Katie Carmichael
@kcarmichael.bsky.social
Heritage professional working with Scotland’s ancient monuments. Chaotic life with young kids and too many things on my to-do list. Constantly has twigs in hair.
New additions to the uranium glass collection - spooky vibes.
October 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
New additions to the uranium glass collection - spooky vibes.
Possibly the best use of a morning off work in quite some time - three hours to learn to make all of these tarts! Thankfully two growing boys are helping to destroy all my work.
September 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Possibly the best use of a morning off work in quite some time - three hours to learn to make all of these tarts! Thankfully two growing boys are helping to destroy all my work.
Off tomorrow to a site which “While not officially confirmed to be a place of Satanic rituals” certainly seems to have a lot of interesting issues! Should have arranged for the end of October. Bad planning.
a group of people with horns are standing around a fire in the dark
Alt: A group of people dressed in black cloaks and wearing skull masks are standing around a fire in the dark, two are dancing. Stereotypical? Absolutely.
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September 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Off tomorrow to a site which “While not officially confirmed to be a place of Satanic rituals” certainly seems to have a lot of interesting issues! Should have arranged for the end of October. Bad planning.
Seems like a good day to start watching The Leftovers
September 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Seems like a good day to start watching The Leftovers
Tha glamour of my job really is something to envy: I’ve just agreed to meet some people in a cow tunnel beneath the Edinburgh bypass.
September 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Tha glamour of my job really is something to envy: I’ve just agreed to meet some people in a cow tunnel beneath the Edinburgh bypass.
That could have been an email.
September 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
That could have been an email.
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🚨 JOB ALERT - come work in my team?!
Vacancy for an Archaeological Investigator with #LandscapeArchaeology experience.
Full time, fixed-term contract until 31 March 2026, based in Cambridge with hybrid working. Apply by 26th Aug 👉 app.beapplied.com/apply/pbdaw6...
Vacancy for an Archaeological Investigator with #LandscapeArchaeology experience.
Full time, fixed-term contract until 31 March 2026, based in Cambridge with hybrid working. Apply by 26th Aug 👉 app.beapplied.com/apply/pbdaw6...
August 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🚨 JOB ALERT - come work in my team?!
Vacancy for an Archaeological Investigator with #LandscapeArchaeology experience.
Full time, fixed-term contract until 31 March 2026, based in Cambridge with hybrid working. Apply by 26th Aug 👉 app.beapplied.com/apply/pbdaw6...
Vacancy for an Archaeological Investigator with #LandscapeArchaeology experience.
Full time, fixed-term contract until 31 March 2026, based in Cambridge with hybrid working. Apply by 26th Aug 👉 app.beapplied.com/apply/pbdaw6...
Applications are open to become the new Graduate Trainee at HES - after seeing how much fun our most recent trainee had I’m quite jealous! Please share widely: ekov.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Heritage Graduate Trainee
Here at HES, we are welcoming applications for the role of Heritage Graduate Trainee, which is a Grade 1 Fixed Term position working full time hours, based in Longmore House, Edinburgh.
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July 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Applications are open to become the new Graduate Trainee at HES - after seeing how much fun our most recent trainee had I’m quite jealous! Please share widely: ekov.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Another yeah, another cake theme done. The party had more smoke grenades and ammunition than I ever expect when I had kids, but as there don’t seem to have been any lasting injuries or burns I’m calling it a win for the day and am off to collapse.
June 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Another yeah, another cake theme done. The party had more smoke grenades and ammunition than I ever expect when I had kids, but as there don’t seem to have been any lasting injuries or burns I’m calling it a win for the day and am off to collapse.
Always nice to have a quiet moment at the castle before it opens up for the day - I may be here a lot now but it’s always special!
June 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Always nice to have a quiet moment at the castle before it opens up for the day - I may be here a lot now but it’s always special!
Today’s adventure was being allowed to climb down into the dewatered lock chambers of a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal in Falkirk to inspect the maintenance works being carried out - really something quite special!
June 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today’s adventure was being allowed to climb down into the dewatered lock chambers of a section of the Forth and Clyde Canal in Falkirk to inspect the maintenance works being carried out - really something quite special!
The entrance to the secret path is starting to look glorious - always a lovely few weeks when the rhododendrons are in full bloom!
May 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The entrance to the secret path is starting to look glorious - always a lovely few weeks when the rhododendrons are in full bloom!
How is your day going? My kids just phoned their uncle as he’s on the way to the hospital to have his first child to wish him luck, and to say they hope nobody dies. I mean…
May 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
How is your day going? My kids just phoned their uncle as he’s on the way to the hospital to have his first child to wish him luck, and to say they hope nobody dies. I mean…
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The role of Inspector of Monuments has come up in the Yorkshire region. A great opportunity for an archaeologist to shape the work of Historic England.
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#archaeology #heritage
app.beapplied.com/apply/zr945m...
#archaeology #heritage
Inspector of Ancient Monuments
SummaryWe are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them.Historic England have a fantastic opportu...
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May 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The role of Inspector of Monuments has come up in the Yorkshire region. A great opportunity for an archaeologist to shape the work of Historic England.
app.beapplied.com/apply/zr945m...
#archaeology #heritage
app.beapplied.com/apply/zr945m...
#archaeology #heritage
My youngest bought himself a laminator earlier and has immediately made bookmarks for my husband and I, and a checklist of daily events for himself….
May 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
My youngest bought himself a laminator earlier and has immediately made bookmarks for my husband and I, and a checklist of daily events for himself….
Not a bad day for site visits I must say - lunch with a view!
May 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Not a bad day for site visits I must say - lunch with a view!
Whoop! The swallows are officially home to roost for the summer, I do love seeing them flitting around in the evening sunshine. Zero chance of a decent photo of course.
April 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Whoop! The swallows are officially home to roost for the summer, I do love seeing them flitting around in the evening sunshine. Zero chance of a decent photo of course.
I can’t help but wonder about the categorisation of tasks that results in FIVE kitchens/utilities in sequence. What happens in the final room of shame?
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April 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I can’t help but wonder about the categorisation of tasks that results in FIVE kitchens/utilities in sequence. What happens in the final room of shame?
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Emboldened by the veil of mist, an increasingly confident gang of lambs plot their great escape.
April 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Emboldened by the veil of mist, an increasingly confident gang of lambs plot their great escape.
One very cool uranium decanter and a glow in the dark plastic Jesus (in joke) - not the usual presents perhaps!
March 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
One very cool uranium decanter and a glow in the dark plastic Jesus (in joke) - not the usual presents perhaps!
Nothing quite like being ‘woken’ by a 7yo presenting you with tea in bed. The tea in question being a blackcurrant tea bag from school. With milk.
March 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Nothing quite like being ‘woken’ by a 7yo presenting you with tea in bed. The tea in question being a blackcurrant tea bag from school. With milk.
Scotland is not a serious country. 18 and sunnny = THE COUNTRY IS ON FIRE. (I jest, obviously it has been very dry and it’s a real threat….. but still)
March 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Scotland is not a serious country. 18 and sunnny = THE COUNTRY IS ON FIRE. (I jest, obviously it has been very dry and it’s a real threat….. but still)
I’ve been signed off work for two weeks and I’m going to be a NIGHTMARE at home - I don’t do well at staying still. All recommendations for books/series etc welcome - highbrow and trashy alike.
March 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I’ve been signed off work for two weeks and I’m going to be a NIGHTMARE at home - I don’t do well at staying still. All recommendations for books/series etc welcome - highbrow and trashy alike.
A quick scoot over to Linlithgow this afternoon and was much taken by the spectacular stained glass in St Katherine’s Aisle - installed in 1992 to commemorate the 750th anniversary of St Michael’s church, it was designed by Crear McCartney on the theme of Pentecost.
March 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A quick scoot over to Linlithgow this afternoon and was much taken by the spectacular stained glass in St Katherine’s Aisle - installed in 1992 to commemorate the 750th anniversary of St Michael’s church, it was designed by Crear McCartney on the theme of Pentecost.