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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A painting that is 102 years old. Just incredible. Zinaida Serebriakova (Ukrainian/Russian, 1884-1967) Self-Portrait With a Brush, 1924 Oil on canvas 57 x 80 cm Kyiv National Museum

A portrait of a brown-haired woman, her right arm resting on her neck, behind her are shelves holding bottles and jars.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Arbor Low, Derbyshire. This photo was taken on a beautifully still day in May this year. Only skylarks and bees for company during the visit to this stunning place. 📷 needs a click. #StandingStoneSunday #ArborLow #PeakDistrict

A view from the bank of Arbor Low Henge, across the ditch to a grassy central circle of (probably) fallen standing stones. In the distance is a farm and a line of trees. The sky is a milky blue.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Edinburgh was almost overwhelming this weekend, surely the most photogenic of UK cities.

The spires of a gothic tower and the moon.

A red fire escape and a tall thin building.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of the carved stones at Barcloddiad Y Gawres, Anglesey. #Tombtuesday

A brightly lit prehistoric carved stone, lined with a spiral, lozenges and layered chevrons.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nights are drawing in - so time for me to get back in the GIS Saddle. #CommunityArchaeology #GIS #Neolithic #Thornborough

A spectral GIS image of an old river channel, flowing through farmland

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Cromer seafront from 2014. A good moment.

A black and white image of an english seafront, sweeping waves, balustrades and old style street lights.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A revisit to Long Meg and her Daughters for #StandingStoneSunday So much going on at this site with the setting, the geology, the carvings and the earlier monuments - just a fascinating glimpse at the Neolithic. 📷 October 2025 #AncientBluesky #Archaeology #Neolithic #Cumbria

A squat, white standing stone in a field. The stone is speckled with green lichen and is made of rhyolite and is a glacial erratic.

A tall block of red sandstone, known as 'Long Meg', in a field.

Another view of the tall red sandstone block of Long Meg, from this angle the stone appears tapered and long-necked. Other stones can be seen across the grassy field towarslds some deciduous trees.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One of the outliers at Gors Fawr, North Pembrokeshire. #Standingstonesunday

A large angular standing stone, mottled with lichen in a waterlogged field.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy weekend to all who celebrate. 📷 from Tre'r Ceiri Hillfort, Gwynedd, Gogledd Cymru / North Wales, May 2026

A view from a hill, the stone fortifications of an iron age hill fort, with green fields and a blue coastal bay beyond, blue sky and fluffy white clouds above.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

After the University of York's exciting new paper this week, it had to be a Devil's Arrow for #StandingStoneSunday. This is just half of the southernmost stone, the second tallest in the UK at nearly 7 metres. #Prehistory #Archaeology #Yorkshire #Devil'sArrows #ThornboroughArchaeologyGroup

The upper half, in detail of a large, pointy millstone grit standing stone, heavily lined and grooved. It is a mottled green, grey and black colour and surrounded by trees.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Don't think much of Collingham Surge Vessel. They also need to plumb it in properly.

A toilet in a field behind a steel gate. Such wonders did I see.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Always good to be in the Steel City. Another great night at The Rutland. #Sheffield

The steel drum of the former national centre for popular music, with the lights of flats beyond.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

At 2am last night I was awoken by an odd scratching noise and the sensation of something light and fast crawling on me. Friends, meet Maverick. For sale: one 18 year old cat.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy friday to all who celebrate.

An Archimedes' Screw above the River Bain in Bainbridge, Wensleydale, Yorkshire.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Yockenthwaite 'stone circle' - that is more likely to be a bronze age ring cairn, although this is debated, too. What do we think, Bluesky? Whatever it is, it is beautiful and situated right next to the upper River Wharfe. 📷 from yesterday, looking south east. #StandingStoneSunday

A circular arrangement of gnarly, weathered stones in a grassy field. A large tree is in the background and blie sky overhead.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

There is something inscrutable about this statue of Juno at Corbridge Roman Town, Northumberland. Perhaps her eyes are closed in meditation, or she just inhabits many different emotions at once - whatever the sculptor chose to depict, she has a strange, disquieting beauty. #RomanSiteSaturday

A statue of Juno, roman goddess, protector of the State amongst many other diverse and sometimes disputed epithets. Photo from the Corbridge Roman Town Museum, Northumberland, England. The statue was found in two pieces under the Stanegate Road, near Hadrian's wall during excavation work in 1911 and 1912. Attributed to the 3rd Century AD. In the background a statue depicting Hercules fighting the Hydra, looks on.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Behold - a vast and bountiful assemblage of carrots.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Sending greetings from the middle of the river wharfe.

The shadow of a stocky figure, somewhat alien like, seen cast against a gravel river bed

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A beautifully proportioned statue of Juno Regina (Queen Juno) at the Clayton Museum, Chesters Roman Fort, Northumberland. Presumably her head lies somewhere under the soil nearby, awaiting excavation. #FindsFriday #AncientBluesky #RomanBritain

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The bath house at Chesters Roman Fort in Northumberland. Aside from how small the alcoves are, was wondering what conversations, jokes, gossip took place here. All facets of human life, I guess. #RomanFortThursday #AncientBluesky

The ruins of a roman bath house, arched stonework, grass and a tree frame the picture.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Love the punk rock attitude of the Cardoon / artichoke thistle. #bloomscrolling #photography #plants #flowers

A spiky purple coloured thistle, a Cardoon

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Atheist here but going to 'try praying' to this dude, the roman sun god Sol - to ask them to relent a bit and let some rain in. Seen at Corbridge Roman Town museum at the weekend.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Continuing a detour into early medieval England at the Crypt at Hexham Abbey. It has been there for over 1300 years since Etheldreda, Queen of Northumbria, made a grant of lands to St Wilfrid, Bishop of York, c.674 AD. Unusually, it was quite warm down there yesterday. #EarlyMedieval #Northumbria

Leaf and berry stone carvings - taken from the roman site at Corbridge.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Happy saturday to all who celebrate.

The River Thames at Cookham, Formosa Island.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Finally got to see these bad boys today. The Brompton hogbacks are Viking‑age stone tombs from the 900s, carved with end-beasts, (glorious term). Beside them stands an early medieval 'Celtic' cross, its patterns showing Christian influence as Yorkshire shifted from Norse to Anglo‑Saxon rule.

A 10th century anglo-danish cross shaft.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

To Cookham to see the University of Reading's fascinating excavation of 'Cookham Abbey', early medieval 'hospital' associated with Queen Cynethryth of Mercia #Mercian

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A sarsen standing stone from West Kennet Avenue. #Avebury #ClassicMono

A lozenge shaped sarsen stone of West Kennet Avenue.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Another sky I liked - at Almscliffe Crag, North Yorkshire #Photography #Yorkshire #Sunset

A view of a sunset across fields and craggy rocks.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A great couple of weeks with Thornborough Archaeology Group learning about the weird and wonderful world of the Yorkshire Neolithic. Good to meet @mark156.bsky.social as well.