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.
Dr Wendy Morrison
@hillfortian.bsky.social
Director of CHAP CIC; prehistorian, flyfisher, ferroequinologist. Jack of some trades, master of none. FSA Opinions are all my own... www.heritageCHAP.co.uk
When you're not certain your belongings will be secure...
BBC News - Three-year project into ancient land begins www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... More great stuff from @jerseyheritage.bsky.social and @mattpope.bsky.social
Three-year project into ancient land begins
Archaeologists hope to learn more about the land surrounding La Hougue Bie chamber in Jersey.
bbc.co.uk
#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...
Archaeology Training Excavation / Fieldschool
Looking for fieldwork experience and skills training? CHAP offers a training excavation! ***FEES APPLY*** read below NOT A FREE EVENT
eventbrite.co.uk
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 )
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.
chilterns.org.uk
Brilliant day in @bannaubrycheiniog.bsky.social, walking up the Sugar Loaf! Wonderful colours and incredible views
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 🏺
It's hot and dry in Bannau Brycheiniog, but oh so gorgeous
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
#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'?
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.
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?...
The Sound That Terrified The Romans
YouTube video by Paul Whitewick
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Ooh I didn't know you'd done one of these, @paulwhitewick.bsky.social Very nice!
Council for British Archaeology@archaeologyuk.bsky.social · 3w agoWe're kicking off our digital festival Past in Our Hands with filmmaker and landscape historian Paul Whitewick At Danebury Hill Fort, Paul explores this year's festival theme of Nature. Through the lens of archaeology, he reveals how people and the natural world have shaped one another.
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 😂
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
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
We are making pots, old school style 😎
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
Dr Wendy Morrison@hillfortian.bsky.social · 3w agoAh, as Homer foretold... Sailing on the mead-dark sea #Odyssey #FantasyFilmFriday
Been a while since I sat down with a quiet pint, and it's been a long day, so time for an historically themed lovely amber from the fine folk @twicebrewedbrewco.bsky.social
Someone on here recently mentioned cockchafers...might have been @prehistorian.bsky.social Here's a culinary aspect of the beetle I had previously overlooked 🤮
Christian McIntire@christianmcintire.com · 3w agoAnd they were also used in a soup. www.eatweeds.co.uk/cockchafer-s...
Well, I've rather lost interest in the Final now, so I guess I'll maybe see how this turned out 😜
Paul Whitewick@paulwhitewick.bsky.social · 3w agoWorld Cup Final this Sunday Vs The Sound of The Carnyx with @hillfortian.bsky.social You decide. 6pm Sunday 19th July. 2026.
It's been a good first day Must stretch to proper branding at some point 😜
A couple months ago, Callum kindly gave me a tour of the archives and talked about this incredible set of documents (amongst others) This video is everything I'd hoped for when he said he might do a post on it one day. Enjoy!
Buckinghamshire Archives@bucksarchives.bsky.social · 3w agoWho doesn't love a bit of gossip?
The flat next door has a telly dish. Sometime this evening it seems to have rather improbably sprouted a decorative feather! Can anyone identify the bird? (I can't, it might as well be a hoopoe as far as my feather ID skills go!)
