A bit early for #FindsFriday but it's rude not to! The blade end of a stone axe from Aldwark, courtesy of @arsltd.bsky.social. This came from a small pit with other Neolithic goodies. Probably* volcanic greenstone from the Langdale Pikes in Cumbria *someone will be along to correct me in a minute

How about exploring the #landscape of the #Peak District in September? There's still time to register for our day of lectures and field visit on 19 and 20 September organised with @tudorfarming.bsky.social. Details at the link. Please spread the word www.landscapestudies.com/society-even...

Society for Landscape Studies conference 2026 Hartington | The Society for Landscape Studies

Society for Landscape Studies 2026 conference in collaboration with Tudor Farming Interpretation Group 19th & 20th September 2026 Hartington, Buxton

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Out with members of @tudorfarming.bsky.social doing a contour survey in the hunt for the first settlement at Under Whitle. @spanglish51.bsky.social it's a bit humid now!

What a beauty. This lovely ovate handaxe in the 'Acheulean' tradition belongs at the crossover between the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic 350,000-200,000 years ago, and may have been made by late Heidelbergensis or early Neanderthal humans. Found in a ploughed field in Hopton, 1953 #FindsFriday

If the sun was a satsuma on the central stone of Arbor Low Pluto would be a grain of salt 320m away on the Gib Hill barrow And the nearest star would be in southern Spain Made this model once with my kids (not the Spain bit), and when we got back our sun had been nicked! #Derbyshire #Archaeology

It's been in the pipeline for ages, so it was amazing to finally get the 1st phase of this project going! 2 days of geophysics at Chaddesden Park, Derby. Huge thanks to Colin & Andrés (Sheffield Uni), the AOC team, and the DAS volunteers. Hopefully this leads to phase 2 >⛏️ #Derbyshire #Archaeology

#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social keep bringing it at Boulton Moor - here's a nice intact Roman pot from a well or watering hole. Let's hope that trowel doesn't slip. And a hammered silver penny (Edward I or II) just to spoil the Roman vibe!

#FindsFriday And a Roman silver denarius (Hadrian, we think) ... #Derbyshire #Archaeology

#FindsFriday And there's more - a blue glass 'melon' bead so freshly dug it's still covered in clart! #Derbyshire #Archaeology

#FindsFriday More Roman gubbins from Boulton Moor, a lovely little pottery flask (perfume bottle?) that emerged intact last week #Derbyshire #Archaeology

#FindsFriday To cheer us up after that Roman road disappointment, Boulton Moor is heaving with Roman goodies. A dense area of Roman rural activity with possible Iron Age origins and a good opportunity to investigate the interface. Here's a lovely mortarium base fresh out of the ground.

Roman road or limestone pavement? On the line of the 'Portway' above Grangemill with TVAS last week ... #Derbyshire #Archaeology her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR...

✨ A hidden gem at St. Oswald’s, Ashbourne – an ancient oak door carrying the golden stain of time. Its bird-head hinges and inserted ogee tracery feel mid C14th or earlier – fragments perhaps salvaged from a lost rood screen and folded back into the life of the church.

Remarkably, on a wall in St. Oswald’s, Ashbourne, the original brass consecration plate of 1241 survives - in honour of St. Oswald (Oswaldi). It feels like a wormhole - as though the medieval world has briefly surfaced in the present - captured like a fly in amber.

Brand new DAJ landed on my desk this morning, Bronze Age cremations from Mouselow and a medieval moated site at Shirebrook, coffee time reading sorted! Great job by contributors and editors! #Derbyshire #Archaeology

Booking is now open for this year's training dig at Derventio (Little Chester) in Derby. Run by @yorkarchaeology.bsky.social, this is a fantastic way to get some training in archaeological excavation. Last year's dig was great fun! #archaeology community.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/training-dig...

We DIG - Derventio - York Archaeology - Community

We DIG Derventio returns to Little Chester to see what else we can uncover of the Roman town of Derventio. What will participants find?

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Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's home from work work we go… if only! Start the week with T’Owd Man, the lead miner of St Mary’s, Wirksworth, Derbyshire (formerly of St. James’s, Bonsall) - a thousand years of carrying his pick and basket and still he carries on!

Nice preservation of padstone sleeper blocks and a cobbled surface from the 1796 Peak Forest Tramway at Chapel-en-le-Frith, courtesy of Team Civic. Originally a horse- and gravity-powered tramway linking Dove Holes quarries to the Peak Forest Canal at Bugsworth Basin #Derbyshire #Archaeology

A cartoon to illustrate Ellen Durbin's excellent Diggers' Forum article on the awkward disconnect, raised by @sarahmay1.bsky.social, between the impact of archaeology and the impact on archaeologists. There'll be more from me in future issues of British Archaeology. 🏺

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Are commercial archaeologists miserable? In our latest open access article from British Archaeology, Ellen Durbin explores the gap between the wellbeing benefits associated with archaeology and the realities of commercial practice. Read here 👉 bit.ly/3NYunJo Illustration by @robhedge.bsky.social

The finds that we got around to cleaning from our test pit trial day. Still finding whiteware 60cm down was a little annoying, but all adds to the story I suppose! Nice chunky Pancheon Ware sherds though! Continuing this weekend to see if we can get to an older layer! #archaeology #derbyshire

Ok, it's coming! @buxtonfringe.bsky.social is in July and we have some talks for your delectation! First up we have @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social who will be giving us the lowdown on the Castles of Derbyshire on the 8th July. Tickets on sale now! Castles of Derbyshire. tinyurl.com/5n7dh2pm

Happy birthday to the Peak District National Park, designated #otd 13 April 1951. Originally 555 square miles of moor and valley, the 'great north roof of England.' It would never have happened but for one woman... 1/4

Mam Tor, viewed from the south east in 1975. Signs of occupation are visible, terraced into the slope away from the prevailing westerly. The A625 is just out shot at the bottom right - it closed four years later. #HillfortsWednesday #Derbyshire 📷 Cambridge Air Photos CUCAP BWG84

This strange arrangement on Chatsworth Road in Chesterfield always makes me smile. Perhaps even more mysterious than its Neolithic stone counterparts as to why it's there! 😂

Trying to post some regular archaeological sites in #Derbyshire over on the Derbyshire Archaeological Society's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/groups/69721...). This site has captured my interest lately, so thought I'd share it here, too. Farnah Hall / Champion Park nr Duffield. #archaeology

A little information about the finds at Rykneld Square in Chesterfield! It was wonderful hearing about this at Derbyshire Archaeology Day at the Winding Wheel back in January www.chesterfield.gov.uk/latest-news/...

📢New film explaining what Historic Environment Records (HERs) are📢 If you ever wondered what HERs do, please watch and you will see why they matter so much for the heritage around us….. 🎥 historicengland.org.uk/advice/techn... 🎥

Historic Environment Records (HERs) | Historic England

This is a brief guide to the wealth of information on archaeology and the historic built environment held in Historic Environment Records.

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The famous crooked spire of St. Mary’s and All Saints Parish Church at Chesterfield in Derbyshire. The twisted effect was caused by the use of unseasoned wood during its construction in the mid-14th century. 📸 My own. #SteepleSaturday #Chesterfield #Derbyshire

If you want to find out how heritage is recorded by HERs such as@exmoornp.bsky.social , @northyorkmoors.org.uk , @derbyshirearch.bsky.social , @myworcester.bsky.social and @ciosher.bsky.social watch out for a new film we are launching on Monday. #historicenvironmentrecords #historicengland #ALGAO

There are over 80 Historic Environment Records in England, bringing together information about archaeology and heritage and helping people access trusted local knowledge for research and management. Explore your local HER at her.derbyshire.gov.uk #Historicenvironmentrecords #Derbyshire #Archaeology