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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 4h

#FontsOnFriday with the frankly unbelievable level of detail from this font at St Peter's Church, Thorpe Salvin its c12 & exhibits a level of incredible realism for romanesque figurative art See more of our adventures from the UK >>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 4h

#FindsFriday with some of the traces of Islamic art & architecture from the Al Andalusian period in Jaén See more from Jaén in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2hQ...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 5h

#RuinedPrioryFriday with St Mary's Abbey at Duleek 🇮🇪 which also features the Duleek high cross

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 13h

Add “for Tax Purposes” to a movie: We Were Soldiers for Tax Purposes

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

#AdoorableThursday & a visit to Andalusia can only mean ...some very pleasant horseshoe arches, such as this from the Fortaleza of Alcala la Real See more from the Islamic fortress town in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2hQ...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

#AncientTheatreThursday with a revisit to Malaga's roman theatre, located rather spectacularly just below the Alcazaba, see more from there & the rest of the Andalusia in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mIW...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#WallsOnWednesday with the walls of the Albaicín, Granada 🇪🇸 This stretch just beneath the Palacio de Dar al-Horra See more of Granada in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mIW...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#HillfortsWednesday with Garn Fawr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 the gorgeous coast of Pembrokeshire stretching out to the west

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

also a first visit for us a couple of months back did not disappoint! Though the question that remained unanswered: If the pit is closed for lunch ...what are you feeding it??? 😨😨

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#MedievalMonday with the Baños del Nogal in Granada, a bath house from c11-12 See more of the historic centre of Granada in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mIW...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

😆😆 ...i mean, its a change from 'these were people who danced on the sabbath'

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

i simultaneously want a carnyx 😆 whilst also knowing i do not in the slightest have the brass technique to actually make a sound with one 😤

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#SundayStonework with just a fragment of the gorgeous detail of the Generalife, the summer palace of the Alhambra, Granada See much more in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mIW...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#StandingStoneSunday with the Dunbeacon Stone Circle, Co. Cork 🇮🇪 Very nice stones, not crazy about the fence, but actually accessing it ... IYKYK 😅 See more adventures from the British Isles >>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#CastleSaturday and while the Alhambra is & has many things: Palace, Court, Church, Gardens Its also a great fortress & the Alcazaba on the western side definitely fits the Castle criteria ...and it is just ludicrously pretty 🥰 See more of Granada in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mIW...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

We've got a new episode up on Granada 🇪🇸 for your Saturday evening! >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mIW...

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The Mesmeric Geometry of Granada

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Slip a victorian street urchin a couple of shillings to jump the railing and then loudly exclaim 'Help i have become inextricably entangled in this nationally significant archaeological feature' Being a stand-up guy you would of course have to do the right thing and step in

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#CastleSaturday & the beautiful castle of Chinon in the Loire Valley 🇫🇷 See more from Chinon in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Cp...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#RomanSiteSaturday with the Brachaud Gallo-Roman Villa, just out to the North of Limoges 🇫🇷 Built in c1 AD, abandoned around c4 AD See more of Limoges & central France in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Cp...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#FontsOnFriday with this Octagonal font at St Andrews, Penrice🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 unclear if contemporary with the c12 founding of the church: 'very early, octagonal font probably remodelled in the C15 or C16' Catch more journeys from Wales >>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#FindsFriday with some of the huge numbers of Neolithic finds at the Musée des tumulus de Bougon 🇫🇷 See more from the Loire & central France in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Cp...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I maintain to this day that the genre should've been known as: Rage Against the Mandolin

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#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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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#AdoorableThursday with this spectacular doorway from the Église Saint-Maixent de Pamproux 🇫🇷 see more from the Loire & central France >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Cp...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#Woodensday with some of the part-timbered buildings around Chinon 🇫🇷 See more from Chinon & central France in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Cp...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#Woodensday & always appreciate a reconstructed wooden fortress, so much of human history this would've been the go-to for a settlement or fort The Château à Motte de Verrières, just outside Angers 🇫🇷 See more from the Loire & central France in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Cp...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#HillfortsWednesday & the curious case of Hardings Down 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 On the Gower Peninsular there's a hill which has 3 separate enclosures all within a few yards See more of our Journeys across ancient places in Wales & the rest of Britain >>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

certainly a lovely arch! not sure about the 'chancel' part

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The *Ginormous* capstone of the Dolmen de la Bajoulière, near Gennes-Val-de-Loire 🇫🇷 we caught a surprisingly high number of Dolmens on our trip through the Loire Valley, and into the centre of France You can catch the journey in the new episode here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Cp... #TombTuesday

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#ChancelArchTuesday & a nice break from the driving at St Mary's Tormarton, just off the M4 Interesting that once again, the width of the sawtooth is a lot narrower at the apex than the sides

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#TombTuesday & the instantly-recognisable Coetan Arthur, St Davids Head 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 see more of our journeys around Wales & the rest of Britain >>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Carew Castle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in the landscape, with the River Carew flowing west into the Milford Haven see more of our journeys across the UK >>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #MedievalMonday

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#MosaicMonday with Aeneas & Dido in a hunting scene from the Low Ham mosaic, Somerset Museum See more from our Journey taking in Taunton, North Devon & Cornwall >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiGX...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#MedievalMonday with Weobley Castle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and its incredible views out across the north of Gower see more of our journeys across the UK >>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

sure, i guess while this isn't unusual, just sad to see a site with such significance & obvious potential remain virtually unexamined

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#AncientSiteSunday with Bosullow Trehyllys courtyard settlement Not far from Chûn Castle, though a little overgrown / side by side comparison with Chysauster for what it could look like with some care & formal archaeology See more of Penwith in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3SX...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#StandingStoneSunday with Boscawen-Un never can get the whole circle into frame with its surrounding thick ferns & brambles various trampled areas suggest others also attempting to wade into the undergrowth to attempt the same see more of Cornwall in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3SX...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#SundayStonework with the ancient cross at St Denys just on the edge of St Dennis, Cornwall see more of Cornwall in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3SX...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#SaxonSunday with the Buckland Newton stone, found in the vicarage garden, now mounted above the door inside the church of the Dorset village a mysterious figure: possibly c9, might be a depiction of St Thomas

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nowadays I'm in the habit of moving the odd vase of flowers if i need to say, photograph a font at a rural church but yh, it doesn't help when you're in a tourist-dense place like Split, staffers are expecting just those odd few visitors doing just the most pants-on-head stupid things 🤪🤪

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

do love that temperature differential when you go a short way below ground at a heritage site & you suddenly get to a comfortable fridge climate ❄️😊

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

this might sound ridiculous ...but i'm glad they've changed the chain across the baptistery It used to be this huge red thing that completely got in the way of photographing one of the most important pieces of early Croat art (i should've just asked to temporarily unclip it... i chickened out)

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#SteepleSaturday with Saint Gomonda's Church, Roche and the wonderful ancient cross in the yard, c10 see more of Roche & Cornwall in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3SX...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#CastleSaturday & while most of the more obvious Castle-y bits of St Michaels Mount date to updates in c18-19 ...its still an incredible sight to behold we took an impulsive drive to see it, as well as more Cornwall stuff which you can see here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3SX...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#FindsFriday with the West Bagborough hoard, a mixture of 681 silver coins & other pieces of hack silver AD365 We caught this at the Somerset Museum on our way to North Devon & Cornwall, see more of the journey >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiGX...

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