Archaeoptics
@archaeoptics.bsky.social
Pioneers of 3D laser scanning in Cultural Heritage. Complete digital archive available at http://archive.archaeoptics.co.uk
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Archaeoptics
@archaeoptics.bsky.social
· Nov 23
From last year…
I've just released a substantial amount of new stuff to the Archaeoptics Archive, about half a terabyte of #3d #photogrammetry datasets mostly of obscure #Pictish stones. All the work we did for English Heritage is also now available! #laserscan #archive
archive.archaeoptics.co.uk
I've just released a substantial amount of new stuff to the Archaeoptics Archive, about half a terabyte of #3d #photogrammetry datasets mostly of obscure #Pictish stones. All the work we did for English Heritage is also now available! #laserscan #archive
archive.archaeoptics.co.uk
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🎯 Our #totaliser reaches 83%!
Can YOU help us get over the line?
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Can YOU help us get over the line?
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October 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🎯 Our #totaliser reaches 83%!
Can YOU help us get over the line?
🎯 tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...
Can YOU help us get over the line?
🎯 tghts.enthuse.com/cf/graveyard...
A super-important fundraiser for a fantastic museum!
Please donate to a crucial #fundraising effort that will, among so much more, really improve our #accessibility!
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Tour by Dr @hornesupremacy.bsky.social, Museum Assistant
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Tour by Dr @hornesupremacy.bsky.social, Museum Assistant
October 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A super-important fundraiser for a fantastic museum!
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Photos of a HUGE early medieval posthole, complete with stone packing and an IMMENSE piece of quartz, are emerging from the dig in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard.
More when we get it...
📷 Bex - Grave Sight Photography
More when we get it...
📷 Bex - Grave Sight Photography
September 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Photos of a HUGE early medieval posthole, complete with stone packing and an IMMENSE piece of quartz, are emerging from the dig in Govan Old's 1,500-year-old churchyard.
More when we get it...
📷 Bex - Grave Sight Photography
More when we get it...
📷 Bex - Grave Sight Photography
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⛏️ Digging our 1,500-year-old churchyard!
THIS WEEKEND, University of Glasgow Archaeology and Clyde Archaeology excavate one of the most exciting early medieval sites in Europe, as part of this University of Glasgow field school!
📷 Thanks to Clyde Archaeology for the photographs
THIS WEEKEND, University of Glasgow Archaeology and Clyde Archaeology excavate one of the most exciting early medieval sites in Europe, as part of this University of Glasgow field school!
📷 Thanks to Clyde Archaeology for the photographs
September 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
⛏️ Digging our 1,500-year-old churchyard!
THIS WEEKEND, University of Glasgow Archaeology and Clyde Archaeology excavate one of the most exciting early medieval sites in Europe, as part of this University of Glasgow field school!
📷 Thanks to Clyde Archaeology for the photographs
THIS WEEKEND, University of Glasgow Archaeology and Clyde Archaeology excavate one of the most exciting early medieval sites in Europe, as part of this University of Glasgow field school!
📷 Thanks to Clyde Archaeology for the photographs
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🎟⛏️ The hottest ticket in Scotland this weekend is at the @govanstones.bsky.social!
⛏️ Digging our 1,500-year-old churchyard!
THIS WEEKEND, University of Glasgow Archaeology and Clyde Archaeology excavate one of the most exciting early medieval sites in Europe, as part of this University of Glasgow field school!
📷 Thanks to Clyde Archaeology for the photographs
THIS WEEKEND, University of Glasgow Archaeology and Clyde Archaeology excavate one of the most exciting early medieval sites in Europe, as part of this University of Glasgow field school!
📷 Thanks to Clyde Archaeology for the photographs
September 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🎟⛏️ The hottest ticket in Scotland this weekend is at the @govanstones.bsky.social!
New miniatures dropping tomorrow exclusively available from @govanstones.bsky.social!
And some nice lute music courtesy of @clamourofrooks.bsky.social from 13:30-15:00 tomorrow!
And some nice lute music courtesy of @clamourofrooks.bsky.social from 13:30-15:00 tomorrow!
🚨🛒 HOGBACK MERCH NEWS!
We're getting resupplied with our famous @archaeoptics.bsky.social 3D resin hogback replicas from mid-afternoon on Saturday the 16th of August.
We expect them to sell out soon, so get down to Govan Old!
🛒 In store only ⛪️
We're getting resupplied with our famous @archaeoptics.bsky.social 3D resin hogback replicas from mid-afternoon on Saturday the 16th of August.
We expect them to sell out soon, so get down to Govan Old!
🛒 In store only ⛪️
August 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
New miniatures dropping tomorrow exclusively available from @govanstones.bsky.social!
And some nice lute music courtesy of @clamourofrooks.bsky.social from 13:30-15:00 tomorrow!
And some nice lute music courtesy of @clamourofrooks.bsky.social from 13:30-15:00 tomorrow!
Nocturnal walk at @govanstones.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Nocturnal walk at @govanstones.bsky.social
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🛒 In-Store Exclusive!
Get your limited edition Mithril Jewellery x @archaeoptics.bsky.social Sterling Silver Jordanhill Cross Pendant at Govan Old.
Get your limited edition Mithril Jewellery x @archaeoptics.bsky.social Sterling Silver Jordanhill Cross Pendant at Govan Old.
August 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🛒 In-Store Exclusive!
Get your limited edition Mithril Jewellery x @archaeoptics.bsky.social Sterling Silver Jordanhill Cross Pendant at Govan Old.
Get your limited edition Mithril Jewellery x @archaeoptics.bsky.social Sterling Silver Jordanhill Cross Pendant at Govan Old.
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Another completed pair of viking age P42 oval brooches. Being able to make artefacts makes a huge difference to how you understand them from an academic perspective. It prevents poor interpretations as well as inaccurate writing regarding how things are made; prevalent within archaeology #vikings
July 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Another completed pair of viking age P42 oval brooches. Being able to make artefacts makes a huge difference to how you understand them from an academic perspective. It prevents poor interpretations as well as inaccurate writing regarding how things are made; prevalent within archaeology #vikings
The skill in doing this is unreal. These are stunning (and not even finished….)!
Twi sets of silver plate soldered into the channels of these P37 brooches and engraved. Next to fit the face mounts, then they can be gilded! #viking
July 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The skill in doing this is unreal. These are stunning (and not even finished….)!
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Twi sets of silver plate soldered into the channels of these P37 brooches and engraved. Next to fit the face mounts, then they can be gilded! #viking
July 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Twi sets of silver plate soldered into the channels of these P37 brooches and engraved. Next to fit the face mounts, then they can be gilded! #viking
Incredible! 😍
⛏️ Hot DIGgity!
New (old) Viking-Age carved stone discovered in our 1,500-year-old graveyard during a community training day with University of Glasgow Archaeology. Come see it today and tomorrow, 11am-4pm!
New (old) Viking-Age carved stone discovered in our 1,500-year-old graveyard during a community training day with University of Glasgow Archaeology. Come see it today and tomorrow, 11am-4pm!
July 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Incredible! 😍
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We've now got Viking oval 'gripping beast' brooches from Asgard, based on a beautiful Danish pair found in Lisbjerg, in our early medieval shop at Govan Old!
They accessorise delightfully with the gripping end-beasts on the Govan 2 hogback 🐲
The originals (C11331) are in @nationalmuseet.dk
They accessorise delightfully with the gripping end-beasts on the Govan 2 hogback 🐲
The originals (C11331) are in @nationalmuseet.dk
July 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
We've now got Viking oval 'gripping beast' brooches from Asgard, based on a beautiful Danish pair found in Lisbjerg, in our early medieval shop at Govan Old!
They accessorise delightfully with the gripping end-beasts on the Govan 2 hogback 🐲
The originals (C11331) are in @nationalmuseet.dk
They accessorise delightfully with the gripping end-beasts on the Govan 2 hogback 🐲
The originals (C11331) are in @nationalmuseet.dk
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Another freepost weekend at the NPixts Pictish merch store (from today till midnight Sunday) - all profits go to the Northern Picts excavation projects. A great way to look cool and support some great Pictish research!
npixts.teemill.com/
npixts.teemill.com/
July 4, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Another freepost weekend at the NPixts Pictish merch store (from today till midnight Sunday) - all profits go to the Northern Picts excavation projects. A great way to look cool and support some great Pictish research!
npixts.teemill.com/
npixts.teemill.com/
This artwork should be a print! Fabulous stuff!
🚈 Have you seen our Glasgow Subway advert?
It features a fantastic artwork by our own Simon, aka @malkydungeon.bsky.social! 🖼
It features a fantastic artwork by our own Simon, aka @malkydungeon.bsky.social! 🖼
July 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This artwork should be a print! Fabulous stuff!
Exclusively available at @govanstones.bsky.social !
🐖 We're bringing HOG-BACK: Get here soon to buy one of the *very limited* numbers of our Viking-Age hogbacks miniatures, 3D printed for us by @archaeoptics.bsky.social!
July 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Exclusively available at @govanstones.bsky.social !
I’ve walked past this hundreds of times and only just gotten around to doing a #3d #photogrammetry capture of it.
This is a milestone across the road from the #Glasgow Climbing Centre easily readable with a rendering!
This is a milestone across the road from the #Glasgow Climbing Centre easily readable with a rendering!
June 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I’ve walked past this hundreds of times and only just gotten around to doing a #3d #photogrammetry capture of it.
This is a milestone across the road from the #Glasgow Climbing Centre easily readable with a rendering!
This is a milestone across the road from the #Glasgow Climbing Centre easily readable with a rendering!
A two heron weekend
May 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A two heron weekend
So, I think this is, or is part of, the Tullibole hogback….? @govanstones.bsky.social ?
May 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
So, I think this is, or is part of, the Tullibole hogback….? @govanstones.bsky.social ?
The Dalserf #hogback with its fine tegulation! More restrained than its cousins at @govanstones.bsky.social but still splendid #viking #earlymediaeval #3d #photogrammetry
May 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Dalserf #hogback with its fine tegulation! More restrained than its cousins at @govanstones.bsky.social but still splendid #viking #earlymediaeval #3d #photogrammetry
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📖 🎁 IT'S BACK!
Get your copy of our guide book, 'Govan and its Carved Stones' by Anna Ritchie, available exclusively from the Govan Stones shop at Govan Old!
📚 Please Share 📚
Get your copy of our guide book, 'Govan and its Carved Stones' by Anna Ritchie, available exclusively from the Govan Stones shop at Govan Old!
📚 Please Share 📚
May 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
📖 🎁 IT'S BACK!
Get your copy of our guide book, 'Govan and its Carved Stones' by Anna Ritchie, available exclusively from the Govan Stones shop at Govan Old!
📚 Please Share 📚
Get your copy of our guide book, 'Govan and its Carved Stones' by Anna Ritchie, available exclusively from the Govan Stones shop at Govan Old!
📚 Please Share 📚
Warren Moor mine #3d reconstruction from a drone flight. A really interesting site and a lovely walk
#photogrammetry
#photogrammetry
April 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Warren Moor mine #3d reconstruction from a drone flight. A really interesting site and a lovely walk
#photogrammetry
#photogrammetry
A splendid little wyvern sculpture across the road from @govanstones.bsky.social. There are five other wyverns inside the church as well!
April 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A splendid little wyvern sculpture across the road from @govanstones.bsky.social. There are five other wyverns inside the church as well!
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A Sunstone mural next to Lidl!
🐍🐍🐍🐍 The Sunstone, an early medieval carving that may be a repurposing of a PREHISTORIC standing stone, features a spiral of snakes and can also be seen on this gate!
We sell a miniature of the Sunstone as part of our Archaeoptics range 🛒
Thanks for the 📷, Annemarie
🐍🐍🐍🐍 The Sunstone, an early medieval carving that may be a repurposing of a PREHISTORIC standing stone, features a spiral of snakes and can also be seen on this gate!
We sell a miniature of the Sunstone as part of our Archaeoptics range 🛒
Thanks for the 📷, Annemarie
April 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A Sunstone mural next to Lidl!
🐍🐍🐍🐍 The Sunstone, an early medieval carving that may be a repurposing of a PREHISTORIC standing stone, features a spiral of snakes and can also be seen on this gate!
We sell a miniature of the Sunstone as part of our Archaeoptics range 🛒
Thanks for the 📷, Annemarie
🐍🐍🐍🐍 The Sunstone, an early medieval carving that may be a repurposing of a PREHISTORIC standing stone, features a spiral of snakes and can also be seen on this gate!
We sell a miniature of the Sunstone as part of our Archaeoptics range 🛒
Thanks for the 📷, Annemarie
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Following the successful advert I produced for the Historic Govan books on sale at the @govanstones.bsky.social, I made this quick one for the 3D miniatures of our early medieval Sunstone and Govan Cross, made by @archaeoptics.bsky.social!
You can buy 3D miniatures of the Sunstone and the Govan Cross in our all-new museum shop!
Thank you to @archaeoptics.bsky.social for creating these beautiful laser scanned 3D replicas.
Thank you to @archaeoptics.bsky.social for creating these beautiful laser scanned 3D replicas.
April 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Following the successful advert I produced for the Historic Govan books on sale at the @govanstones.bsky.social, I made this quick one for the 3D miniatures of our early medieval Sunstone and Govan Cross, made by @archaeoptics.bsky.social!