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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🌋⚔️🔥 Alt Clut, Ep. 2 - The Besieging Viking Army Attacks! A great time was had by Dr Tom Horne at Historic Scotland's Dumbarton Castle!

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🎉 📚 New Books Only available in our early medieval museum shop!

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

⚔️ Alt Clut: A Volcanic Kingdom 🌋 Episode 1 - Viking Longships on the Clyde From Dumbarton Rock 🏰 to the @govanstones.bsky.social 🪨

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

MEDIEVAL VINYL STICKERS! Lewis Chessmen and Medieval Bunnies - only available in store!

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

⚔️ Alt Clut: A Volcanic Kingdom 🌋 Episode 1 - Viking Longships on the Clyde From Dumbarton Rock 🏰 to the @govanstones.bsky.social 🪨

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🪙🪓 Vikings + GOLD: Together At Last! I chat about the *best* combination of subjects with Giselle Király for The Archaeologist's Notebook. We talk Rold, Hoen, Tissø, Galloway, Hiddensee, and Herefordshire! 📺🎙 Available on YouTube and Spotify youtu.be/R92vqPDVgA4

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The greatest Viking gold ever discovered

YouTube video by The Archaeologist's Notebook

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

💍 Early medieval ring workshop discovered in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard, home of the @govanstones.bsky.social. drtomhornearchaeology.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

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Simon @malkydungeon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This amazing find inspired me to make this wee illustration, I found it very evocative to imagine the early medieval churchyard at Govan could be a hive of activity and craft workers. Not just stone carving but jewellery as well

an illustration of a woman in early medieval clothing working on a piece of shale jewellery, in the top right corner is an enlarged depiction of the piece she is working on- a lump of shale being worked with a hole in the centre perhaps in the process of making a ring

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Gavin MacGregor @gavinmacgregor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wonderful discoveries by @govanstones.bsky.social & great example of the power of #communityarchaeology brilliant engagement by the whole team. So much passion about the story of Govan and getting people actively involved in learning. @hornesupremacy.bsky.social #glasgow #archaeology

Hand holding rough circular grey shale object upagainst blue sky. Hole in middle and incised circular cut runs around it. Abandoned rough out for making a finger ring

View of excavation trench with three archaeologists investigating a complex of different features, including large square stone structure and earlier pits and postholes

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

See you on Sunday for our live archaeology, Viking-Age Fest, and Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival events! FREE and open 11am-4pm.

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Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is wonderful

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

See you on Sunday for our live archaeology, Viking-Age Fest, and Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival events! FREE and open 11am-4pm.

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Adam @eblueaxe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Casting today at Govan; a very busy day, with some wonderful and very engaged visitors; over 1000 I hear!

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📰 BREAKING NEWS! 🚨 Early Medieval Jewellery Unearthed at Govan Old! 💍 🪏 Archaeologists and community volunteers on an excavation in the 1,500-year-old churchyard of Govan Old, Glasgow, have unearthed evidence of an early medieval jewellery workshop and the carving of finger rings from shale.

Images of a roughout of a finger ring made from a black rock

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

⚔️ Don't miss our biggest living history event yet! 🛡 We’ve expanded our Viking-Age Festival to 2 FULL DAYS! 🎪 Expect far more Viking-Age practitioners, live craft displays and hands-on activities than ever before. 📍The Govan Stones 🗓️ 19 & 20 Sept, 11am– 4pm 🎟️ Free Entry

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

See Prof. Steve, all our star archaeologists, our brilliant Viking Festival, and our early medieval ring find all weekend! Our Viking-Age Fest, Glasgow Doors Open Days event, and dig are all on from 11am-4pm Sat and Sun, and it's all FREE! 🔗 Link to Prof. Driscoll's interview in the comments ⤵️

Still from The Scotsman video interview with Professor Stephen Driscoll.

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

✨️ Adam from Cumbraland casts an early medieval-type brooch in Govan's 1,500-year-old churchyard! Visit our FREE Viking-Age Festival today and tomorrow, 11am to 4pm! @eblueaxe.bsky.social

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

✨️ Adam from Cumbraland casts an early medieval-type brooch in Govan's 1,500-year-old churchyard! Visit our FREE Viking-Age Festival today and tomorrow, 11am to 4pm! @eblueaxe.bsky.social

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Trix @trixranderson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

If this cracking piece of community archaeology isn't enough for you, we're also going to be at Govan this coming weekend - so you get both digging and Vikings in one visit!

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

BREAKING NEWS 💍 🪏 More remarkable early medieval finds in the 1,500-year-old churchyard at Govan Old, home of the @govanstones.bsky.social, and featuring my own photos of the roughout of a finger ring that's just been unearthed! drtomhornearchaeology.substack.com/p/breaking-n...

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BREAKING NEWS! Early Medieval Finger Ring Workshop Unearthed in Glasgow

A partially finished 'roughout' of a shale finger ring has been discovered during a dig in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Wow! What a find at Govan Old! I was privileged to see and photograph this wonderful find, and it's an absolute joy to be able to share it with you 💍

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Peigi MacKillop @peigibheag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Awesome!

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

⚔️ Don't miss our biggest living history event yet! 🙌 We’ve expanded our Mini Viking-age Festival at the Govan Stones to 2 FULL DAYS! 🛡️ Expect far more Viking-age practitioners, live craft displays and hands-on activities than ever before. 📍The Govan Stones 🗓️ 19 & 20 Sept 11– 4pm 🎟️ Free Entry

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Event announcement! We have some special guests joining Cumbraland at our Viking-age Festival on Sat 19 & Sun 20 of Sept! Hamish from Pictavia Leather and Rona from Wasted Remains Jewellery will be exhibiting their artefacts, inspired by Celtic history & archaeological finds. FREE ENTRY ALL WEEKEND

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🪏 One of the biggest and best weeks in our recent history is here, and it's all free! 🎬 Check out the video for an amazing line-up that includes LIVE ARCHAEOLOGY, Glasgow Doors Open Days, and our TWO-DAY Viking-Age Festival!

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🪏 LIVE ARCHAEOLOGY on SUNDAY! Come see some VERY exciting finds from the early medieval to early modern period in our 1,500-year-old churchyard. We're open 11am to 4pm, and entry to Govan Old kirkyard and the Govan Stones museum is always free!

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🚨 🪏 We'll talk about this online soon, but, for now, you'll have to visit to see what we've been uncovering at Govan Old... 🕙📆 The dig and survey is on every day until, and including, Sunday the 20th of September ⛪️🎟 Always FREE, and we're open 11am to 4pm every day!

Archaeological features in a churchyard.

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🏺 TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE! 🏺 Tomorrow at 4:30pm at the Govan Stones! 🍺 BISHOPS, BUTTER & BEER CELLARS 🍺 ⛏️ Come see the archaeology, explore Govan’s Viking-Age heritage, then stay for the talk! 📅 Tomorrow — Sat 12 Sep ⏰ 4:30 📍 Govan Stones Museum, 866 Govan Rd, G51 3UU 🎟️ Eventbrite link in comments!

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Want to see stunning early medieval narrative art featuring mounted warriors, but can't get a ticket to the British Museum? We have just the thing at the Govan Stones, and it's free to see every day, 11am-4pm! 📷 @hornesupremacy.bsky.social

One side of the late 9th century carved stone Govan Sarcophagus, which features a mounted warrior on a hunt and a Lamb of God scene.

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Adam @eblueaxe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We will be back at Govan in a couple of weeks time for an amazing two day event! We have a huge early medieval textiles display, weapons, and high status object of the period, and some glass bead making and casting demonstrations, alongside some have a go textile crafts and games!

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🏺 The excavations are underway at Govan Old! Why not make a day of it! Explore the archaeology then join us at 4:30 on Saturday 12 Sept for: BISHOPS, BUTTER & BEER CELLARS 🍺 Stephen Barnaby explores Caithness & the demise of the Northern Jarldoms. 🎟️ Free tickets via Eventbrite — link in comments

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

⏰️ 🪏🗣 Live Archaeology & Living History, starting this week at Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard!

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

⏰️ 🪏🗣 Live Archaeology & Living History, starting this week at Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard!

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

⛏️🪨🤺 I love the parallels between the Govan Warrior and 'Burghead 8', a Pictish cross slab fragment from Burghead, Moray. Note the pointed beards and long hair, circular shields with carrying straps, and prominent weapons. 📷 My photos at @govanstones.bsky.social and the National Museum of Scotland

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Mark McIntyre @markjmcintyre.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Love this. Can I chip in with another? The @govanstones.bsky.social in Glasgow, a collection of 1000+ year old Viking age carved stones and sarcophagus, dug up from Govan Old Churchyard on the edge of the River Clyde. On display a two minute walk from Govan subway station.

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

⚡️ Loki came, saw, and conquered the Govan Stones today! Thanks so much to @louiestowell.bsky.social (Louki Stowell?!), and to Abi from Local Honey Books for a BRILLIANT mix of chat, devilry, and art. Huge thanks also to Catherine Alport PR, and to Walker Books for their help and support!

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Govan Stones on Sunday 🎬 Hunting and Agnus Dei Scenes on the Viking-Age Govan Sarcophagus.

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The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

September is going to be a belter at the Govan Stones with both excavations and living-history madness courtesy of the return of Cumbraland to Govan! Excavations run 8-20 Sep and our long-awaited Mini Viking-Age Festival will take place 19-20 of September. The featured talk is on Sat 12 Sept

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