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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 23h

Home for the next few days. Huge thanks to @butserancientfarm.co.uk for welcoming all of us from @uclarchaeology.bsky.social and @archsoutheast.bsky.social back for another year. Today our new first years start their journey with us on the Experimental Archaeology Course. #ArchaeoTech26 🏺🛖

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 23h

#AdoorableThursday The spectacular medieval west door of St David's Cathedral 🤩, Pembrokeshire, largely built of local purple Caerfai stone 📷 My own, last weekend

A great cathedral door with multiple Norman arches

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Ah - the usual fun of having *brought* some new trainers this morning, only to find that all my social media feeds are now full (& will be for ages..) of adverts for trainers I *could* have brought... 🙄 So much for the superiority of AI, computers and algorithms...🫣

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you like hillforts AND Brochs, here's a fantastic combo for #HillfortsWednesday Edin's Hall: a Late Iron Age broch inside a rectangular enclosure inside an earlier Iron Age bivallate 0.9ha hillfort Scottish Borders / Crìochan na h-Alba Kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011 🤩 #HillfortsWednesday

Aerial photo looking down at the grass covered ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort with circular stone broch on the left and trees beyond

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Stonea, Cambridgeshire, a Fenland Iron Age enclosure or Britain's lowest 'Hillfort'. Later contained a Roman settlement with a multi-story tower that must have dominated the entire landscape for miles. 1/3 #HillfortsWednesday

View from the Easten bank across the grassy interior of Stonea, under a big blue cloudy sky

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For #HillfortsWednesday the enormous, but heavily eroded, coastal promontory fort at Porth y rhaw, Pembrokeshire, in the care of @nattrustarch.bsky.social 🤩 The 5 metre+ high ramparts are among the most massive anywhere in west Wales. Excavations have revealed a long occupation 📷 My own, Saturday

A view along a cliff lined coast with the sea on the right & blue sky beyond

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Orcadian Gothic A Neolithic couple stand before the chambered cairn of Wideford Hill #Orkney Painting by Brian Lee, spotted on the Historic Scotland site interpretation board, in homage to Grant Wood's famous 1930 painting Well played 👏 📷 Aug 2024 #TombTuesday #Archaeology

A woman with yellow hair and man with grey, both dressed in Neolithic textiles and furs, the man holding a shovel, stand infront of a stone built structure with thatched roof. Neither look happy

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tomb with a view - Taversoe Tuick, a Neolithic chambered cairn on Rousay (one of the Orkney islands). Rousay is often referred to as the ‘Egypt of the North’ on account of its many wonderful archaeological sites. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Rousay #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy #TombTuesday to those who celebrate On Saturday I made my first ascent up Carn Llidi above St David's & finally saw the two small Neolithic tombs built on a rocky ledge 👌 Helpfully the wartime builders of an adjacent concrete lookout didn't disturb them; an amazing ancient place 📷 My own

Two low rocky chambers on a grassy saddle below an outcrop

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A stunning autumn sunset along Aberystwyth prom tonight 🌞🤩

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The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales @wtsww.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Last chance to become a member ahead of island booking season! Members of The Wildlife Trust of South & West Wales have priority to book overnight stays on Skomer and Skokholm. For priority booking, please join as a member before the 2nd October. Become a member today ➡️ champ.ly/pfn5OuVH

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The half-timbered early 16th century ‘Pitchmarket’ at Cerne Abbas in Dorset. The name derives from the market which was once held outside the house, where millers would ‘pitch’ for corn. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #CerneAbbey #Dorset

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I encountered some excellent warning signs walking the Pembrokeshire coast path this weekend 😬🫣. Kudos to the designers of some truly terrifying graphics 😅👌

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Oh yes, Blackwells Edinburgh, that’s how to display it! Show it’s lovely cover off😍 Thank you! #Echolands A Journey in Search of Boudica. #BoudicaFriday

A copy of Echolands by Duncan Mackay on a bookshelf with its cover on display

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#StandingStoneSunday A flying visit today to the stunning C9th-10th AD Nevern high cross, very likely standing on or close to its original spot on an early Christian site. One the great treasures of Pembrokeshire 🤩 📷 My own

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The glorious autumn sunshine finally came out at sunset yesterday over the ancient Tyddewi/St David's cathedral - flying the flag of Owain Glyndwr 🌞 Have a great Sunday everyone 👌 📷 My own

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The masonry footings to a 4th century Romano Celtic temple Preserved within the sheep-gnawed grass of Maiden Castle hillfort #Dorset Excavated by Tessa Wheeler in 1934-5 Visiting with @buarchanth.bsky.social Sept 2026 #RomanSiteSaturday

The low masonry walls of a Roman temple building, one square room within another, preserved in the grass with people approaching and blue cloud flecked sky behind

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Excellent news. Far too many local societies, village hall groups & Facebook events falling back on dreadful AI posters - which all look the same 🙄😬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bristol venues strike back against AI generated artwork

Café Kino is the latest venue to ban the use of AI artwork over ethical and sustainability concerns.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The waters of St Non's holy well in Pembrokeshire - famous for curing ailments - were used on my ankle tendon this afternoon ahead of next week's Cardiff Half Marathon 👌🤞 #HealingSprings 🌊 📷 My own

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A beautiful evening in Tyddewi/St David's last night. The extraordinary cathedral never disappoints..🤩 📷 My own

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Patrick Brannigan @patrickjmb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fond memories of Dr Rena Maguire - @justrena.bsky.social Her kindness and insightful wit. She helped me identify these wonderful Konik ponies along the Quoile Waterway (here in Lecale County Down) commenting on their origins and lovely markings. May She rest in Peace.

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Cambridge Archaeological Unit @cambridgearch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The first phase of Over Needingworth’s Barrow 20 involved an in-situ cremation event followed by the construction of a turf mound. The cremation took place directly on the buried soil surface and left traces of the pyre remains.

An overhead drone shot showing a round barrow in the process of being excavated. Four slots one in each quadrant are present and the dark ring of the ditch is visible at the edge of the barrow.

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Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So awful to hear of the passing of Dr Rena Maguire today. A huge loss, and gone far too soon. She had a unique understanding of prehistory as intimately tethered to cultural history. I will miss that insight. Rest in peace.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A Late Iron Age, Black Burnished Ware pottery tankard 📷 Sept 2026 Found as a grave accessory at Wynford Eagle and now in Dorset Museum It would have originally held just over 4 pints - cheers 🍻 #FindsFriday #FridayFeeling

Brown / grey Pottery tankard with handle in a museum case

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An extraordinary Roman Samian vessel with leaping tigers excavated at Wroxeter/ Viroconium & on display in the splendid Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery #FindsFriday 📷 My own, 2024

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Popped in to the Oriel Gallery at Llangefni to see the Trysor exhibition of recent metal detector finds on Anglesey including some of the new metalwork from the Llyn Cerrig Bach survey. Amazed at the amount of (Roman ?) smelted copper ingots on show. Great landscape paintings too - loved the montage

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

An amazing set of carved stone heads here.. potentially some date to later prehistoric or Roman times 🧐🤔

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Delighted to be asked to talk at the launch of Julie Brominicks' beautiful Cader Idris book last night to a packed audience in Machynlleth, as part of a longer evening of brilliant speakers, farmers, harpists & poets. A wonderful book, with some archaeology tucked in there too 😉🥰

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The form of Milber Down Iron Age hillfort in #Devon can today be difficult to appreciate, with a road cutting through it and one half covered by trees LiDAR helps resolve this 🤩 📷 © HE Archive 33541_039 🛩 © Environment Agency / Devon CC See: www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvi... #HillfortsWednesday

Aerial photograph showing two halves of an Iron Age hillfort, one covered in grass, with ploughed fields around, the other covered in trees, with a linear road running through the middle

LiDAR plot in black and white, showing the extent Iron Age hillfort ramparts covered in trees

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The coastal promontory #hillfort at Dinas Gynfor, Anglesey. The landward defences of limestone blocks are largely hidden in bracken but can be seen tracing a line on the right in the 2nd photo. Lola the collie stands in the entrance. The lidar shows the rampart well + view from E #HillfortsWednesday

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#HillfortsWednesday some of my own photos of Nash point camp. Taken by myself 😊

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Bisected by road and half covered in trees, the multivallate Iron Age hillfort of Milber Down #Devon can be difficult to fully appreciate on the ground Here it is seen from the air 📷 © Frances Griffith 1985 / Devon County Council www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvi... It's #HillfortsWednesday

The three ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort in a black and white aerial photograph showing one half, the left, covered in trees, one half, the right, covered in grass and a road running through the middle

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The looming silhouette of Darren Camp hillfort in Ceredigion for #HillfortsWednesday, plus some sheep 🐑 Excavations by the Early Mines Research Group revealed that the hillfort ditches cut through lead & copper ore seams, on a hill summit rich in mining wealth. 📷 My own, Sunday

A domed summit seen across a field of sheep with blue skies beyond

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

After banning CNN, MS NOW & Politico from the White House, he installs State-Run television, just like they have in so many other countries... Sieg Heil, ya'll. #38Days 🌊

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Angela O'Brien / GrecianGirly @greciangirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The 5,500 year-old Neolithic Pentre Irfan Burial Chamber in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The chamber, constructed ca 3,500 BCE to 3,000 BCE, is constructed of local bluestone which was also used at Stonehenge. It also has a capstone that weighs 16 tons! There was a class of art students at the site today.😊

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Island life in 1889 😮 A view published by Roscoe Howells in 1968 of ponies being loaded into a boat on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, for transit to Skokholm Island in 1889 That trip of 4 miles would take a good hour in a modern boat - I'm pleased to see at least they have a calm morning! 🌞😬

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 22/09/2026

More than £1.8 million is being invested in a new research scheme that will see PhD students work with some of Wales’ biggest cultural and heritage organisations to explore the country’s history, culture and identity

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£1.8m research scheme to explore Wales’ history, culture and identity

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Oscar Lozada @oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Legend has it if you pour water into the holes on the top of this capstone, you'll summon a devil to drink it all up! 📍 Devil's Den in Wiltshire, near Avebury, the remains of a Neolithic long barrow #TombTuesday 📸 Mine #archaeology #photooftheday 🏺

View from underneath a dolmen, with standing stones on either side holding up a huge caostine under a blue sky

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Starting the day with a morning dip alongside Aberystwyth's bandstand as the town wakes up. Not quite the summer heatwave mornings, but still warm in the sea 🌊 Have a great Tuesday everyone

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Last light across Cwmrheidol valley near Aberystwyth last night 🌞🍂 Have a great week ahead everyone 🍻 📷 My own

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hardknott Roman fort 360. #RomanFortThursday but on a Sunday.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Expecting some faeries below this toadstool today 🧐

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jessstilllife.bsky.social @jessstilllife.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Langstone, a late Neolithic/early Bronze Age standing stone with distinctive shape, looking towards the Langstone Moor stone circle in shadow on the left and Great Mis Tor. The circular indents on the stone are bullet marks from its use as target practice before D Day #StandingStoneSunday

A tall, 3 metre high standing stone with a jagged outline and jumbled rocks at its base. A tor in sunlight and cloud shadows is visible beyond a stretch of grassy moorland

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Happy #StandingStoneSunday 🥳🌞 This is one of the taller stones (nearly twice head height) in the remote & spectacular Drizzlecombe stone row complex at Yelverton, Dartmoor 🥰 Well worth a visit! 📷 My own, May 2026

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

today its 17 years to the day since i moved to Bournemouth for uni, but in that time and from all the angles i've admired Corfe Castle, today was the first time i'd actually been inside with the (free) heritage open day so here's some pics of that #CastleSaturday 🧵

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carriecanham.bsky.social @carriecanham.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Fab to see Ceredigion Museum’s work, and particularly Oz as the poster boy for this funding notification.

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Do you know @thescottishcrannog.bsky.social artefacts excavations of Oakbank Crannog have been recognised as Nationally Significant, including 2500 year old fabrics. Real privilege to present on behalf of @archscot.bsky.social on Why Archaeology Matters At This Time? as part of #ScotArchMonth

Side of crannog walkway overlooking Loch

View out of crannog door to distant thatched buildings

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