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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Arbeia, South Shields Roman Fort: the reconstructed gatehouse. #RomanFortThursday #PlaymobilInfestation

Playmobil Roman soldier in front of a full sized Roman fort stone gatehouse.

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Never not going to be excited at seeing my books in an actual honest to goodness bookshop. #RomanFortThursday

Book on a black shelf. Cover image is a grassy landscape of a rocky promontory stretching to the horizon with a stone wall snaking up it to the right. The sky above is dramatic grey clouds. In the foreground to the right is superimposed a stone statue of a seated man wearing draped robes. The book title Roman Life on Hadrian's Wall and author's name Claire Millington are prominent.

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Looked a little less green a few weeks ago, but definitely worth it for the breadcrumb signposts alone.

HS grey-green signpost on the way to Edinshall. Image: MCB

Edinshall broch, summer 2026. Image: MCB

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Sally Chinery @sallyc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#HillfortsWednesday #HypocaustGate Barcombe Hill taken from the Pre-Hadrainic Hypocaust at Vindolanda

An early morning photo of T he remains of a Roman Hypocaust in front of Barcombe Hill

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Graham Taylor @pottedhistory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Want to know more about, arguably the most iconic Roman pottery, Samian Ware, Terra Sigillata? 🏺⚱️ Join me at Magna Roman Fort, on Hadrian's Wall, part of @vindolandatrust.bsky.social to not only learn about it, but to make your own replica #Archaeology #AncientBluesky share.google/fzuyz50w5wRr...

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Potted History Samian Ware Masterclass - 04/10/2026 10:00:00

4th October 10am - 3pm Roman Army Museum Design and create your own Samian Ware bowl at this hands-on workshop at the Roman Army Museum with Potted History. Samian Ware is a distinctive form of decora...

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

One of the interval towers at Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Northumberland

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Oh my! www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2647914...

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A #TombTuesday & #EpigraphyTuesday combined! Flavinus Tombstone The impressive Flavinus tombstone which is nearly 9ft high is housed at Hexham Abbey. It is likely to have come from the nearby Corbridge (Coria) to help build the original Anglo-Saxon church that stood here. #History #RomanBritain

It is dedicated to a Roman soldier named Flavinus. The inscription translates to:

To the venerated departed: Here Lies Flavinus a Horse rider of the cavalry regiment of Petriana. Standard bearer of the troop of Candidus. Aged 25, of 7 Years’ Service.

The tombstone depicts a mounted Roman (Flavinus) riding over a defeated 'barbarian', Flavius is holding a military standard. The tombstone clearly shows Roman dominance over the defeated Briton who is naked carrying a short sword and shield, the boot of Flavinus on the back of the defeated Briton is another sign of subjugation.

Although this is primarily a gravestone of a fallen Roman soldier, it is also seen as a form of propaganda. This symbolises the might of the Roman Empire, especially due to the sheer size of the tombstone.

Flavinus died during the late 1st century, during the early days of Roman expansion into northern Britain, at a time when the Stanegate Roman road was established. The cause of death is unknown.

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Ben Potts @benjaminsteven.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A beautifully proportioned statue of Juno Regina (Queen Juno) at the Clayton Museum, Chesters Roman Fort, Northumberland. Presumably her head lies somewhere under the soil nearby, awaiting excavation. #FindsFriday #AncientBluesky #RomanBritain

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Pete Savin @petesavin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Looking east towards turret 44b Mucklebank which sits just below the next summit. The wall still lies buried as it crosses Walltown Nick. On the right the military way supply road winds past King Arthur’s Well, #archaeology #romanbritain #hadrianswall

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𝔸𝕟𝕕𝕪 𝔽𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕫𝕖𝕝𝕝, 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘻 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘪𝘻, 𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 🔔 @andrewjfrizzell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Flashback time. After my first day’s walking on Hadrian’s Wall Path @hwpath.bsky.social in 2022. It was Sunday evening on a bank holiday and almost resigned to eating corner shop sandwich in Wylam. Found the Boathouse. Persuaded them to feed me despite post 9pm #DeliciousThaiGreenCurry. #Nectar

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

For #internationalcatday here's Weatherwax being unimpressed with my author copies of 'Roman life on Hadrian's Wall'. He's wrong: lives of Roman merchants and traders, soldiers’ wives and children, and enslaved people are REALLY INTERESTING. www.amberley-books.com/roman-life-o...

A fluffy cream cat with tabby face sits and turns to look away from a book being lifted out of a cardboard box. The book cover is held towards the camera and shows a green landscape under a blue sky and the wall snaking up to a cliff on the horizon.

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Pete Savin @petesavin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Milecastle 42 at Cawfields was thankfully saved when the quarry to the west was still in operation but sadly a section of wall was lost and now terminates on the quarry edge #hadrianswall #archaeology #romanbritain

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

'I know', I said, back in 1983, 'let's take the tandem along #hadrianswall this November!'

Ditch in front of Black Carts turret in November 1983, looking W. Image: MCB (CC BY-SA 4.0)

North face of the #hadrianswall curtain wall W of Black Carts turret in November 1983, showing RIB 3306, looking S. Image: MCB (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Black Carts turret in November 1983, looking NE. Image: MCB (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Went down to High Rochester-Bremenium today for another look at progress on the dig. You can keep up to date with their blog on their YouTube channel. It's all looking very impressive (& they found a bit of lorica seg just for me!). www.youtube.com/@archprac

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Pete Savin @petesavin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Join me on short if steep walk along the line of #HadriansWall from Coesike turret to #Housesteads fort youtu.be/k1nbqKuRaCc?...

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Hadrian’s Wall a walk from Coesike turret to Housesteads

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Benwell Vallum crossing in 1985. I'm currently scanning all my old slides; I've got hundreds to go, but once I've finished I'll be posting the #hadrianswall pix to my Flickr account (www.flickr.com/photos/thear...) at full resolution with a CC BY-SA licence.

The #hadrianswall Vallum crossing at Benwell (GBR) looking north-west. Photographed 1985. Image: MCB (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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romanfindsgroup.bsky.social @romanfindsgroup.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Tickets are now live for RFG members, log in to the website to register for a ticket romanfindsgroup.org.uk/event/hadria...

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Zoom in on Roman Finds: Hadrian’s Wall & Beyond – Roman Finds Group

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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Harking back to the #HadriansCavalry: Turma! event in 2017, here's something that includes the result of jokingly suggesting that the Altar of Domitius Ahenobarbus includes a Roman salute: getting an entire audience do it! Ah, the power ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUbO... #RomanCavalry #HadriansWall

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Hadrian's Cavalry Hippika Gymnasia

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Lovely little #FindsFriday from the Roman Army Museum at Magna Fort on #hadrianswall. A brass cavalry harness brooch dated to AD40-125. Beautiful shine & detail. Style points to the cavalry! #romanbritain #romanmilitary #archaeology

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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

"Hadrian’s Wall is a microcosm of the Roman world—its military strategy, building techniques, material culture, and the lives not only of its soldiers, but also of the thousands of men, women, and children." #RomanSiteSaturday archaeology.org/collection/t...

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Features - The Wall at the End of the Empire - Archaeology Magazine - May/June 2017

The long and varied history of life along Hadrian’s Wall

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

#WorldOceanDay - Two Roman altars dedicated to Neptune and Oceanus by the Sixth Legion Victrix Pia Fidelis, showing symbols associated with each deity. The altars are thought to have formed part of a shrine on the Pons Aelius bridge (Newcastle), which the legion helped build around AD 120/2.

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Lindsay Powell FRHistS @lindsaypowell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

"VEX(i)LAT(io) LEG(io) II AVGVST(a)": a newly discovered a centurial stone found near turret 35a (Sewingshields) about 530 metres west, near the highest point of Sewingshields Crags, on Hadrian's Wall. #HadriansWall

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Roman Military Equipment @equipmentroman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Well, this is an interesting development.

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

There are few things to match the visceral feel, smell, and sound of the first bite of the blade in soil. In my case, almost always better than the complete absence of anything in a trench ...

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This made me laugh. Somebody pointed out that @propylaeum.bsky.social have me listed as 'Marilyn C Bishop' as co-author of the Corbridge report! 'I shall call you Marilyn from now on' offered my partner, mischievously. How do serious bibliographic organisations make a cock-up like that? #sloppy

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

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Flora 🏺 Ancient History Art @flaroh.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Fellow ancient history artists look at this!! Fully funded artist oppurtunity working with North East archives about Hadrians Wall, hosted by @vindolandatrust.bsky.social 🏛️🌿 If I didn’t already work at an archive three days a week I’d be all over this www.vindolanda.com/2027-artist-...

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Narrow gauge, too, since this was a rather collapsey stretch of #hadrianswall.

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Cambridge University Press - Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org · 24/04/2026

📣 The #Berlanga Cup links rural Hispania to Hadrian’s Wall, preserving the earliest inscription of eastern Wall forts. Read the article - out now #openaccess - in #Cambridge journal #Britannia. 🔗 cup.org/4mOyrc1 @theromansoc.bsky.social #hadrianswall #fortfriday #romanarchaeology

Cover of the journal "Britannia" featuring a mosaic with figures. Text on the side reads: "IN THE NEWS! The Berlanga Cup: New Evidence of Hadrian’s Wall Pans Found in Hispania.

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Tfw you hear your book is now at the printers! Available from good bookshops and libraries (feel free to ask yours to order it). (Shameless promotion via #RomanFortThursday) www.amberley-books.com/roman-life-o...

Book cover. Image is a grassy landscape of a rocky promontory stretching to the horizon with a stone wall snaking up it to the right. The sky above is dramatic grey clouds. In the foreground to the right is superimposed a stone statue of a seated man wearing draped robes. The book title Roman Life on Hadrian's Wall and author's name Claire Millington are prominent.

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

A blast from the past (one of Gibson's postcards).

View west along #hadrianswall from the plantation next to Housesteads. Image: J P Gibson

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Per Lineam Valli @perlineamvalli.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Your chance to see various lovely finds, including some military equipment, in an exhibition currently running at Segedunum museum in Wallsend on #hadrianswall. www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/exhibition...

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Exhibition opens at Segedunum as new funding is confirmed

Cash boost for Tyneside Roman fort as it opens new summer display. Tony Henderson reports

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Looking east onto Milecastle 39 - a fortlet on Hadrian’s Wall, located to the northeast of Once Brewed in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #HadriansWall #RomanBritain #Northumberland

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Roman Altars Found in River Tyne near Newcastle Fort. The altars are from a shrine on the Roman bridge (Pons Aelius). The altars were once painted & are lit to give an idea of colouring. They were dedicated by the Sixth Legion. Now in Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle #Archaeology #Roman

A Roman altar dedicated to the river god Neptune & showing his symbol of a trident. Entwined around the trident is a blue dolphin.
The altar has been lit by yellow & red light to pick out the scroll work at the top with the name, the rectangular frame & the pattern at the bottom.
Thus showing that Roman altars were once coloured & not plain stone as seen in many museums.

A Roman altar dedicated to the sea god Oceanus & showing his symbol of an anchor.
The altar has been lit by yellow & red light to pick out the scroll work at the top with the name, the rectangular frame & the pattern at the bottom.
Thus showing that Roman altars were once coloured & not plain stone as seen in many museums.

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Ray Purvis @raypurvis.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Looking east along the B6318 Military Road at Errington Hill Head in Wall mile 24. The 18th Century road was built on top of the foundations of Hadrian's Wall. Modern road followed the same route. #hadrianswall #followtheacorn #RomanSiteSaturday

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