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Landscapes and Lidar. Climate change and heritage. PhD Cistercian landscapes in medieval Ulster.

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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Join us on Thurs 24 Sept for an evening of Archaeology: 🔍 Prehistoric Ireland: In-Gallery Talk (5pm) 🏆 Late Evening Archaeology Discovery Tour (6.30pm) 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street 🎟️ Free | Drop-in museum.ie/en-IE/News/Dublin-by-Dusk-at-the-National-Museum-of-Ireland #DublinByDusk
Promotional poster for Dublin by Dusk at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 3. Bold typography announces free evening events on Thursday 24 September. Free admission to the National Museum of Ireland ArchaeologyPromotional poster for a Prehistoric Ireland in-gallery talk at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin. Features an image of a carved prehistoric stone artefact and details of a free event on Thursday 24 September from 17:00 to 18:00, led by archaeologist and museum curator Dr Bernard Gilhooly. Explore artefacts from the museum's Prehistoric Ireland exhibition. No booking requiredPromotional poster for Late Evening Discovery Tours at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin. Shows a museum visitor viewing archaeological objects in a display case. Free guided tour on Thursday 24 September at 18:30 exploring Ireland's national archaeological collection, including gold and silver artefacts. No booking required.
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Delighted to see this joint publication shared by the @nationalmons.bsky.social. The Discovery Programme was pleased to work alongside colleagues and partners on this important contribution to our understanding of the potential impacts of climate change on Ireland's past. 👇
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🔔 Discover the story of the medieval Howth Bells as part of #DublinByDusk Join archaeologist Sharon Weadick for a fascinating evening talk exploring the history of the magnificent Howth Bells 📅 Thursday 27 August 🕔 5pm 📍 National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
Three historic bronze bells known as the Howth Bells displayed in a glass case at the National Museum of Ireland, featuring two complete bells and the upper section of a larger bell, with interpretive signage about a talk by archaeologist and curator Sharon Weadick.
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Cormac Duffy @cormacduffy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Delighted to see the project I was involved in with @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social in a joint project with @nationalmons.bsky.social published today. ##climateheritage #climateeiretage
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
When children are shot in their classrooms, all politicians can offer are thoughts and prayers. When a shooting happens near them, they demand a $350 million golden ballroom to protect themselves.
Don't normalize a system that protects power more than it protects children.
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
📚Newly catalogued: The George Eogan Library Former Museum Librarian Connie Bettison reflects on cataloguing Prof. George Eogan’s working library-2,000+ archaeology books & journals in the National Museum of Ireland Library www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #Archaeology #MuseumLibrary #RegistrationCorner
Lynn Scarff, James Eogan and Fiona Eogan in the stacks. Image by Emma Skarstrand © National Museum of Ireland
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Cormac Duffy @cormacduffy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
We had the pleasure of visiting the Rock of Cashel this week on a family trip and seeing first hand the conservation and monitoring work happening in Cormac's Chapel. We were luck enough to arrive at a quiet time and get a tour of the site. #climateheritage #climateiretage
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Cormac Duffy @cormacduffy.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I was extremely proud to be part of the development team for this.
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
We’re nominated for Research Project of the Year! 🎉 Vote for Words on the Wave and help us celebrate Ireland’s medieval heritage: 👉 www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/V... #MedievalIreland #IrishArchaeology
We’re nominated for Research Project of the Year! 🎉
Vote for Words on the Wave and help us celebrate Ireland’s medieval heritage:
👉 https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/Vote-for-the-research-project-of-the-year
#VoteNow #IrishHistory
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Announcing the 1st workshop of the 'Tara by Name, Tara by Nature' @researchireland.ie-funded project with Abarta Heritage! Where: Portaferry Recreation Hub, Co. Down When: Tuesday 18 Nov 7pm All welcome! The workshop will explore evidence linking places in Ards Peninsula to Hill of Tara, Co. Meath
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The Northern Ireland Place-Name Project @placenamesni.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Place-naming and Place-sharing in Northern Ireland - The Linen Hall, Belfast
As part of the celebrations for Oireachtas na Samhna, The Linen Hall is delighted to welcome Professor Mícheál Ó Mainnín, Dr Frances Kane, and Dr Brian Devlin for a fascinating talk on the history and...
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Families Join us for an Open Day: Words on the Wave – Ireland & St. Gallen exhibition 🗓️ Sat 4 Oct | 11.00–16.00 📍 NMI, Kildare St Talks: Maeve Sikora (11:30), Dr Ó Riain (12:30), Prof Ó Cróinín (14:30) Take part in free Workshops & handle replica artefacts 🎟️ Free admission museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
An Incipit (opening letter) with two birds from the St. Gallen manuscript Priscian Institutiones Grammaticae, Cod. Sang 904, p. 25. © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.
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Dr Christina Wade 👻🍺 @braciatrix.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Hello friends! I'm doing a *free* online talk about Filthy Queens and the history of Beer in Ireland for the Dublin Festival of History on Sept 30th from 5pm IST. All welcome. Hope to see some of you there! Link to register: dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/filthy...
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Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland – Dublin Festival of History
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
6/6 The Lough Kinale Shrine reconstructed! Ireland’s oldest & largest Book Shrine was broken in the medieval period & the pieces left in a lake Now, Discovery Programme has used 3D modelling to digitally reconstruct it with @nmireland.bsky.social for #wordsonthewave exhibition: @heritagecouncil.ie
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
One of the highlights of Words on the Wave at @NMIreland is Cod. Sang. 51—an 8th-c. Irish Gospel book with rare depictions of the Crucifixion & Second Coming. On display until 24 Oct. 🕊️ More: www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
Depiction of the Second Coming in the ‘Irish Gospels of St Gall’; St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang 51, p. 267. © Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Make Your Thursdays Count! Looking for something different after work? 🕔 The National Museum of Ireland – Kildare Street is open late on Thurs 11 & 18 Sept until 8 PM. ✨ Discover the stunning Words on the Wave exhibition 📍 Free entry, no booking needed. www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/L...
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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Hut site and cairns in the eroding sand dunes on the Doorin Point survey. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social
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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Eroding shell middens recorded surveying around Doorin Point, Donegal. @cormacduffy.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social
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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Checking out the erratics used as land marks, place names, fossils and rock formations on the foreshore around Doorin Point promontory fort in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social #Riagrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social
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Cormac Duffy @cormacduffy.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
This was a really cool find on the recent survey, tracks running for over 500m across the intertidal zone. #climateiretage
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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Erosion cut through a stream making a new waterfall with the original now dry valley on the townland boundary seen further south. Doorin Point in Donegal @cormacduffy.bsky.social This project is grant aided by #RIAgrants funded by @nationalmons.bsky.social @ria.ie @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 05/08/2025
New research from @oxmartinschool.bsky.social and @smithschool.ox.ac.uk shows policymakers are seriously underestimating how willing the public is to step up on climate action. Read more ⬇️ #OxfordClimate
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Oxford researchers find policymakers underestimate public support for
New research by University of Oxford researchers from the Institute of New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Saïd Business School and Smith School of Enterprise and Environment finds
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Edward Pollard @edwardpollard.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Good start finding submerged forests and old landing places. Looking forward to going around the promontory fort on Doorin Point when continue in a couple of weeks #RIAgrants @ria.ie @nationalmons.bsky.social
Timber on an artificially cleared shoreSubmerged birch forestThorfinn and Cormac walking along shore in front of eroding drumlinView of Doorin Point promontory fort from the shore
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
For those who caught the @rteone.rte.ie coverage of our work on eroding archaeology on the Copper Coast & would like to know more, check out this tour of Illaunobrick Promontory Fort from our Maritime Archaeologist Dr @edwardpollard.bsky.social: youtu.be/34KhLwKwTHc?... @heritagecouncil.ie
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Tour of Illaunobrick Iron Age Promontory Fort
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Cormac Duffy @cormacduffy.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
It was great to be back in Donegal working on the Doorin Point coastal zone assessment led by @edwardpollard.bsky.social of @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social #climateiretage #archaeology #climateheritage
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 13/06/2025
In our second EAD celebration, today the CHERISH project (@discoveryprogramme.bsky.social, @rcahmwales.bsky.social, @aberuni.bsky.social, @geolsurvie.bsky.social) launches its UAV dataset, now digitally preserved for long-term open access in the Repository! Find out more: dri.ie/news/europea...
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
‪🎧 Listen: @niamhwycherley.bsky.social‬(Maynooth Univ.) Explores the unique exhibition Words on the Wave: Ireland & St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe on the Medieval Irish History Podcast—joined by Dr. Diarmuid Ó Riain & Matt Seaver (NMI). open.spotify.com/episode/3o3x...
Detail from Cod. Sang. 51 © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Curator Matt Seaver joins ‪@newstalkfm.bsky.social‬'s #TalkingHistory podcast to reveal the story behind “Words on the Wave” — a stunning new exhibition at @NMIreland. Treasures returned to Ireland after more than 1,000 years. 🎧 Listen: www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...
An image of the new exhibition, Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe- Discover how science, art, archaeology and the study of script help reveal the links between Ireland and Europe
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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
We're hiring @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! Seeking a Lecturer/Assistant Professor for the Department of Early Irish and programme in Irish Cultural Heritage @maynoothuniversity.ie next year. Deadline 25 June 2025. More info here: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
A medieval mystery resurfaces. The Lough Kinale Shrine, once lost in an Irish lake, is now conserved. Explore the story of this sacred artefact and its journey through time, then see it in person from 30th May, 2025, at the National Museum of Ireland. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
The front of the Lough Kinale Book-Shrine (National Museum of Ireland)
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 07/05/2025
TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Cormac Duffy @cormacduffy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Happy star wars day, from the planet Ahch-to! #maythe4th #donegal #malinhead
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Explore the fascinating early medieval Irish depictions of Christ on the Cross. Discover the beautifully illustrated Gospel-book (Cod. Sang. 51) & the Crucifixion plaque from Rinnagan, Co. Roscommon. #NMIBlog #CuratorBlog #Archaeology www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
Detail of a Crucifixion scene in St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang 51, p. 266. © Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 11/04/2025
DRI's @lisagriffith.bsky.social and Stuart Kenny along with members of the @irelandmapped.bsky.social project contributed to a new paper on ‘A Digital Archive of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey’: Connecting Collections for Nineteenth-Century Ireland: doi.org/10.5334/johd... #Mapping #OrdnanceSurvey
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‘A Digital Archive of Ireland’s Ordnance Survey’: Connecting Collections for Nineteenth-Century Ireland | Journal of Open Humanities Data
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National Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
In the mid-9th century, amidst fierce Viking raids, scribes in northeast Ireland copied a Latin textbook written in 6th-century Constantinople, this manuscript, is key to understanding the Irish language of the time. #NMIBlog #MuseumBlog #CuratorBlog #Archaeology www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
An Incipit (opening letter) with two birds from the St. Gallen manuscript Priscian Institutiones Grammaticae, Cod. Sang 904, p. 25. © Stiftsbibliothek St Gallen.
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
#LoughcrewEquinox Day 7 - Cairn T 3D model. Happy Spring Equinox from Discovery Programme! At Loughcrew, Cairn T’s passage aligns with today's sunrise. Cairn T is managed by @opwireland.bsky.social, it's currently not safe to enter, so we've collaborated to share 3D models of the site
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Cairn T, Loughcrew - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme)
Cairn T is one of the largest passage tombs at Loughcrew (SMR No. ME015-012004-). It can be found near Oldcastle in County Meath. It is part of Loughcrew Megalithic Cemetery: a group of Neolithic…
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
#LoughcrewEquinox Day 6 – Orthostat L2, passage. At Loughcrew, Cairn T’s passage aligns with the equinox sunrise. Loughcrew is managed by @opwireland.bsky.social. It's currently not safe to enter, so we've collaborated to share 3D models of its megalithic art until Equinox (tomorrow!) skfb.ly/puU7F
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Orthostat L2, Cairn T, Loughcrew (Stone) - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme)
This 3D model is of the decorated orthostat L2 within the passage at Cairn T, Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland (SMR No. ME015-012004-). The tomb’s passage is aligned on the equinox - at these times of...
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
#LoughcrewEquinox Day 4 – Ceiling Stone At Loughcrew the main tomb’s passage aligns with the equinox sunrise. Loughcrew is managed by @opwireland.bsky.social. It's currently not safe to enter, so we've collaborated to share 3D models of its megalithic art from now until Equinox
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Ceiling Stone, Cairn T, Loughcrew (Stone) - 3D model by The Discovery Programme (@discoveryprogramme)
This 3D model is of the decorated orthostat the ceiling stone within the chamber at Cairn T, Loughcrew, County Meath, Ireland (SMR No. ME015-012004-). The tomb’s passage is aligned on the equinox -…
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 07/03/2025
📢This year's Irish Historic Towns Atlas seminar is on 'Water, Towns and Topography' in Academy House on 28 May 2025 and is being convened with the Irish Walled Towns Network @heritagecouncil.ie www.ria.ie/2025/03/05/c... Proposals for 20-minute papers are invited by 28 March: Please share #IHTA
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Call for Papers - Irish Historic Towns Atlas Seminar 2025: 'Water, Towns and Topography' - Royal Irish Academy
This year’s IHTA Seminar is being convened with the Irish Walled Towns Network, an initiative of the Heritage Council. It will take place on Wednesday 28 May 2025 in the Royal Irish Academy and propos...
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Lars S. Sørensen @handansken.eurosky.social · 24/02/2025
He really encapsulates 2025.
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 25/02/2025
The Archaeology Research Grants scheme and Radiocarbon dates scheme are open to applications until 27th March. Both schemes are offered across the island of Ireland and are open to applications from archaeological researchers/archaeologists, including students and PHD candidates.
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Archaeology Research Grants and Archaeology Radiocarbon dates schemes open - Royal Irish Academy
The Royal Irish Academy is pleased to once again welcome applications to the Archaeology Research Grants scheme and Radiocarbon dates scheme thanks to support from the National Monuments Service, Hist...
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The Discovery Programme have been collaborating with @nmireland.bsky.social on some of their most exciting artefacts. Read all about the work on the Banagher Cross in their latest blog! We undertook laser scanning & reprocessed the data to create these detailed images of its decorations
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Cormac Duffy @cormacduffy.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Read about some of the great collaborative work between @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social and @nmireland.bsky.social here. Looking forward to the Words on the Wave exhibition launching soon.
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
#frameworksfebruary 5/8 In the Frameworks for Archaeological Research #FAR survey we asked... In your opinion, which of the following represents the single biggest challenge to the conduct of future research on the island? You answered... @nationalmons.bsky.social @heritagecouncil.ie
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The Discovery Programme @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Happy Valentine’s Day! 💘 Holed stones in the landscape are prehistoric in origin, but over time became associated with oath-taking, used by lovers for making promises or getting engaged. We found these holed stones during CHERISH project fieldwork, perhaps used for this purpose #cherishlegacy
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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Say it with Megafauna on February 14th! Cave art drawing of a mammoth, perhaps showing the position of the heart. From El Pindal Cave, Asturias, Spain. Around 15,000 years old. Photo: Berenguer (1994) 🦣❤️🏺
Outline of a mammoth facing left in red ochre on beig limestone rock surface, the trunk drags along for floor. in the middle of the thorax is a red heart-shaped solid are of red ochre
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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Spread the word! There is now a climate & heritage feed. Tag with #climateheritage for all things related to climate change impacts on tangible & intangible cultural heritage & what to do about it. 🏺🧪🗃️🌎 bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Cormac Duffy @cormacduffy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I love this great local example of heritage interpretation. Well done all involved! www.derryjournal.com/news/people/...
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World first as bus stop in Derry estate gets Amelia Earhart treatment
Joe Campbell has come up with a new concept to make waiting for the bus in Galliagh a little more interesting.
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