@archaeoali.bsky.social
Landscape Archaeologist
Part Time Doctoral Researcher @archsoton50.bsky.social
Eardstapa - Woman of Kent - ACIfA
Sharing my ❤️ for the historic environment from big landscapes to hidden spaces.
All 📸 my own unless stated
Part Time Doctoral Researcher @archsoton50.bsky.social
Eardstapa - Woman of Kent - ACIfA
Sharing my ❤️ for the historic environment from big landscapes to hidden spaces.
All 📸 my own unless stated
Hardknott Roman Fort, Lake District, Cumbria.
Built early in Hadrian's reign, Hardknott was used for about 20 years, then abandoned, possibly due to other forts becoming more strategically useful.
#RomanFortThursday 🏺 AncientBlueSky
Built early in Hadrian's reign, Hardknott was used for about 20 years, then abandoned, possibly due to other forts becoming more strategically useful.
#RomanFortThursday 🏺 AncientBlueSky
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hardknott Roman Fort, Lake District, Cumbria.
Built early in Hadrian's reign, Hardknott was used for about 20 years, then abandoned, possibly due to other forts becoming more strategically useful.
#RomanFortThursday 🏺 AncientBlueSky
Built early in Hadrian's reign, Hardknott was used for about 20 years, then abandoned, possibly due to other forts becoming more strategically useful.
#RomanFortThursday 🏺 AncientBlueSky
Ramparts of Caesar’s Camp, Long Valley.
A large, multivallate hillfort on the Surrey / Hampshire border with commanding view over the surrounding countryside. Excavations in the 1970s suggest 3 phases of Iron Age occupation
#HillfortsWednesday 🏺 AncientBlueSky
A large, multivallate hillfort on the Surrey / Hampshire border with commanding view over the surrounding countryside. Excavations in the 1970s suggest 3 phases of Iron Age occupation
#HillfortsWednesday 🏺 AncientBlueSky
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ramparts of Caesar’s Camp, Long Valley.
A large, multivallate hillfort on the Surrey / Hampshire border with commanding view over the surrounding countryside. Excavations in the 1970s suggest 3 phases of Iron Age occupation
#HillfortsWednesday 🏺 AncientBlueSky
A large, multivallate hillfort on the Surrey / Hampshire border with commanding view over the surrounding countryside. Excavations in the 1970s suggest 3 phases of Iron Age occupation
#HillfortsWednesday 🏺 AncientBlueSky
Always worth sticking your head in a utility trench as you pass… you never know what you might see of interest #gosport #railwayhistory #disusedrailwayline
October 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Always worth sticking your head in a utility trench as you pass… you never know what you might see of interest #gosport #railwayhistory #disusedrailwayline
Hmm….
Not helpful when the bibliographic reference you want to check starts with a “B”….
Anyone else have the same printing error? 😂
Not helpful when the bibliographic reference you want to check starts with a “B”….
Anyone else have the same printing error? 😂
October 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Hmm….
Not helpful when the bibliographic reference you want to check starts with a “B”….
Anyone else have the same printing error? 😂
Not helpful when the bibliographic reference you want to check starts with a “B”….
Anyone else have the same printing error? 😂
I have written the first 10,000 words of my PhD thesis! Woohoo! Totally aware that 80% of this might get rewritten over the comes year but allowing myself this moment 🤪 #PhDLife #PhD #Archaeology 🏺
September 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I have written the first 10,000 words of my PhD thesis! Woohoo! Totally aware that 80% of this might get rewritten over the comes year but allowing myself this moment 🤪 #PhDLife #PhD #Archaeology 🏺
Reservoir levels in Yorkshire have dropped further following the hottest spring and summer on record - exposing a bridge for the first time in a century.
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Yorkshire reservoir levels fall below one third despite rainfall
Previously underwater structures were revealed after the
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September 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Reservoir levels in Yorkshire have dropped further following the hottest spring and summer on record - exposing a bridge for the first time in a century.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Worrying' amounts of microplastic in chalk stream
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Microplastics: River Itchen study reveals chronic contamination
A study of the River Itchen by citizen scientists finds
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September 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
'Worrying' amounts of microplastic in chalk stream
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The font in St Bartholomew the Great church in the City of London dates from 1405. It is believed to be one of only two pre-Reformation fonts in London. The painter William Hogarth was baptised here in 1697. #FontsOnFriday 🏺
August 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The font in St Bartholomew the Great church in the City of London dates from 1405. It is believed to be one of only two pre-Reformation fonts in London. The painter William Hogarth was baptised here in 1697. #FontsOnFriday 🏺
McArt’s Fort, Belfast.
Standing 368m above see level, this promontory fort (or ráth) is defended on the landward side by a deep ditch and on its other two sides by precipitous cliffs. While it is assumed to be Iron Age, very little investigation of the site has taken place #HillfortsWednesday
Standing 368m above see level, this promontory fort (or ráth) is defended on the landward side by a deep ditch and on its other two sides by precipitous cliffs. While it is assumed to be Iron Age, very little investigation of the site has taken place #HillfortsWednesday
August 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
McArt’s Fort, Belfast.
Standing 368m above see level, this promontory fort (or ráth) is defended on the landward side by a deep ditch and on its other two sides by precipitous cliffs. While it is assumed to be Iron Age, very little investigation of the site has taken place #HillfortsWednesday
Standing 368m above see level, this promontory fort (or ráth) is defended on the landward side by a deep ditch and on its other two sides by precipitous cliffs. While it is assumed to be Iron Age, very little investigation of the site has taken place #HillfortsWednesday
The Almshouse in Petworth (known as the Upper Hospital) opened in 1746, initially to provide housing & pension for 12 local widows. This eventually increased to 22 as a result of donations from benefactors #AdoorableThursday
August 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The Almshouse in Petworth (known as the Upper Hospital) opened in 1746, initially to provide housing & pension for 12 local widows. This eventually increased to 22 as a result of donations from benefactors #AdoorableThursday
Following on from yesterday, it is only right that today’s #HengeWednesday is Giant’s Ring henge itself. Situated in Ballynahatty, Northern Ireland, this well preserved henge is 180m in diameter, enclosing an area of 6.9 acres. At least 3 of the current 5 entrances are thought to be original. 🏺
August 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Following on from yesterday, it is only right that today’s #HengeWednesday is Giant’s Ring henge itself. Situated in Ballynahatty, Northern Ireland, this well preserved henge is 180m in diameter, enclosing an area of 6.9 acres. At least 3 of the current 5 entrances are thought to be original. 🏺
The remains of a passage grave, situated in the centre of Giant’s Ring henge in Northern Ireland. Although both Neolithic in date, it is believed the passage grave was constructed first & the henge built around it #TombTuesday 🏺
August 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The remains of a passage grave, situated in the centre of Giant’s Ring henge in Northern Ireland. Although both Neolithic in date, it is believed the passage grave was constructed first & the henge built around it #TombTuesday 🏺
Bangor Abbey church - the main body of the building dates from the 1830's and 1840's but the tower is from the 15th century and the octagonal steeple dates from around 1693.
#SteepleSaturday #NorthernIreland
#SteepleSaturday #NorthernIreland
August 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Bangor Abbey church - the main body of the building dates from the 1830's and 1840's but the tower is from the 15th century and the octagonal steeple dates from around 1693.
#SteepleSaturday #NorthernIreland
#SteepleSaturday #NorthernIreland
A doorway on the cliff. Causeway coastal path (nr the Giants Causeway), N. Ireland #AdoorableThursday #Thursgate #NoContextDoors
August 7, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A doorway on the cliff. Causeway coastal path (nr the Giants Causeway), N. Ireland #AdoorableThursday #Thursgate #NoContextDoors
This Neolithic Court tomb from Ballintaggart County Armagh was at risk of destruction from expansion of a neighbouring quarry.
In 2006, the court tomb was dismantled and moved to the Ulster Folk Museum.
#TombTuesday
In 2006, the court tomb was dismantled and moved to the Ulster Folk Museum.
#TombTuesday
August 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This Neolithic Court tomb from Ballintaggart County Armagh was at risk of destruction from expansion of a neighbouring quarry.
In 2006, the court tomb was dismantled and moved to the Ulster Folk Museum.
#TombTuesday
In 2006, the court tomb was dismantled and moved to the Ulster Folk Museum.
#TombTuesday
St.Comgall's parish church, Bangor (N. Ireland) was built in 1882 to replace the church at Bangor Abbey which was deemed too small for Bangor’s expanding population #SteepleSaturday
August 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
St.Comgall's parish church, Bangor (N. Ireland) was built in 1882 to replace the church at Bangor Abbey which was deemed too small for Bangor’s expanding population #SteepleSaturday
For #FindsFriday here is lovely little George II farthing dating to 1736 that I picked up at an antiques fair this week
August 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
For #FindsFriday here is lovely little George II farthing dating to 1736 that I picked up at an antiques fair this week
The West door of the Chapel of St Paul, Stansted Park, West Sussex - Originally part of the main Stansted House built in 1480, before being ruined in the Civil War, the building was converted into a place of worship in 1807.
#adoorablethursday
#adoorablethursday
July 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The West door of the Chapel of St Paul, Stansted Park, West Sussex - Originally part of the main Stansted House built in 1480, before being ruined in the Civil War, the building was converted into a place of worship in 1807.
#adoorablethursday
#adoorablethursday
Squeezing in a #WindowsonWednesday with only 5 minutes to spare (in the UK).
More windows than you could dream of a Stansted House, West Sussex. Build in the 1903 on the exact footprint of the former C17th house destroyed by fire 3 years earlier
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More windows than you could dream of a Stansted House, West Sussex. Build in the 1903 on the exact footprint of the former C17th house destroyed by fire 3 years earlier
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July 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Squeezing in a #WindowsonWednesday with only 5 minutes to spare (in the UK).
More windows than you could dream of a Stansted House, West Sussex. Build in the 1903 on the exact footprint of the former C17th house destroyed by fire 3 years earlier
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More windows than you could dream of a Stansted House, West Sussex. Build in the 1903 on the exact footprint of the former C17th house destroyed by fire 3 years earlier
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The Romanesque “Abbess’s” Doorway on the south side of the nave at Romsey Abbey. The door once opened from the cloisters into the abbey #MedievalMonday
MedievalBlueSky 🏺
MedievalBlueSky 🏺
July 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The Romanesque “Abbess’s” Doorway on the south side of the nave at Romsey Abbey. The door once opened from the cloisters into the abbey #MedievalMonday
MedievalBlueSky 🏺
MedievalBlueSky 🏺
Anglo Saxon rood on the exterior west wall of the south transept of Romsey Abbey.
The rood dates from the first half of the 11th century and it is thought that it was originally placed above a chancel arch.
#SaxonSunday🏺
The rood dates from the first half of the 11th century and it is thought that it was originally placed above a chancel arch.
#SaxonSunday🏺
July 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Anglo Saxon rood on the exterior west wall of the south transept of Romsey Abbey.
The rood dates from the first half of the 11th century and it is thought that it was originally placed above a chancel arch.
#SaxonSunday🏺
The rood dates from the first half of the 11th century and it is thought that it was originally placed above a chancel arch.
#SaxonSunday🏺
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More photos of the Roman wall at Chichester for #RomanSiteSaturday
AncientBlueSky 🏺
AncientBlueSky 🏺
July 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
More photos of the Roman wall at Chichester for #RomanSiteSaturday
AncientBlueSky 🏺
AncientBlueSky 🏺
Despite a few challenges (see previous post) today we walked the Chichester City walls and popped into the cathedral
July 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Despite a few challenges (see previous post) today we walked the Chichester City walls and popped into the cathedral