Stef North-Sagrott
@archaeostef.bsky.social
Archaeologist; Senior Cultural Resources Advisor for the Historic Scotland Properties in Care
Sneaking Rispain Camp in for #HillfortsWednesday as it is not listed on the Atlas, and we define it as a settlement - but the ditches are absolutely MASSIVE
First thought to be a Roman site, then medieval it was revealed as Iron Age following excavation in the 1970s
Photos from my visit yesterday
First thought to be a Roman site, then medieval it was revealed as Iron Age following excavation in the 1970s
Photos from my visit yesterday
February 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Sneaking Rispain Camp in for #HillfortsWednesday as it is not listed on the Atlas, and we define it as a settlement - but the ditches are absolutely MASSIVE
First thought to be a Roman site, then medieval it was revealed as Iron Age following excavation in the 1970s
Photos from my visit yesterday
First thought to be a Roman site, then medieval it was revealed as Iron Age following excavation in the 1970s
Photos from my visit yesterday
#TombTuesday yesterday I was at Cairn Holy I & II with a colleague and we met a very cute beltie calf
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 AM
#TombTuesday yesterday I was at Cairn Holy I & II with a colleague and we met a very cute beltie calf
I've been lucky enough to have a copy of this since December.
It's a brilliant and fascinating publication, and I'm still swooning over the design and type setting - it really is worth getting a copy of!
It's a brilliant and fascinating publication, and I'm still swooning over the design and type setting - it really is worth getting a copy of!
The Gefrin Trust is delighted to announce the publication of a landmark volume by Roger Miket entitled "Ad Gefrin: Brian Hope-Taylor and His Quest for the Early Medieval Kingdom of Northumbria." Get your copy at the Ad Gefrin Shop in Wooler! #Yeavering
February 2, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I've been lucky enough to have a copy of this since December.
It's a brilliant and fascinating publication, and I'm still swooning over the design and type setting - it really is worth getting a copy of!
It's a brilliant and fascinating publication, and I'm still swooning over the design and type setting - it really is worth getting a copy of!
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Our next seminar is tomorrow (03/02). Martin Carruthers is venturing south to tell us all about the excavations of Iron Age households at The Cairns #broch & settlement
18:00 hours in the Usha Kasera lecture theatre, Old College
18:00 hours in the Usha Kasera lecture theatre, Old College
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Our next seminar is tomorrow (03/02). Martin Carruthers is venturing south to tell us all about the excavations of Iron Age households at The Cairns #broch & settlement
18:00 hours in the Usha Kasera lecture theatre, Old College
18:00 hours in the Usha Kasera lecture theatre, Old College
Todays walk around southwest #Edinburgh took me to two standing stones
The Buckstone is likely medieval but could be older
The Caiystane is prehistoric and in the care of @nts-archaeology.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday
@stoneclub.bsky.social
@secretedinburgh.bsky.social
The Buckstone is likely medieval but could be older
The Caiystane is prehistoric and in the care of @nts-archaeology.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday
@stoneclub.bsky.social
@secretedinburgh.bsky.social
February 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Todays walk around southwest #Edinburgh took me to two standing stones
The Buckstone is likely medieval but could be older
The Caiystane is prehistoric and in the care of @nts-archaeology.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday
@stoneclub.bsky.social
@secretedinburgh.bsky.social
The Buckstone is likely medieval but could be older
The Caiystane is prehistoric and in the care of @nts-archaeology.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday
@stoneclub.bsky.social
@secretedinburgh.bsky.social
Not quite a #hillfortswednesday but in the shadow of a fort and 17th century battlefield are the Neolithic timber halls and palisade of Doon Hill.
Excavated in the 60s, in the 70s the outlines of the structures were laid out in coloured concrete - a pioneering approach inspired by the Danes
Excavated in the 60s, in the 70s the outlines of the structures were laid out in coloured concrete - a pioneering approach inspired by the Danes
January 28, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Not quite a #hillfortswednesday but in the shadow of a fort and 17th century battlefield are the Neolithic timber halls and palisade of Doon Hill.
Excavated in the 60s, in the 70s the outlines of the structures were laid out in coloured concrete - a pioneering approach inspired by the Danes
Excavated in the 60s, in the 70s the outlines of the structures were laid out in coloured concrete - a pioneering approach inspired by the Danes
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Is it about time that someone told @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social that their "Tourmaline stone axe" is actually made of cheese?
January 27, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Is it about time that someone told @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social that their "Tourmaline stone axe" is actually made of cheese?
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Made a few improvements to my online portfolio to provide more context with my reconstruction images. I'll include more paradata with the projects I post in future. With so many now questioning image authenticity because of AI, I feel it's more important than ever to declare my sources & references.
Bob Marshall: Commissioned Reconstructions
Portfolio of Commissioned Reconstruction Artworks by Bob Marshall
bobmarshall.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Made a few improvements to my online portfolio to provide more context with my reconstruction images. I'll include more paradata with the projects I post in future. With so many now questioning image authenticity because of AI, I feel it's more important than ever to declare my sources & references.
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The north gateway into Bremenium Roman fort (aka High Rochester) for #RomanFortThursday. Situated on Dere Street, for two centuries this was the most strategically important fort north of Hadrian's Wall. Its name means 'place of the roaring stream'.
January 22, 2026 at 8:16 AM
The north gateway into Bremenium Roman fort (aka High Rochester) for #RomanFortThursday. Situated on Dere Street, for two centuries this was the most strategically important fort north of Hadrian's Wall. Its name means 'place of the roaring stream'.
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WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY ✨ I nearly didn’t go out 2nite. The odds felt slim… but you’ve got to be in it to win it.
A quick check of the stats, alerts & cloud cover around 19:30 & I thought, if I can reach the Keswick Stone Circle by 20:30, there might just be a gap...then BINGO #Aurora #Northernlights
A quick check of the stats, alerts & cloud cover around 19:30 & I thought, if I can reach the Keswick Stone Circle by 20:30, there might just be a gap...then BINGO #Aurora #Northernlights
January 19, 2026 at 11:00 PM
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY ✨ I nearly didn’t go out 2nite. The odds felt slim… but you’ve got to be in it to win it.
A quick check of the stats, alerts & cloud cover around 19:30 & I thought, if I can reach the Keswick Stone Circle by 20:30, there might just be a gap...then BINGO #Aurora #Northernlights
A quick check of the stats, alerts & cloud cover around 19:30 & I thought, if I can reach the Keswick Stone Circle by 20:30, there might just be a gap...then BINGO #Aurora #Northernlights
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Everyone loves a standing stone! Sheep communing with the ancestors at the Stones of Stenness on Orkney a couple of years back. #StandingStoneSunday
January 18, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Everyone loves a standing stone! Sheep communing with the ancestors at the Stones of Stenness on Orkney a couple of years back. #StandingStoneSunday
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Jan 13: Feast of Kentigern, ‘hound-lord’, (Mungo) (c.†614), bishop of Glasgu (Glasgow), which he is said to have founded. He was a contemporary of Riderch I, king of Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock). He is thought to be the ‘Conthigirnus’ whose obit appears in the Annales Cambriae. #medievalsky
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Jan 13: Feast of Kentigern, ‘hound-lord’, (Mungo) (c.†614), bishop of Glasgu (Glasgow), which he is said to have founded. He was a contemporary of Riderch I, king of Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock). He is thought to be the ‘Conthigirnus’ whose obit appears in the Annales Cambriae. #medievalsky
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Our next talk is on Tuesday 13/01 at 18:00 in the Usha Casera Lecture Theatre
L Teufel: “A multi-period settlement next to the River Spey”.
C Hatherley: “The Roman Villa Estate at Necton, Norfolk”
C Cockburn: “Excavation results from two possible Roman Temporary Marching Camps near Edinburgh”
L Teufel: “A multi-period settlement next to the River Spey”.
C Hatherley: “The Roman Villa Estate at Necton, Norfolk”
C Cockburn: “Excavation results from two possible Roman Temporary Marching Camps near Edinburgh”
January 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Our next talk is on Tuesday 13/01 at 18:00 in the Usha Casera Lecture Theatre
L Teufel: “A multi-period settlement next to the River Spey”.
C Hatherley: “The Roman Villa Estate at Necton, Norfolk”
C Cockburn: “Excavation results from two possible Roman Temporary Marching Camps near Edinburgh”
L Teufel: “A multi-period settlement next to the River Spey”.
C Hatherley: “The Roman Villa Estate at Necton, Norfolk”
C Cockburn: “Excavation results from two possible Roman Temporary Marching Camps near Edinburgh”
The snow allowing the faint traces of a #Roman granary building at Rough Castle to be seen
The faint outline of the granary building at Rough Castle Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall, near Falkirk. Built in around 142 AD, the fort is the second smallest on the wall, but the best preserved. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #RoughCastle #AntonineWall
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The snow allowing the faint traces of a #Roman granary building at Rough Castle to be seen
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Let's take a moment to think about all those people who chose today to announce the fact they didn't discover a carnyx. 🙏😢🥰
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Offerton Roman factory 'hidden in plain sight' on River Wear
The volunteers who discovered the Roman factory say it made whetstones used to sharpen tools.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Let's take a moment to think about all those people who chose today to announce the fact they didn't discover a carnyx. 🙏😢🥰
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A great range of topics for the remainder of the @firstmillennia.bsky.social seminar series.
Lots of Iron Age goodness, with sites, finds, hoards and a whole culture!
Lots of Iron Age goodness, with sites, finds, hoards and a whole culture!
🎉We can finally reveal our seminar programme for the rest of 2026!
📆We start next Tuesday (13/01) with the traditional unit roundup showcasing some recent commercial archaeology projects.
➡️Please note that we are now meeting in the Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre in Old College (except for March)
📆We start next Tuesday (13/01) with the traditional unit roundup showcasing some recent commercial archaeology projects.
➡️Please note that we are now meeting in the Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre in Old College (except for March)
January 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A great range of topics for the remainder of the @firstmillennia.bsky.social seminar series.
Lots of Iron Age goodness, with sites, finds, hoards and a whole culture!
Lots of Iron Age goodness, with sites, finds, hoards and a whole culture!
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January 2, 2026 at 1:02 AM
A Hogmanay wander with pals to see the Fingask Long Barrow.
Still needs some time for the landscape to settle, and sadly the interior was gated off so we couldn't see the full majesty of its construction (see interior images in the link below)
www.stonespecialist.com/news/stone-p...
#TombTuesday
Still needs some time for the landscape to settle, and sadly the interior was gated off so we couldn't see the full majesty of its construction (see interior images in the link below)
www.stonespecialist.com/news/stone-p...
#TombTuesday
December 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A Hogmanay wander with pals to see the Fingask Long Barrow.
Still needs some time for the landscape to settle, and sadly the interior was gated off so we couldn't see the full majesty of its construction (see interior images in the link below)
www.stonespecialist.com/news/stone-p...
#TombTuesday
Still needs some time for the landscape to settle, and sadly the interior was gated off so we couldn't see the full majesty of its construction (see interior images in the link below)
www.stonespecialist.com/news/stone-p...
#TombTuesday
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains
December 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
Very nice bit of analysis. I'm guessing the mint might have been in Edinburgh Castle
"It was minted in Edinburgh, so it's the first time that we have Scottish coinage being minted in what was a core part of the Scottish kingdom."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"It was minted in Edinburgh, so it's the first time that we have Scottish coinage being minted in what was a core part of the Scottish kingdom."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Earliest coin minted in Scotland saved for the nation after 900 years
The medieval David I silver coin, discovered in a wooded area in Midlothian, has been dated to the second half of the 1130s.
www.bbc.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Very nice bit of analysis. I'm guessing the mint might have been in Edinburgh Castle
"It was minted in Edinburgh, so it's the first time that we have Scottish coinage being minted in what was a core part of the Scottish kingdom."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"It was minted in Edinburgh, so it's the first time that we have Scottish coinage being minted in what was a core part of the Scottish kingdom."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Blessed Solstice! From tomorrow the days begin to get longer again
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2023/12/the-...
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The Winter Solstice in Historic Scotland - Historic Environment Scotland Blog
Discover some of the amazing ancient sites in Scotland that are associated with celebrating Midwinter and the Winter Solstice
blog.historicenvironment.scot
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Blessed Solstice! From tomorrow the days begin to get longer again
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2023/12/the-...
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2023/12/the-...
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Clubbiedean Fort: An Iron Age fortification on the shore of Clubbiedean reservoir a few km SW of Edinburgh. #HillfortsWednesday Consisting of an inner and outer rampart, each with external ditch and a possible entrance to the south. More 1/
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Clubbiedean Fort: An Iron Age fortification on the shore of Clubbiedean reservoir a few km SW of Edinburgh. #HillfortsWednesday Consisting of an inner and outer rampart, each with external ditch and a possible entrance to the south. More 1/
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Traces of Neolithic feasting, possible evidence of a Roman siege, and an amulet once thought to be imbued with supernatural power are just some of Scotland's top archaeological discoveries from 2025 🤩
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Traces of Neolithic feasting, possible evidence of a Roman siege, and an amulet once thought to be imbued with supernatural power are just some of Scotland's top archaeological discoveries from 2025 🤩
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...