stephen cogbill
@coggers.bsky.social
Retired. Interests: photography, cycling, archaeology and hiking. Not necessarily in that order🙂
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Stark and otherworldly - sunset at Mitchell’s Fold, the Bronze Age stone circle on Stapeley Hill. I got this shot at the tail end of a blizzard, when the sky took on a golden glow that made a spectacular contrast with the snow-covered landscape. It was every bit as cold as it looks. #Shropshire
January 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Stark and otherworldly - sunset at Mitchell’s Fold, the Bronze Age stone circle on Stapeley Hill. I got this shot at the tail end of a blizzard, when the sky took on a golden glow that made a spectacular contrast with the snow-covered landscape. It was every bit as cold as it looks. #Shropshire
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Well, if it’s 31 December, it’s... yes, of course: 172nd anniversary of the dinner Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, creator of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, gave for 21 leading academics and other VIPs inside the Iguanodon
December 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Well, if it’s 31 December, it’s... yes, of course: 172nd anniversary of the dinner Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, creator of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, gave for 21 leading academics and other VIPs inside the Iguanodon
#Stonehenge #MidwinterSunrise @stoneclub.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social FINALLY, a completely clear sky for this morning's sunrise! Excuse the power-lines.
December 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
#Stonehenge #MidwinterSunrise @stoneclub.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social FINALLY, a completely clear sky for this morning's sunrise! Excuse the power-lines.
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Some #Welsh terminology for the festivities ahead…
Nadolig Llawen - Merry Christmas
Cyfarchion y Tymor - Season’s Greetings
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda - Happy New Year
Uchelwydd - Mistletoe
Celyn - Holly
Gwledd - Feast
Nos Galan - New Year’s Eve
#Cymru #Christmas🎄
Nadolig Llawen - Merry Christmas
Cyfarchion y Tymor - Season’s Greetings
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda - Happy New Year
Uchelwydd - Mistletoe
Celyn - Holly
Gwledd - Feast
Nos Galan - New Year’s Eve
#Cymru #Christmas🎄
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Some #Welsh terminology for the festivities ahead…
Nadolig Llawen - Merry Christmas
Cyfarchion y Tymor - Season’s Greetings
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda - Happy New Year
Uchelwydd - Mistletoe
Celyn - Holly
Gwledd - Feast
Nos Galan - New Year’s Eve
#Cymru #Christmas🎄
Nadolig Llawen - Merry Christmas
Cyfarchion y Tymor - Season’s Greetings
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda - Happy New Year
Uchelwydd - Mistletoe
Celyn - Holly
Gwledd - Feast
Nos Galan - New Year’s Eve
#Cymru #Christmas🎄
@archaeol-winscutt.bsky.social @amandachadburn.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social This PM's sunset from Heel Stone - the furry looking silhouette on the left🙂
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
@archaeol-winscutt.bsky.social @amandachadburn.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social This PM's sunset from Heel Stone - the furry looking silhouette on the left🙂
@martynjb.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social This morning's dawn on the West Kennet Avenue - who knew double-yellow lines could look pretty! Some sarsens were later involved.
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
@martynjb.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social This morning's dawn on the West Kennet Avenue - who knew double-yellow lines could look pretty! Some sarsens were later involved.
@weborguk.bsky.social Needs a big screen to view. Tested a light pollution filter on my camera and managed to catch a Geminid meteor near the Pleiades yesterday evening (4 secs exposure). Seems to work!
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
@weborguk.bsky.social Needs a big screen to view. Tested a light pollution filter on my camera and managed to catch a Geminid meteor near the Pleiades yesterday evening (4 secs exposure). Seems to work!
@stoneclub.bsky.social @englishheritage.bsky.social @archaeol-winscutt.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social Stonehenge 1892 Bingley Photo (V&A). No Larkhill to get in the way!
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
@stoneclub.bsky.social @englishheritage.bsky.social @archaeol-winscutt.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social Stonehenge 1892 Bingley Photo (V&A). No Larkhill to get in the way!
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157 years ago, on the 9th of December 1868, the world's first traffic lights were installed outside the Palace of Westminster in London. It used semaphore arms during the day and green/red gas lamps at night. It had to be operated by a constable. It exploded on January 2nd 1869. #otd #history 🗃️
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
@amandachadburn.bsky.social @mikegill.bsky.social @englishheritage.bsky.social @archaeol-winscutt.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social I came to catch the (nearly full) moonrise, but all I got was this🙁
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@amandachadburn.bsky.social @mikegill.bsky.social @englishheritage.bsky.social @archaeol-winscutt.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social I came to catch the (nearly full) moonrise, but all I got was this🙁
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« Ui, bonjour, prends ma monnaie »
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
« Ui, bonjour, prends ma monnaie »
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
@tessmachling.bsky.social worth a peek!
The ‘Shell Mosaic’ from Verulamium - the third largest town in Roman Britain which is situated close to modern St. Albans. The mosaic is one of 49 discovered during excavations of the site and dates to around 150 AD. The mosaic is on display at Verulamium Museum. #MosaicMonday
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
@tessmachling.bsky.social worth a peek!
#Stonehenge #DrWhoDay Greetings from Stonehenge to all Dr Who fans (or even those little ones it scared).
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
#Stonehenge #DrWhoDay Greetings from Stonehenge to all Dr Who fans (or even those little ones it scared).
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C.R.Ashbee’s house in Chipping Campden. #ArtsandCrafts #GuildofHandicrafts Grade 1 listed
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
C.R.Ashbee’s house in Chipping Campden. #ArtsandCrafts #GuildofHandicrafts Grade 1 listed
@danherb10.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social What goes on in the library stays in the library 🙂
Cursed shelves and ghoulish libraries... 👻
Dive into fourteen tales featuring bewitched books in The Haunted Library, for lovers of the weird and the written word.
Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/the-haunted-library-tales-of-cursed-books-and-forbidden-shelves
Dive into fourteen tales featuring bewitched books in The Haunted Library, for lovers of the weird and the written word.
Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/the-haunted-library-tales-of-cursed-books-and-forbidden-shelves
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
@danherb10.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social What goes on in the library stays in the library 🙂
@englishheritage.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social Back from a fascinating tour of the Greenwell pit at Grimes Graves, led by Jennifer Wexler and the local EH team 👍👍👍
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@englishheritage.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social Back from a fascinating tour of the Greenwell pit at Grimes Graves, led by Jennifer Wexler and the local EH team 👍👍👍
Where sky inhabits architecture
November 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Where sky inhabits architecture
October 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
@ladyliminal.bsky.social @kjsoar.bsky.social @themerl.bsky.social I have no idea what the heck is going on here, but who cares! 😀
Hare riding a hound with a trained snail of prey
Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390
Pontifical of Guillaume Durand, Avignon, before 1390
October 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
@ladyliminal.bsky.social @kjsoar.bsky.social @themerl.bsky.social I have no idea what the heck is going on here, but who cares! 😀
#TombTuesday @drtobydriver.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social late entry. Pentre Ifan from a few weeks ago. The striations across the right of the capstone are the rain skidding past ☔
October 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#TombTuesday @drtobydriver.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social late entry. Pentre Ifan from a few weeks ago. The striations across the right of the capstone are the rain skidding past ☔
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Sunday morning - Doodle in the margins of this 12th century manuscript, Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College - 101, fol. 97v
October 12, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Sunday morning - Doodle in the margins of this 12th century manuscript, Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College - 101, fol. 97v
@urbanprehistorian.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social #stonehenge #cursus A view south of #SHYHENGE with the parallel banks of the cursus crossing the picture frame above the fence and below the false horizon.
October 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
@urbanprehistorian.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social #stonehenge #cursus A view south of #SHYHENGE with the parallel banks of the cursus crossing the picture frame above the fence and below the false horizon.
October 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
@urbanprehistorian.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social #stonehenge #cursus A view south of #SHYHENGE with the parallel banks of the cursus crossing the picture frame above the fence and below the false horizon.
