Kristian Strutt
@kdstrutt.bsky.social
Archaeologist, geophysical surveyor and educator at University of Southampton. PhD. FHEA. FSA. Keen allotmenteer, cyclist and European. Views my own. #Dig4Arch
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4% of annual finds recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme were DONATED to Museums.... thats right 4%
📢One last time folks 4%📢
C'mon people, without Generosity, Donation, Giving, Legacy or Sharing how do we & our future generations have access to our shared heritage?
📢One last time folks 4%📢
C'mon people, without Generosity, Donation, Giving, Legacy or Sharing how do we & our future generations have access to our shared heritage?
OK. These are the new, updated, figures for 2023.
Utterly miserable reading -
"1,343 #treasure finds reported in 2023 (1,091 object cases and 252 coin cases). Of these cases:
❌️328 (24%) were acquired by museums (260 object cases, 68 coin cases)"❌️
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#Archaeology 🏺
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Utterly miserable reading -
"1,343 #treasure finds reported in 2023 (1,091 object cases and 252 coin cases). Of these cases:
❌️328 (24%) were acquired by museums (260 object cases, 68 coin cases)"❌️
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#Archaeology 🏺
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Reported Treasure Finds 2023 and 2024 Statistical Release
www.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
4% of annual finds recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme were DONATED to Museums.... thats right 4%
📢One last time folks 4%📢
C'mon people, without Generosity, Donation, Giving, Legacy or Sharing how do we & our future generations have access to our shared heritage?
📢One last time folks 4%📢
C'mon people, without Generosity, Donation, Giving, Legacy or Sharing how do we & our future generations have access to our shared heritage?
FFS.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
FFS.
Arse biscuits! 🤣
Remember, Remember,
The 5th of November,
Gunpowder, treason and…
ARSE BISCUITS!
Ever had a burning (or fizzling) desire to know what Guy Fawkes said in his moment of failure? Wonder no more.
#PlaymobilInfestation #GuyFawkes #BonfireNight
The 5th of November,
Gunpowder, treason and…
ARSE BISCUITS!
Ever had a burning (or fizzling) desire to know what Guy Fawkes said in his moment of failure? Wonder no more.
#PlaymobilInfestation #GuyFawkes #BonfireNight
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Arse biscuits! 🤣
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Figures from the 2023 TVC minutes are even worse at over £7 million in recommended 'reward' valuations (including the £4.3 million Chew Valley hoard).
That’s an awful lot of museum curators’ salaries per year being paid out to individual finders and landowners…
Honestly, this is so grim...😞
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That’s an awful lot of museum curators’ salaries per year being paid out to individual finders and landowners…
Honestly, this is so grim...😞
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November 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Figures from the 2023 TVC minutes are even worse at over £7 million in recommended 'reward' valuations (including the £4.3 million Chew Valley hoard).
That’s an awful lot of museum curators’ salaries per year being paid out to individual finders and landowners…
Honestly, this is so grim...😞
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That’s an awful lot of museum curators’ salaries per year being paid out to individual finders and landowners…
Honestly, this is so grim...😞
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Reposted by Kristian Strutt
The Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund is now open for applications. ⏳
Funded by Archaeological Research Services Ltd and the SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, the fund covers the full cost of radiocarbon dating for community projects across the UK.👉
Funded by Archaeological Research Services Ltd and the SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, the fund covers the full cost of radiocarbon dating for community projects across the UK.👉
Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund
www.cardfund.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Community Archaeology Radiocarbon Dating (CARD) Fund is now open for applications. ⏳
Funded by Archaeological Research Services Ltd and the SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, the fund covers the full cost of radiocarbon dating for community projects across the UK.👉
Funded by Archaeological Research Services Ltd and the SUERC Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, the fund covers the full cost of radiocarbon dating for community projects across the UK.👉
A couple of small sourdough rye loaves, baked for lunch this week.
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A couple of small sourdough rye loaves, baked for lunch this week.
Cold day at the #allotment plot. Put canes away sorted compost, sowed green manure winter rye, and covered over Florence fennel. Apples, potatoes, peppers, chillies, garlic, cima di rapa, parsley and some small courgettes, plus beetroot and carrots, celery and pumpkins. Lawrence Hills book is ace!
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Cold day at the #allotment plot. Put canes away sorted compost, sowed green manure winter rye, and covered over Florence fennel. Apples, potatoes, peppers, chillies, garlic, cima di rapa, parsley and some small courgettes, plus beetroot and carrots, celery and pumpkins. Lawrence Hills book is ace!
Reposted by Kristian Strutt
Work in progress scanning and visualising Wainstones 6 rock art. It's already different to what I thought... 🤔
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Work in progress scanning and visualising Wainstones 6 rock art. It's already different to what I thought... 🤔
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
Reposted by Kristian Strutt
And today I learned that in 1962 the BBC let Jaquetta Hawkes imagine the archaeology of apocalyptic Britain. As a short film 👀10/10 Will weird your day youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...
1962: What Was Britain Like Before the Apocalypse? | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
And today I learned that in 1962 the BBC let Jaquetta Hawkes imagine the archaeology of apocalyptic Britain. As a short film 👀10/10 Will weird your day youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...
Early evening at Lepe.
October 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Early evening at Lepe.
The Isle of Wight from Pepe.
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Isle of Wight from Pepe.
Reposted by Kristian Strutt
Or maybe you fancy studying in the archaeology department @unisouthampton.bsky.social? Well guess what, they'll ALSO be at @britishacademy.bsky.social on Monday 27th September! Do we spoil you or what?!
October 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Or maybe you fancy studying in the archaeology department @unisouthampton.bsky.social? Well guess what, they'll ALSO be at @britishacademy.bsky.social on Monday 27th September! Do we spoil you or what?!
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Good grief. White House’s East Wing partially demolished as work begins on Trump’s $250m ballroom www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
White House’s East Wing partially demolished as work begins on Trump’s $250m ballroom
Ex-congressman calls major renovation ‘utter desecration’ as demolition in East Wing reportedly under way
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Good grief. White House’s East Wing partially demolished as work begins on Trump’s $250m ballroom www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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'It’s almost poetic that the loudest voices now decrying Britain’s immigration numbers are the same ones who fought hardest for Brexit’
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
People are just realising that we had a better grip on immigration within the EU
They gave us bar staff and builders - we gave them sunburnt pensioners and seaside property booms. It was win-win.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
'It’s almost poetic that the loudest voices now decrying Britain’s immigration numbers are the same ones who fought hardest for Brexit’
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
A nice day #allotmentlife before the rain tomorrow. Veg and apples almost all stored and Japanese anemone looking pretty.
October 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A nice day #allotmentlife before the rain tomorrow. Veg and apples almost all stored and Japanese anemone looking pretty.
Reposted by Kristian Strutt
Ancient Egyptian creation myths reference the 'primeval mound': high ground rising from primordial waters #FolkloreThursday
Geoarchaeology found the temple complex of Karnak was built on a fluvial terrace surrounded by river channels, possibly recalling the myth.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Geoarchaeology found the temple complex of Karnak was built on a fluvial terrace surrounded by river channels, possibly recalling the myth.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Ancient Egyptian creation myths reference the 'primeval mound': high ground rising from primordial waters #FolkloreThursday
Geoarchaeology found the temple complex of Karnak was built on a fluvial terrace surrounded by river channels, possibly recalling the myth.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Geoarchaeology found the temple complex of Karnak was built on a fluvial terrace surrounded by river channels, possibly recalling the myth.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Thanks to @durotrigesdig.bsky.social realised I used the wrong hashtag #hillfortswednesday. DOH!
For #hillfortwednesday some photos of our fieldwork this summer at #OldSarum @archsoton50.bsky.social an amazing site and landscape with a univallate hillfort adapted through time.
October 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Thanks to @durotrigesdig.bsky.social realised I used the wrong hashtag #hillfortswednesday. DOH!
For #hillfortwednesday some photos of our fieldwork this summer at #OldSarum @archsoton50.bsky.social an amazing site and landscape with a univallate hillfort adapted through time.
October 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
For #hillfortwednesday some photos of our fieldwork this summer at #OldSarum @archsoton50.bsky.social an amazing site and landscape with a univallate hillfort adapted through time.
The front garden this morning. Tiny delicate violas and Michaelmas daisies.
October 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The front garden this morning. Tiny delicate violas and Michaelmas daisies.
Autumn colour starting up the plot #allotmentlife lots to eat for this week with cima di rapa, earthing up the celery and harvesting the last of the potatoes.
October 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Autumn colour starting up the plot #allotmentlife lots to eat for this week with cima di rapa, earthing up the celery and harvesting the last of the potatoes.
Reposted by Kristian Strutt
The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech
It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers
It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers
October 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech
It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers
It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers