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Investigating the Iron Age and Roman period in SW Britain. Bournemouth University #HillfortsWednesday Posts (mostly) by Miles Russell
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Durotriges Dig @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
A complete Late Iron Age Black Burnished Ware pot from the #Durotriges24 excavation
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More on the stunning Iron Age carnyx found in #Norfolk with boar standard and shield bosses

👇👇👇

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Found by PreConstruct Archaeology and featuring in episode 2 of the new series of #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on BBC2

Wowzers 🤩
Iron Age Copper alloy war trumpet being excavated c Norfolk Museum Service Iron Age shield bosses and wild boar standard Iron Age Copper alloy boar standard being cleaned c Norfolk Museum service
January 7, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
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
The gloved arms of an archaeologist cleaning the green copper alloy head of an Iron Age war trumpet
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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bogwolf1.bsky.social
My #hillfortwednesday is Barbury Castle in Wiltshire. With stone circles and giant horses, there's so much history in these rolling hills.
My photo from 2020
Two parallel earthworks, photographed from on top of one, they recede into the shot, background of rolling hills
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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curious-bronwen.bsky.social
Yay! Series 13 👏👏 - and not at all ridiculously excited to see @megsdigs.bsky.social Meg from episode two 🤗
profaliceroberts.bsky.social Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 1d
We have a brand new series of Digging for Britain ready for your delectation, and an expanded team of expert presenters bringing you the latest on a range of exciting discoveries from across the UK.
January 6, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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drtobydriver.bsky.social
That same gateway passage in glorious technicolour 🤩👍

📷 Me 2020
A stone lined gateway passage
January 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
It's the first #HillfortsWednesday of 2026 !!

Here's a fantastic recreation of the main N gate approach corridor to Tre'r Ceiri #Gwynedd 🤩

© A Smith / @henebtwa.bsky.social

From G Smith *Hillforts and Hut Groups of NW Wales* @intarcheditor.bsky.social 👇👇

intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu...
Drawing of a man and child carrying wooden branches along a stone lined passage with a wooden gate and stone wall beyond
January 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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forestcollectiv.bsky.social
Its #HillfortsWednesday, its winter & we've got these long nights
So if you want something relaxing and escapist to have running in the background on a tv or whatever

this >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcXl...
Relaxing Hillfort footage for 90 minutes
YouTube video by Forest Archaic Collective
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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trimontiumtrust.bsky.social
Our #hillfortswednesday video this week shows #Torwoodlee Broch, the remains of an Iron Age hill fort near Galashiels, in the #ScottishBorders. The broch was first excavated by James Curle, who also excavated Trimontium & a number of #Roman items were found within the site.
January 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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nationaltrust.org.uk
We've looked after the Cerne Abbas Giant and the small plot of land he calls home since 1920. Help us secure the surrounding land for generations to come.

Donate today: buff.ly/YE0N5Nt
Aerial view of the Cerne Abbas giant - a landscape feature showing the white chalk outline of a naked man with a club raised in one hand. There is text over lay which reads 'It's a Giant opportunity'
January 7, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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hillfortian.bsky.social
I feel a temporary profile pic change is required to celebrate this amazing find.

Thanks to @drtobydriver.bsky.social for capturing me in this moment at Castell Henllys
durotrigesdig.bsky.social Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 18h
More on the stunning Iron Age carnyx found in #Norfolk with boar standard and shield bosses

👇👇👇

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Found by PreConstruct Archaeology and featuring in episode 2 of the new series of #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on BBC2

Wowzers 🤩
Iron Age Copper alloy war trumpet being excavated c Norfolk Museum Service Iron Age shield bosses and wild boar standard Iron Age Copper alloy boar standard being cleaned c Norfolk Museum service
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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pasthorizons.bsky.social
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/in...
The discovery includes a near-complete Iron Age battle trumpet or carnyx and parts of another. These animal-headed bronze instruments were used by Celtic tribes across Europe to inspire their warriors in battle.
Rare Iron Age Hoard Found In Norfolk | Historic England
A remarkable collection of Iron Age objects has been discovered in West Norfolk.
historicengland.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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rcahmwales.bsky.social
Just before Christmas, our survey team carried out a new drone survey of the dramatic St David’s Head coastal promontory fort, Pembrokeshire, working with the National Trust in Wales and the National Park.The rocky headland is cut off by three massive stone ramparts, enclosing a
January 7, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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efpeel.bsky.social
For #hillfortsWednesday another item related to the Counts of Hamaland. The 10th century Uplathe castle. At the location of the nearby St Vitus the counts had a castle and founded an abbey ('Stift Elten'). This area straddles the border between Germany and the Netherlands.
Topographic map of Montferland showing an inset with a circular rampart
January 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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hedleythorne.bsky.social
​Winter light over Table Mountain (Crug Hywel). A crisp pre-Christmas wild camp with some of the best views in the Black Mountains. ❄️🥾 #Wales #hillfort
January 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
Almost certainly the best photograph I have ever taken from an Iron Age hillfort of the sun setting over an estuary as summer segues majestically into autumn.
The sun setting over the Severn Estuary as seen from the top of Uley Bury hill fort. I took this photo in September, 2021, on the most perfect windless evening, feeling euphoric having finished the edits on my debut novel, Villager. The whole walk felt like I'd temporarily stepped inside a Kit Williams painting, which was apt since for the last several decades he has lived not far from here, and the landscape was a prime inspiration for his masterpiece Masquerade.
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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sharitage.bsky.social
We’re excited to present our 2nd site in the Czech Republic: the early medieval hillfort of Tismice (Central Bohemia). Once part of an 8th–9th c. hillfort network along the Šembera River, it will be reconnected via a new Archaeotrail.
📅 Public event planned for May 2026.
#erasmusPLUS #Sharitage
January 7, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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danherb10.bsky.social
Current Status: Oxford Castle
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January 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
⚠️⚠️ Archaeology on TV klaxon alert 📢 📢

Tomorrow (Wednesday) 7 January BBC Two

#DiggingForBritain #D4B

Can't wait 😊👇👇👇
profaliceroberts.bsky.social Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 1d
We have a brand new series of Digging for Britain ready for your delectation, and an expanded team of expert presenters bringing you the latest on a range of exciting discoveries from across the UK.
January 6, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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druidtombraider.bsky.social
For another icy #HillfortsWednesday Carl Wark Hillfort dusted with snow courtesy of spratmackrel.
January 7, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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jnknssj.bsky.social
"Little Solsbury Camp, near Bath" from Ancient Earthworks & Camps of Somerset (Edward J. Burrow, 1924). #HillfortsWednesday #Archaeology #Prehistory #Watercolour #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #SolsburyHill #Bath #Somerset
Monochrome watercolour of a view from a hillfort over ramparts and "a field in the distance, where sheep may be safely grazing" toward hills and the ancient city of Bath. The sky is cloudy but the city is illuminated by rays of sunlight piercing through.
January 7, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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equipmentroman.bsky.social
Looks like an archaeological wish-list is available ...
Congeries armorum on the eastern side of the south face of the arch at Orange. Image: Marianne Casamance
January 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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profaliceroberts.bsky.social
If you can’t wait until 9pm this evening… Digging for Britain series 13 has already launched on iplayer!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Digging for Britain
A small island with a big history. Professor Alice Roberts reveals the fascinating world hidden beneath our feet, showcasing the latest finds of dedicated archaeologists.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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theduncanmackay.bsky.social
Having the great privilege of being part of Operation Nightingale RAF Valley project on Anglesey also means we hear Paul Hemingway play his carnyx by the sacred lake of Llyn Cerrig Bach, where a different type of IA horn has been recovered. Whenever he plays, I half expect to hear a faint reply
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Paul Hemingway in Iron Age clothes playing the carnyx by a lake.
January 7, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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theduncanmackay.bsky.social
The new Norfolk Iron Age carnyx find featured on #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is beyond spectacular, dating to that crucial period for the Iceni between Caesar’s expeditions & Boudica’s rebellion. Already my find of the decade, today is a day to worship the carnyx…
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A reproduction of the bronze boar-headed Deskford carnyx held in the air.
January 7, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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stephbirdart.bsky.social
Check this out. Absolutely stunning find.
durotrigesdig.bsky.social Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 20h
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
The gloved arms of an archaeologist cleaning the green copper alloy head of an Iron Age war trumpet
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 AM