Numerous examples of bench marks and flushing plates in the village of @farndoncheshire.bsky.social Pdf here, giving full details and broader national context. #BenchMarkMonday www.roydenhistory.co.uk/farndon/feat...
Based In Churton
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Londoner living in Churton, exploring the area and blogging about heritage, visits, walks, food and anything else that makes me smile.
A visit to the Iron Age hillfort Moel y Gaer in Rhosesmor, northeast Wales last week was a real treat. I chose the first day in months where I could have been drenched, but the views were still splendid. Notes on the extensive archaeology, visiting details and many more pics at wp.me/pcZwQK-9UR
Splendid sunflowers in a field at the foot of Old Oswestry yesterday
I spent the afternoon at Old Oswestry hillfort under a spectacular sky with sun on the straw-coloured plateau. The southern slopes looked like dry savannah whilst the bracken on the northern slopes was a brilliant array of colours. Very dramatic. Pics and visiting notes on my blog: wp.me/pcZwQK-9Pe
Visiting the Summer Plant Fair and the gardens at Cholmondeley Castle Gardens with a friend, we took in the St Nicholas Chapel. Georgian on the outside, it underwent all sorts of modifications from the 16th century onwards inside, with a great deal to see in such a small space: wp.me/pcZwQK-9MW
For those who fear the climb to Dinas Brân #SirDdinbych / #Denbighshire here's some pics of the Iron Age hillfort and shattered walls of the 13th century castle #RampartyGoodness 🛩📷 © @drtobydriver.bsky.social Feb 2013 @rcahmwales.bsky.social AP_2013_0996 👞📷 us Aug 2023 #HillfortsWednesday
It's not much notice because three of the following end on Sat the 25th, but the Georgia O'Keefe (bliss), and four other super temporary exhibitions at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead offer a fabulous mix of contrasting artistic styles. More at wp.me/pcZwQK-9KQ
On BBC Sounds: EarthWorks. Archaeologist, writer and splendid artist Rose Ferraby is in Hepple Wilds in Northumberland to explore a 4000 year old cup-and-ring mark rock art landscape as part of her series exploring prehistoric landscapes via different materials. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Essay - EarthWorks - Stone - BBC Sounds
Archaeologist Rose Ferraby explores rock art in Northumberland.
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So the historic building, a landmark of Chester's heritage, is to be destroyed because somehow a modern building development, designed with no sensitivity for its presence, now makes it redundant? Have I got that right?
ChesterArchSoc@chesterarchsoc.bsky.social · last mo.Cheshire West & Chester Council to consider whether to allow erosion of #Chester conservation area by permitting demolition of building of Townscape Merit because it does not integrate with the new poor buildings they have consented.
A mellow visit to The Harp Inn at Little Neston, Wirral, for relaxed conversation and amazing views, followed by a visit two minutes away to Denhall Quay, one of the few remaining remnants of the Neston Collieries, which tunnelled for coal under the estuary: wp.me/pcZwQK-9Ji
If you want to learn more about #Chester's #Rows for yourself, here are three essential pieces of reading:
Hampston's Well, near Burton Mere on the Wirral, is an unexpected and peaceful little corner of the universe tucked away on a country lane, and a lovely place to visit if you are in the Neston-Burton area. More pix at wp.me/pcZwQK-9II
Ness Botanic Gardens on the Wirral offers sunny walks and shaded footpaths, open meadows, quiet ponds, streams and woodland paths. A super way to spend a hot summer's day, with plenty to see and a nice cool cafe in which to mellow afterwards. Lots of pix on my blog at wp.me/pcZwQK-9G7
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's huge "Great Eastern" set sail for Liverpool on her maiden voyage 17th June 1860, arriving in New York this day, 28th June, to huge applause and a considerable amount of curiosity. The Illustrated London News later celebrated with this image. More info at wp.me/pcZwQK-98m
Brunel’s magnificent “Great Eastern” arriving this day in New York from Liverpool in 1860: The Illustrated London News
On 17th June 1860 the fabulous S.S Great Eastern left Liverpool and set sail on her maiden voyage for New York. She arrived there this day, 28th June. Her designer and architect was Isambard Kingdo…
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Even in the record-breaking heat on Wednesday there was a cooling breeze and plenty of shaded areas at RSPB Burton Mere on the southwest Wirral, with lots to see along the reed beds and woodland walks and large groups of amazingly noisy birds cooling down at the water edges. More at wp.me/pcZwQK-9Eu
"Chester Castle History Symposium: A New Rebirth." Sat 20th June 0900-1645, St Mary's Creative Space. "Join English Heritage for a landmark day of discovery as we celebrate a new era of interpretation at Chester Castle." Keynotes: Stewart Aynsworth, Rachel Swallow, Will Wyeth. tinyurl.com/mr3z9ckx
Chester Castle History Symposium: A New Rebirth
Join English Heritage for a landmark day of discovery as we celebrate a new era of interpretation at Chester Castle.
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The collegiate church of St Boniface, Bunbury, re-founded in the late 14thC as a chantry, has as much window as wall. A plethora of fascinating architectural features, including grotesques, painted surfaces and sepulchral monuments offer visitors a terrific experience. Pics + info: wp.me/pcZwQK-8Wn
I very much enjoyed writing an overview of the Iron Age buildings and field systems located at Chester amphitheatre during the 2004-2006 excavations, described in the 2018 report, which provided important new data about both settlement and agriculture in the city's pre-Roman period: wp.me/pcZwQK-9vV
The chewing gum girl. The mysterious acrobat. The great and the forgotten — all laid to rest in Handbridge 🪦 Stories in Stone is a guided tour of Overleigh Cemetery with Paul Woods that is as life-affirming as it is fascinating. 3 June | 2:30pm 🎟️ buff.ly/8JjHrc8 #ChesterHeritageFestival #CHF2026
Extraordinary tales from ordinary lives - Chester's 18th-century newspapers were full of them 📰 Local historian Chris Fozzard uncovers the best of them at Chester Picturehouse on 2 June. Vivid, surprising and thoroughly entertaining. 🎟️ buff.ly/4QFz78A #ChesterHeritageFestival #CHF2026 #Chester
New *New Stone Age* building completed at #Stonehenge And it looks amazing 😍 #Neolithic #Archaeology #EnglishHeritage 👇👇👇 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
See two events focused on the Chester Amphitheatre. 1st, the Grosvenor Museum's "Chester Amphitheatre - An 8000 year story" exhib (til 12th July) and the Univ of Chester's "Our City, Our Story: Deva Victrix" VR experience (with a demo in Chester tomorrow 10-4pm). More re both at wp.me/pcZwQK-9ug
There is a demo of this amphitheatre VR project in Chester at Exchange Square, Northgate Street near the new market, Sat 23rd May, 11am-4pm. It is an opportunity to try out the technology and provide feedback for the future development of the project. Do give it a go if you are in Chester tomorrow!
ChesterArchSoc@chesterarchsoc.bsky.social · 3mo agoUniversity of Chester secures cash for amphitheatre VR project www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/2612705...
And this is one about the digital reconstruction of Holt which we funded over a decade ago, built by John de Warenne and favourite of Richard II: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2021/04...
A 1975 aerial view of #OldOswestry - note the training trenches dug during the First World War. Protecting the archaeology wasn't high on the list of priorities at the time. #HillfortsWednesday #Shropshire #FWW 📷 Cambridge Air Photos, CUCAP BVQ9.
Late Roman burials are surprisingly rare in England. This 'missing 5th century', a key period of transition following the withdrawal of the Roman army, may be explained by a variety of archaeologically invisible funerary practices. Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Where is everybody? The unburied dead in late Roman and early medieval England | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Substantial debate surrounds the relative lack of formal burials in Britain during the fifth century AD, which was a key period of social and economic transition following the withdrawal of the Roman army. Here, the authors argue that the ‘missing fifth century’ may be explained, in part, by the continuation of archaeologically invisible mortuary treatments practised in the preceding Iron Age and Roman period. Compilation of published radiocarbon dates from human remains found in cave and riverine contexts demonstrates that a variety of methods for the disposal of the dead—outside of formal cemeteries—existed in the first millennium AD.
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Just time for a quick stroll round Arrowe Park and Upton Meadow this evening, in the lengthening shadows.
By no means the only cemetery on the Wirral that looks well worth a visit, and this is looking particularly lovely at the moment. Another place added to my ever-expanding to-do list 🙂
Martin Travis@martintravis.bsky.social · 4mo agoBidston Village and Flaybrick Cemetery, from today's walk
