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Kevin Wilbraham
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Passionate about archives, archaeology and the medieval past.
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A bronze and enamel cockerel figurine from Roman Cirencester (Corinium). Dating to the later 3rd or 4th centuries AD, the figurine was discovered during the Bridges Garage Excavations. Now part of the collections at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Hansies Crooie Chambered Cairn - a Neolithic heel-shaped cairn located in the Parish of Walls and Sandness on the west mainland of Shetland. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Shetland
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Snail’s pace - 15th century floor tile from St. Andrew’s Church at Wormingford in Essex. Now part of the collections at Colchester Castle. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #ColchesterMuseum
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Gold jar from Galloway Hoard on display for first time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gold jar from Galloway Hoard on display in Kirkcudbright
It resembles a perfume bottle and a Latin inscription on it suggests it had a religious function.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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A rather angry sea gryphon chases a cheeky dolphin across a 2nd century #Roman mosaic

Found at #Cirencester in 1849, the entirety of this decorated floor (featuring hunting dogs) can now be seen in the excellent @coriniummuseum.bsky.social

📷 Aug 2022

Don't play with your food this #MosaicMonday !
Detail from a Roman mosaic floor depicting a sea gryphon with claws outstretched chasing a dolphin
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Total Shambles.
(See what I did there, eh?)
And it’s empty! (It’s pissing rain).
#York
The Shambles, a very old and pretty street in York, in the dark, and rain.
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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#TombTuesday A fitting place for the dead 💀: an early Bronze Age cairn- possibly the furthest west on the British mainland - sited close to the sea on Mayon Cliff above Sennen, West Penwith, Cornwall

Built of massive boulders, the central cist has long been disturbed & exposed

📷 My own, last week
A round barrow with boulders in a coastal setting
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.

Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!

2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
The image shows detail from a floor mosaic of a brown mouse on a pale background facing left with its nose close to half a walnut in its shell. The mouse has a long thin tail stretched out behind. The mosaicist has used a mix of lighter and darker brown tiles for the mouse’s body to hint at fur. The walnut is created with warmer light and dark brown tiles. Slightly darker background tiles have been used beneath the mouse and walnut to create subtle shadows
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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For #MosaicMonday a charming duck.
Found in Trier, dating 4th century AD

📷 me

On display at Museum am Dom, Trier

🏺 #archaeology
A mosaic depicting a duck
November 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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The remains of the chapel of the Medieval Hospital of St. Mary Magdalen at Giliesgate in Durham. The hospital was originally founded during the 13th century. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #Durham
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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The central panel from the ‘Geometric Mosaic’ which decorated one of the rooms at Rudston Roman Villa in East Yorkshire. The mosaic is now part of the collections at the Hull and East Riding Museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #RudstonRomanVilla
November 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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The Callanish VIII stones

This circle stands on the edge of Great Bernera island, leaning towards the mainland Isle of Lewis

I always wondered why it would be placed here...

#StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
Standing stones on a rocky slope looking out towards a narrow strait of water and mountains in the distance
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Chûn Quoit
photographed by @matthewmshaw.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday
Chûn Quoit in Penwith
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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A circle of beauty; the kerb stones of Aviemore Clava …. One of five cairns in and around the village #StandingStoneSunday

More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
A 13m wide circle of many boulders on grassland with a single leafless tree and a tall evergreen hedge in the background.
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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#StandingStoneSunday chancing across the Merry Maidens stone circle in West Penwith, #Cornwall, as we dropped down to Newlyn was a real delight.

Heaven knows how this perfect circle has survived 4500 years of landscape change since the Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age 🥰

📷 My own, Friday
A ring of stones in a grassy field
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... The largest of 11 stones at Goles Stone Row in the Glenelly Valley, Tyrone, Ireland
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Neolithic #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #Infrared #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #Tyrone
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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The Cove, garden of The Druid Inn, Stanton Drew, Somerset 08.11.25 #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday #scape #landscapephotography
#photographersofbluesky
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Watch Croft menhir. There are ancient cairns close by and you can see the tower of Ding Dong mine on far horizon. Somewhere down there is Boskednan, the Mên-an-Tol and Mén Scryfa. But where? (Next time I need to bring binoculars.) #StandingStoneSunday
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙

Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!

📷 by me

#Archaeology
My photo collage shows four hippo statuettes made of Egytian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Their bright-blue shiny bodies are decorated in black with depictions of Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts their marsh habitat as well as having various layers of symbolism associated with regeneration. For example lotus flowers open in the morning and close at night, symbolising rebirth. Blue faience hippos have been found in Middle Kingdom tombs of high ranking officials. It’s thought they were placed in the tombs to aid the rebirth of the deceased. Hippo top left - Walking hippo shown in profile facing right. Height 11.5 cm, Length 21 cm. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Top right - Roaring hippo (looks like the hippo is smiling), seated, with head at left and turned inwards to front. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Bottom left - Standing hippo in profile facing right. This hippo is part of the Met Museum’s collections and is popularly known as ‘William’. Height 11.2 cm, Length 20 cm Bottom Right - Reclining hippo with head on the right, facing front, and tilted down. Egyptian Museum, Cairo
November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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The village of Rudston is, perhaps, one of the oldest occupied sites in England. It's name derives from Old English meaning 'Rood Stone' - place with the stone cross - indicating the past re-use of the stone as a Christian symbol. 📸 by me.
Close view of the Rudston Monolith within the churchyard at All Saints, Rudston. The tall prehistoric standing stone towers before a medieval church tower and gravestones, its rough face catching the low morning light. Warm tones of autumn trees and mauve clouds lend atmosphere to this layered scene.
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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For #AncientSiteSunday the #Hellenistic theatre at Pergamon, #Türkiye, built in the 3rd century BC, alterations were made in the #Roman period. It's one of the steepest known ancient theatres. The capacity was about 10,000 spectators.

📷 C. Bredfeldt

🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
A full shot of the ruins of an ancient theatre, located on a hillside. The theatre's steep tiered seating structure is clearly visible, constructed of light gray stone blocks, weathering evident in various tones. The hillside surrounding the theatre s covered with grass, creating a contrast between the man-made stone structures and the natural landscape. Sections of crumbling stone walls and foundations are scattered throughout the grassy slopes.
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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William de St Calais was nominated to succeed the murdered Walcher as bishop of Dunholm (Durham) #OTD in 1080. William’s experience as abbot of St Vincent, Le Mans, in the politically volatile county of Maine, France, made him a smart choice. #medievalsky
William de St Calais, from an 11th-century manuscript of St Augustine's Commentary on the Psalms.
November 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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These decorated bone slips were found during excavations at Cairn H, one of the Neolithic passage tombs at Loughcrew.

They date to the 1st century AD, and they were found along with other material from the Iron Age, showing that the Neolithic tomb continued as a place of importance for millennia
Six bone plaques with delicately incised decoration
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Some pictures from when Sandi Toksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social came to visit our dig in July #Durotriges25

If you missed episode 1 of *Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders*, you can still catch up at Channel 4 On Demand

www.channel4.com

The rest of the series continues on More4 Tues 9pm

Enjoy 😊
Archaeologists Ruby, Sandi and Meg, all smiling in the sun Archaeologists Raksha and Lewis at work Archaeologists Sandi and Bron happy by the site hut Archaeologists Kel and Sandi examine some finds laid out on a table in the sun
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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A decorative mount from Roman Norfolk that once formed part of a crown worn by priests during Roman religious ceremonies. Now part of the collections at Norwich Castle. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #RomanReligion #NorwichCastle
November 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM