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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ok it’s not a standing stone in the Prehistoric sense, in fact it is currently not even standing, but this old boundary stone was a great find yesterday and so is today’s #standingstonesunday

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After spending last week at the Record Office pursuing PhD research, I found reference in an C18th document to a parish boundary stone that I reckoned still had a good chance of being in situ. Cue a reconnaissance mission with a pleasing conclusion 🙌

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Roman fort of Portus Adurni taken from Portsmouth Harbour this morning. Later converted into the medieval Portchester Castle, it survive as the best-preserved Roman fort north of the Alps #RomanBritain

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Caerwent Roman Town (Venta Silurum) in Monmouthshire. Parts of the surviving C4th walls still stand over 5m high #RomanSiteSaturday

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A very late in the day #fontsonfriday The C18th font at the Chapel of St Luke, Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Wonderful C9th Saxon font at St Mary’s Priory Church, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. #FontsOnFriday

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The complicated politics of coastal erosion. Farlington Marshes was reclaimed from the sea in 1771. Now the sea wishes to claim it back. The Solent coastline has been constantly changing for thousands of years. When to intervene & when to allow nature to take its course is not a simple one.

bbc.co.uk

Nests and habitats destroyed as Farlington flood defences fail

An internationally important nature reserve in Hampshire is under threat from failing flood defences.

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

St Nicholas Church, Worth, West Sussex. Dating to the late 10th or early 11th century, the beautiful building on the outskirts of Crawley is one of the finest Saxon churches in England with the largest Saxon chancel arch in the country #SaxonSunday

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Interesting stuff! Although I do feel they could have found a better picture to represent the “significant archaeological finds” uncovered! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Archaeological finds push Castlegate scheme £8m over budget

Council is bidding for more funds to complete the public park and events space in Sheffield city centre.

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Today’s Half Term boredom buster was a walking tour of Southampton’s Saxon, Viking and Norman past with SeaCity’s Andy Skinner, followed by a self guided lap of the Medieval walls (more survives than you think)!

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

We've been on the Northern Line. The idea that it's 2000 years old seems completely reasonable.

A screen snip. At the top is a sentence pointing out that the Northern Line tube line closely follows the route of the Roman Road, Stane Street. Beneath are two maps, on the left Stane street is shown with settlements including Morden, Tooting, Clapham and Kennington marked. On the right is another map with the modern northern line shown. All of the settlements on the stane street map are duplicated on the tube map.

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

🚨 We have heard that the County Archaeologist for Hampshire is being made redundant, with no plans to replace him. 🚨 If you live in Hampshire please write to your MP and Councillors. If you live elsewhere treasure and support your County Archaeologists, and stand by to protect them. 🏺

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Peak Lane, Fareham, Hampshire. The road was straightened in the late 60s / early 70s to remove a dog’s leg & give more direct access to Stubbington village. The original route is still visible in 3 sections, intersected by the new route of Peak Lane & the new Daedalus Way. #ghostroads #lostroads

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

St Thomas a Becket Church, Warblington, Hants. A view of the east wall of the current nave showing one of the original Saxon doorways into the tower. The current nave was added in the C13th, turning this external doorway into an internal window. #WindowsOnWednesday #Hampshire

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Small C13th doorway in the north wall of the NE chapel of St Peter and St Paul’s church, Fareham, Hampshire. #AdoorableThursday MedievalBlueSky 🏺

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Hardknott Roman Fort, Lake District, Cumbria. Built early in Hadrian's reign, Hardknott was used for about 20 years, then abandoned, possibly due to other forts becoming more strategically useful. #RomanFortThursday 🏺 AncientBlueSky

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Ramparts of Caesar’s Camp, Long Valley. A large, multivallate hillfort on the Surrey / Hampshire border with commanding view over the surrounding countryside. Excavations in the 1970s suggest 3 phases of Iron Age occupation #HillfortsWednesday 🏺 AncientBlueSky

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Always worth sticking your head in a utility trench as you pass… you never know what you might see of interest #gosport #railwayhistory #disusedrailwayline

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Hmm…. Not helpful when the bibliographic reference you want to check starts with a “B”…. Anyone else have the same printing error? 😂

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I have written the first 10,000 words of my PhD thesis! Woohoo! Totally aware that 80% of this might get rewritten over the comes year but allowing myself this moment 🤪 #PhDLife #PhD #Archaeology 🏺

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Reservoir levels in Yorkshire have dropped further following the hottest spring and summer on record - exposing a bridge for the first time in a century. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Yorkshire reservoir levels fall below one third despite rainfall

Previously underwater structures were revealed after the

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The font in St Bartholomew the Great church in the City of London dates from 1405. It is believed to be one of only two pre-Reformation fonts in London. The painter William Hogarth was baptised here in 1697. #FontsOnFriday 🏺

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

McArt’s Fort, Belfast. Standing 368m above see level, this promontory fort (or ráth) is defended on the landward side by a deep ditch and on its other two sides by precipitous cliffs. While it is assumed to be Iron Age, very little investigation of the site has taken place #HillfortsWednesday

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

The Almshouse in Petworth (known as the Upper Hospital) opened in 1746, initially to provide housing & pension for 12 local widows. This eventually increased to 22 as a result of donations from benefactors #AdoorableThursday

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Following on from yesterday, it is only right that today’s #HengeWednesday is Giant’s Ring henge itself. Situated in Ballynahatty, Northern Ireland, this well preserved henge is 180m in diameter, enclosing an area of 6.9 acres. At least 3 of the current 5 entrances are thought to be original. 🏺

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

The remains of a passage grave, situated in the centre of Giant’s Ring henge in Northern Ireland. Although both Neolithic in date, it is believed the passage grave was constructed first & the henge built around it #TombTuesday 🏺

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Bangor Abbey church - the main body of the building dates from the 1830's and 1840's but the tower is from the 15th century and the octagonal steeple dates from around 1693. #SteepleSaturday #NorthernIreland

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

A doorway on the cliff. Causeway coastal path (nr the Giants Causeway), N. Ireland #AdoorableThursday #Thursgate #NoContextDoors

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

This Neolithic Court tomb from Ballintaggart County Armagh was at risk of destruction from expansion of a neighbouring quarry. In 2006, the court tomb was dismantled and moved to the Ulster Folk Museum. #TombTuesday

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

St.Comgall's parish church, Bangor (N. Ireland) was built in 1882 to replace the church at Bangor Abbey which was deemed too small for Bangor’s expanding population #SteepleSaturday

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

For #FindsFriday here is lovely little George II farthing dating to 1736 that I picked up at an antiques fair this week

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

The West door of the Chapel of St Paul, Stansted Park, West Sussex - Originally part of the main Stansted House built in 1480, before being ruined in the Civil War, the building was converted into a place of worship in 1807. #adoorablethursday

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Squeezing in a #WindowsonWednesday with only 5 minutes to spare (in the UK). More windows than you could dream of a Stansted House, West Sussex. Build in the 1903 on the exact footprint of the former C17th house destroyed by fire 3 years earlier 🏺

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

The Romanesque “Abbess’s” Doorway on the south side of the nave at Romsey Abbey. The door once opened from the cloisters into the abbey #MedievalMonday MedievalBlueSky 🏺

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Anglo Saxon rood on the exterior west wall of the south transept of Romsey Abbey. The rood dates from the first half of the 11th century and it is thought that it was originally placed above a chancel arch. #SaxonSunday🏺

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Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

More photos of the Roman wall at Chichester for #RomanSiteSaturday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Despite a few challenges (see previous post) today we walked the Chichester City walls and popped into the cathedral

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Chichester - competing for the title of least dog friendly city in the country. Only trying to walk the city walls and running into blocker after blocker 😔

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Yesterday I visited Romsey Abbey in Hampshire. More Norman windows for #WindowsonWednesday than you can shake a stick at! Beautiful! #MedievalBlueSky 🏺

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

“Divers find WW1 ship 109 years after it was sunk” @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Until the C19th, the Wadeway was the only crossing from Langstone to Hayling Island. Passable for a few hours before/after low tide. Once thought to be prehistoric or Roman in origin, archaeological survey & excavation in 2005 showed the causeway to be Medieval, probably C14th. #MedievalMonday 🏺

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Alison C @archaeoali.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Today you get more Carisbrooke Castle for #MedievalMonday. The surviving motte & bailey was probably built in the early C12th when the Isle of Wight was under the lordship of Baldwin de Redvers. AncientBlueSky 🏺

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