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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 15h

Waiting for for the hemeroskopos to arrive with the code for 2FA...

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This looks good, and might just be the excuse I have been waiting for to drift north of the wall again...

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Excellent short piece here with wise words from @markknight63.bsky.social Back in February 2016, I was lucky enough to visit the site of excavations there. The quality of the archaeology (and of the archaeological investigation) has stayed with me.

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just home from giving a talk to a local society about #chalkstream archaeology in the Chess Valley. A lovely neighbour was waiting in front of my flat 😎

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am worried by their statement AFTER rejecting a proposal, that a document detailing their use of AI will be forthcoming. That document and policy should have not only been written and in place before opening the call for proposals, it should have been made VERY CLEAR to all applicants.

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Bledlow Ridge Brownies commissioned @chapcic.bsky.social to run a session for their Archaeology badge! 26 very enthusiastic young people handled artefacts, discussed local archaeology, and made 'Beaker pots'. The evening ended with a bit of a carnyx solo,and they each left with a copy of my book.

Pinch pots and coil made pots created by the Brownies

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don't know to whom the credit goes for this! It appears sans ™ on another platform. Brilliant. Students of #ashwell26... This was the soil matrix drawing you deserved, not my poor dry erase board scribbles 😂 #archaeology #geology Please shout if you are the clever originator!

A soil matrix triangle showing percentages of sand, clay and silt, but with regions identified using punny song names like Clay Jude and Only the Loamy

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Less than a week and I'm already missing this gorgeous ditch. Look at all the lovely filling. 😌 The lump of Hertfordshire puddingstone in the section at the interface of two very different fills...*chef's kiss* #ashwell26

West facing section of an Iron Age boundary ditch.

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And just like that, it was over 🥺 #Ashwell26 But plenty of postex!!

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

First day off 23td August. That's right, 12+hr days, 7days a week. Did I lie in a darkened room and contemplate my life choices? Nope! First, to @NationalTrust Ankerwyke to see the priory ruins, then walk the Thames at Runnymede. Slap up roast in Wraysbury, then to St Albans for some Jazz!

Redbourn Jazz Band at the St Saviour Church

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

121 people, 27mph winds, 2 trenches, 7 site tours, one me. Been a brilliant day at the #ashwell26 open day, despite the variable weather (only a few raindrops!!) Thanks to all who came out!

A series of small finds bags taped to a table, the table is staked to the ground with guy lines

This is how you gale proof your finds display 😱

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Saturday 11-4 Ashwell End - SG7 5JE Come along to the Open Day at the end of #ashwell26 A few nice features, a few nice finds, the good people at the Asheell Museum are opening up too and doing teas and things. We have a lot of gorgeous Iron Age potsherds and a very sexy bronze iron age coin...

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#FindsFriday Fresh from the trenches... (Fresh indeed - the cheeky chap on the Samian sherds is lucky that break spared his blushes) #ashwell26 @chapcic.bsky.social

Dolphin brooch (thanks Phillipa Walton for the ID!)

Decorated Samian sherds
One. With a cross motif and one with a scantily clad lad

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Good morning, from the site van, where the horizontal rain is making wonderful percussion. Winds gusting to 35mph currently... 😬 #ashwell26

Rain lashing the field , trenches in the distance

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Anyone hot on their chronology of Hertfordshire field drainage? Maybe @themerl.bsky.social ? It's truncating the eastern side of our (probably late med) boundary ditch. Despite this lack of Romanitas, Bea seemed happy to reveal it😂 #ashwell26

Excavator troweling soil to reveal a ceramic field drain

The field drain in all it's glory- a pale yellow ceramic tube made of equal sized sections lain together

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We have had a visit from the local detecting society who were kind enough to go over our spoil heaps. #ashwell26

Archaeologists and metal detectoriats working together

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Oh I do so love working on chalky geology...

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's happening!! Laying out the trenches today, machines on site tomorrow! @chapcic.bsky.social Training Excavation starts Sunday at 0930!!

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

share.google/FRa2NQHSVqHh... Yet another reason for the expansion to be stopped. The Environmental reasons alone are more than sufficient but the heritage aspects are not insignificant. Was lucky enough to visit this place a fortnight ago. Absolute stunner.

Some of the recently much maligned protective marks on medieval stone

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I failed to get permission to photograph the finds but they have a lovely collection of Roman ceramics, including a stamped tile. Lovely excavations at Bodiam Castle being run by @nationaltrust.org.uk @nattrustarch.bsky.social @uclarchaeology.bsky.social Tidy trench hygiene too! Baz would be proud

Sign reading
Please talk to our team before filming or photographing.

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CBHC / RCAHMW @rcahmwales.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Drought stories continue to make national headlines! Following Monday’s Times feature, @drtobydriver.bsky.social appeared on BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine and Radio 4’s The World at One, discussing the archaeological crop marks revealed across Wales by the dry conditions. Listen again on BBC Sounds.

Caerhun Roman fort 17-07-2026 (CBHC-RCAHMW)

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

These eclipse glasses fitted over my phone are the business!!

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 12/08/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: All our sundials will be out of order this evening between about 6pm and 8pm, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Normal service will resume tomorrow. In unrelated news, enjoy the eclipse later... Photos: Mike Selby, Annapurna Mellor, Chris Davies, John Millar

A wall-mounted sundial inside a walled garden. Text on the sundial reads: "fear god, obey ye king"

A traditional sundial on a plinth, formal gardens surround it

The sun beams down on a traditional sundial, with heather visible in the background

A shot of a sundial from above. It's mounted on a stone plinth. Text on the side reads "KEW BRIDGE"

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Out doing watery archaeology today with the @riverthamect.bsky.social in Dorchester on Thames, a place where I cut my archaeological teeth a couple decades ago 😬 NB: that isn't a cannon btw #MuddyMonday

Archaeologist in hi-vis trying not to look too gormless whilst shin deep in a weird pool

Archaeologist looking at a wooden waterlogged artefact.

No, I don't know what it is either

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This one is baroque I guess I'll use the Bach door...

Sign on glass door reads:

CAREFUL
DOOR HANDLE IS BROKEN
PLEASE USE THE OTHER DOOR HANDEL
THANK YOU

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Good thing there is a hosepipe ban on... Apparently leaks don't count 🤷‍♂️ Massive amounts of water haemorrhaging out on the A416 near Amersham.

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Happy #StandingStoneSunday! A new arrival at the Archaeology -inspired art installation Luton Henge. @chapcic.bsky.social has been working with @revolutonarts.bsky.social to bring all things prehistoric to life during their festival.

Chalk stones in a circle at a reused BMX track

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I have arrived and I claim my prize!

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

When you're not certain your belongings will be secure...

A brick building with a sign reading
Lockyer Hse

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#archaeology #fieldschool #training #Roman #goddess #senuna It's the final day of registration for the @chapcic.bsky.social Sept training dig. But I'm extending til 3 Aug. There are 5 slots left on Week 1 (30Aug-4sep) and 2 each on weeks 2&3 (6-11/13-18 Sep) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archaeolog...

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Archaeology Training Excavation / Fieldschool

Looking for fieldwork experience and skills training? CHAP offers a training excavation! ***FEES APPLY*** read below NOT A FREE EVENT

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

www.chilterns.org.uk/news/rare-ro... A brilliant example of how things like this ought to work. Can't wait to see it at the Discover Bucks museum (I don't think they are here, are they @bucksarchives.bsky.social )

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Rare Roman hoard unearthed in the Chilterns after nearly 2,000 years

A rare Roman hoard has been unearthed in the Chilterns after nearly 2,000 years.

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Brilliant day in @bannaubrycheiniog.bsky.social, walking up the Sugar Loaf! Wonderful colours and incredible views

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Want a book about the end of the southern British Iron Age, the Roman invasion and the greatest king of this island has ever had? If only such a thing existed...🤔 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/caratacus... @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social January 2027 #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺

Book cover with an Iron Age coin depicting a naked spear and shield wielding male warrior on a horse with the title *Caratacus - Great King of Britain* below

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A fishy contender for #StandingStoneSundayat the Llangorse Lake Crannog Centre.

Small standing stone with a leaping fish etched in it. (Modern)

Replica Crannog structure, looking more Iron Age than 9th century

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's hot and dry in Bannau Brycheiniog, but oh so gorgeous

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Had a great day out celebrating @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Festival of Archaeology with the @wildlifebcn.org Youth Rangers today at Blow's Downs SSSI where we talked about 6,000 years of human impacts on nature and the landscape. Whilst out there on the chalk grassland, I spotted something lovely

Common Blue, a butterfly on a purple flower

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#HiillfortsWednesday I WAS to lead a walk around Ravensburgh Castle with @naturalengland.bsky.social But I've been struck down with a stomach bug, which has got me not only disappointed, but also thinking of a gap in my knowledge. Iron Age settlement latrining? Do we know, where did they 'go'?

Lidar view of Ravensburgh Castle using Planlauf.

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Handily dating this layer to the mid 1990s, this Esso bag is both a sobering reminder that plastics don't go away, and an alluringly suggestion that there will be a chariot burial in the next scrape back of the machine.

Esso red and blue bag reads
WHATEVER YOU WANT, WHENEVER YOU WANT

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Well, I sound like a heat-addled incoherent babbler... Because it was actually 35°C 😂 But @paulwhitewick.bsky.social has done a video on the Carnyx and I was happy to take mine to a local hillfort and play it for him😎 Until they actually get us a carnyx emoji... 🐗🎺 youtu.be/68Hds0OYrbg?...

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The Sound That Terrified The Romans

YouTube video by Paul Whitewick

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Ooh I didn't know you'd done one of these, @paulwhitewick.bsky.social Very nice!

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

9yo, lovely colleagues gave me a send-off(& the best stratigraphic cake ever, thanks to @livancworlds.bsky.social's Dr P Hommel ❤️)Whilst I was sad then, I'm delighted to be my own boss now, still delivering great archaeology, teaching when & as much as I please,& no one but me can give me the push 😂

A cake with a test pit AND verticality of the sections AND a Wheeler reference 🤗

Look at the layers, cuts and fills on this cake section😲

A cake cut in half, chocolate and vanilla layers are imitating a series of features in secrion

A person leaving a building with their office belongings in a recycled loo roll box that reads Who Gives a Crap

(The plant was borrowed solely for the picture, as there is always a potted plant in the box of unhappily departing workers in the fillums)

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Delighted to see, whilst driving an alternative route home from the Dunstable event, that the Black Horse on the Vale Road, Chesham is open again!! All that talking to all those enthusiastic people today means I need a pint!! And they've one of my favourite breweries on! @tringbrewery.bsky.social

Tring brewery glass with Sidepocket ale in, on a picnic table in golden hour sun.
A tired but happy archaeologist is not visible behind camera

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Chilterns Heritage & Archaeology Partnership CIC @chapcic.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

it's time to kick off the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Festival of Archaeology at @nationaltrust.org.uk Dunstable Downs! CHAP CIC will be here all today and tomorrow, answering your questions about archaeology! 10-4 18 & 19July, Dunstable Downs Visitor Centre, Dunstable Road LU6 2GY

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Chilterns Heritage & Archaeology Partnership CIC @chapcic.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We are making pots, old school style 😎

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Just to be clear, I have no issues with the casting choices in this film of the epic poem. I was just amused that some people think using a Viking ship for the Odyssey is some sort of realism flex, but those same people are throwing their toys out of the pram about the selection of actors. #Odyssey

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