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Landscape Survey Group @landscapesurvey.bsky.social · 21h

Conference Registration now open! #LSG2026 Resilient Landscapes - applying archaeological survey and understanding to holistic Nature Recovery. 6-7th November, in Pickering & the North York Moors, UK. Click poster image for details. Visit our website to book your place ➡️ landscapesurvey.org

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Landscape Survey Group’s 2026 conference combines a day of papers & discussion on Friday (Memorial Hall, Pickering), with a fieldtrip to North Yorks Moors on Saturday.

Friday 9.00 for 9.45 to 17.30:
A.Burn (Historic England) & M.Johnson (North Yorks Moors NPA) - Introduction.
S.Green (UCL) - Using Convoluted Neural Networks to Map the Fylingdales Fire Site.
M.Johnson (NYMNPA) - Fylingdales After Fire: What Can Landscape Archaeology Tell Us About Recovery?
L.Shaw & E.Stockley (Forestry England) - Reading the Landscape to Shape the Future: Using Archaeological Survey to Inform Wild Core Areas, Woodland Creation & Biodiversity Recovery on Forestry England Land.
N.Pepper (Northumberland National Park) - Sustainable Farming as Part of the Hadrian's Wall Wetlands Landscape Recovery Project.
I.Cooper & A.Curtis (Tyneside Archaeology Group) & J.Harrison & S.Miles (Community Archaeology North CIC) - Landscape Survey & Community-focused, Research-driven Excavation as Part of Nature Recovery at Greenlee Lough in the Northumberland National Park.
P.Murtagh (Archaeology Scotland) - Co-Designing Landscape Futures: Community Archaeology Across Rural & Post-Industrial Scotland.
N.Overton (Oxford Archaeology) - Landscapes of Opportunity: How Archaeological Sites & Knowledge Can Positively Contribute to Nature Recovery.
J.Young (National Trust/Fearn Heritage) - Learning from the Past to Shape the Future: Archaeology as Opportunity, not Constraint.
H.Brown (AOC Archaeology) - Impacts & Opportunities: Landscape-scale Archaeology & Nature Restoration in the Yorkshire Dales.
E.Stockley & L.Basell (Inst. for Environmental Futures, Uni of Leicester), L.Bray (Dartmoor National Park), H.Chapman (Uni of Birmingham) - Predicting & Protecting Lithic Landscapes on Dartmoor.
C.Cooper (Uni of York) - Scene Setting for Scenario Planning: How Can Time Depth Inform Visions of a More Resilient Future?
F.Fyfe - Landscape Character Assessment: Where it all comes together.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Are there any #Derbyshire folks here who can think of an alternative option for a CIC to use to register it's business address? So many of the virtual office/biz address services are so expensive for a brand new CIC. #socialenterprise

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Day one of the 1st Barrow Archaeology Group community event was fantastic! The sun shone, the soil was a dream to trowel through, & the Pit Pets were cute! A huge thanks to Foundation Derbyshire and Barrow upon Trent Parish Council, who made the entire project possible! #derbyshire #archaeology

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If you're in Derbyshire, free this weekend, and fancy joining in a community test pit dig where you could be in beautiful locations like this, drop me a comment or a message! We've had a few last minute cancellations. #archaeology #Derbyshire

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

What else would I be doing on a day with 38 degree temperatures other than volunteering to push this GPR cart around the hottest, dryest, dustiest field in the Midlands! I would tell you where it was, but it's top secret for now, so there! 📹 by me #archaeology #geophysics #communityarchaeology

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Stainsby Hagg Farm, in Doe Lea, sits on the land of a rather well-known Derbyshire country estate and has a proposed demolition order against it. I'm sure farmhouses of this type are common in the area, but it'd be nice if it were re-used for something. Nice little heritage centre? #Derbyshire

Stainsby Hagg farmhouse, in Doe Lea, Derbyshire. In a poor state of repair now, it has a proposed demolition order against it.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Ryknield Street showing up nicely on Darley Abbey Playing Fields today. #Derbyshire #archaeology #romanroad

A photo of a very dry Darley Abbey Playing Fields in Derby, showing the parch mark of the Roman road, Ryknield Street.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Found myself in the charming village of Sampford Peverell in Devon earlier this week. An info board described this hill as the location of a castle, but a little further reading suggests the location is unknown. These earthworks are the supposed remains of the castle and moat. #archaeology #lidar

A rural landscape with Sampford Barton farm house in the middle ground with a dry grassy hill behind it.

A lidar image showing the earthworks behind Sampford Barton in Sampford Peverell, Devon.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We (the Barrow Archaeology Group) completed our 2nd test pit in the village yesterday. Got down to 70cm again and ended up with clay and flecks of charcoal at the bottom. What might this layer be? skfb.ly/pLOnt 📷Me #archaeology #testpit #photogrammetry #Derbyshire

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

First day of the Barrow Archaeology Group's demo test pit (giving future volunteers a chance to drop in, have a look, a chat, and to have a go if they want) and we come down onto this pebbley surface thingy. Which was nice. #communityarchaeology #archaeology #Derbyshire

A 1 metre square archaeological test pit showing a cobbled surface cutting through the bottom of the pit. Around the pit are finds trays, a trowel, a kneeling pad, and a pair of feet!

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Wouldn't it be great if just once a manager of a national #football team clamped down on diving, play acting, overreacting, and just stamped it out completely. I've seen so many players in this #worldcup that wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes on our school playground if they fell over so easily!

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Gave the drone a heat test today with a flight over the site of old Glapwell Hall to record the parchmarks. Amazing just how perfectly preserved the old drive is, and how accurately the cartographers plotted it! It's given us some mystery blobs, too! Shame the old chapel eludes us, though! 🏺

A side-by-side comparison of a modern aerial photograph of a cropmark and an early OS map of Glapwell Hall in Derbyshire.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I'm involved in a community #archaeology project in Glapwell, #Derbyshire, and this particular #map had evaded us because it's not georeferenced on NLS. We noticed this 'Bath' 300m west of Glapwell Hall that's not on other maps. Any ideas what we could be looking at? Plunge pool? Ornamental?

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Enricharch @enricharch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Morning everyone 🌞 there are still a few tickets left for tonight's talk by @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social talk on the #Castles of #Derbyshire. There's something for everyone at @buxtonfringe.bsky.social

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Seeing as I watched the England highlights in bed at 5am and didn't want to wake Beck when England scored, this Egypt vs Argentina match is the loudest I've shouted this World Cup. Come on Egypt!!! #worldcup26 #ARGEGY

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

We're digging a demo test pit this weekend (11th/12th July) for the volunteers of the Barrow Archaeology Group's test pit weekend in September. If you're interested in getting involved & want to see what's involved in digging a test pit, head to our Facebook page www.facebook.com/groups/barro...

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Are there any English Civil War-era military historians/archaeologists knocking around on here? I've tried to contact a few people without any success, so I thought I'd see if there are any on here who might be able to cast their expert eyes over something. Ta #civilwar #military #archaeology

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It's been in the pipeline for ages, so it was amazing to finally get the 1st phase of this project going! 2 days of geophysics at Chaddesden Park, Derby. Huge thanks to Colin & Andrés (Sheffield Uni), the AOC team, and the DAS volunteers. Hopefully this leads to phase 2 >⛏️ #Derbyshire #Archaeology

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Sheffield Uni are spending a couple of days in Chaddesden Park, Derby next week, conducting magnetometry (Monday 15th) and GPR (Tuesday 16th) surveys of the park. There are a few spaces on Tuesday if people want to get involved. But unlimited spaces on either day for archae-chats! #archaeology

A young man wearing a green t-shirt and black trousers pushing ground penetrating radar equipment along a tape measure, laid out on a grassy parkland with a range of trees in the background.

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EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🚨 Job!! Come work with our Archaeological Investigation team? 🏺✈️🗺️ Data Specialist (Aerial Survey Drone Data), Historic England. • Part-time (0.6 FTE) • 6-month FTC • Hybrid with HE’s York office Applications close 21 June. Follow link for full details ⤵️ app.beapplied.com/apply/cfmtce...

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Data Specialist (Aerial Survey Drone Data)

SummaryWe are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.Historic England has a fantastic opportun...

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This beautifully converted barn in the Peak District is our home for the next few days. A quick check on the HER tells me we're on the (probable) Roman Road from Buxton to Melandra. And the owner told me that Roman soldiers used to march on the track that runs on the ridge above us. 😁 Happy days!

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Landscape Survey Group @landscapesurvey.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Hello! 👋 Who are we? The LSG are a peer group sharing ideas, enthusiasm and knowledge relating to the archaeological survey & investigation of landscapes. Especially non-intrusive recording and interpretation of what is visible from the ground or air. ➡️ landscapesurvey.org 🇬🇧 #LandscapeArchaeology

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Landscape Survey Group – A Voice for Landscape Survey

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A community archaeology group I'm involved in are looking at insurance for our first test pit weekend later this year. We've had a few quotes (Markel & Everywhen), but just wondering if any community folks on here could recommend any others? Ta! #community #archaeology

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Dr Carly Butler from Derby Uni, in partnership with @nationaltrust.org.uk and Historic England, is leading this 'Youth Voices for Heritage' research. There's an online survey that takes 15-20 minutes. The deadline is 11th June. derby.questionpro.eu/youthvoices #heritage #nature

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Photographed a 'People of the Peak' volunteer session this weekend. Spent the afternoon wandering through these magical woods around Grindleford. They were learning all about monitoring scheduled monuments, so had a look at a lovely medieval settlement too! @peakdistrict.bsky.social #peakdistrict

A trail through an ancient woodland outside of Grindleford, Derbyshire

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I don't suppose anyone knows of any training/workshops in the Midlands that focus on using drones for photogrammetry? (It's for use in a heritage project, but I figured the request was niche enough already!)

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

1996 might just be the greatest year for music. Here's another absolute corker of an album. Texas is the Reason's "Do you know who you are?" This one really gets my nostalgia ducts working overtime. #30in26 #musicsky #listeningto

Cover artwork for Texas is the Reason's 1996 album, "Do you know who you are"

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Students from Sheffield Uni conducting a GPR (ground penetrating radar) survey over the site of Chaddesden Hall in Derby earlier this week. Phase one of a (hopefully) wider project. Excited to see the results! #geophysics #archaeology #Derbyshire

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Booking is now open for this year's training dig at Derventio (Little Chester) in Derby. Run by @yorkarchaeology.bsky.social, this is a fantastic way to get some training in archaeological excavation. Last year's dig was great fun! #archaeology community.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/training-dig...

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We DIG - Derventio - York Archaeology - Community

We DIG Derventio returns to Little Chester to see what else we can uncover of the Roman town of Derventio. What will participants find?

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

This sounds great!! "Directed by Orban Wallace, this documentary examines the UK’s “Right to Roam” movement, highlighting the conflict over land ownership, public access, and environmental stewardship." Saturday May 23rd / 6:30pm / QUAD, Derby #Derby #WhatsOn www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/wdour...

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Well Dressed Reels & Rituals: Our Land | Derby QUAD

View our latest event: Well Dressed Reels & Rituals: Our Land. See what the available times are for this event.

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Enricharch @enricharch.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Tis the season! The sun is shining, birds are singing and our guided tours of the Peak District start again next Tuesday! Come join me, you know you want to. #Archaeology #Derbyshire #Heritage #Tours www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archaeolog...

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Archaeology tour of the Peak District.

If you want to know about the archaeology of the Peak District this is the tour for you!

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Impromptu walk around Dale Abbey this morning. Don't think spring mornings come any more perfect than this. Showed Beck the hermitage and the old Abbey ruins, including the cottage built against the huge chimney from the abbey kitchen. #derbyshire #archaeology #heritage

Derbyshire countryside around Dale Abbey with oilseed rape in the foreground and an almost clear blue sky

The hermitage in Hermit's Wood in Dale Abbey, Derbyshire. Said to have been made by a baker from Derby called Cornelius. He had a vision telling him to go here to worship in solitude. He lived here for around 20 years before moving down the hillside to build a chapel. Parts of which remain in the fabric of the village All Saints Church.

Abbey House. A lovely stone cottage in Dale Abbey which was built against the huge stone chimney from the abbey kitchen.

The great arch of the chancel east window of Dale Abbey. Suggested that the window was retained because of an ancient belief that if the arch falls, the villagers of Dale Abbey would have to pay tithes.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Another absolutely essential album turns 30 this year. Failure's "Fantastic Planet" so often gets overlooked in all the 90s lists and articles, but it's SO SO SO GOOD!! #listeningto #30in26 #music

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The finds that we got around to cleaning from our test pit trial day. Still finding whiteware 60cm down was a little annoying, but all adds to the story I suppose! Nice chunky Pancheon Ware sherds though! Continuing this weekend to see if we can get to an older layer! #archaeology #derbyshire

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Test pit practice day with the Barrow Archaeology Group. Getting to grips with the art of digging test pits ahead of our community test pit weekend in September. #derbyshire #archaeology

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I suspect we all have a list of places to visit that's already long enough. And if you'd like to keep it that length, then don't start reading 'Grounded' by James Canton. I'm only 50 pages in and already have a sizeable list of sites. Also his writing is great. Really soothing yet poignant. #booksky

A hand holding up a copy of 'Grounded' by author James Canton. The cover features an illustration of a stone circle in a landscape of bare trees.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

It's not much, but I'm proud of my first step into exploring photogrammetry & heritage as a part of my @artscouncilengland.bsky.social project. Here's the tallest stone of Barbrook I stone circle. Thanks to @artfletch.bsky.social for the GIF help! skfb.ly/pHUAW #StandingStoneSunday #Derbyshire

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Trying to post some regular archaeological sites in #Derbyshire over on the Derbyshire Archaeological Society's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/groups/69721...). This site has captured my interest lately, so thought I'd share it here, too. Farnah Hall / Champion Park nr Duffield. #archaeology

Old photograph of Farnah Hall, near Duffield in Derbyshire. © Unknown

25in OS Map from National Library of Scotland's website. Farnah Hall and The Moat are featured.

Google satellite image of the area around Farnah Hall and Champion Park.

LiDAR image created using data from DEFRA's website. The image shows the sides of the moat very clearly. The remains of Farnah Hall...not so much.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Good weather meant some Derbyshire exploring was on the cards. Loved my time up on Big Moor, near Curbar, saying hello to the stone circles and all the barrows and cairns dotted about the place! I'll be back here soon as part of my @artscouncilengland.bsky.social project! #archaeology #Derbyshire

Blue sky with wispy clouds over Big Moor near Curbar in Derbyshire

Barbrook I stone circle on a sunny day with a clear blue sky, on Big Moor near Curbar in Derbyshire

Barbrook II stone circle on a sunny day with blue skies. Near Curbar in Derbyshire.

The interior of Barbrook II stone circle showing the remains of a cist.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I don't know how all of these (pretty recent, I'll have you know) albums are turning 30 this year! Clearly something wrong with time at the moment. Maybe it needs turning off and on again. Amazing band. Amazing album. #listeningto #music #30in26

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TOOL - Ænema (Official Video)

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Making use of the good weather, I went to see Barbrook I & II, and whilst there, met a chap who gave me this stone for good luck. He was going to leave it in the stone circle for someone to find but said that it brings more luck if you give it to someone directly. Which was nice. #derbyshire

A hand holding a stone with a runic design on the surface.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

After a LOT of work, planning, emails, video calls, umming & ahhing, persuading, worrying, and waiting, I finally submitted an initial enquiry for a Heritage Fund application for a #community #archaeology project! Can everyone cross their fingers for me, please? Thanks.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I still think of this as a "new" Soundgarden album. Apparently, it's 30 years old this year! #30in26 #music

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Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Join us online on 26 February, 7pm. In this free Zoom webinar, CBA Executive Director Neil Redfern and Casework & Advocacy Manager Catherine Bell will unpack the government’s proposed revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework, the most significant changes since 2012. 👉

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Proposed Planning Policy Reforms: Implications for Archaeology and Heritage in the Draft NPPF

An online talk with Neil Redfern and Catherine Bell

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

A few of my photos from a fab time at Derbyshire Archaeology Day 2026 in Chesterfield. Full of fantastic talks, great archaeology chats between speakers, and the infamous Colin Merrony book stall! January 2027 seems a long way off! Maybe some sort of Summer heritage social is in order? #archaeology

a two-tiered theatre filled with people sat down attending Derbyshire Archaeology Day at The Winding Wheel theatre in Chesterfield. Photo by me.

Landscape archaeologist David Went standing on stage pointing at a screen during his presentation at Derbyshire Archaeology Day. Photo by me.

A man with a beard and a flat cap sat in a theatre crowd holding a microphone during the Q&A section of a talk at Derbyshire Archaeology Day 2026

Alex Cave from Derbyshire Records Office stood on a stage at Derbyshire Archaeology Day giving a talk about her archive project. Photo by me.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The wonders and delights of Fishbourne Roman Palace (@romanpalace.bsky.social) make their way to the Midlands for a talk at Mickleover library in Derby! #archaeology #derbyshire

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I feel like 2026 is going to be an important year for community #archaeology in #Derbyshire! Here's one of a number of different projects that are starting up this year. Their brand new Facebook page is > www.facebook.com/groups/18068... If you're in South Derbyshire, go and have a nosey!

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