Andy Whiting
@awdorset.bsky.social
Former Archaeologist, now a Naval Project Manager, based in Poole, Dorset.
Loves crumbling buildings, broken ceramics and hidden earthworks. Particularly interested in medieval buildings, towns & ports.
Sometimes posting about ships & aviation.
Loves crumbling buildings, broken ceramics and hidden earthworks. Particularly interested in medieval buildings, towns & ports.
Sometimes posting about ships & aviation.
Really enjoyed our first visit to the rather wonderful freshly re-opened and rejuvenated Poole Museum - particularly love the Shipwreck! maritime archaeology gallery in the medieval town cellars @poolemuseum.bsky.social #Dorset
November 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Really enjoyed our first visit to the rather wonderful freshly re-opened and rejuvenated Poole Museum - particularly love the Shipwreck! maritime archaeology gallery in the medieval town cellars @poolemuseum.bsky.social #Dorset
Record number of discoveries at Bremenium Roman Fort dig www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Northumberland's Bremenium Roman Fort dig uncovers 'record finds'
A range of items are unearthed during the fifth year of excavations, such as pottery and jewellery.
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October 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Record number of discoveries at Bremenium Roman Fort dig www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A nice positive story from a few years back, revisited!
Bethan’s Rock: Beloved exhibit returns to revamped Poole Museum
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Bethan’s Rock: Beloved exhibit returns to revamped Poole Museum
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Bethan's Rock: Beloved exhibit returns to revamped Poole Museum
The museum said Bethan's
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October 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
A nice positive story from a few years back, revisited!
Bethan’s Rock: Beloved exhibit returns to revamped Poole Museum
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bethan’s Rock: Beloved exhibit returns to revamped Poole Museum
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sherborne Abbey swims in blue
October 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sherborne Abbey swims in blue
A quite perfect morning for a walk at Hengistbury Head - lovely views of the Isle of Wight & the Needles, as well as west toward Bournemouth, Poole & Purbeck, the Iron Age defensive earthworks “the Double Dykes” and the reconstructed roundhouse #Dorset
September 30, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A quite perfect morning for a walk at Hengistbury Head - lovely views of the Isle of Wight & the Needles, as well as west toward Bournemouth, Poole & Purbeck, the Iron Age defensive earthworks “the Double Dykes” and the reconstructed roundhouse #Dorset
Good morning from a chilly but sunny Poole Quay
September 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Good morning from a chilly but sunny Poole Quay
Rare 2,000-year-old brooch unearthed by detectorist in Puddletown, Dorset
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rare 2,000-year-old brooch unearthed by detectorist in Puddletown
Martin Turner made the discovery when searching the fields near his home in Puddletown.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Rare 2,000-year-old brooch unearthed by detectorist in Puddletown, Dorset
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A pleasant evening walk around Poole Quay & old town to finish off the weekend.
📷 Custom House [1813] (with the Town Cellars and Poole Museum in the background)
📷 Old Lifeboat Station [1882]
📷 St James Church [1819]
📷 The Almshouses [C16th] & the view up Market St towards the Guildhall [1761]
📷 Custom House [1813] (with the Town Cellars and Poole Museum in the background)
📷 Old Lifeboat Station [1882]
📷 St James Church [1819]
📷 The Almshouses [C16th] & the view up Market St towards the Guildhall [1761]
September 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A pleasant evening walk around Poole Quay & old town to finish off the weekend.
📷 Custom House [1813] (with the Town Cellars and Poole Museum in the background)
📷 Old Lifeboat Station [1882]
📷 St James Church [1819]
📷 The Almshouses [C16th] & the view up Market St towards the Guildhall [1761]
📷 Custom House [1813] (with the Town Cellars and Poole Museum in the background)
📷 Old Lifeboat Station [1882]
📷 St James Church [1819]
📷 The Almshouses [C16th] & the view up Market St towards the Guildhall [1761]
DNA reveals surprise African ancestry of 6th century Worth Matravers man
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DNA reveals surprise African ancestry of 6th century Worth Matravers man
Advances in DNA technology have found that a man buried 1,500 years ago in Worth Matravers in Dorset was of West African descent, challenging assumptions that communities in Britain after the fall of ...
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September 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
DNA reveals surprise African ancestry of 6th century Worth Matravers man
www.swanage.news/dna-reveals-...
www.swanage.news/dna-reveals-...
'Forgotten' royal castle uncovered on Scottish isle www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Forgotten' royal castle uncovered at Finlaggan on Islay
Archaeologists say the fortress was owned by ancestors of Scotland's medieval Lord of the Isles.
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September 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
'Forgotten' royal castle uncovered on Scottish isle www.bbc.com/news/article...
The country seems angry and full of hatred, the sky is dark and full of rain, so I think I’ll pop on some jazz, have an ale and read about the fascinating archaeology of Cranborne Chase this evening.
September 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The country seems angry and full of hatred, the sky is dark and full of rain, so I think I’ll pop on some jazz, have an ale and read about the fascinating archaeology of Cranborne Chase this evening.
The view of the wonderful Priory from Christchurch Castle’s keep (built c.1300)
September 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The view of the wonderful Priory from Christchurch Castle’s keep (built c.1300)
London's 700-year-old tower on stilts - “In the heart of the City of London, the medieval Tower of All Hallows Staining is now propped up on stilts as work continues beneath it on the 36-storey Fifty Fenchurch development”
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London medieval tower preserved during 36-storey skyscraper build
A medieval tower is suspended on stilts as work continues around it to build a new skyscraper.
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September 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
London's 700-year-old tower on stilts - “In the heart of the City of London, the medieval Tower of All Hallows Staining is now propped up on stilts as work continues beneath it on the 36-storey Fifty Fenchurch development”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
St Mary’s church at Almer - a typical unassuming parish church sat peacefully just off the A31 but worth a visit. The church has a C13th Purbeck font and some nice Norman features including the south doorway and the three rounded mid-C12th arches of the north arcade #Dorset
September 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
St Mary’s church at Almer - a typical unassuming parish church sat peacefully just off the A31 but worth a visit. The church has a C13th Purbeck font and some nice Norman features including the south doorway and the three rounded mid-C12th arches of the north arcade #Dorset
The grey bleakness of British motorway service stations is somehow admirable
September 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The grey bleakness of British motorway service stations is somehow admirable
Friday lunchtime walk at Corfe Castle
September 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Friday lunchtime walk at Corfe Castle
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Sherborne Abbey, nave vault
August 31, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sherborne Abbey, nave vault
Reposted by Andy Whiting
#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky #France
If anyone has lost a cathedral in France, they found it!
thecatholicherald.com/article/anci...
If anyone has lost a cathedral in France, they found it!
thecatholicherald.com/article/anci...
Ancient cathedral unearthed beneath French market after 1,500 years
The discovery has been described by experts as of 'exceptional' importance for understanding the spread of Catholicism in France
thecatholicherald.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky #France
If anyone has lost a cathedral in France, they found it!
thecatholicherald.com/article/anci...
If anyone has lost a cathedral in France, they found it!
thecatholicherald.com/article/anci...