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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 1h

In the museum they have an (almost) Playmobil arch to play with…

Instructions for constructing a model Roman arch.

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Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 @moleymole.bsky.social · 1h

I think @theduncanmackay.bsky.social has a lot to answer for…

Playmobil Legionaries in Testudo formation standing by a cardboard box with a flat pack Ikea Roman triumphal arch RVTVPIAE label.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 1h

Now that would be a Playmobil worth having !

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 15h

Recreation of Richborough Roman coastal fort #Kent c AD 250 The fort enclosed an earlier triumphal arch Anyone who's read Rosemary Sutcliff's 1959 novel *The Lantern Bearers* will know the arch probably became a signal tower © Ivan Lapper 2001 (for the English Heritage guide) #RomanFortThursday

Aerial reconstruction painting of a rectangular Roman fort with a large white marble arch at the centre and buildings, some being demolished, surrounding the triple ditches and sea to the left

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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's worth adding that the Yorkshire Museum is also hosting an exhibition of the stunning Iron Age Melsonby Hoard 'Chariots, Treasure & Power'. Well worth a visit (even if it's not Roman 😉). Runs to summer 2027. 📷 my own 2026 #Brigantes #IronAge #RomanAdjacent

The Block - a corroded mass of 88 Iron Age objects from the Melsonby Hoard, including spear heads, horse harnesses and decorative metalwork.

Copper alloy wine-mixing bowl from the Melsonby Hoard. (Iron Age)

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Graham Taylor @pottedhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Loved making this video for Corbridge Roman site with Frances McIntosh, English Heritage Collections Curator for Hadrian’s Wall. 🏺 This head pot, made by local potters at Corbridge has some really interesting features. #Archaeology #AncientBluesky vimeo.com/708232125/eb...

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Roman Pottery

Join Frances McIntosh, English Heritage Collections Curator for Hadrian’s Wall, as she visits expert potter Graham Taylor to discover how a modern potter uses historical methods to recreate distinctiv...

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Matthew Adams @ythos.bsky.social · 14h

Rosemary Sutcliff Klaxon.

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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 16h

At Piercebridge, County Durham, you can see the remains of the Roman bridge over the River Tees and the 3rd cent. fort built to guard it. But was there an earlier fort there? New blog at visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/10/Pier... #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain

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Piercebridge (Morbium) - Fort and Bridge

Built to control the River Tees crossing, the fort at Piercebridge ** in County Durham was a key strategic point on Dere Street, the Roman r...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 15h

#AncientTheatreThursday with the Gallo Roman theatre at Saxnay 🇫🇷 see more from the Loire & central France >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Cp...

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 13h

It's a very loose trilogy (and Eagle of the Ninth is the best) but the Silver Branch (set in the breakaway Empire of Carausius) and the Lantern Bearers (at the end of Roman Britain) are still very good 👍

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 13h

The Rosemary Sutcliffe klaxon is permanently ringing in my head 🤣

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 13h

Wasn't *the Lantern Beavers* a sequel to *Fanny by Gaslight*? Or am I misremembering 🤔

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 17h

The remains of Hardknott Roman Fort in Cumbria. Located on the western side of the Hardknott Pass at 800 ft, the fort was built between 120 and 138 AD. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Hardknott #Cumbria

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 15h

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Orion🌈&sm9eb @sm9eb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This guy's expression matches how I feel after waking up* convinced it's Friday and learning it's only Wednesday. * After Italy tried to get me up with the zoomies and running across my bladder for an hour. I'll take it as long as he's feeling better, but COME ON cat! 🧿

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CBHC / RCAHMW @rcahmwales.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Wales’s archaeology from the air! Discover this summer’s remarkable drought discoveries with @drtobydriver.bsky.social in Current Archaeology and the Time Team Podcast. 📖 zurl.co/vrp3d 🎧zurl.co/s7ff7 #Archaeology #Wales #hanescymru #yagym

Image of Caerhun Roman fort, near Conwy (Crown Copyright: RCAHMW).

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Now that I am safely back down out of the Rhinog mountains here are some more views of the Craig y Dinas hillfort. While considered to be Iron Age it reminded me a lot of small Early Medieval defended sites. The 2m wide wall is impressive as is the passage entrance. #HillfortsWednesday

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It is sad that there's no real context for any of them. Some are clearly genuine late Iron Age / Roman and some are Medieval whilst others are modern but without information on where they came from and who found them, the collection is really just an assemblage of intriguing curios 🙁

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A curious Celtic conundrum for #HillfortsWednesday A male mustachioed head said to have been found at Maiden Castle hillfort in #Dorset Is it Iron Age? 🤔 Part of the Rodney Legg collection 📷 © Trustees of the British Museum 2013.8017.106 Date unknown, importance unclear, investigation ongoing

A yellow block of limestone carved into a make face with moustache, flat nose and bulging eyes

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MAST Archaeology @mastarchaeology.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Terrific to welcome #ProfMichaelDooley Dorset Lord Lieutenant to our HQ in #Poole where we work in partnership with @buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social clearing on #maritimescience

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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oppidum de Moulay: Located on a naturally defended granite promontory at the confluence of the Mayenne and Aron rivers. #HillfortsWednesday With its exceptional size and planned internal layout, Moulay is the largest known oppidum in the Armorican Massif... More 1/

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Pete Herring @peteherring.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Brilliant sun illuminates the inner enclosure at Bury Down hillfort, Lanreath. On its hill's western crest, we look over the land towards the River Fowey, and the much later estate of Boconnoc with its dark woods. Fast approaching is a front of rain and winds, including lightning. Time to go.

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Hedley Thorne @hedleythorne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Castle hillfort, Wittenham Clumps earlier today; the distinctive, contour-hugging earthworks features the local depression known as the "Money Pit," tied to folklore of hidden treasure guarded by a raven. So there you go.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Never make post on a Wednesday with the opening line *this isn't a hillfort* 🤣🤣

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MandaEEEK🎃🐈‍⬛🧙🏻 @mandalee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This isn't a hillfort, but I'm posting it on #ancientBluesky anyway... Incredible amphora/dolia with friezes representing the Trojan War. Love the warriors peeking out of the horse on the neck of the vessel! Some of the scenes below are v violent though 😬 At the Mykonos Archaeological Museum, 📸mine

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Rupert Ferguson @druidtombraider.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The western ramparts of the Iron Age Hillfort on the summit of Earls Hill, near Oaks, Shropshire, courtesy of Jeremy Bolwell. #HillfortsWednesday #IronAge #Archaeology

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Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just passing the Craig y Dinas hillfort snd settlement on it’s rocky outcrop in Dyffryn Ardudwy with Moelfre in shadow behind it #HillfortsWednesday

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Vinni @rabensturmig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Exotic #HillfortsWednesday Mighty Walls of Kanazawa Castle

Foto: 4 Ebenen einer Steinmauer, vorn eine breite Treppe

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Lucy McCaul @lucymccaul.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Brigadier, are you absolutely sure nobody saw us when we went to Dorset? We wouldn't want any inexplicable relics hanging around." "Of course nobody saw us, Doctor... unless..." "Unless what?" "Well, there was that stonemason chap, but I'm pretty sure he was looking the other way."

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Could be he was a bit of a sulky madam

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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Martin's Haven fort: Fortified headland at Martin`s Haven, overlooking Skomer Island and on National Trust land. An interpretive board in the National Trust hut shows the hillfort encompassing this rocky outcrop. An entrance is clearly visible with grassed over walls 3 feet high.

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Dr. Adelle Bricking 🌼 @archaedelle.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Had a lovely day visiting sites in Monmouthshire with @drtobydriver.bsky.social and @churchillarch.bsky.social Our 1st stop was prompted by an interesting artefact reported to PAS Cymru, and the 2nd was Ysgyryd Fawr to check out the Iron Age earthworks still visible along the trail 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #archaeology

Selfie with me to the left wearing a black PAS Cymru fleece and ball cap, Toby to the right wearing a red Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales hoodie. We are smiling in front of a murky pool.

Photo of the hillfort from a higher vantage point on a stone outcrop, looking down the slope with Toby and Katie to the left. Rolling green hills and cloudy skies in the background.

Photo of sun beams through the clouds illuminating the town of Abergavenny in the distance.

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Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 @moleymole.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“I was nowhere near the student dormitory at the time” says Sir Nortibear, “but we may need to check the whereabouts of Harry Price and his stonemason’s chisel”

Smartly dressed bear with a splendid moustache and pipe looking at a glass display case containing the moustachioed stone head of uncertain provenance.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Or Charles Dawson and his electric drill 🤣

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Looks like an incredible place to survey 🤩🤩

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Brings home the horror of a Roman artillery assault - an utterly terrifying prospect 😱

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

⛰️ #HillfortsWednesday Burnswark: (Dumfriesshire) hillfort surrounded by two Roman camps. One of the most remarkable concentrations of Roman fire power found at a native site in Britain. Lead sling bullets, ballista balls & bolts, & arrowheads tell the story of a Roman assault. 📷 ©TrimontiumTrust

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