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Sarah Miles @sarahmiles.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Bookings are now open for the @cancic.bsky.social 2026 #archaeology fieldschools. 20-24 April at a #medieval manor site in Oxfordshire and 18-22 May at an early #Anglo-Saxon site in Northumberland. More details via cancic.com

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Unearthing History Together Engaging local communities through inclusive and sustainable archaeology

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Our second test pit weekend in Hexham. More great enthusiasm from our test pit hosts and volunteers of all ages.

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

And here we are in the press! A wonderful (if wet) time was had digging the first taster-session test pits of the Community of Hexham Archaeology Project (CHAP) #archaeology #community #Northumberland www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/community-...

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Community digs into Hexham’s roots

Garden pits project will probe questions on how a town evolved. Tony Henderson reports

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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 07/07/2025

Certainly encouraging public engagement in historical research, yet this @theguardian.com opinion piece, again, perpetuates an outdated notion: 🏺 #Archaeology is *not* about objects. Just digging up old stuff is of little help in understanding "the past" if contextual information is abandoned.

Comic-style info graphic titled “Archaeology: Why Context Matters” showing the stylized excavation of a bronze object, soil layers with labeled ash and occupation layers, and compares careful excavation to random digging. It explains that objects without context, like that bronze object - reveal little, and uses a torn book page metaphor to show that only context gives meaning.

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

A great first day of test pits in #Northumberland. First outing for our new cancic.com tshirts and some proper #archaeology pointing. And proper archaeology astonishment.

A group of archaeologists around an excavation with one pointing using a stick and the others looking closely

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Looking forward to our second weekend of test pitting in Longframlington. Lovely support from the #community for this project. #Northumberland

Two groups of people digging in small excavations in a lawn with shrubs in the background

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Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Do you know a curious young person with a love of archaeology? Our free #FestivalOfArchaeology Youth Archaeology Day event, on Saturday 26 July at Chester House Estate, is packed with opportunities to get hands-on with history. Book here👉 shorturl.at/gZXW1

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Festival of Archaeology Youth Archaeology Activity Day, Chester House Estate

<p>Take part in our FREE Festival of Archaeology youth event at Chester House Estate!</p>

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

We had a brilliant wrap-up to the first week of the fieldschool. Finished the day with some training in geophysics, a tent talk about good archaeological photography, and a final team photo. A great bunch participants, all! Cohort 2 arrives Sunday morning, and the trench is ready for them!

Students in a tent listening to a lecturer

Team of archaeologists at a trench. The one with the pointy stick is probably trouble...

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Sarah Miles @sarahmiles.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Officially excited by our new tshirt design. #communityarchaeology

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Very pleased to announce that we are now organisational members of the Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Hello to all our new followers. Could we have been caught up in the #Vikings starter pack confusion? We are very much into Scandinavian rather than sporting Vikings. But welcome anyway!

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Kathryn Murphy @kmurphster.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Currently on holiday in Scotland and of course I found myself at a hillfort! Here's Craig Phadrig, west of Inverness. 1st photo - worn path is the top of the ramparts, 2nd photo - the outer slope of the ramparts. Parts of it were vitrified! #HillfortsWednesday

A worn path along the top of the ramparts of Craig Phadrig hillfort. The center of the enclosure is overgrown with ferns and there are trees encircling the enclosure.

Lush, green overgrown slope of the outer bank of the hillfort ramparts

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Sarah Miles @sarahmiles.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Whinny Hill, Northumberland. A possible BA Four Poster almost totally buried in heather. Four stones present in total. Ranging poles mark purported ‘sockets’ of ‘missing’ stones, seems unlikely unless they were very recently removed. A site in much need of scheduling and care. #standingstoneSunday

A heather covered hillside with a small stone circle and views across hills. Only 2 stones visible and white poles sticking out of heather

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Sarah Miles @sarahmiles.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Brilliant enthusiasm today for our planned community #archaeology project in #Hexham Next step our open meeting at the Abbey, 2June 7.30pm. All welcome!

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

A great morning at Hexham Farmers Market signing up volunteers for our new #communityarchaeology project. Thanks to @andyagate.bsky.social for joining us!

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Two pull up banners outside Hexham abbey. One for Community archeology north the other Hexham local history society

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Tony Cole @yorktone.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Enigmatic in all weathers. The Devil's Arrows at Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire. #photography #StandingStoneSunday

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

A 7th century grave-marker reading: CATGVG C [FI]ILIVS GIDEO Cathug, son of Gideon Reused in the fabric of an 8th century church, itself destroyed in 1841 Now built into the church of Lady St Mary, Wareham #Dorset 📷 May 2025 A once standing stone for #StandingStoneSunday

A 7th century grave marker inscribed in Latin with the words *Cathug, son of Gideon* found in 1841 during the destruction of a Saxon church and now built into the whitewashed interior wall of St Mary's Church in Wareham. Inscribed stones like this are rare outside of SW England and W Wales

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Our #barkaeologist out and about. Soon to be found in the field undertaking supervisory responsibilities.

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

At the end of this #DodecaBakeOff Easter Monday, I wanted to share this montage of all the fabulous makes, bakes & creations! Well done everyone and thank you for giving me a smile today! You've all been wonderful! Keep fighting the good fight - We shall make what we want to make!💪 #Archaeology ⚱️

The Norton Disney dodecahedron surrounded by chocolate, biscuit, ginger bread, party ring and BabyBel dodecahedra! ❤️

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We’re back! Our traditional ‘We Three’ photo at the end of fieldwork. Best. Team. Ever. Jane Harrison @kmurphster.bsky.social @sarahmiles.bsky.social

Three smiling archaeologists in a sunny garden

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

It’s great to be back in the field again! Starting a new project with a test pit weekend. Our volunteer team working alongside new @ox.ac.uk Continuing Ed students

Two archaeologists digging a test pit in a garden while others watch

Three archaeologists digging a test pit in a garden close to a wooden fence

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Kathryn Murphy @kmurphster.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Not a bad spot for a test pit & lunch break! #Archaeology @cancic.bsky.social

A view of the back of an old stone house with a garden plot in the foreground. There are big trees around the edge of the garden and blue skies overhead

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

This is why allowing open access to archaeological finds and data is so important. People learn from creating, studying and handling replicas.

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North Pennines National Landscape @northpennines.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Calling young people aged 8-16yrs interested in archaeology & the heritage of the North Pennines. The new North Pennines Young Archaeologists' Club starts on Sat 12 April in Alston, Cumbria. Find out more & sign-up: buff.ly/wo1a9Og Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund & Historic England.

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North Pennines Young Archaeologists’ Club

News North Pennines Young Archaeologists’ Club North Pennines Young Archaeologists’ Club A new club for young people interested in archaeology and the heritage of the North Pennines starts on…

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Hello all! Previously the Appleton Area Archaeology Project (AAARP), we’ve just become a CIC. We run long term landscape archaeology projects embedded in local communities in Northumberland, Oxfordshire and beyond.

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Sarah Miles @sarahmiles.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Here’s a splendid offer - celebrate #NUFC cup victory by getting your hands on some beautiful pottery.

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Kath Page @orkat3.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

#FindsFriday The Scar whale bone plaque. Discovered in a rare #Viking boat burial on the island of Sanday #Orkney. Discovered in 1985, it dates to between 875-950AD, and is on display at the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall. It is a thing of beauty. Image credit: Orkney museums as my pics are pants!

A caramel coloured bone plaque. Rectangular with a rounded top, featuring 2 stylised dragon heads facing inwards towards each with their tongues out. A barley twist border has been inserted around the whole plaque, with cup and ring type decorations around the dragon heads. This description does not do it justice!

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Love these. You can’t beat hand drawn plans and illustrations.

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Adam M Ibbotson 🏺 @adamibbotson.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Tantalising connection between Iron Age Wales and Yorkshire, made by the great @drtobydriver.bsky.social! For an landscape archaeologist, I think this counts as #findsfriday 😅 #archaeology

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

#FindsFriday! In the rich graves of southwest Germany's early #medieval period, crystal objects such as spheres are frequently discovered. Crystals were believed to possess healing and protective properties, and were also used for magical purposes. 🧵 1/2 📷 by me 🏺 #archaeology

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The submerged forest at Borth, Ceredigion, Wales. A woodland which flourished between the late Neolithic & Early Bronze Age 3000-2500 BC, before being inundated by sea level rise The remains are exposed following storm scours & low tides & encouraged local legends 📷 My own, Oct 2020 #FindsFriday

A sandy foreshore at low tide covered in blackened tree stumps of a prehistoric forest

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

The northern end of Hambledon hillfort #Dorset @nattrustarch.bsky.social is studded with the hollows of Iron Age house platforms Air photo © Jo and Sue Crane 2016 compared with the results of a 2014 magnetometry survey by Dave Stewart for @bournemouthuni.bsky.social #HillfortsWednesday #Geofiz

Air photo of the Northern interior of Hambledon Hill hillfort showing the hollows of Iron Age house platforms

Geophysical survey results of the northern interior of Hambledon hillfort showing Iron Age pits and roundhouse platforms

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Hi folks. I wanted to share my thoughts on the recently published Snettisham Hoards volumes (link to an online copy of the books is in the blog). Thank you for reading 😊 #Archaeology #Torcs #Snettisham #BritishMuseum #Gold #IronAge #Prehistory bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/11/t...

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The Snettisham torcs and the British Museum

by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Introduction The recently published Snettisham hoard volumes are long awaited, and contain much that is of use a…

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The document on scheduling (legal protection) of monuments & sites for Historic Environment Scotland is really valuable. It also contains this stunning image of Habchester Fort showing the impact of different landuse histories and how fragile our prehistory is. #HillfortsWednesday #AncientSky 🏺

Aerial image of a hillfort showing two rings of defences, one half has been ploughed as shows barely a trace of the monument, the otherside hasn't and is very well defined.

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Sarah Miles @sarahmiles.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

#StandingStoneSunday Looking from Chun Castle, West Penrith towards Chun Quoit. A breathtaking landscape and skyscape. (Probably qualifies for #TombTuesday and #HillfortsWednesday too …)

Multicoloured sunset sky of yellow, orange and blues. Above a coastal moorland landscape of dark red, russet and green. Tumbled stones in the foreground from a Hillfort wall looking towards a standing stone in the middle distance with a stone burial chamber in the far distance.

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Kathryn Murphy @kmurphster.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Want to know what Jane Harrison, @sarahmiles.bsky.social & I have been up to in Northumberland? Listen to this podcast all about our early medieval site. Highlights include sunken feature buildings, lots of cool small finds, insitu loom weights off a burnt loom & a loom weight production site!

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Kathryn Murphy @kmurphster.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I'm super excited to let you know that the WallCAP WallGIS is now available on @ads-update.bsky.social! Every feature of Hadrian’s Wall has a record in the WallGIS with detailed info & spatial data, which can all be searched/viewed online! shorturl.at/FSr2z #Archaeology 🏺

Map showing the line of Hadrian's Wall with the symbols representing the forts, milecastles and turrets, and lines for the Wall, Vallum and north ditch. The basemap is different shades of green, and there is a legend on the right side of the map.

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

What an amazing response to this podcast about our fabulous site! That we found any early Anglo-Saxon evidence at all in a pure sand site die to careful excavating and precise recording by our volunteers.

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Community Archaeology North CIC @cancic.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

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