Are we there yet ?, Battle Abbey and the Benedictine Order goes to Brecon, Wales. We're in the year 1093, Roger, a monk from St Martins Abbey, Battle founded St John the Evangelist Church in Brecon. For the full story please see our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/share/p/18v6...
A 1066 legacy, Crickhowell Castle, Wales, we're on adventures! Sir Payne de Turberville, fought alongside Duke William 1066 Push forward to 1121, some 55 years later, presumably the grandson of Sir Payne, Robert Tuberville set about building a timber Motte & Bailey style stronghold at Crickhowell
OMG ..... This is Rawsome ... Look at the latest exhibit at Bexhill Museum ! It is an exact replica of the Tufts-Love T-Rex skull, the most complete T-Rex skull ever discovered. Go take a look at it in the flesh ... or should I say bone .... 🤔 😏 😜
Here's a loo with a view ! Its located in the 12th century Norman lodge, now gatehouse, BattleAbbey, the loo maybe post medieval, however, the window opposite would have given view or access to the pedestrians walking through..... awkward!.
The bridge at Newenden on the Sussex border, a smugglers haunt ! The bridge was rebuilt in 1706 with three arches, it's in a strategically brilliant place if you were part of the smuggling world at the time, as was the well known Hawkhurst Gang. Full story: www.facebook.com/share/p/1bWR...
Oh who’s a fancy flapjack ! Chequerboard Caen stone and flint work. We’re at Marlipins in Shoreham, it’s the oldest secular (not connected to religion) building in Sussex, and one of the oldest in in England, dating to the 12th Century Full story, Facebook page: www.facebook.com/share/p/192U...
We're Doomed, but what does that really mean? We visited 15th century, All Saints Church in Hastings, and we're taken back by its breathtaking "Doom" painting over the Chancel Arch. For full story please see our Facebook page : www.facebook.com/share/p/1EKW...
With today's theft of Vix torc, here's what has been taken... The torc was found as part of a burial & placed around neck of the interred. Despite its size, it weighs only 480g (less that half the weight of the Snettisham Great torc). It is STUNNING. #Archaeology #Gold #Torcs 🏺 1/2
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 🏺
To the right of this picture are iguanodon toe bones. To the left is a fossil dinosaur footprint from #Bexhill beach, a naturally formed cast in sandstone.
Tomorrow (Friday 24th) National Trust archaeologists will be on hand to answer your questions for #AskAnArchaeologist as part of the #FestivalofArchaeology. It's probably one of our favourite days of the year! Join us here between 9.15am and 4pm. @nationaltrust.org.uk @archaeologyuk.bsky.social
Tea, Brandy & Secrets Stories from Sussex's Smuggling Past. For our full article please see our Facebook page www.facebook.com/share/p/1SfT...
On Thursday (23rd July) the #Bexhill History Hour will be at the museum from 2-3 and is on the subject of Witchcraft in Bexhill and Wider Sussex. The cost is £8 and the speaker is David Dennis - Associate Fellow Royal Historical Society.
Just a single to Cooden please ! 1906 saw a Tram service between St Leonards and Cooden. By 1927 the trams had been replaced by Trolley Buses, many of the old lines were used to strengthen concrete blocks along the coast used in Sea defences.
Early 19th century model of the HMS Victory under construction. The model was designed by G.J. Jenner Esq. H.M. Dockyard Deptford. #Bexhill #Nelson #Trafalgar
Illicit metal detecting is theft of our Heritage, a loss to our knowledge, understanding and any artefact's provenance. It's damaging not only to the land and environment but to all ethical law abiding detectorists too. 1/3 #HeritageCrime
I love that @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social brilliantly has a diorama of a hillfort rampart reconstruction that seems to be based on a line drawing reconstruction from Curwens publication on Hollingbury. #HillfortsWednesday
Today I'm giving a lecture at the @algao-uk.bluesky.social AGM. Protecting the Palaeolithic in the Planning System. It's a call to arms because the Palaeolithic record is being regularly trashed in the UK right now. I identity 5 reasons why this is happening and suggest some remedies: 🏺🦣 1/2
Have you visited Guestling or have you any stories fom there?. Its rather splendid Oak measures 7 meters in circumference, the Woodland Trust suggest an Oak like this could be 500 years old, and would be classed as ancient. 1/3
A game of Popinjay, anyone? Don't worry... the birds aren't real. Long before target archery became a modern sport, medieval archers tested their skill in a contest known as Popinjay. Popular during C15th-16th, competitors aimed their arrows almost vertically at artificial wooden birds. 1/4
Here's a photo from 1965 ish... do you have any memories or stories similar to this ? The photo was taken outside St Mary's Church in Eastbourne and are told it was a stop after meeting at the "Blue Room" on Eastbourne pier.
Imagine the Rider Who Owned This 1,000 Years Ago... Crafted around AD 1000, this beautifully decorated stirrup mount would once have adorned the equipment of a mounted rider in early medieval England. A small artefact with a thousand years of history behind it — now on display at Hastings Museum.
Whilst at St Laurence Church Guestling I realised I could see the Tower of St Andrews in Fairlight. What an incredibly clear day, maybe a touch too warm though.
Early medieval copper alloy stirrup mount dated to 1000AD Thats around the time of the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Stirrup mounts were used to attach the leather strap to the iron stirrup. The knot work design includes the heads of animals, probably horses. 1/2
The East Tower at #Helmsley, viewed from the (largely) intact side. It is quite the contrast. 📷 My own
Ste Lingard@stelingard.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe East Tower at #Helmsley Castle. Originally 12th century with later alterations - the most dramatic being the catastrophic slighting after the Civil War / Wars of the Three Kingdoms. (It looks surprisingly intact from the other side.) #TowerTuesday #NorthYorkshire #Castles 📷 My own
#Bexhill’s first fire engine, then and now! It’s a favourite among visitors and among the staff and volunteers too. The Merryweather was purchased in 1895, the pump was steam powered and the fire engine pulled by 2 horses, and remained in use for 26 years.
We visited the twelfth century tower at St Mary's Church in Northiam. The tower was heightened between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries and is one of four stone towers in Sussex. I'd love to have seen the build, tools and craft involved, it must have been seen as incredible once complete.
The access centre in our Sargent Gallery contains a wealth of information about local history, maps, books and files to help you research your topic of local interest. Please ask for any assistance you require. #Bexhill
