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Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Very much looking forward to reading this

Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Deconstructed rainbow spotted on Stanage Edge over the weekend

Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Just finished watching the ballad of Wallis Island. Witty, original, and the perfect dosage of quirkiness to keep things from getting predictable. Tim Key in particular shines throughout, had ppl in tears of laughter and sadness at various points.

Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

One of the reasons I love Kinder so much is that it invites hikers to slow down and enjoy the journey. Peak bagging takes a backseat to otherworldly rock formations, wildlife, and history here.

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Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

It's taken a couple of attempts, but I'm so pleased to have found the dog stone on Kinder!

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Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Today's historic spot: stopped at this old building beside a beautiful river and bridge, against the foot of Black Ashop Moor.

Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The Peak District is the last spot you'd expect to find machine gun stations, but the park is always full of surprises. These overlook Harpur Hill quarry, where munitions were once stored.

Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Beautiful conditions out in Burbage this week. Carl's Wark getting the sunshine treatment in the background.

Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Periwinkles were out on full display on yesterday walk

Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Bizarre sighting on today's morning walk.

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Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A cornucopia of Trichaptum abietinum (I think?) found on yesterday's walk. #funghifriends #mycology

Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I will never understand why we're so focused on bringing extinct animals back from the dead while ignoring the plaintive cries for help from our ecosystem. Sometimes it feels like humans only value something when they don't have it 😞

Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Late to the game but I've started watching the second season of Temple. Why hasn't this man moved abroad yet

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Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Beautiful conditions on Minninglow yesterday seeing some Bronze Age barrows and a Neolithic tomb.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Somebody mention Roman floor heating.....? [checks travel time from Bournemouth to Carlisle] #HypocaustGate

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Terrain around these sites was boggy to say the least. Definitely a few doggy shoes and muddy feet today, but it's all a part of the adventure #trailrunning

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Aaaand here was once the location of the Starfish decoy site, an artificial town constructed to confuse bombers looking for Sheffield. 🧵

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Near the foot of Houndkirk Moor lies the location of the old radar station. Today it's a jumble of rock and grassy tufts. 🧵

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Only a short while into our run we found the milestone. These were all removed during WWII in case of an invasion, with this particular example only returning to its original home in 2014. 🧵

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Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

A short history thread today. Again we ventures to Houndkirk Moor to look for some more... 🪨 Milestones 🌇 Decoy town 📡 Abandoned radar station Conditions were the usual spooky fog 🧵

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Today was a right nesh day 🥶

Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I need a pair 🤩 they look insanely snuggly

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If you want to see ol' Bucky for yourself head to the Dennis Knoll car park and follow the trail towards Stanage Edge. There are also dozens of millstones there, but that's a story for another day.

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Big thanks goes to Stanage and North Lees Heritage Action Group for sharing their 2022 survey of the Buckstone, which you can find here: her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR... 🧵

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Time goes by, and while the cultural significance of the Buckstone perhaps fades, it gains a new use. Between the Tudor and Georgian eras Buckstone is used to support shelters for travellers. As reliance on old packhorse routes dies, the remnants of shelters are used as agricultural enclosures. 🧵

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What made Buckstone so special? Were all these features created simultaneously? It sits prominently in front of Stanage Edge and a spring, in close relation to several ring cairns and other monumental stones. Similar prehistoric boulders in the Peaks held monumental significance. 🧵

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More features on the roof suggest cup marks or rosettes were etched on Bucky (now faded). A handrail was potentially fitted to help people ascend Bucky along with more features to suggest the boulder supported more structures. There's a lot going on with this boulder, and we have to ask: why? 🧵

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Alongside more gullies is an enigmatic stick man carving. It's just possible to make our the fingers, but the head is indiscernible. 🧵

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Footholds have been carved into the rock, and once you're on the platform it's obvious it has been worked. However it's the top of the boulder where more mysteries are found. 🧵

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There's a possibility that the Buckstone once served as a homestead, watering hole, or beer-house for weary travellers. However when we climb up the Buckstone things get weirder 🧵

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Let's take this information with the Buckstone's wider environmental and cultural context. The boulder sits beside a spring and on the converge of packhorse routes from Stanage Pole and High Neb. The rocks in situ around ol' Bucky could be raised paving (dog included for scale). 🧵

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Above the slot holes you can also see gullies have been carved down the Buckstone too. 🧵

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You can see more of these (albeit smaller) on the other side of the boulder. 🧵

First off, you probably noticed these rectangular nooks in the first photo. These are socket holes, and would have supported wooden beams. There are more of these slots are found on the other side of the Buckstone. 🧵

This distinctive boulder sits below Stanage Edge, near a spring in an open field. The Buckstone has many interesting features, some of which we can make an educated guess about, and others that are just lost to our ancestors. 🧵

It's been awhile since I done one of my archaeology threads, so today I present you with: the Buckstone!

Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Spotted this funky structure in Stanage today. Surprisingly, it's a grouse drinking bowl from 1907. Each bowl had a number etched next to it so the landowner could track payment of bowls carved. Unsettling to think how grouse have had such an enduring impact on Stanage's environment and heritage.

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Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

My dog is the same with a stretch of road he once found a pizza on. Months later we have to stop and investigate

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Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Sad to hear of the further redundancies at Outside. Their features were some of my favourite reading of the outdoors; well-researched, strong storytelling, and always leading with an emotional connection. Swapping that for copy that exists solely to move users down a funnel is a tragedy.

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Outside Owner Lays Off Large Percentage of Magazine Staff – Adventure Journal

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Kirsten Amor @amorexplore.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

What was your thesis on ceramics about btw? Sounds really interesting:)