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Amanda Chadburn 🏺
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Loves old stuff especially *Archaeology *Heritage Mgment *Landscape *Prehistory *World Heritage *Archaeoastronomy *IA Coins *Respons.Detecting *Heritage Crime
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Amanda Chadburn 🏺 @amandachadburn.bsky.social · Mar 3
For those of you on Saturday who kindly asked about where to buy our book, here is the link and the 30% discount code: 27HERESEARCH
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Enjoy! 🏺
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antiquaries.bsky.social
This image is part of a detailed account of King Edward VI’s procession in 1547 from the Tower of London to the Palace of Westminster on the day before his coronation. Unique to this scene is its recording of the City, especially Cheapside with its goldsmiths’ shops.
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Two examples of a distinctively Romano-British artefact: the sinuously gorgeous dragonesque brooch for #FindsFriday 😍

These particular copper alloy beauties, inlaid with red and blue enamel, were found in Faversham #Kent c 1895

© Trustees of the British Museum

#Roman #Archaeology
Two copper alloy brooches with double-headed, long-eared, hare-like ends, inlaid with red and blue enamel decoration, both stained green after centuries in the soil
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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bungacast.bsky.social
8. Chronicle of Georgia, Tbilisi (1987)

Zurab Tsereteli’s brutalist Stonehenge: massive basalt pillars engraved with saints & Soviet heroes.
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Behold... the 2025 face pumpkin! Inspired by many things, but first and foremost I went back to my jack o' lantern roots with an archaeology reference. The Undine / Vodena Vila sculpture from Lepensk Vir, from 6300 - 5900 BCE.
A carved pumpkin on a wooden countertop with grey tiles behind it. It's a tall oval orange pumpkin with a simple but expressive face; large circular eyes, with semi-circular shapes that curl underneath the eyes towards the nose. The nose is a rectangle that reaches up to join into the forehead and shape above the eyes. It has a wide downturned mouth. It almost looks upset. Below the face is a repeating pattern of vertical diamonds and triangles, almost like fish scales. A tall oval orange pumpkin in the dark, lit from within. It has a simple but expressive face; large circular eyes, with semi-circular shapes that curl underneath the eyes towards the nose. The nose is a rectangle that reaches up to join into the forehead and shape above the eyes. It has a wide downturned mouth. It almost looks upset. Below the face is a repeating pattern of vertical diamonds and triangles, almost like fish scales. A small stone sculpture on an acrylic plinth. It has been carved with small chips to create a simple but expressive face; large circular eyes, with semi-circular shapes that curl underneath the eyes towards the nose. The nose is a rectangle that reaches up to join into the forehead and shape above the eyes. It has a wide downturned mouth. It almost looks upset. Below the face is a repeating pattern of vertical diamonds and triangles, almost like fish scales. The bottom of this rounded stone has been broken off and it is flat on the plinth with a vertex of two faces visible on the front.
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
amandachadburn.bsky.social
Sighting the sun in Bristol Cathedral. #helios #heritage
October 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
amandachadburn.bsky.social
“we have established in court that The Lost King is a misleading, defamatory, untrue portrayal of what happened in Leicester back in 2012." 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man wins 'substantial damages' over portrayal in Steve Coogan Richard III film
Richard Taylor sued Steve Coogan and two production companies over his portrayal in the movie.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
amandachadburn.bsky.social
This is wonderful Pete - many thanks for sharing! 🏺
October 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
amandachadburn.bsky.social
Breaking news! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Two arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre, French media report
Two arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre, French media report
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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public-history.bsky.social
Remembering the English Heritage Stonehenge Dahlia Shows 2023-2024,which revisited the Great Stonehenge Dahlia Exhibitions 1842-1845.
September 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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public-history.bsky.social
Paintings of Stonehenge by Victorian women are rare, and these details are tantalising: could this be Elizabeth Russell, Duchess of Bedford (1818-1897) and her daughter Lady Ermyntrude Russell (1856-1927)? Such precious women's artwork needs to be in the Wiltshire Museum collection.
October 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
amandachadburn.bsky.social
Dogwalk to the mighty Southmead round barrow yesterday. Difficult to get a sense of its scale but it’s BIG. 🏺
October 26, 2025 at 7:53 AM
amandachadburn.bsky.social
Watched this again last night with hubby. The day Marty goes back in time is 40 years ago today!! 26 Oct 1985. Brilliant film!
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Back To The Future
October 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Avebury by William Colt-Hoare. Note the old toll house at the start of the Kennet avenue.
#StandingStoneSunday
Avebury by William Colt-Hoare. Note the old toll house at the start of the Kennet avenue. #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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#WeekQForQuiet
#AlphabetChallenge
Also #StandingStoneSunday
There’s something about a stone circle that invites you to experience it in peace. This one, the smallest in Cornwall, is in Duloe 🙂
October 26, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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What a charming #Egyptian bronze figure of a shrew! Since shrews are animals that find their way in the dark they were connected to the descending phase of the sun’s nocturnal journey. Late Period (746-332 B.C).
On display at Museum Hohentübingen. 🏺

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A small bronze statue of a shrew standing on a rectangular base. The figure is elongated with a pointed snout, slender legs, and a long tail, featuring engraved decorative patterns on its back. Displayed against a neutral background with the label number 42.
October 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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archaeologyuk.bsky.social
Demolishing 1 Silk Street would waste carbon and damage local character. A retrofit could save both.

We’ve objected to the plans, now it’s time to rethink how we treat our existing buildings. Why demolish when we can refurbish?

Reuse saves heritage, carbon, & character. 👉 shorturl.at/VjnpU
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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peterreavill.bsky.social
A treasure find becomes the property of the Crown at the immediate point of discovery. The finder is the bailee - entirely responsible for its safe keeping and deposition. It could be argued that the archaeological context is also protected & any damage considered to be prosecutable criminal damage
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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doccrom.bsky.social
#EpigraphyTuesday - A stunning piece discovered in 2014 in the Galloway Hoard. A Roman rock-crystal column-head, repurposed and mounted in gold, ca. 8-9th Century, to serve as a small container for liquids. #Archaeology #Art 🏺 (1/2)

Image: National Museum of Scotland (X.2018.12.71.18.1).
October 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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museumsassociation.org
News | National Trust cuts 500 full-time posts

Charity says a third of job losses will come from compulsory redundancies.
National Trust cuts 500 full-time posts - Museums Association
Charity says a third of job losses will come from compulsory redundancies
www.museumsassociation.org
October 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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sardonicus.eu
Shell poster promoting travel to Stonehenge by Edward McKnight Kauffer.
stylised depiction of Stonehenge at night.
May 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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andybrockman.bsky.social
#HeritageCrime News

Devon and Cornwall Police have stated there are "No viable lines of enquiry" in the case of metal detector users who raided the scheduled Lydford Castle and Saxon Town.

However, if further information becomes available the incident could be re-visited, the Police said.
'Nighthawkers' in illegal dig at historic Devon site
Multiple holes dug by illegal metal detectorists at historic Lydford Castle and Saxon Town.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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‘The West Tofts handaxe is a small British Acheulean biface well known for its cortical preservation of a fossilised bivalve shell’
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 25, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
The story of the Durotriges just got a little more intriguing

www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2518005...
Romans attacking Maiden Castle and killing the Iron Age inhabitants in a series of modern reconstruction paintings
May 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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antiquity.ac.uk
In the Middle Neolithic of Ireland's Boyne Valley, passage graves were superseded by more open circular enclosures. Circular 'proto-henge' monuments developed in southern Britain shortly after. Were they inspired by interaction across the Irish Sea? 🏺

Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Newgrange passage tomb: a large, circular hill with a 'wall' of white stone encircling half of it.
May 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
amandachadburn.bsky.social
Oh no, awful for the patients - and everyone. Hope all are safe; my son was born here. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
St Michael's maternity hospital evacuated as large fire burns
Pregnant mothers and babies are being evacuated onto the road outside of St Michael's Hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM