 🤯 Look like they were made yesterday rather than by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers! From the Cueva de Los Murciélagos (Cave of Bats), Spain. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

My photo shows three small brown fibre baskets made from twined esparto grass. They are remarkably well-preserved and almost complete. They have been radio-carbon dated to the Mesolithic period some 9,500 years ago. Dimensions: Left basket: Height = 10.7 cm; Diameter = 7.2 cm Front Central basket Height = 9.4 cm, Diameter = 6.5cm Right basket: Height = 13.5 cm; Diameter = 8.6 cm The exceptional preservation of the baskets is due to “The unique conditions for the preservation of organic material in the cave are related to the null humidity resulting from the geological character of the cave. Moreover, a dry wind current is generated by the prevailing climate in the area, and the north-south direction and narrow and deep morphology of the Angosturas gorge channel the wind toward the cave, through the narrow upper entrance. The wind cools as it travels through the cave, increasing in speed; it is cold as it exits through another narrow entrance located in the lower part of the shelter. The lack of prevailing humidity in the area and the circulation of wind in the cave as it cools and dries prevent the proliferation of bacteria, increasing the amount and diversity of preserved perishable material at the site.” Quote from the research article: ‘The earliest basketry in southern Europe: Hunter-gatherer and farmer plant-based technology in Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol)’
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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

‘Spong Man’ - the lid of a burial urn which dates to the 5th century AD. The piece was discovered during excavations in 1979 at Spong Hill - a large Anglo-Saxon cemetery, near North Elmham in Norfolk. Now part of the collections at Norwich Castle. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday

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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

Palaeolithic flint hand axe that was found at South Cerney, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire. The axe is part of the collections at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester, and is around 250,000 years old! 📸 My own. #FlintFriday #Prehistory #Cotswolds #CoriniumMuseum

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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

The 12th century lead font of Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire. The font is the only one belonging to a monastic church to survive the Reformation. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #DorchesterAbbey #Oxfordshire

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Profile picture richard mortimer (@richardmortimer.bsky.social) reposted

#FindsFriday What's he got in his pocket today? Fresh from the ground in East Anglia. (It's only an inch and a half long)

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Profile picture richard mortimer (@richardmortimer.bsky.social) reposted

#FindsFriday #2 A cheeky bit of Roman Pottery Pareidolia

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Profile picture Adam M Ibbotson 🏺 (@adamibbotson.bsky.social) reposted

The southern stone of the Devil's Arrows 👿 - the 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC... #archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺

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Profile picture Trimontium Trust & Museum (@trimontiumtrust.bsky.social) reposted

In 53AD Marcus Ulpius Traianus was born in the province of Hispania Baetica to the south of Spain. He is remebered as a good Emperor and he ruled from 98 to117 AD. He married Plotina but, although their was a happy marriage, they did not have children of their own.

Cameo fo Trajan and Plotina; credits: www.cjos.org
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Profile picture Duncan Mackay (@theduncanmackay.bsky.social) reposted

So thrilled to announce that Echolands is the 2025 winner of the Ellingworth Award 🥇 🥳 set up by fabulous Kett’s Books to celebrate East Anglian writing. Just had a lovely evening talking to Em Kuntze about writing the book & a wonderful audience who asked lots of brilliant questions!

Em Kuntze of Kett’s Books and a very proud Duncan Mackay holding copies of Echolands. Poster advertising the award of the Ellingworth Award to Duncan Mackay.
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Profile picture Nina Willburger (@drnwillburger.bsky.social) reposted

For #RomanFortThursday a carved pedestal from the headquarters building of the legionary fortress at Mogontiacium, present-day Mainz, depicting two #Roman legionaries. Dating 2nd half of the 1st century AD. On display at Landesmuseum Mainz. 🏺 📷 me

A rectangular stone relief showing two Roman soldiers in profile advancing forward. Both wear helmets and carry large shields. The carving emphasizes movement and armor details, set against a plain background.
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Profile picture North Ages (@northages.bsky.social) reposted

Haraldr (III) Sigurðsson, king of Norway, and Tostig Godwineson, former ealdorman in Northumbria, sailed up the River Ouse with a fleet of 300 ships #OTD in 1066. Before entering the Humber they had harried the Northumbrian coast, setting Scarborough ablaze. #medievalsky

Artist's impression of Viking longships, with round shields arrayed along the gunwales, sailing along a river.
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Profile picture North Ages (@northages.bsky.social) reposted

Riccall, North Yorkshire. Richale 1086. 'Nook of land of a man called Rīca'. Old English personal name + halh. Source: Oxford Dictionary of British #PlaceNames. It is where Haraldr Sigurðsson and Tostig Godwineson moored their ships with their eyes on nearby York in 1066. 📸Reedy #medievalsky

Homes line the road into the village of Riccall.
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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

Remains of the south west corner of Lanchester Roman Fort (Longovicium) in County Durham. The fort was originally built in around AD150 by the 20th Legion, and served as part of a chain of defensive forts along Dere Street. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain

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Profile picture North Ages (@northages.bsky.social) reposted

Theodore, archbishop of Cantuarabyrg (Canterbury), convened a council at a place called Haethfeld #OTD in 679. The English Church declared against monotheletism, reaffirming its faith in the orthodox belief that Christ had two wills. Christ in Majesty from the Codex Amiatinus #medievalsky

Christ enthroned and flanked by two angels from the Codex Amiatinus, a Bible created in eighth-century Northumbria.
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Profile picture Nina Willburger (@drnwillburger.bsky.social) reposted

Like a scene from "Ben Hur": For #ReliefWednesday a terracotta relief depicting an accident at a chariot-race at the Circus Maximus. The famous circus in #Rome can be recognised due to the seven movable dolphins on the central dividing barrier, the... 🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology

A rectangular clay relief with detailed carving shows a dramatic accident at a chariot race: a two-horse chariot crashes as the horses rear and fall, while the driver struggles with the reins. Ornamental columns and a decorated border frame the scene. On the right, two male figures stand near a building; one appears distressed, witnessing the incident. The top edge features a floral motif.
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Profile picture The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones (@megalithic.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

More details here: arkeonews.net/bronze-age-s...

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Profile picture Hedley Thorne (@hedleythorne.bsky.social) reposted

Beacon Hill, Burghclere. Within the hillfort is the grave of the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon, who had co-discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun! #HillfortsWednesday

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Profile picture Jon Hawke (@archaeohawke.bsky.social) reposted

#HillfortsWednesday Castell Henllys is an archaeological site near Nevern in north Pembrokeshire, #Wales. The Iron Age hillfort has been the subject of an ongoing excavation since the start of the 21st century, accompanied by an exercise in reconstruction #Archaeology #History

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Profile picture Durotriges Dig (@durotrigesdig.bsky.social) reposted

The contour-hugging Iron Age hillfort of Chalbury #Dorset Still surprising unwary motorists as they round a bend in the Coombe Valley Road heading south to Weymouth Formidable, intimidating and utterly magnificent 📷 January 2022 #HillfortsWednesday

A tarmac road winds past a grass covered hill crowned by the ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort
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Profile picture The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones (@megalithic.bsky.social) reposted

King Arthur's Downs Circular Enclosure - Possible Henge?: What looks to me like a henge with an entrance at the NNE and another half (finished) henge to the SE, After seeing this on the LiDAR I looked on Heritage Gateway and even though they'd recorded the place they mention everything but a henge!!

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Profile picture Ennius (@enniusredloeb.bsky.social) reposted

'I' is for Imperator BL Royal MS 6 E VII/2; James le Palmer, Omne Bonum; c.1360 CE-c.1375 CE; f.243v

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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

Relief from Aquae Sulis (Roman Bath) depicting the Roman god Mercury and Rosmerta - a Celtic goddess known at the ‘great provider’. Now part of the museum collections at The Roman Baths in Bath. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #Bath

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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

Medieval wall painting of St. Christopher and the Christ Child from St. Wilfrid’s Church at Ribchester in Lancashire. 📷 My own. #WednesdayWallpainting #Ribchester

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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

The 16th century upper storey of the half timbered south porch of the Church of St. John the Baptist at Berkswell in Warwickshire. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #Berkswell

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Profile picture Trimontium Trust & Museum (@trimontiumtrust.bsky.social) reposted

#OTD AD16 Julia Drusilla was born in Abitarvium (now Koblenz), Germany. She came from the #Julio-Claudian dynasty. She was beloved by her brother, #Caligula, who named her his heir. This made her the first woman to be named a legal heir of the #Roman Empire. 📷 Julia Drusilla, Glyptothek, Munich

Bust of Julia Drusilla
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Profile picture North Ages (@northages.bsky.social) reposted

A stone depicting a bearded warrior was found during an archaeological dig at Govan Old Churchyard #OTD in 2023. The fragment is c.C9th. The dig was led by the University of Glasgow's Professor Stephen Driscoll and Clyde Archaeology. 📸Govan Heritage Trust #medievalsky

The warrior is in profile. He wears a tunic and carries a sword or spear. A small, round shield is at his hip.
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Profile picture North Ages (@northages.bsky.social) reposted

Sept 16: Feast of Nynia (Ninian) (C5th), British bishop and apostle associated with early church Candida Casa / Hwit Aerne, 'White House’, (Whithorn, Galloway). His shrine remains a popular pilgrimage-place. 📸AOC Archaeology #medievalsky

Artist's impression of the early church settlement at Whithorn.
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Profile picture Nina Willburger (@drnwillburger.bsky.social) reposted

For #EpigraphyTuesday an amazing #Roman gold fibula (a decorative pin for fastening garments/a brooch) carrying the Latin inscription VTERE FELIX - use this happily, one of the most common inscriptions on Roman finger rings and fibulae. From Ostrovany, Slovakia, late 3rd c. AD 📷 KHM Wien 🏺

Roman gold fibula shaped like an ornate crossbow, richly decorated with filigree and granulation, featuring a Latin inscription “VTERE FELIX” on the bow. Photographed on a neutral grey background.
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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

Nether Largie South Cairn at Kilmartin Glen in Argyll. The cairn dates to the late Neolithic and Bronze Age, and is one of many impressive prehistoric monuments in the area. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Kilmartin #Argyll

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Profile picture Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

Well worn, but still rather beautiful, 14th century floor tiles from All Saints’ Church at Burton Dassett in Warwickshire. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #BurtonDassett #Warwickshire

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