Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A fun podcast made during the Gloucester History Festival 031
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I dropped in from an archaeological evaluation near Bath. 2003 or 2004 I'd guess. Amazingly shallow site. My brother in law used to play rugby on that field. Said it was stobey 110
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
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Roman religion is something I understand very imperfectly. Did John publish anything aimed at giving a general insight? 010
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I was once woken up whilst camping in the new forest by a pony, it was right vexed with me. They're not to be trifled with..... 010
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 03/03/2026We're going to update the south west research framework soon. An opportunity to embed some good practice.... 110
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Are these sites mapped on HERs? Often us local government types are behind on things palaeolithic... 140
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Importantly it's directly on a Roman cemetery, both inhumation and cremation. Largely first century. 140
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 · 15/02/2026Got to admit Heathrow is excellent, a relief to get there having experienced Sao Paulo airport (I forget which one) 020
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Everyone does surely, what prompted this research out of interest? 100
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 · 23/11/2025HERs really vary with this data and DM teams in their awareness of it. Worcestershire are good 100
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
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 25/10/2025That's incredibly kind of you. I'll have a think and be in touch 010
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Very cool, in Gloucester we use the presence of the Cheltenham sand and gravel as a possible indicator of palaeolithic material but it's very ad hoc. One day we'll improve 130
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 24/10/2025This is great data, do you work with local HERs? 110
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 · 07/09/2025I know, and yet planning for these things is actually my job 😂 and we do it all the time. 120
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 06/09/2025We weren't stunned. We had a desk based assessment which which said 'its a churchyard' then an evaluation which found human burials. I've rarely been less stunned. 170
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 30/08/2025This was at York? Yes I think I can guess who that was 150
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 · 27/08/2025I will be involved on Wednesday the 17th between 7.15-8.00pm discussing recent efforts to reinterpret and explain the contested history of George Whitefield in St Mary De Crypt Church. Thought provoking stuff and an issue to be found in many a church and public building. 010
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 · 15/08/2025Hi there, so currently the post excavation work is ongoing. This includes osteological examination of the human remains. So no reburial as yet. As for where the reburial will, ultimately, take place - I'm afraid I don't know. I would approach the UoG if you're keen to find out. 100
Andrew Armstrong @andyrpglevum.bsky.social · 14/08/2025It will return to being the pursuit of the rich. 000
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
