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Kathryn Murphy

@kmurphster.bsky.social

Archaeologist. GIS, databases & survey. Mostly Romans, but now straying into the Early Medieval. She/Her. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Wear a mask! 😷 Views my own. Currently Data Scientist on @remade-uor.bsky.social

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Kathryn Murphy@kmurphster.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Camp Hill promontory fort, Lydney. The Iron Age defenses are still well defined. There is a Roman settlement within the defenses, built around iron mines. It was excavated by Mortimer Wheeler in the 1920s & the ruins of the bathhouse & temple to Nodens are visible. #HillfortsWednesday

Entrance to Camp Hill promontory fort. There is a well defined rampart covered in bright green ferns. There are large trees in the distance and the sky is overcast.Looking into the ruined remains of the Roman bathhouse, built within the hillfort. It is built of stone, and is sitting below modern ground level. There are multiple rooms coming off the central corridor The hypocaust for the bathhouse. It is a stone built, square room with a grid of stacked tiles that would have supported the raised floor in the room, allowing the hot air to circulate below and heat the room. Plan drawing of the promontory fort with the excavated Roman remains within the defenses.
Kathryn Murphy@kmurphster.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Looking for an archaeological field school this spring? Come join the @cancic.bsky.social excavations in Oxfordshire and/or Northumberland! Full details on our website #aechaeology #ancientsky 🏺

Sarah Miles@sarahmiles.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Bookings are now open for the @cancic.bsky.social 2026 #archaeology fieldschools. 20-24 April at a #medieval manor site in Oxfordshire and 18-22 May at an early #Anglo-Saxon site in Northumberland. More details via cancic.com

Alessandro Rigolon@alerigolon.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Really interesting research showing that while ultra-specialization in a single discipline might lead to better results early in one’s career, multi-discipline training and practice pays off big time in the long run. This applies to a range of professions from scientists to athletes and more

Recent discoveries on the acquisition of the highest levels of human performance

Scientists have long debated the origins of exceptional human achievements. This literature review summarizes recent evidence from multiple domains on the acquisition of world-class performance. We re...

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CAA UK@caa-uk.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It’s day one of CAA-UK 2025! 🎉 Workshops, sessions, posters & digital archaeology kick off today in Cambridge. 📍 AGM at 17:00 today — all members attending are encouraged to join. Agenda, last year’s minutes & more: linktr.ee/caa_uk

The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones@megalithic.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🏆Win🏆the perfect Christmas 🎄 gift for a stones enthusiast: STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year) To win a signed (and dedicated if you like) copy of both books… 1/

Win a copy of STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year)
Dr Tess Machling@tessmachling.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this? (Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.) #Archaeology #Detecting 🏺 bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...

The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned?

by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) – the detectorist-facing branch of archaeology – whic…

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Kathryn Murphy@kmurphster.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Saw some remains of Traiectum Roman fort in Utrecht. It sits under the Dom Square & was built over by different layers of religious buildings. You can see some of the remains on an underground tour & the line of the walls is marked by metal panels showing the line of the frontiers #RomanFortThursday

A short section of Roman stone wall, dramatically lit. In the background, a red and black image of a reconstructed Roman buildingA pile of Roman roof tiles. Two of the pieces of tile have cat or drop paw prints on themA dramatically lit Roman copper alloy brooch, with inlaid enamel decorationA metal panel in the pavement. The line of the British frontier (Hadrian's Wall) is carved into the panel. The panel marks the location of the fort walls, which still survive below ground.
Kathryn Murphy@kmurphster.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I've written up some of @remade-uor.bsky.social's latest results for @uor-research.bsky.social! Check out the blog post to learn how the chemistry of the Cunetio Hoard coins is revealing details of the rebellions during the 3rd c. Crisis. #archaeology #AncientSky 🏺

Research at Reading@uor-research.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Britannia, 274 AD. A rogue general has defied Rome to form a splinter state and, somewhere in Wiltshire, 55,000 coins are buried in the dirt. Now, analysis of their alloys is letting archaeologist @kmurphster.bsky.social track an empire's rise & fall Read our blog 🔗 rdg.ac/4notWE9 #AncientSky

Kathryn Murphy@kmurphster.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Visited St Catherine's Hill hillfort, outside Winchester, a few weeks ago. The univallate fort encloses about 9ha. It was partially excavated in the 1920s, finding a IA settlement spanning 550-50 BC, Roman occupation & a mid 12th c Norman style chapel & earthworks on the summit. #HillfortsWednesday

Looking across the landscape at St Catherine's Hill hillfort. There are small shrubs and bushes in the foreground. On the hill, you can see the line of the hillfort defenses cutting across the side of the hill. There is a big cluster of trees right on the summit. Looking down the tree shaded rampart ditch of the hillfort, with the bank rising up on the left. The ditch is now one of the walking paths on the hillLooking out across the landscape from the top of the defensive hillfort bank. The line of the bank stretches out in front of you, with a steep drop into the ditch on the left. The top of the bank is marked by a white chalk path where the vegetation has been worn away by many footsteps. A plan drawing of the hillfort from an interpretive board on the site. It shows the oblong line of the defensive ramparts and ditch outlining the top of the hill, as well as the location of the Norman chapel on the summit.
Kathryn Murphy@kmurphster.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I biked out to Caesar's Camp hillfort a couple weeks ago. It covers about 17.2 acres & is one of the largest in southern England. It isn't the best land for farming, so it's thought to have been more of a marketplace under the Catuvellanuni. I found the bank & ditch in the trees! #HillfortsWednesday

Looking across the steep slopes and defensive ramparts on the north side of the hillfort. The slopes are covered in ferns and purple blooming heathers. There are trees in the distance. A sea of purple blooming heather in the interior of the hillfort. The field of heather is ringed by trees that are growing on the banks of the hillfort. Looking along the defensive ditch with the steep bank on the right hand side of the photo. Plan drawing of the hillfort. It is shaped like an oak leaf, with a ditch and two banks surrounding the entire site.
Kathryn Murphy@kmurphster.bsky.social · last yr.

I'll be @romanpalace.bsky.social next week with the @remade-uor.bsky.social team for the Meet the Experts event. We'll be showing off some of the amazing artefacts we've analysed, discussing results & striking some replica #Roman coins! Should be a great #FestivalOfArchaeology event!

REMADE - Roman & Early Medieval Alloys Defined@remade-uor.bsky.social · last yr.

Want to learn more about REMADE? See some objects that we've analysed? Make a replica #Roman coin? If you answered yes to any of those questions, come see us at the #FestivalOfArchaeology Meet the Experts event at Fishbourne @romanpalace.bsky.social on July 25! sussexpast.co.uk/event/festiv...

Kathryn Murphy@kmurphster.bsky.social · 2y ago

Did you know that every fort along Hadrian's Wall has a record (& associated GIS shapefiles) in the WallCAP WallGIS available on @ads-update.bsky.social? Search the database & explore the map here archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/col... for #RomanFortThursday #AncientSky #Archaeology 🏺

WallCAP: The Hadrian's Wall Community Archaeology Project Collections and Map

WallCAP, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, combined the ethos of community archaeology to meet key aims relating to the archaeological research and conservation and management of the Hadri...

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Kathryn Murphy@kmurphster.bsky.social · 2y ago

Want to know what Jane Harrison, @sarahmiles.bsky.social & I have been up to in Northumberland? Listen to this podcast all about our early medieval site. Highlights include sunken feature buildings, lots of cool small finds, insitu loom weights off a burnt loom & a loom weight production site!

Dr Tom Horne@hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW VIDEO PODCAST 📺 Sensational early Anglo-Saxon and Viking Great Army finds in northern Northumbria! 🎙️ Join me and @thebigelbee.bsky.social as we chat with Jane Kershaw, Jane Harrison, Kathryn Murphy, and Lynn Amadio about the internationally-important Near Felton site. youtu.be/nu-2zZtnOj8?...