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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thank you to Derbyshire Archaeological Society for donating and cataloguing drawings of some inclines, structures, equipment and other elements of the Cromford & High Peak Railway, which were rescued from High Peak Junction when the line closed in the 1960s. #NewAccession

Collage of 3 photographs showing 1) a collection of rolled and flat drawings on a brown table with document weights in the foreground and a laptop computer in the background; 2) extract of a technical drawing labelled 'Chain Clips Malleable Castings. Full size'; 3) Large view of a drawing labelled 'High Peak Railway No. 6 Incline Aug. 25th 1856' and also featuring a drawing of a 'Vertical Roller'.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I share places like Repton in my weekly Genius Loci Digest - an architectural photographer’s camper-van-camino through Britain, exploring places that help me feel rooted in a longer story. Join me for free:👉 www.digest.andymarsh... 🎨Art=my own.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

✨ It wasn’t until I first saw the Saxon crypt at St Wystan’s, Repton, that I understood John Betjeman’s words: ‘Holy air encased in stone.’ I’ve never felt the past so close, or found such comfort in feeling rooted in a longer story. A real hidden gem, a must see.

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#Derbyshire #Archaeology #PeakDistrict If you're in the Tideswell area on Sat 10th Oct this looks great - Tideswell Living History Group have a narrated slide show plus displays, artefacts and documents about the history of Tideswell's manor from the 1300s on. And cake - don't forget the cake!

A poster for an event: 'Tideswell Living History Group presents "Where was Tideswell Manor House?" Saturday 10th October, Fountain Square Church 10am to 4pm (one day only) Refreshments and cake stall'

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Rupert Ferguson @druidtombraider.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bird's-eye view of Arbor Low, a well-preserved Neolithic henge in the Derbyshire Peak District, courtesy of Michael Allen. #StandingStoneSunday #StandingStoneSunday #megaliths #Neolithic #BronzeAge #Archaeology

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Ste Lingard @stelingard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Mellor viewed from the east, its elevation much clearer in the low winter sun. Part of Marple Bridge is visible in the background. 📷 Google Earth, January 2022 #HillfortsWednesday #Derbyshire

A satellite image of a pastoral landscape, with hedged fields, farms and lanes. The edge of a built-up area is visible in the background. In the centre, a broad, flat-topped ridge rises, running away from the camera. The sunlight illuminates its slope down to the left, whilst to the right it casts a long shadow.

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Zoe @ineffablerat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Nine Ladies on Stanton Moor and nearby Doll Tor from our recent visit #StandingStoneSunday

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It has been pointed out that it was remiss of me to overlook the obvious comparator - exceedingly good pottery #FindsFriday

A sherd of Staffordshire slipware (16th-17th century), with its characteristic combed 'slip' glaze pattern

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Reminds me of the 1982 world cup coke can I once found dating a demolition context in Sheffield, happy days!

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

(Left) Staffordshire slipware pottery (16th-17th century) (Right) Fox's Party Ring biscuits (20th-21st century) #FindsFriday

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The coarseware-biccy complex is inadequately theorised, I feel

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Like goose-flesh petrified". Thus John Pearson Gillam (Chezvegas lad and Roman pot brain) described Derbyshire Ware in 1939 A coarse gritty fabric with pimples, made in central Derbys from the 2nd C on - focus around Hazelwood and Holbrook but we recently found a kiln near Bolsover #FindsFriday

Broken edge of a Derbyshire Ware sherd showing a purple colour in cross section with plenty of gritty and sandy inclusions 📸from potsherd.net

Derbyshire ware sherd showing its characteristic pimply surface formed by plentiful gritty inclusions 📸from potsherd.net

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

#Derbyshire #Archaeology has been on holiday In our occasional series featuring very big sections and daring PPE, here's Denis Peyrony, one of the pioneers of French prehistory, standing below this whopping 7m sequence at La Micoque rock shelter in 1931. Fear not, he has his safety beret on!

Denis Peyrony stands below a 7m palaeolithic sequence at La Micoque, Dordogne, France in 1931. Photo from the (rather fantastic) Musée national de Préhistoire.

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Enricharch @enricharch.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

What does an archaeologist do in their spare time? Why visit digs! This is the #DiggingDerventio trench near Chester Green. Will return next week for an update 😁 #Roman #Derby

Black and white image of an archaeological trench. There's a lot of larger stones of 20cm+ and a scatter of small ones too.

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A bit early for #FindsFriday but it's rude not to! The blade end of a stone axe from Aldwark, courtesy of @arsltd.bsky.social. This came from a small pit with other Neolithic goodies. Probably* volcanic greenstone from the Langdale Pikes in Cumbria *someone will be along to correct me in a minute

Four images showing the blade end of a pale grey polished stone axe from all angles, held in an archaeologist's hand 📸Archaeological Research Services

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Happy memories digging here with Gary Lock and Chris Gosden 1997-99, two seasons of lovely Iron Age pits and one of hard graft in the hillfort ditch

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Society for Landscape Studies @soclandstudies.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

How about exploring the #landscape of the #Peak District in September? There's still time to register for our day of lectures and field visit on 19 and 20 September organised with @tudorfarming.bsky.social. Details at the link. Please spread the word www.landscapestudies.com/society-even...

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Society for Landscape Studies conference 2026 Hartington | The Society for Landscape Studies

Society for Landscape Studies 2026 conference in collaboration with Tudor Farming Interpretation Group 19th & 20th September 2026 Hartington, Buxton

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Enricharch @enricharch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Out with members of @tudorfarming.bsky.social doing a contour survey in the hunt for the first settlement at Under Whitle. @spanglish51.bsky.social it's a bit humid now!

Black and white image of volunteers taking measurements of the ground level in order to highlight possible features hidden in the dense grass.

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

So sorry Lorna, love and strength ❤️

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

What a beauty. This lovely ovate handaxe in the 'Acheulean' tradition belongs at the crossover between the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic 350,000-200,000 years ago, and may have been made by late Heidelbergensis or early Neanderthal humans. Found in a ploughed field in Hopton, 1953 #FindsFriday

Acheulean hand axe from Hopton, Derbyshire, found close to what is now the top end of Carsington Water in a ploughed field in 1953. An ovate biface in a grey and ochre flint, worked by hard hammer technology and retouched around the edges. The British Museum specialist who examined the axe in 1953 believed that it belonged at the crossover between the extraordinarily long-lived Acheulean tradition (2 million to 200,000 years ago) and the Middle Palaeolithic 'Mousterian' technology 📸Buxton Museum

Pen and ink drawing of the Hopton handaxe from Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 1954, by A Leslie Armstrong. Copyright Derbyshire Archaeological Society

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

If the sun was a satsuma on the central stone of Arbor Low Pluto would be a grain of salt 320m away on the Gib Hill barrow And the nearest star would be in southern Spain Made this model once with my kids (not the Spain bit), and when we got back our sun had been nicked! #Derbyshire #Archaeology

The wonderful Arbor Low, Derbyshire's horizontal Stonehenge, photographed in warm evening sun by Historic England in 2005. The bank to the north is known as 'The Avenue' but may just be a prehistoric field boundary. Gib Hill - a Neolithic long barrow with a later round barrow superimposed - is beyond the northern edge of the photo. 📸Historic England archive, 20493_045, Dave MacLeod, 2005

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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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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social keep bringing it at Boulton Moor - here's a nice intact Roman pot from a well or watering hole. Let's hope that trowel doesn't slip. And a hammered silver penny (Edward I or II) just to spoil the Roman vibe!

An intact Roman pot - a greyware urn or vase - being excavated by the gloved hand of an archaeologist holding a trowel. The pot is on its side and the rim protrudes from the earth, while the base of the pot is still inside the section. Image credit PCA

The reverse side of a hammered silver penny being held between the fingers and thumb of an archaeologist. The coin is the long cross type typical of Edward I and II - a solid cross with three pellets in each quarter. Image credit PCA

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It was made by a Roman glassmaker c2nd century CE, probably strung with other beads to form a necklace or pendant

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

#FindsFriday And there's more - a blue glass 'melon' bead so freshly dug it's still covered in clart! #Derbyshire #Archaeology

A blue glass 'melon' bead of Late Iron Age or Roman date, Boulton Moor Derby. The bead looks like a miniature blue hand grenade and is being held between the mucky fingers of an archaeologist. Image credit PCA

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

😀maybe some organic residue analysis is called for

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

#FindsFriday More Roman gubbins from Boulton Moor, a lovely little pottery flask (perfume bottle?) that emerged intact last week #Derbyshire #Archaeology

An orange-clad archaeologist holds a small Roman pottery flask, against the background of an extensive archaeological site under excavation. Photo credit PCA

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

#FindsFriday To cheer us up after that Roman road disappointment, Boulton Moor is heaving with Roman goodies. A dense area of Roman rural activity with possible Iron Age origins and a good opportunity to investigate the interface. Here's a lovely mortarium base fresh out of the ground.

A large piece of Roman mortarium base, held by an archaeologist in orange high-vis, with an active archaeological site in the background with piles of bulk sample tubs. 📸my own, PCA are the archaeologists on site

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

You can't win them all! It is indeed (just) a recent farm track. We now suspect the 'Portway' may run south of the field boundary, mostly removed by the quarry activity there, though there may still be a chance to catch some peripheral remains. Kudos to TVAS for a neat job sorting all this out!

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Something else has started to peep out just to the north - is it just a recent farm track or might there be something earlier underneath?

Drone photography showing an archaeologically stripped area with outcropping limestone bedrock, plus a linear trackway feature starting to emerge. Archaeologists are visible working on the site. Image credit TVAS.

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Well, beautifully cleaned up by the TVAS team and photographed by drone, it turned out to be limestone 'pavement' - outcropping bedrock in other words. Back to the drawing board, but ...

Drone photograph showing an area of limestone pavement bedrock with parallel fissures and cracks, with an archaeological scale at the centre. Photo credit TVAS

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Roman road or limestone pavement? On the line of the 'Portway' above Grangemill with TVAS last week ... #Derbyshire #Archaeology her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR...

A stripped archaeological area, showing a spread of limestone rubble with a straight edge to the left hand side, and shovels propped against the section in the background 📸my own

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

✨ A hidden gem at St. Oswald’s, Ashbourne – an ancient oak door carrying the golden stain of time. Its bird-head hinges and inserted ogee tracery feel mid C14th or earlier – fragments perhaps salvaged from a lost rood screen and folded back into the life of the church.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Remarkably, on a wall in St. Oswald’s, Ashbourne, the original brass consecration plate of 1241 survives - in honour of St. Oswald (Oswaldi). It feels like a wormhole - as though the medieval world has briefly surfaced in the present - captured like a fly in amber.

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Brand new DAJ landed on my desk this morning, Bronze Age cremations from Mouselow and a medieval moated site at Shirebrook, coffee time reading sorted! Great job by contributors and editors! #Derbyshire #Archaeology

Front cover of Derbyshire Archaeological Journal Volume 145 2025, with an illustration of a decorated clay pipe recorded by Portable Antiquities Scheme

Back cover of Derbyshire Archaeological Journal, with contents list

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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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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's home from work work we go… if only! Start the week with T’Owd Man, the lead miner of St Mary’s, Wirksworth, Derbyshire (formerly of St. James’s, Bonsall) - a thousand years of carrying his pick and basket and still he carries on!

Small stone carving of a skirted man carrying a lead mining poll-pick and an ore basket. The carving is thought to be Anglo-Saxon in date and is now housed at St Mary’s church in Wirksworth in Derbyshire, England.

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DerbyshireArchaeology @derbyshirearch.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Nice preservation of padstone sleeper blocks and a cobbled surface from the 1796 Peak Forest Tramway at Chapel-en-le-Frith, courtesy of Team Civic. Originally a horse- and gravity-powered tramway linking Dove Holes quarries to the Peak Forest Canal at Bugsworth Basin #Derbyshire #Archaeology

Padstone sleeper blocks and a cobbled surface belonging to the 1796 Peak Forest Tramway, Ashbourne Lane, Chapel-en-le-Frith. Photo credit Civic Heritage

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Rob Hedge @robhedge.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A cartoon to illustrate Ellen Durbin's excellent Diggers' Forum article on the awkward disconnect, raised by @sarahmay1.bsky.social, between the impact of archaeology and the impact on archaeologists. There'll be more from me in future issues of British Archaeology. 🏺

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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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Enricharch @enricharch.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Ok, it's coming! @buxtonfringe.bsky.social is in July and we have some talks for your delectation! First up we have @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social who will be giving us the lowdown on the Castles of Derbyshire on the 8th July. Tickets on sale now! Castles of Derbyshire. tinyurl.com/5n7dh2pm

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Renowned buildings archaeologist James Wright takes us into the world of medieval castles in Derbyshire. Expect more mythbusting!

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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Happy birthday to the Peak District National Park, designated #otd 13 April 1951. Originally 555 square miles of moor and valley, the 'great north roof of England.' It would never have happened but for one woman... 1/4

Map of the Peak District National Park, designated 13 April 1951

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Ste Lingard @stelingard.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Mam Tor, viewed from the south east in 1975. Signs of occupation are visible, terraced into the slope away from the prevailing westerly. The A625 is just out shot at the bottom right - it closed four years later. #HillfortsWednesday #Derbyshire 📷 Cambridge Air Photos CUCAP BWG84

A black and white aerial photograph of a large hill, with a bank and ditch circuit around the top. The near side has suffered heavily from landslips.

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Halo Grottesco @halogrottesco.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

This strange arrangement on Chatsworth Road in Chesterfield always makes me smile. Perhaps even more mysterious than its Neolithic stone counterparts as to why it's there! 😂

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