Forest Archaic Collective
@forestcollectiv.bsky.social
Travel 🏞 History 🏛 & Jungle Music 💾
Find the history episodes & travel blog here:
https://www.youtube.com/forestjunglecollectv
Find the history episodes & travel blog here:
https://www.youtube.com/forestjunglecollectv
Its #MotteMonday & this keeps happening, we'll be at a Hillfort site that we're struggling to parse and it turns out its because the Normans messed with it
You'll have to squint but Sand Point promontory fort has a Motte in the middle
See it in our Somerset Hillforts Episode>>>
youtu.be/mVGfORIE6LY
You'll have to squint but Sand Point promontory fort has a Motte in the middle
See it in our Somerset Hillforts Episode>>>
youtu.be/mVGfORIE6LY
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Its #MotteMonday & this keeps happening, we'll be at a Hillfort site that we're struggling to parse and it turns out its because the Normans messed with it
You'll have to squint but Sand Point promontory fort has a Motte in the middle
See it in our Somerset Hillforts Episode>>>
youtu.be/mVGfORIE6LY
You'll have to squint but Sand Point promontory fort has a Motte in the middle
See it in our Somerset Hillforts Episode>>>
youtu.be/mVGfORIE6LY
#MedievalMonday & One of the most remarkable creations to come out of Medieval England, the unmistakable Wells Cathedral
We're also currently in Somerset as part of our Hillforts series which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
We're also currently in Somerset as part of our Hillforts series which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#MedievalMonday & One of the most remarkable creations to come out of Medieval England, the unmistakable Wells Cathedral
We're also currently in Somerset as part of our Hillforts series which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
We're also currently in Somerset as part of our Hillforts series which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVGf...
#StandingStoneSunday with some unfinished business on Holyhead 🏴 last week
the Penrhos Feilw Stones
the Penrhos Feilw Stones
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
#StandingStoneSunday with some unfinished business on Holyhead 🏴 last week
the Penrhos Feilw Stones
the Penrhos Feilw Stones
Ok - its #RomanSiteSaturday & a couple of weeks on I can finally sit down at do a thread on the Antonine Wall & all the Roman goodies around Glasgow
This is a massively underated set of sites & it was really exciting to explore! 🏴
🧵👇
This is a massively underated set of sites & it was really exciting to explore! 🏴
🧵👇
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Ok - its #RomanSiteSaturday & a couple of weeks on I can finally sit down at do a thread on the Antonine Wall & all the Roman goodies around Glasgow
This is a massively underated set of sites & it was really exciting to explore! 🏴
🧵👇
This is a massively underated set of sites & it was really exciting to explore! 🏴
🧵👇
#RuinedPrioryFriday with Vale Crucis Abbey, North Wales 🏴
AND unlike last time - caught the ancient cross from which the Valley takes its name
AND unlike last time - caught the ancient cross from which the Valley takes its name
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#RuinedPrioryFriday with Vale Crucis Abbey, North Wales 🏴
AND unlike last time - caught the ancient cross from which the Valley takes its name
AND unlike last time - caught the ancient cross from which the Valley takes its name
while YHA doesn't appear to be active over here, have to say the stays we've had with them this autumn have been absolute game changers, just ludicrously nice
this was YHA coalport last weekend,
I mean ...state of this 😳 🍂
absurdly lovely
#Autumn
this was YHA coalport last weekend,
I mean ...state of this 😳 🍂
absurdly lovely
#Autumn
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
while YHA doesn't appear to be active over here, have to say the stays we've had with them this autumn have been absolute game changers, just ludicrously nice
this was YHA coalport last weekend,
I mean ...state of this 😳 🍂
absurdly lovely
#Autumn
this was YHA coalport last weekend,
I mean ...state of this 😳 🍂
absurdly lovely
#Autumn
Swear this happens every year, I catch a bunch of #Autumn pics that i'm pretty fond of, but then because they're not on the usual tags, no one gets to see them
but... well this view of the Devils Chimney, Cheltenham was pretty gorgeous esp. considering its moniker
🍂
but... well this view of the Devils Chimney, Cheltenham was pretty gorgeous esp. considering its moniker
🍂
November 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Swear this happens every year, I catch a bunch of #Autumn pics that i'm pretty fond of, but then because they're not on the usual tags, no one gets to see them
but... well this view of the Devils Chimney, Cheltenham was pretty gorgeous esp. considering its moniker
🍂
but... well this view of the Devils Chimney, Cheltenham was pretty gorgeous esp. considering its moniker
🍂
Today was supposed to be the day i got everything done & instead i am being killed to death by the sickness 🤢🤧🤒
Still itching to do a thread from our recent trek across the Antonine Wall 🏴
guess thats saturdays job, but since its #RomanFortThursday here's the mist swirling around Bar Hill fort
Still itching to do a thread from our recent trek across the Antonine Wall 🏴
guess thats saturdays job, but since its #RomanFortThursday here's the mist swirling around Bar Hill fort
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Today was supposed to be the day i got everything done & instead i am being killed to death by the sickness 🤢🤧🤒
Still itching to do a thread from our recent trek across the Antonine Wall 🏴
guess thats saturdays job, but since its #RomanFortThursday here's the mist swirling around Bar Hill fort
Still itching to do a thread from our recent trek across the Antonine Wall 🏴
guess thats saturdays job, but since its #RomanFortThursday here's the mist swirling around Bar Hill fort
This is where we finished up, a glorious sunset at British Camp, rounding out a long weekend with a lot of Hillforting across Wales & Shropshire
with that in mind thought today could use a 🧵 of the highlights for #HillfortsWednesday 👇
with that in mind thought today could use a 🧵 of the highlights for #HillfortsWednesday 👇
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
This is where we finished up, a glorious sunset at British Camp, rounding out a long weekend with a lot of Hillforting across Wales & Shropshire
with that in mind thought today could use a 🧵 of the highlights for #HillfortsWednesday 👇
with that in mind thought today could use a 🧵 of the highlights for #HillfortsWednesday 👇
#AncientSiteSunday with Old Oswestry and What.A.Day.For.It !! 😳😳
Can't believe it, Shropshire is looking magical this morning
Can't believe it, Shropshire is looking magical this morning
November 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
#AncientSiteSunday with Old Oswestry and What.A.Day.For.It !! 😳😳
Can't believe it, Shropshire is looking magical this morning
Can't believe it, Shropshire is looking magical this morning
#CastleSaturday ...so much more fun when I've been in Wales 🏴🏴🏴
While dodging showers been catching parts of the Ring of Iron
While dodging showers been catching parts of the Ring of Iron
November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#CastleSaturday ...so much more fun when I've been in Wales 🏴🏴🏴
While dodging showers been catching parts of the Ring of Iron
While dodging showers been catching parts of the Ring of Iron
What was really cracking me up about this headline, as not a few #HillfortsWednesday folks will have noticed
...you can summarise our whole field, just by adding a single letter
...you can summarise our whole field, just by adding a single letter
October 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What was really cracking me up about this headline, as not a few #HillfortsWednesday folks will have noticed
...you can summarise our whole field, just by adding a single letter
...you can summarise our whole field, just by adding a single letter
#RuinedPrioryFriday & this one was a real delight
Lanercost Priory to the east of Carlislse up on Hadrians Wall
Lanercost Priory to the east of Carlislse up on Hadrians Wall
October 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#RuinedPrioryFriday & this one was a real delight
Lanercost Priory to the east of Carlislse up on Hadrians Wall
Lanercost Priory to the east of Carlislse up on Hadrians Wall
#AdoorableThursday & the beautiful romanesque work on the door of St Peter and St Paul, Leominster just as the light was going this eve
October 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
#AdoorableThursday & the beautiful romanesque work on the door of St Peter and St Paul, Leominster just as the light was going this eve
Its #HillfortsWednesday & as you may know, we're in the middle of a series on Hillforts 😊
We're working hard on a Somerset episode, but for now we're in North Wiltshire & Oxfordshire - and thought we could do a short thread on the forts in this episode
🧵👇
We're working hard on a Somerset episode, but for now we're in North Wiltshire & Oxfordshire - and thought we could do a short thread on the forts in this episode
🧵👇
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Its #HillfortsWednesday & as you may know, we're in the middle of a series on Hillforts 😊
We're working hard on a Somerset episode, but for now we're in North Wiltshire & Oxfordshire - and thought we could do a short thread on the forts in this episode
🧵👇
We're working hard on a Somerset episode, but for now we're in North Wiltshire & Oxfordshire - and thought we could do a short thread on the forts in this episode
🧵👇
Am just picking myself off the floor after a weekend of Glasgow, Hadrians wall and more time on coaches than should be allowed
but despite all the Roman stuff the real motivation to go was to see the @govanstones.bsky.social & esp their hogbacks
& thats going to need a short #TombTuesday thread 🧵👇
but despite all the Roman stuff the real motivation to go was to see the @govanstones.bsky.social & esp their hogbacks
& thats going to need a short #TombTuesday thread 🧵👇
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Am just picking myself off the floor after a weekend of Glasgow, Hadrians wall and more time on coaches than should be allowed
but despite all the Roman stuff the real motivation to go was to see the @govanstones.bsky.social & esp their hogbacks
& thats going to need a short #TombTuesday thread 🧵👇
but despite all the Roman stuff the real motivation to go was to see the @govanstones.bsky.social & esp their hogbacks
& thats going to need a short #TombTuesday thread 🧵👇
Bosham & its iconic saxon church at sundown
We made a guest episode on this, both for its church, its appearances (yes plural) on the Bayeux tapestry & possible Roman legacy which you can see here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBDc...
#MedievalMonday
We made a guest episode on this, both for its church, its appearances (yes plural) on the Bayeux tapestry & possible Roman legacy which you can see here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBDc...
#MedievalMonday
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Bosham & its iconic saxon church at sundown
We made a guest episode on this, both for its church, its appearances (yes plural) on the Bayeux tapestry & possible Roman legacy which you can see here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBDc...
#MedievalMonday
We made a guest episode on this, both for its church, its appearances (yes plural) on the Bayeux tapestry & possible Roman legacy which you can see here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBDc...
#MedievalMonday
#AncientSiteSunday and this morning from Hadrian's Wall, wrapping up an incredible but exhausting weekend
October 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#AncientSiteSunday and this morning from Hadrian's Wall, wrapping up an incredible but exhausting weekend
#RomanSiteSaturday and was low key losing.my.mind at the Antonine Wall yesterday
Conditions were 👌🏻😳
Was hoping to do a thread but the WiFi on my main camera has stopped working,
job for another day
Conditions were 👌🏻😳
Was hoping to do a thread but the WiFi on my main camera has stopped working,
job for another day
October 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
#RomanSiteSaturday and was low key losing.my.mind at the Antonine Wall yesterday
Conditions were 👌🏻😳
Was hoping to do a thread but the WiFi on my main camera has stopped working,
job for another day
Conditions were 👌🏻😳
Was hoping to do a thread but the WiFi on my main camera has stopped working,
job for another day
#FindsFriday with some Roman Glass from various forts along the Antonine wall at the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
October 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
#FindsFriday with some Roman Glass from various forts along the Antonine wall at the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
#AdoorableThursday & a beautiful romanesque portal on the way into Paisley Abbey, Glasgow today
October 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
#AdoorableThursday & a beautiful romanesque portal on the way into Paisley Abbey, Glasgow today
#RomanFortThursday & while rather well camouflaged beneath these beautiful autumn colours, Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort just south east of Glasgow is in there
October 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#RomanFortThursday & while rather well camouflaged beneath these beautiful autumn colours, Bothwellhaugh Roman Fort just south east of Glasgow is in there
For #HillfortsWednesday we're now on our 9th episode which has got us into North Wiltshire & Oxfordshire
As many of you know, a really nice selection around there
Have a watch here >>>
youtu.be/b-w9ybJ9ku8
As many of you know, a really nice selection around there
Have a watch here >>>
youtu.be/b-w9ybJ9ku8
The Hillforts of Wiltshire & Oxfordshire
YouTube video by Forest Archaic Collective
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
For #HillfortsWednesday we're now on our 9th episode which has got us into North Wiltshire & Oxfordshire
As many of you know, a really nice selection around there
Have a watch here >>>
youtu.be/b-w9ybJ9ku8
As many of you know, a really nice selection around there
Have a watch here >>>
youtu.be/b-w9ybJ9ku8
#MosaicMonday the mosaics of Littlecote & my goodness do i need a revisit of this site 😢
more pics below this 🧵👇
for now, just a reminder that we've got an episode out on this part of North Wiltshire / Oxfordshire that you can find here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-w9...
more pics below this 🧵👇
for now, just a reminder that we've got an episode out on this part of North Wiltshire / Oxfordshire that you can find here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-w9...
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
#MosaicMonday the mosaics of Littlecote & my goodness do i need a revisit of this site 😢
more pics below this 🧵👇
for now, just a reminder that we've got an episode out on this part of North Wiltshire / Oxfordshire that you can find here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-w9...
more pics below this 🧵👇
for now, just a reminder that we've got an episode out on this part of North Wiltshire / Oxfordshire that you can find here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-w9...
#AncientSiteSunday with Rybury Camp,
Set in a gorgeous slice of Wiltshire, a hillfort of uncertain date built over a Neolithic causewayed enclosure
New video out yesterday on the Hillforts of Wiltshire & Oxfordshire which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-w9...
Set in a gorgeous slice of Wiltshire, a hillfort of uncertain date built over a Neolithic causewayed enclosure
New video out yesterday on the Hillforts of Wiltshire & Oxfordshire which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-w9...
October 19, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#AncientSiteSunday with Rybury Camp,
Set in a gorgeous slice of Wiltshire, a hillfort of uncertain date built over a Neolithic causewayed enclosure
New video out yesterday on the Hillforts of Wiltshire & Oxfordshire which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-w9...
Set in a gorgeous slice of Wiltshire, a hillfort of uncertain date built over a Neolithic causewayed enclosure
New video out yesterday on the Hillforts of Wiltshire & Oxfordshire which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-w9...