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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Discover the rich legacy of Anglo-Saxon England in this new Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture volume surveying the East Midlands. Drawing on nearly 700 sculptural fragments, it reveals an exceptional tradition of pre-Conquest stone sculpture. Find out more below 👇 bit.ly/3Rw6REK

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Fiona Campbell-Howes @fortrenn.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Interesting for those of us who like to think about what Bede (HE V, 21) meant by Nechtan mac Der-Ilei, king of Picts, sending to Northumbria c. 710 for architects to build a stone church for his people 'in the Roman style'. Was he more interested in plasterers than masons?

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Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

First podcast in the books! Had the joy of chatting with stone carver and friend David McGovern for the Pictish Arts Society's "Pictish Shorts." Hear David talk about his introduction to Pictish archaeology and his 25yr-long involvement with PAS. #PictishArtsSociety www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQbW...

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Pictish Shorts Episode 11 with Stone-Carver David McGovern of Monikie Rock Art.

YouTube video by The Scot-Craft Podcast

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Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Some of the most curious, significant, and form-defying/defining #Northumbrian sculptures are today on the #Scottish side of the border. While very fragmented and often (wrongly) overlooked, here's a few of those monuments from SE Scotland, today in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Hooray! Many thanks to Jolene at the Ad Gefrin Museum & Distillery Shop for the assistance and help throughout this process.

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Roger Miket's "Ad Gefrin: Brian Hope-Taylor and His Quest for the Early Medieval Kingdom of Northumbria" is out now. Published by The Gefrin Trust. Online orders coming soon! In the meantime, pick up your copy at Ad Gefrin Museum & Distillery in Wooler, Northumberland. #Archaeology #Northumbria

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Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Not really a pigeon fan (!) but this little one came to stay on Thursday. Its sibling took flight over the wkend but this one is still trying to learn its wings. Fast fwd 5 days & I'm reading random pigeon facts (+watching visits from pigeon parents). Hopefully soon the deck can have a proper clean!

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Brian Hope-Taylor pondering the base of a Bronze Age cinerary urn. #GefrinTrust #Yeavering #EarlyMedieval #Northumbria #Archaeology

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This is the site of the Priory Church of St Neot, founded by St Anselm of Canterbury, in St Neots in Huntingdonshire

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

A delight to lead a 17-strong Two Sigma team around The British Museum last week. Who knew hedge fund employees could be so into good archaeology 😉 😜! (Sorry for the spam - catching up after not using this platform for a good long while)

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Hilbert Vinkenoog (History with) @history-w-hilbert.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Last week @celticist.bsky.social gave an absolute tour de force on Northumbrian stone sculpture at the lovely Church of St Hilda in Hartlepool. Great to see some faces from Lindisfarne there as well. The old Bernician connections are yet strong!

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The Gefrin Trust is delighted to announce the publication of a landmark volume by Roger Miket entitled "Ad Gefrin: Brian Hope-Taylor and His Quest for the Early Medieval Kingdom of Northumbria." Get your copy at the Ad Gefrin Shop in Wooler! #Yeavering

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Our Trustees met on site this morning for a tour led by Trustee Sarah Semple, a wander around Maelmin with Trustee Roger Miket, and—in the afternoon—sat down for a proper meeting. The future of #Yeavering is in good hands! Stay tuned for exciting news out of Yeavering in the months to come.

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

In between the hours excavating, the @arcdurham students at #Yeavering have been enjoying some early medieval games… and donuts 🍩! (Don’t worry - the donuts aren’t 7th-century 😉) Catch our daily site tour tomorrow at 3pm. #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #Northumberland #DUArchaeology

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

It’s the #Yeavering team’s day off. 😊 What better way to spend it than to head over to Holy Island & check in on the 10th (final) year of the DU/DV dig! Dr David Petts @arcdurham talks the team through the reopened trenches. We’ve been so lucky to have both digs run concurrently for a few years!

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

It’s raining cats🐱 & dogs 🐶 out there! Archaeologists are hearty folk but trenches this wet mean super slippery surfaces. We’ve cancelled our @gefrintrust site tour for today but will be back at #Yeavering to deliver the usual 3pm tour tomorrow (Thurs, 4 September). Stay dry! ☔️ 💦 Image: @adgefrin

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Rain or shine, there’s big smiles all around from the Yeavering crew! #YeaveringExcavation #Northumbria #earlymedieval #GefrinTrust #DUArchaeology

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Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I had the joy of sitting down with Prof Sarah Semple to hear about her 20-year relationship with The Gefrin Trust, her initial memories of Yeavering, and her favourite time to be on site. Follow @gefrintrust.bsky.social over the next month as the team excavates! #Yeavering #GefrinTrust

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Professor Sarah Semple (Durham University) and team are readying to lay out the trenches at Yeavering for another fantastic season of fieldwork. We can’t wait to see what they get up to! #Yeavering #DurhamArchaeology #GefrinTrust

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

The 2025 Yeavering excavation has commenced with the relocation of the grandstand! Stay tuned for lots more from the trenches. We can't wait to see what the team gets up to! #YeaveringExcavation #Northumberland #DUArchaeology #GefrinTrust

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

On Friday night #TheGefrinTrust, along with our partners #AdGefrin and @arcdurham.bsky.social, lit up the contours of Edwin's palace and grandstand. For the first time in over a millennium, the structures' footprints could be seen against the dramatic backdrop of Yeavering Bell. (Image: A. Jansen)

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

We’re still buzzing from our 2025 Festival of Archaeology at Yeavering! Hear from Charlotte and Liam, two of our historical reenactors on site. #festivalofarchaeology #yeavering #adgefrin #northumbria www.instagram.com/reel/DM7b5bN...

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

We’ve had a fantastic 2025 Festival of Archaeology at Yeavering. Thank you to all those who came out to site, to learn and share. Particular thanks to our collaborators @arcdurham @adgefrin @aclereenactment. We’re already planning for next year! #FestivalofArchaeology #Yeavering #Northumbria

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

We’ll be highlighting the stories of our Trustees, including Roger Miket, over the next few months. Stay tuned! #GefrinTrust #Yeavering #Northumbria

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Another well-attended tour of site. We’ve two final tours today — come out and visit us until 4pm! #Yeavering #FestivalofArchaeology #EarlyMedievalNorthumberland

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

We’ve had a fantastic first day. Join us tomorrow for Day 2 of our Festival of Archaeology at Yeavering, Northumberland. Thanks to our co-organisers Ad Gefrin, Durham Archaeology, and Acle. And most of all—thanks to all who showed up! We had a superb turnout! #Yeavering #EarlyMedievalNorthumbria

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Meet Heather & Colin of Acle Reenactment. Heather produces all her own dyed wool & creates gorgeous textiles (like this one, inspired by the design of the Bamburgh stone throne). Colin crafts objects in silver based on Pictish & Anglo-Saxon metalwork. His work has been featured in tv shows & movies!

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Walking the outlines of Edwin’s hall. #Yeavering #EarlyMedievalNorthumbria @adgefrin

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Our first tour of the day is underway, led by Professor Sarah Semple (Durham), Gefrin Trust trustee and lead site excavator. #Yeavering #EarlyMedievalNorthumberland

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Our friends over at Ad Gefrin certainly know how to construct a hall! See you tomorrow at the Festival of Archaeology! 👋 May your dreams be filled with bygone halls 😴 #Yeavering #AdGefrin #Northumberland

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

We’re on site and preparations are in full swing. See you at 10am! @gefrintrust @arcdurham @adgefrin #Yeavering #FestivalofArchaeology

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

The tents are up—the evocative landscapes of Northumbria call. 👟 🌳 🐟 ☀️ One more sleep until the Festival of Archaeology at Yeavering, Northumberland! Join us tomorrow from 10am-4pm. @arcdurham @gefrintrust @adgefrin #FestivalOfArchaeology #Yeavering #AdGefrin

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Want to learn more about Brian Hope-Taylor's work at #Yeavering? In 2020, the Gefrin Trust digitally restored Episode 5 of the "Lost Centuries" series, which features Hope-Taylor talking about Ad Gefrin. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVYb...

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The Lost Centuries Episode 5 1 (Enhanced)

YouTube video by Brian Cosgrove

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Do you already want to get stuck into the archaeology at #Yeavering? Watch our very own Professor Sarah Semple (Durham) @sarahsemple.bsky.social & Trustee Roger Miket talk about the excavation last year at the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhMe...

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New Discoveries at Yeavering, Northumberland - Roger Miket and Sarah Semple

YouTube video by NewcastleAntiquaries

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Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Heads up! The brilliant @victoriawhitworth.bsky.social’s Kells book is in Waterstones’ upcoming summer sale. I had the pleasure of engaging with the book when it was being written and it’s splendid - evocative, rigorous, step-changing. Get your copy on preorder at an excellent price! Code: SUMMER25

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Come participate in the 2025 Festival of Archaeology at Yeavering from 1-2 August! Enjoy guided tours of site, meet Anglo-Saxon reenactors, chat with the Portable Antiquities Scheme, try out geophysical survey, meet the Ad Gefrin Museum team and learn about life in early #Northumbria!

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Want to learn more? Join us for the Festival of Archaeology on August 1 & 2. Watch historical reenactors, have your finds identified, go on tours led by the archaeologists themselves, and immerse yourself in a layered landscape.

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Interested in learning more about The Trust's work at #Yeavering and how it fits in with the excavations of Brian Hope-Taylor in the 50s & 60s? Our website has plenty more information. Take a look! gefrintrust.org

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

The Gefrin Trust is now on Bluesky! Follow along as we head back to the field this September, uncovering new finds and charting old trowel-marked features at #Yeavering. #GefrinTrust #Northumberland #DurhamArchaeology

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Dr Christina Cowart-Smith @celticist.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

@3dgroovanstones.bsky.social (Glasgow) in her element, digitally modelling an Irish ogham stone in the care of @britishmuseum.bsky.social’s Archaeological Research Collection in Reading. Learn more about the project here: ogham.glasgow.ac.uk

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Megan Kasten @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

This afternoon, @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social and @palaeofuturist.bsky.social discuss how to fix all of life's mistakes with Epidoc (at least how to encode editorial correction of mistakes(?) in inscriptions) #mistake-or-decision @ndefaoite.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social

Trisha and Gabby discussing how to encode editorial corrections in the Epidoc file on the screen

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Megan Kasten @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

It's the final morning of our Digital Epigraphy workshop, and @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social is leading us through how to encode placenames, people and organisations using Epidoc standards. @ndefaoite.bsky.social @palaeofuturist.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social

Trisha stands at the front of a classroom with an encoded Epidoc file, which is projected onto a screen.

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Patricia O'Connor @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Time to learn #RTI, an imaging technique that creates an interactable file in which you can change the lighting position to create a different angle of raking light to emphasise features of an inscribed object. @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social @palaeofuturist.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social

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Patricia O'Connor @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Great session with @3dgroovanstones.bsky.social at the Digital Epigraphy workshop @tcddublin.bsky.social participants have successfully exported #RTI images using Relight and have created interactable files that can be manipulated in #RTI Viewer. @palaeofuturist.bsky.social @ndefaoite.bsky.social

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Patricia O'Connor @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

📢 An exciting workshop happening next week #medievalsky @teiconsortium.bsky.social‼️ 📷💻Digital Epigraphy Workshop: Hands-on training in #Photogrammetry #RTI and #EpiDoc 📅 May 26-28, 2025 🏫 @tcddublin.bsky.social & @maynoothuniversity.ie 📲Programme: ahi.maynoothuniversity.ie/mind-materia...

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