Durotriges Dig
@durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Investigating the Iron Age and Roman period in SW Britain. Bournemouth University #HillfortsWednesday Posts (mostly) by Miles Russell
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@durotrigesdig.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello, we're the Durotriges Project 👋
If you're here for updates on prehistoric Dorset, archaeology info or just to look at pictures of Iron Age / Roman artefacts, we hope you'll find something of interest
#Durotriges25
⚠️ warning: may contain random references to #DoctorWho and #HypocaustGate
If you're here for updates on prehistoric Dorset, archaeology info or just to look at pictures of Iron Age / Roman artefacts, we hope you'll find something of interest
#Durotriges25
⚠️ warning: may contain random references to #DoctorWho and #HypocaustGate
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Thinking of studying Archaeology at Bournemouth University ?
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Thinking of studying Archaeology at Bournemouth University ?
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
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It’s a very long time since I was a student at Bournemouth, but I have brilliant memories of studying archaeology in Dorset. A degree in archaeology gives you so many life and professional skills 👇
Thinking of studying Archaeology at Bournemouth University ?
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 10:29 AM
It’s a very long time since I was a student at Bournemouth, but I have brilliant memories of studying archaeology in Dorset. A degree in archaeology gives you so many life and professional skills 👇
Thinking of studying Archaeology at Bournemouth University ?
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Thinking of studying Archaeology at Bournemouth University ?
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
@megsdigs.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are on hand to talk all things archaeological today!
We also have sweets (in between all the replica dead Romans 😊👍)
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
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Hypocaust Fans of BlueSky unite!
The wonderful Brading Roman Villa's underfloor heating system is officially *at risk*. 😢
Can we help them? Ideas?
www.iwradio.co.uk/news-post/br...
The wonderful Brading Roman Villa's underfloor heating system is officially *at risk*. 😢
Can we help them? Ideas?
www.iwradio.co.uk/news-post/br...
January 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Hypocaust Fans of BlueSky unite!
The wonderful Brading Roman Villa's underfloor heating system is officially *at risk*. 😢
Can we help them? Ideas?
www.iwradio.co.uk/news-post/br...
The wonderful Brading Roman Villa's underfloor heating system is officially *at risk*. 😢
Can we help them? Ideas?
www.iwradio.co.uk/news-post/br...
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Oooooh baby! And just up the street from the home of our favorite Iceni war fury.
Good to wake up to a news headline that has the words #IronAge #WarTrumpet and #Boudicca in it
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Oooooh baby! And just up the street from the home of our favorite Iceni war fury.
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For #FindsFriday
A copper alloy late Iron Age 15cm high bulls head *fitting* with elongated horns and horn-caps
Looking mournfully at us, wanting to be understood
Findspot unknown, function sadly unknown
Donated to the BM by Salisbury Museum in 1946
© Trustees of the British Museum 1946,1010.1
A copper alloy late Iron Age 15cm high bulls head *fitting* with elongated horns and horn-caps
Looking mournfully at us, wanting to be understood
Findspot unknown, function sadly unknown
Donated to the BM by Salisbury Museum in 1946
© Trustees of the British Museum 1946,1010.1
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 AM
For #FindsFriday
A copper alloy late Iron Age 15cm high bulls head *fitting* with elongated horns and horn-caps
Looking mournfully at us, wanting to be understood
Findspot unknown, function sadly unknown
Donated to the BM by Salisbury Museum in 1946
© Trustees of the British Museum 1946,1010.1
A copper alloy late Iron Age 15cm high bulls head *fitting* with elongated horns and horn-caps
Looking mournfully at us, wanting to be understood
Findspot unknown, function sadly unknown
Donated to the BM by Salisbury Museum in 1946
© Trustees of the British Museum 1946,1010.1
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#FrescoFriday #FindsFriday 🏺
One memorable day working in finds room at MOLA many moons ago we recorded some of London's best #Roman wall plaster.
Grapes are virtually edible, goldfinch became my profile pic: the fantastic #frescos were from Lime St site in the City, just to east of forum basilica.
One memorable day working in finds room at MOLA many moons ago we recorded some of London's best #Roman wall plaster.
Grapes are virtually edible, goldfinch became my profile pic: the fantastic #frescos were from Lime St site in the City, just to east of forum basilica.
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
#FrescoFriday #FindsFriday 🏺
One memorable day working in finds room at MOLA many moons ago we recorded some of London's best #Roman wall plaster.
Grapes are virtually edible, goldfinch became my profile pic: the fantastic #frescos were from Lime St site in the City, just to east of forum basilica.
One memorable day working in finds room at MOLA many moons ago we recorded some of London's best #Roman wall plaster.
Grapes are virtually edible, goldfinch became my profile pic: the fantastic #frescos were from Lime St site in the City, just to east of forum basilica.
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#FindsFriday What's he got in his pocket today? Fresh from the ground in Suffolk, having been seriously mucked about in the past. Note the markings around the edge on the left image.
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 AM
#FindsFriday What's he got in his pocket today? Fresh from the ground in Suffolk, having been seriously mucked about in the past. Note the markings around the edge on the left image.
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Copper alloy buckle with garnet inlay - one of the finds from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered in 1858 at Faversham in Kent during the construction of the Chatham to Dover railway line. Now part of the collections at Salisbury Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #SalisburyMuseum
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Copper alloy buckle with garnet inlay - one of the finds from an Anglo-Saxon cemetery discovered in 1858 at Faversham in Kent during the construction of the Chatham to Dover railway line. Now part of the collections at Salisbury Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #SalisburyMuseum
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#FindsFriday with some beautiful Roman Glass fragments, found at the Garum factory in Almuñécar 🇪🇸
January 9, 2026 at 8:57 AM
#FindsFriday with some beautiful Roman Glass fragments, found at the Garum factory in Almuñécar 🇪🇸
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This lead drain allowed water to exit an open air pool at the Roman baths of Durovernum Cantiacorum (modern-day Canterbury). The 1.2m deep pool was situated in the palaestra, or exercise yard, and was probably fed with water from natural springs. #FindsFriday
January 9, 2026 at 9:40 AM
This lead drain allowed water to exit an open air pool at the Roman baths of Durovernum Cantiacorum (modern-day Canterbury). The 1.2m deep pool was situated in the palaestra, or exercise yard, and was probably fed with water from natural springs. #FindsFriday
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Wow! #Norfolk
Good to wake up to a news headline that has the words #IronAge #WarTrumpet and #Boudicca in it
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
PreConstruct Archaeology reveals a complete carnyx plus other martial objects from #Norfolk
Wow 😲
We need a lie down
@theguardian.com @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Wow! #Norfolk
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Necklace and bracelet from the Balgay Cist burial discovered in 1870s. Reconstructed with some replica beads, the jet jewellery dates to the Bronze Age (4000 years old), belonged to a high status woman.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, McManus Museum, Dundee.
Necklace and bracelet from the Balgay Cist burial discovered in 1870s. Reconstructed with some replica beads, the jet jewellery dates to the Bronze Age (4000 years old), belonged to a high status woman.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, McManus Museum, Dundee.
January 9, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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Necklace and bracelet from the Balgay Cist burial discovered in 1870s. Reconstructed with some replica beads, the jet jewellery dates to the Bronze Age (4000 years old), belonged to a high status woman.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, McManus Museum, Dundee.
Necklace and bracelet from the Balgay Cist burial discovered in 1870s. Reconstructed with some replica beads, the jet jewellery dates to the Bronze Age (4000 years old), belonged to a high status woman.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology
📸 my own, McManus Museum, Dundee.
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Oh my! Little metallic Iron Age Iceni guy on the bookshelf…is that…could it possibly be…a CARNYX you hold in your hand…?🥹
January 9, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Oh my! Little metallic Iron Age Iceni guy on the bookshelf…is that…could it possibly be…a CARNYX you hold in your hand…?🥹
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A miniature marble altar, dedicated by a slave called Adeptus to fulfil his vow to Apollo ‘willingly & rightly’.
Adeptus / Apollini / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)
📸 Us, Musei Civici #Padua 1st Cent C.E.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome
Adeptus / Apollini / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)
📸 Us, Musei Civici #Padua 1st Cent C.E.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome
January 9, 2026 at 10:16 AM
A miniature marble altar, dedicated by a slave called Adeptus to fulfil his vow to Apollo ‘willingly & rightly’.
Adeptus / Apollini / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)
📸 Us, Musei Civici #Padua 1st Cent C.E.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome
Adeptus / Apollini / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) m(erito)
📸 Us, Musei Civici #Padua 1st Cent C.E.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology #Skystorians
#AncientBluesky #Classicsbluesky #AncientRome
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This #findsfriday we have a Roman gold ring with a red oval garnet setting. The bezel is decorated with crescent shaped markings down the sides.
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 AM
This #findsfriday we have a Roman gold ring with a red oval garnet setting. The bezel is decorated with crescent shaped markings down the sides.
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For today’s #FindsFriday, the Norfolk Carnyx!
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
January 9, 2026 at 10:25 AM
For today’s #FindsFriday, the Norfolk Carnyx!
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
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‘I wanted to be a sexy carnyx’
For #FindsFriday
A copper alloy late Iron Age 15cm high bulls head *fitting* with elongated horns and horn-caps
Looking mournfully at us, wanting to be understood
Findspot unknown, function sadly unknown
Donated to the BM by Salisbury Museum in 1946
© Trustees of the British Museum 1946,1010.1
A copper alloy late Iron Age 15cm high bulls head *fitting* with elongated horns and horn-caps
Looking mournfully at us, wanting to be understood
Findspot unknown, function sadly unknown
Donated to the BM by Salisbury Museum in 1946
© Trustees of the British Museum 1946,1010.1
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 AM
‘I wanted to be a sexy carnyx’
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Not unlike the slightly jollier Llantrisant fawr ox-head handle, found recently in south Wales 🥰
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January 9, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Not unlike the slightly jollier Llantrisant fawr ox-head handle, found recently in south Wales 🥰
the-past.com/news/two-hoa...
the-past.com/news/two-hoa...
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My photo shows the decorated rear and handle of a Roman bronze mirror, dated AD 50-70. The mirror was discovered in a pit during excavation of a Roman Villa in Devon.
Roman mirror ‘glass’ was typically highly polished tin or silver.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Roman mirror ‘glass’ was typically highly polished tin or silver.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own.
January 2, 2026 at 10:54 AM
My photo shows the decorated rear and handle of a Roman bronze mirror, dated AD 50-70. The mirror was discovered in a pit during excavation of a Roman Villa in Devon.
Roman mirror ‘glass’ was typically highly polished tin or silver.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own.
Roman mirror ‘glass’ was typically highly polished tin or silver.
#FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own.
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This Iron Age/Roman bovine mount is cast as bull’s head. It’s a Type 8b which is the most common of these vessel fittings, totalling c.40% of all known. They've a wide date range as we lack contextual evidence for them and cluster in the midlands and north. finds.org.uk/database/art... #FindsFriday
January 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
This Iron Age/Roman bovine mount is cast as bull’s head. It’s a Type 8b which is the most common of these vessel fittings, totalling c.40% of all known. They've a wide date range as we lack contextual evidence for them and cluster in the midlands and north. finds.org.uk/database/art... #FindsFriday
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Ellis-Haken has written about this a bit and supports it, as well as pointing out that it is associated more with high-status objects www.academia.edu/44619572/See...
Seen but not 'herd': Animals In La Tène Art in England and Wales
This paper introduces the preliminary results of current PhD research, looking into the recognition and use of animals and humans in La Tène art in England and Wales. A key aim is to relate the art ba...
www.academia.edu
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Ellis-Haken has written about this a bit and supports it, as well as pointing out that it is associated more with high-status objects www.academia.edu/44619572/See...
For #FindsFriday
A copper alloy late Iron Age 15cm high bulls head *fitting* with elongated horns and horn-caps
Looking mournfully at us, wanting to be understood
Findspot unknown, function sadly unknown
Donated to the BM by Salisbury Museum in 1946
© Trustees of the British Museum 1946,1010.1
A copper alloy late Iron Age 15cm high bulls head *fitting* with elongated horns and horn-caps
Looking mournfully at us, wanting to be understood
Findspot unknown, function sadly unknown
Donated to the BM by Salisbury Museum in 1946
© Trustees of the British Museum 1946,1010.1
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 AM
For #FindsFriday
A copper alloy late Iron Age 15cm high bulls head *fitting* with elongated horns and horn-caps
Looking mournfully at us, wanting to be understood
Findspot unknown, function sadly unknown
Donated to the BM by Salisbury Museum in 1946
© Trustees of the British Museum 1946,1010.1
A copper alloy late Iron Age 15cm high bulls head *fitting* with elongated horns and horn-caps
Looking mournfully at us, wanting to be understood
Findspot unknown, function sadly unknown
Donated to the BM by Salisbury Museum in 1946
© Trustees of the British Museum 1946,1010.1
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"Magna ... roughly translates as ‘the fort on the rock’. Hadrian’s Wall began being built in AD 122 but there was a fort here before that, as part of the earlier Stanegate Road frontier, operational between AD85 and AD122." — @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
#RomanFortThursday #AncientBluesky
#RomanFortThursday #AncientBluesky
January 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"Magna ... roughly translates as ‘the fort on the rock’. Hadrian’s Wall began being built in AD 122 but there was a fort here before that, as part of the earlier Stanegate Road frontier, operational between AD85 and AD122." — @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
#RomanFortThursday #AncientBluesky
#RomanFortThursday #AncientBluesky