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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's been a long week. Thankfully I've got a few beers in and a new Arab Strap record! @rockactionrecords.scot @aidanjohnmoffat.bsky.social

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Cambridge Archaeological Unit @cambridgearch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Work on the preserved animal tracks along the bottom of the Flag Fen Basin at Must Farm suggested the shape and size are indicative they were created by cattle and are reminiscent of similar ones discovered nearby at Bradley Fen.

Detail of excavated preserved animal hoofprints.

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Cambridge Archaeological Unit @cambridgearch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

After uncovering the second stake alignment we recorded each in situ before they were lifted, studied further and sampled.

An archaeologist with a drawing board making a scale drawing of an area of stakes with a tape measure and line level set up.

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Cambridge Archaeological Unit @cambridgearch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

At Must Farm we also discovered a second stake alignment! These stakes are positioned around the edge of a what would have been a wet hollow and seem to have been managing access.

An overhead view of a group of five archaeologists working on a row of stakes.

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Ooh. I loved tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. Will give it a try.

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

September 19th I'm giving a talk on the Early Medieval barrow cemetery at Theberton. Hope to see you all there! waveneyarchaeology.org/news/the-arc...

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Waveney Archaeology » Saxons in the Sand – Len Middleton

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Mark Knight 🍉 @markknight63.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

From earlier phases of work, trees from the same horizon have been successfully dated. Dendrochronology has shown these large oaks were growing between 2589BC and 2308BC - bridging the end of the Neolithic and the beginning of the Bronze Age.

Dendrochronological sample - a freshly sawn slice through a preserved bog oak held in the hands of smiling archaeologist in full orange PPE

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Mark Knight 🍉 @markknight63.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

An old land surface or buried soil survives at the base of the profile (the bluey-grey horizon beneath the peat). In contrast to the waterlogged deposits above, this soil has very poor preservation qualities (no wood & pollen is scarce) - this a is testament to the soil's 'dry' terrestrial history.

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Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Curious to see where our #OCAArchTeam made some of its most incredible discoveries on the @sizewellc.bsky.social project? Explore our new interactive map where you can pinpoint the locations of finds, including a Neanderthal handaxe, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, & a Roman pottery kiln, to name a few!

An Iron age ladder mid-excavation sits in a deep pit with water at the bottom. It is formed of two uprights with two rungs.

Two archaeologists are stood in the middle of an excavated feature. One archaeologist is kneeling down trowelling while the other stood smiling with two thumbs-up.

An archaeologist is bent over excavting a feature. In the background sits the remains of Leiston Abbey.

A shallow pit that has been half-excavated. Two pairs of hands are carefully cleaning around the remains of a pot which sits at the base of the feature.

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Mark Knight 🍉 @markknight63.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The joy of digging at Must Farm is that it is less about orthodox archaeological features (pits, ditches, postholes) & more about old land surfaces, animal tracks, submerged forests, preserved fence lines. Past deposits are intact, articulated, & the distinction between natural & cultural is blurred

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Got to see a fantastic excavation through a friend in Poland. Iron Age and Roman Iron Age cemetery. Amazing stuff. Love a hand planned burial.

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Jon Agar @jonagar.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

As a historian of Jodrell Bank, I agree! And the reason it is important is that it has been made to mean different things to different people at different times. Who's up for a mega thread on how and why? (I'm off for lunch now, but I'll do it after. I'll need the energy...)

Cover of my book Science and Spectacle: the Work of Jodrell Bank in Post-war British Culture

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Arrived in Poland. View from the campsite.

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Oooh. The main archaeology museum should be open now after being shut for a refurb over the last couple of years.

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Finally managed to catch Rose Ferraby's show at Peterborough Museum on its last day. Felt like home! Fantastic stuff.

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

In West Dorset born and raised, On the clifftop is where I spent most of my days,

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Ready, willing and able to teach media literacy, as are all of my media studies colleagues

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Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The #OCAArchTeam working down at Sizewell C have revealed what is potentially a prehistoric funeral pyre, providing a remarkable glimpse into the life - and death - of Suffolk's early inhabitants.

Leo is stood holding a stone axe in his hands. He is wearing orange hi-vis and a white hard hat.

The pyre ahead of excavation. It looks like a dark brown roughly rectangular splodge, in contrast to the yellow sand around it. It is covered by a grid made of stringlines and a tape measure is running across its length.

George is kneeling in front of a partially excavated cremation urn in the ground. He is wearing orange hi-vis, a white hard hat and has brown short curly hair with a beard, smiling at the camera.

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This looks super: Sue Heaser, Anglo-Saxon Beads 400-700AD: A Visual Guide to Types & Techniques. www.sueheaser.com/anglo-saxon-...

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry

Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets

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Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

When it comes to block lifting, we've got it covered...literally Join archaeologist Candice and the #OCAArchTeam working out at @sizewellc.bsky.social as they carefully extract delicate artefacts in a technique called block-lifting @cotswoldarch.bsky.social #archaeology #Suffolk #AngloSaxon

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Has anybody done any work calculating the height of burial mounds from ring ditch dimensions where a mound no longer exists? #archaeology #burialmounds

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Rob Grant RIP. Legend. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard as at the reveal at the end of the "Queeg" Red Dwarf episode.

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Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

A reminder of the Oxford Cotswold Archaeology Open Day happening this weekend! 📍 Yoxford Village Hall, IP17 3HN 📅 21st-22nd February | 10:00 - 16:00 🎟️ FREE | No booking necessary @cotswoldarch.bsky.social #OCAArchTeam

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Reminds me of when my partner took her mum to Venice for her 60th and I took my daughter here... #greatyarmouth #venitianwaterways #rialto

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

This has been flooded for quite some time but the trees still stand. Reminds me that the inundation and the die off may have lasted a generation or a lifetime. Slow but continuous and perhaps too swift for some. #thefens

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Doing a tidal survey and a part of salmarsh has been purposefully reflooded. My photo is poor but you can see a line of trees dying off in the distance. Reminds me of a very specific archaeological horizon in the fens below the Fen clays where we see marked tree die off.

Land reclaimed from the river. Flooded salt marsh and a line dying off trees in the distance.

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

My Polish partners family are all vets and doctors and pharmacists but there's also a strong line of musicians, entertainers and artists. Her parents house is full of art by family or traded art by friends and neighbours. Anyway, here's one of my favourites they let us have. #winterolympics

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Stills from the most recent @timeteam.bsky.social on the princely burials at Cherrington (Glos.) which included a woman, relic-box hanging from her waist, beside a young boy with an adult's sword; eloquently presented by the ever-fabulous @helengeake.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiPm...

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Some inspiration for a cold day during bleak times. Half million year old handaxes from Boxgrove, Sussex, laid out for a photoshoot with Dr Claire Harris at the @britishmuseum.bsky.social #MondayMotivation 🦣🏺

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

www.facebook.com/share/1CBamp... 21st and 22nd February. Sizewell archaeology open day at Yoxford Village Hall!!

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

A fascinating and engaging post on how we can disseminate archaeological information. Certainly some points for me to take on board!

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 19/01/2026

📰 "Princely" Anglo-Saxon grave in Suffolk contains two people alongside a horse. Grave goods such as a sword, spear, silver vessel and more indicate it was a high-status burial with possible links to Sutton Hoo. 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Sizewell princely cemetery reveals more Anglo-Saxon secrets

"Fancy grave goods" were found with a princely burial, but other finds are also amazing experts.

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... a bit more detail on our excavations of the Early Medieval barrow cemetery out at Sizewell. Nice bit of detail on our barrow surrounded by posts, think a medieval sea henge, and Chris Ferns reconstruction sketch of what we think it looked like.

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Sizewell princely cemetery reveals more Anglo-Saxon secrets

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Lorna Richardson @lornarichardson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

More on the princely burials from the Sizewell C site in Suffolk. This is a really lovely BBC news article, you can almost feel the archaeologists glee

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Sizewell princely cemetery reveals more Anglo-Saxon secrets

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Jon Dies At The End @accordingtojond.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I don’t want to worry anyone but Digging for Britain has just said that the largest UK archaeological dig is currently taking place a stone’s throw from where MR James set A Warning to the Curious.

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I was not aware of this story/book. I need to grab a copy to take to the site!

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Oxford Archaeology @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

As seen on the new season of Digging For Britain 🎥 Take a look at some more amazing unseen footage from the Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) Roman cemetery site excavated by our team on the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine project with @nationalhways.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/z_Zq9LASTqg

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Archaeology on The A66: Rome's legacy in our landscape

YouTube video by Oxford Cotswold Archaeology

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lenmiddleton.bsky.social @lenmiddleton.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

We've had a great time excavating and the team has been amazing. There'll be more detail to come out in the post ex. Looking forward to the results of Norfolk Museum Services micro excavation of the grave goods!

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Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

NEW: An Anglo-Saxon burial site with remarkable similarities to Sutton Hoo has been discovered at the development of the Sizewell C nuclear power station www.thetimes.com/article/1528... #history #archaeology #anglosaxons

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Burial site ‘akin to Sutton Hoo’ sheds new light on Anglo-Saxons

The extremely rare discovery made during excavations at Sizewell C dates to the 6th or 7th century and includes a princely burial of two people and a horse

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