Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongGloucestershire @gloucestershireuk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Church gets £1m to restore medieval wall paintings #Gloucestershire #BBCNewsbbc.co.ukGloucester church gets £1m lottery grant for wall art restorationLottery funds mean experts can now study "internationally significant" murals in St Mary de Crypt. 1104
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongGloucestershire @gloucestershireuk.bsky.social · 20/04/2026The Roman ruin under a shopping centre trapdoor #Gloucestershire #BBCNewsbbc.comThe Roman ruin under a shopping centre trapdoorThe King's Bastion in Gloucester is reopening for the first time since 2019. 132
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026'Archaeological works searching for Roman, medieval and Tudor remains have started in preparation for a major £13.8m city centre redevelopment. Gloucester City Council last week dug the first trial pit in the grounds of the 13th-century Greyfriars monastery, to the rear of Eastgate Market. 1/2bbc.co.ukArchaeology work begins ahead of £13.8m redevelopment projectThe site may contain remains of a Tudor churchyard, parts of a Roman city wall, and medieval items. 1168
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The King's Bastion is open again for tours! Tickets available from the museum website. 010
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongFishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Check out our artefact archive!! 🤩 (serious face...) Archives like ours are filling up fast. Soon there will be no space in Britain to store newly-excavated artefacts and this will be catastrophic for research in archaeology as well as innovation, society, growth and the renewal of nature 😢 1/3 🧵 59120
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Dangerously close to having to wear a tie, the whole reason I got into archaeology was to avoid ties.... 210
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongGloucester News Centre @gloucesternews.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Plans for a new market, food hall and cultural venue as part of the £13.8m Greyfriars Quarter redevelopment at Eastgate Shopping Centre in Gloucester have been revealed. gloucesternewscentre.co.uk/shopping-cen... 011
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongJo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 23/11/2025🕵🏼♀️ I had the chance to visit the King’s Bastion in Gloucester. It’s rarely opened up but I got to chat with @andyrpglevum.bsky.social & Amy Washington @museumofgloucester.bsky.social about the history beneath our feet. 🎧 Listen to BBC Sounds Secret Gloucestershire: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 041
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Soon afterwards (unless I forget) the same Osric founded the minster of St Peter's in Gloucester. Which was to become the present day cathedral 000
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongAndy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 24/10/2025😯 ✨Betjeman described it as 'Holy Air Encased in Stone'. If you've never visited St. Wystan's in Repton before - deep below the surface - that first glimpse of the C9th Saxon crypt is quite something. 119733
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongBecky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 12/10/2025#StoneworkSunday 🏺 #SundayStonework figure found c. 150 years ago in Bishop's garden @gloucestercathedral.org.uk is possibly sole remnant of #SaxonSunday Abbey founded there 7th C. Cruciform halo indicates it is Christ, bird pos figure of holy spirit, border may show Byzantine/Carolingian influence. 1193
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Another talk for the @museumofgloucester.bsky.social 'Store to Store' Project with @cotswoldarch.bsky.social on the 22nd with Kurt Adams the Gloucestershire and Bristol Finds Liaison Officer #Archaeology #Romans 043
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Some great talks coming up as part of the @museumofgloucester.bsky.social 'Store to Store' project with @cotswoldarch.bsky.social . Including this one on the 10th with the excellent Buzz Busby. #Archaeology #Romans 032
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongHannah Valerie @eckerusla.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Fascinating discussion between @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social, @stroudstory.bsky.social and @andyrpglevum.bsky.social this morning at #GloucesterHistoryFestival about the gorgeous Adoration of the Magi wall painting (c. 1520) at St Mary de Crypt, Gloucester. 051
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongJames Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Despite widespread claims, there are not many mediaeval pubs still serving. The ones that survive are all inns. The best preserved is the New Inn at Gloucester. We know from tree-ring dating that construction began in 1432 and it was first mentioned in the records in 1455 🧵 810531
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Some wonderful Roman glass work being repacked by volunteers at the @museumofgloucester.bsky.social Store to Store project #Archaeology 092
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 27/08/2025So - some interesting events coming up at the Gloucester History Festival in September including some free talks: www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/scriptorium-...gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.ukScriptorium Buttery - Gloucester History Festival 110
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The Cameron-Osborne years offer an important reminder that it is possible to excel at the theatre of politics - to "look prime ministerial", to dominate the "media narrative", to project "competence" and to communicate a clear political "story" - while being strikingly inept at governing. 45795250
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongDr Chris @drchrisc.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Some brilliant work from MoLA on the wall paintings excavated in #southwark published by @archaeologyuk.bsky.social 085
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 14/08/2025How much are tuition fees in the UK and is university worth it? - BBC News share.google/KX1PWm9kxnwA... what a state of affairs, I'd never have afforded university these days. Can you imagine starting life with £60k worth of debt! Madnessshare.googleHow much are tuition fees in the UK and is university worth it?Tuition fees have risen, while maintenance loans have also gone up to help students with rising living costs. 110
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Also potentially the blueprint for the crypt of St. Oswald's in Gloucester. Founded by what was left of Mercian royalty in the early 10th century. 030
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 30/06/2025It's hot in Gloucester, hiding behind some ancient stonework 230
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongDavid Radford @davidradford.bsky.social · 27/06/2025David Radford @davidradford.bsky.social · 3mo Recent archaeological work in Oxford: www.oxford.gov.uk/downloads/do... #archaeology #history #oxford #medieval #artisan #lens #reading #odeon www.oxford.gov.uk/downloads/fi... 031
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongDan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Excellent listen this. A real insight into the insidiousness of nighthawks and the great work carried out by @peterreavill.bsky.social and other FLOs across the country. Such a shame about the parts of the hoard that couldn't be restored www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...bbc.co.ukBBC Sounds - Fool's Gold - Available EpisodesListen to the latest episodes of Fool's Gold on BBC Sounds. 2176
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Wonderful Insitu wall plaster from kingsholm in Gloucester found in 1972. Centimetres from the surface! #Archaeology 051
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 13/06/2025The launch of the Museum of Gloucester's #Archaeology Store-to-Store project happened yesterday. Covered by Points West (about 16:30 in) www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... A really positive project getting local volunteers working with archaeological #Archivesbbc.co.ukPoints West - Evening News: 12/06/2025The latest news, sport, weather and features from the West of England. 141
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 12/06/2025St. Margaret's chapel in hillfields garden. Gloucester. Rather lovely 041
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Right going to post this again - since I'm not great at Bluesky yet! If you're interested in #Archaeology in Gloucestershire do consider coming along or watching from the comfort of your home. Some great speakers! 0147
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongGiles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Mixed views on religion? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukOne of a kind 7th Century Anglo-Saxon coin found in Norfolk fieldThe design is a mash-up of Christian and pagan designs from the same era as the Sutton Hoo ship. 14312
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 07/06/2025That rain arrived! Still had a nice afternoon talking to pottery specialists about the archaeology of Gloucester, great fun. 000
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 05/06/2025The BGAS annual archaeology symposium is coming on the 5th of July - it's going to be both informative and interesting - it may even be edifying! www.bgas.org.uk/events/event... #Archaeologybgas.org.ukArchaeology in Gloucestershire 2025: A Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society SymposiumJoin the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society on Sat 5 July for a day of lectures exploring new archaeological research ... 101
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Lovely small finds drawings from an unpublished in Gloucester 130
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Some of the day to day artefacts curated by the museum of Gloucester. Samian (Roman) pottery from France. 020
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 20/05/2025A great project we've been working on in Abbeydale in Gloucester youtu.be/wiWYvILIoJw funded with support from the Enovert Community Trustyoutu.beThe Restoration of Upper Barnwood MillYouTube video by The Folk of Gloucester 010
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I really enjoyed showing colleagues at Historic England around some of Gloucester's more striking monuments yesterday. Good for the soul 140
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongBecky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 13/05/2025#TraceryTuesday A bit of the tracery of Greyfriars Gloucester. Founded in c. 1231, the Franciscan friary had local support and saw major rebuilding in 1519. Post Henry VIII's dissolution of monasteries it became workshops and houses, the walls and windows hidden, but surviving. 1395
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongJon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 09/05/2025The Roman invasion into #Britain found a tribal society rich in material #culture. A #Celtic masterpiece: bronze mirror with engraved back from the grave of a high status lady at Birdlip, #Gloucester #Archaeology #jewellery #artwork #art #History #FindsFriday 012831
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 06/05/2025A wondering building in Gloucester - recently restored - really great to see www.punchline-gloucester.com/articles/aan...punchline-gloucester.comVIDEO: Country's largest surviving timber-framed townhouse restored'Another shining jewel for visitors to see in Gloucester'. 210
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongNorth Ages @northages.bsky.social · 03/05/2025An Anglo-Saxon helmet was unearthed from Benty Grange barrow, Derbyshire, by archaeologist Thomas Bateman #OTD in 1848. Made c.650, the iron bands originally secured horn plates, and it bears both pagan and Christian motifs. 📸Museums Sheffield #medievalsky 17312
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongCotswold Archaeology @cotswoldarch.bsky.social · 30/04/2025(1/2) 🏺🔥 We've uncovered this stonking great 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗻 in 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 – meticulously built from stone blocks, beautifully preserved, and really quite rare!... #Roman #Archaeology #CASiteTeam #Gloucester @andyrpglevum.bsky.social @museumofgloucester.bsky.social 183
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 30/04/2025This was a fascinating site - couple of Roman buildings, a limekiln, a palaeochannel. All dug in the rain during COVID. Without the consideration of archaeology in the planning system this would have been lost without record: cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/roman-limeki...cotswoldarchaeology.co.ukLife and Industry in Roman Gloucester: Excavations at Centre SevernOur excavations at Centre Severn, Barnwood, have uncovered human activity from the 2nd-4th centuries AD, including a large Roman limekiln. 010
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongJo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 27/04/2025My second & final event at Gloucester History Festival Spring Weekend, chairing a discussion with @andyrpglevum.bsky.social @thehistorybits.bsky.social & @medievaljews.bsky.social about Eleanor of Provence & Gloucester. As always a pleasure to be part of this festival. 292
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Oh @cotswoldarch.bsky.social are on bluesky, give them a follow archaeology people. 010
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongJo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 17/04/2025📆 My April Events: 🎭 Weds 23rd: Shakespeare with @freeburian.bsky.social at Museum in the Park: 2.30pm 👑 Fri 25th: James I with Gareth & Lucy at Glos Hist Fest: 2pm 👸 Sun 27th: GHF Panel with @medievaljews.bsky.social @thehistorybits.bsky.social @andyrpglevum.bsky.social: 12pm jodurrant.co.uk 064
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 11/04/2025This is the crisis in commercial archaeology. I mean there are a few, but one at a time... 040
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongBristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society @bgas150.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Volunteering Opportunity: From Store to Store: Uncovering Gloucester’s Archaeological Treasures. Volunteers being sought at the end of April to help sort, re-box and consolidate archaeological archives in Gloucester. www.bgas.org.uk/news/volunte...bgas.org.ukVolunteering Opportunity From Store to Store: Uncovering Gloucester’s Archaeological TreasuresCotswold Archaeology (CA), working with the Museum of Gloucester, are looking for volunteers to help sort, re-box and consolidate the ... 01915
Reposted by Andrew ArmstrongBristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society @bgas150.bsky.social · 22/03/2025TEMPORARY BGAS LIBRARY CLOSURE The BGAS library will be closed during May and June 2025, as the collection is to be moved by the University of Gloucestershire from their Hardwick Admin Centre to Frances Close Hall campus. See www.bgas.org.uk/resources/bg...bgas.org.ukThe LibraryDiscover our range of specialist books and periodicals on archaeology, architecture, history, geography and local studies. 011
