Dr Duncan Berryman
@dberryman.bsky.social
Medieval archaeologist
Editor of the Castle Studies Journal • Secretary of the Historic Farm Building Group • Vice President of the Ulster Archaeological Society
Editor of the Castle Studies Journal • Secretary of the Historic Farm Building Group • Vice President of the Ulster Archaeological Society
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The team recreating the famous Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial ship is inviting the public to name it!
The Sutton Hoo Ships Company (SHSC) aim to complete the project next year before getting the ship on the River Deben in 2027.
You can submit your nomination here: saxonship.org/suggest-a-na...
The Sutton Hoo Ships Company (SHSC) aim to complete the project next year before getting the ship on the River Deben in 2027.
You can submit your nomination here: saxonship.org/suggest-a-na...
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The team recreating the famous Sutton Hoo Anglo-Saxon burial ship is inviting the public to name it!
The Sutton Hoo Ships Company (SHSC) aim to complete the project next year before getting the ship on the River Deben in 2027.
You can submit your nomination here: saxonship.org/suggest-a-na...
The Sutton Hoo Ships Company (SHSC) aim to complete the project next year before getting the ship on the River Deben in 2027.
You can submit your nomination here: saxonship.org/suggest-a-na...
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The Royal Historical Society has published a very helpful guide to its various membership categories, including the Fellowship. If you're engaged in History study, research or teaching (including in public history, journalism & GLAM) & keen to support the discipline, do have a look. #Skystorians
Joining the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society: a brief guide if you’re considering an application | Historical Transactions
blog.royalhistsoc.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Royal Historical Society has published a very helpful guide to its various membership categories, including the Fellowship. If you're engaged in History study, research or teaching (including in public history, journalism & GLAM) & keen to support the discipline, do have a look. #Skystorians
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I need you all to know that a ton of folks put a HEROIC amount of effort into keeping Archive going this week
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I need you all to know that a ton of folks put a HEROIC amount of effort into keeping Archive going this week
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We're at the Middle Earth map.
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We're at the Middle Earth map.
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
We're at the subway map.
We're at the combination Middle Earth and Subway map!
And you could be too! These maps and more are for sale on my Etsy page! They make great presents for yourself and others!
#LOTR #maps #subway
www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent horses and ponies I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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Awesome story about a literally ‘marginalized’ woman doctor in a medieval manuscript, recovered via a close look at previously overlooked abbreviations at the edge of the page.
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Awesome story about a literally ‘marginalized’ woman doctor in a medieval manuscript, recovered via a close look at previously overlooked abbreviations at the edge of the page.
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Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Oh wow! This is what happens when you're photographing MSS & don't capture the text in the inner gutter. 1st, here's the photograph (made about 100 yrs ago) of the Codex Salernitanus, f. 82ra. Although that big tear of the page is obvious, the inner gutter hasn't been fully captured in the photo.
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This is happening on Friday. All the seats are gone now, so this is just a reminder for those who reserved a ticket. See you there!
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is happening on Friday. All the seats are gone now, so this is just a reminder for those who reserved a ticket. See you there!
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I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
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We are delighted to welcome Prof Alison Beach, University of St Andrews, to our Seminar Series speaking on:
'Visible Disabilities: Thinking Together about Physical Impairment in Premodern Europe'
16:00, Thu 20 Nov, Raftery Seminar Room, Ardmore Annexe
research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/.../alison-b...
'Visible Disabilities: Thinking Together about Physical Impairment in Premodern Europe'
16:00, Thu 20 Nov, Raftery Seminar Room, Ardmore Annexe
research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/.../alison-b...
research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are delighted to welcome Prof Alison Beach, University of St Andrews, to our Seminar Series speaking on:
'Visible Disabilities: Thinking Together about Physical Impairment in Premodern Europe'
16:00, Thu 20 Nov, Raftery Seminar Room, Ardmore Annexe
research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/.../alison-b...
'Visible Disabilities: Thinking Together about Physical Impairment in Premodern Europe'
16:00, Thu 20 Nov, Raftery Seminar Room, Ardmore Annexe
research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/.../alison-b...
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This #MapMonday let us take you back in time ⌛
We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188
We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This #MapMonday let us take you back in time ⌛
We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188
We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes.
Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188
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Our thanks to Dr @dberryman.bsky.social
for his talk at the Discovery 2025! Conference on Saturday 8th November.
#irisharchaeology
#ulsterarchaeology
for his talk at the Discovery 2025! Conference on Saturday 8th November.
#irisharchaeology
#ulsterarchaeology
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Our thanks to Dr @dberryman.bsky.social
for his talk at the Discovery 2025! Conference on Saturday 8th November.
#irisharchaeology
#ulsterarchaeology
for his talk at the Discovery 2025! Conference on Saturday 8th November.
#irisharchaeology
#ulsterarchaeology
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So, the witches in Macbeth may be a later reworking by playwright Thomas Middleton. Someone who attended the play in 1611 described 3 'beautiful' "feiries or Nimiphes," not “filthy hags”. Holinshed's Chronicles, Shakespeare's source, also describes 3 "creatures of the elderwood.. nymphs or fairies"
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
So, the witches in Macbeth may be a later reworking by playwright Thomas Middleton. Someone who attended the play in 1611 described 3 'beautiful' "feiries or Nimiphes," not “filthy hags”. Holinshed's Chronicles, Shakespeare's source, also describes 3 "creatures of the elderwood.. nymphs or fairies"
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
Reposted by Dr Duncan Berryman
The Sceilg Mhichíl Climate Vulnerability Assessment Report has been published.
Developed under @preservinglegacies.bsky.social by NMS
& @opwireland.bsky.social
It outlines potential future risks by climate change & adaptation measures to safeguard the site.
bit.ly/47EWILG
#WorldHeritage
Developed under @preservinglegacies.bsky.social by NMS
& @opwireland.bsky.social
It outlines potential future risks by climate change & adaptation measures to safeguard the site.
bit.ly/47EWILG
#WorldHeritage
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The Sceilg Mhichíl Climate Vulnerability Assessment Report has been published.
Developed under @preservinglegacies.bsky.social by NMS
& @opwireland.bsky.social
It outlines potential future risks by climate change & adaptation measures to safeguard the site.
bit.ly/47EWILG
#WorldHeritage
Developed under @preservinglegacies.bsky.social by NMS
& @opwireland.bsky.social
It outlines potential future risks by climate change & adaptation measures to safeguard the site.
bit.ly/47EWILG
#WorldHeritage
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hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
hi, can you do me a favor?
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them
thank you, this is for science
here is my contribution
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🌾 Famine. Rain. Desperation.
In 1315, Europe’s golden age drowned in endless storms and died of starvation
Discover how the Great Famine of 1315 reshaped the medieval world and began the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages on our latest #podcast episode
#medievalsky #GreatFamine
In 1315, Europe’s golden age drowned in endless storms and died of starvation
Discover how the Great Famine of 1315 reshaped the medieval world and began the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages on our latest #podcast episode
#medievalsky #GreatFamine
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🌾 Famine. Rain. Desperation.
In 1315, Europe’s golden age drowned in endless storms and died of starvation
Discover how the Great Famine of 1315 reshaped the medieval world and began the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages on our latest #podcast episode
#medievalsky #GreatFamine
In 1315, Europe’s golden age drowned in endless storms and died of starvation
Discover how the Great Famine of 1315 reshaped the medieval world and began the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages on our latest #podcast episode
#medievalsky #GreatFamine
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CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
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Our YouTube channel has beefed up for the winter! You can now watch lots of brilliant talks about mapmaking and the history of Britain's towns and cities. Please subscribe here: www.youtube.com/@hist_towns
Historic Towns Trust
An educational charity working to map the urban histories of Great Britain.
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Our YouTube channel has beefed up for the winter! You can now watch lots of brilliant talks about mapmaking and the history of Britain's towns and cities. Please subscribe here: www.youtube.com/@hist_towns
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Medieval floor tiles (still in situ) at Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #MelroseAbbey #ScottishBorders
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Medieval floor tiles (still in situ) at Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #MelroseAbbey #ScottishBorders
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Happy Halloween Guys! The latest episode of Tales From Antiquaria is out today, featuring the 1890 collection 'Cornish Feasts and Folklore'. There's sea-spirits, sand-claimed churches and a whole swathe of spooky Cornish ghost-lore! On all providers and at talesfromantiquaria.com/episodes #folklore
October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Happy Halloween Guys! The latest episode of Tales From Antiquaria is out today, featuring the 1890 collection 'Cornish Feasts and Folklore'. There's sea-spirits, sand-claimed churches and a whole swathe of spooky Cornish ghost-lore! On all providers and at talesfromantiquaria.com/episodes #folklore
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“No Sanctuary
It’s Hallowe’en. The turnip-man’s lopped head
Blazes at us through split bottle glass
And fumes and swims up like a wrecker’s lantern.
Death mask of harvest,
l mocker at All Souls
With scorching smells, red dog’s eyes in the night
We ring and stare into unhallowed light”
Seamus Heaney
It’s Hallowe’en. The turnip-man’s lopped head
Blazes at us through split bottle glass
And fumes and swims up like a wrecker’s lantern.
Death mask of harvest,
l mocker at All Souls
With scorching smells, red dog’s eyes in the night
We ring and stare into unhallowed light”
Seamus Heaney
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“No Sanctuary
It’s Hallowe’en. The turnip-man’s lopped head
Blazes at us through split bottle glass
And fumes and swims up like a wrecker’s lantern.
Death mask of harvest,
l mocker at All Souls
With scorching smells, red dog’s eyes in the night
We ring and stare into unhallowed light”
Seamus Heaney
It’s Hallowe’en. The turnip-man’s lopped head
Blazes at us through split bottle glass
And fumes and swims up like a wrecker’s lantern.
Death mask of harvest,
l mocker at All Souls
With scorching smells, red dog’s eyes in the night
We ring and stare into unhallowed light”
Seamus Heaney
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This Halloween, delve into the interdisciplinary field of feminist witch studies. Discover the different national and cultural contexts in which "the witch" is currently being claimed and repudiated.
Shop the book here 📚: buff.ly/lzg8Eiz
@dukepress.bsky.social
#HalloweenReads #SpookyReads
Shop the book here 📚: buff.ly/lzg8Eiz
@dukepress.bsky.social
#HalloweenReads #SpookyReads
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This Halloween, delve into the interdisciplinary field of feminist witch studies. Discover the different national and cultural contexts in which "the witch" is currently being claimed and repudiated.
Shop the book here 📚: buff.ly/lzg8Eiz
@dukepress.bsky.social
#HalloweenReads #SpookyReads
Shop the book here 📚: buff.ly/lzg8Eiz
@dukepress.bsky.social
#HalloweenReads #SpookyReads
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New #Archaeology TV show alert!🚨 Hidden Wonders starts Tuesday 4th Nov 9pm on More 4
Available for download on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD
#newtv #documentaryseries #History 🏺
Available for download on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD
#newtv #documentaryseries #History 🏺
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New #Archaeology TV show alert!🚨 Hidden Wonders starts Tuesday 4th Nov 9pm on More 4
Available for download on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD
#newtv #documentaryseries #History 🏺
Available for download on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD
#newtv #documentaryseries #History 🏺
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As Black History Month draws to a close, we thought we'd share this entry in a baptism register for Buckingham, April 1571. It features a 14 year old boy called Samson Aethiops, noting that he was born in Africa.
![A close up photograph of an entry in a parish register. It is written in Latin, with black ink on vellum. The text says:
Aprilis
Samson Aethiops nate in Africa Quaturodece
an[n]os natus baptizabate sexto die Wil[l]mo Palmer
Grato [gratus] Wil[l]mo Davies Clerico et Katherina
Pates susceptoribus
Translated, this means:
6 April 1571
Samson Aethiops born in Africa fourteen years born
baptised 6th day William Palmer
Gratious William Davis Clerk and Katherina Pates sponsors](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6xy5uc24pd5iuysvqqtbohds/bafkreif3w3rkk2se5mgk4322kr3x4rbus7z7krfixx2u5ifn5e23z7qt4e@jpeg)
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
As Black History Month draws to a close, we thought we'd share this entry in a baptism register for Buckingham, April 1571. It features a 14 year old boy called Samson Aethiops, noting that he was born in Africa.