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Olaf Bayer
@olafbayer.bsky.social
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Landscape archaeology, prehistory, earthwork survey, lithic analysis
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Over 700 people on our open day at Castilly Henge #Cornwall with @cornwallarch.bsky.social and Cornwall Heritage Trust. Starting the long journey home, tired but very pleased
October 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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End of week 3 at Castilly henge excavation #cornwall www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/community/ca...
Castilly Henge Excavation Blog | Cornwall Heritage Trust
"What was once a rarely trodden landscape, the field in which Castilly Henge lies, was now busy with volunteers and archaeologists digging, sieving, and
www.cornwallheritagetrust.org
October 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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BBC Cornwall article and radio interview about our excavation at Castilly Henge #Cornwall www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Work begins on hidden Neolithic stone circle dig near Bodmin
More than £40,000 of National Lottery funding was awarded to excavate the site earlier this year.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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The open day at the Castilly Henge excavation is on Saturday 11th October #Neolithic #Cornwall

www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/event/castil...
Castilly Henge Excavation Open Day | Cornwall Heritage Trust
For the first time, visitors are invited to explore the archaeological excavation at Castilly Henge – a major project targeting important questions about the character, date and potential later reuse ...
www.cornwallheritagetrust.org
September 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Reposted from @HE_Archaeology

Excavation trenches are open, volunteers have arrived, soil is being sieved, and school visits have begun at Castilly Henge #Cornwall.

We are excited to be collaborating with @Heritage_Trust & @cornwallarch.bsky.social at this fascinating site.

bit.ly/CastillyProject
Colour photo showing a long narrow archaeological trench across the bank and ditch of Castilly henge. The raised bank is top left, dipping down into the ditch in the middle and back up the henge interior to bottom right. Two archaeologists wearing brightly coloured hi-vis clothes are working in the trench. One shovels soil into a wheel barrow, the other draws on the bank. A small hawthorn tree is in the middle of the photo, there is blue sky above.
September 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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More on #Castilly #Neolithic henge excavation #Cornwall

www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/community/ca...
Castilly Henge Excavation Blog | Cornwall Heritage Trust
"What was once a rarely trodden landscape, the field in which Castilly Henge lies, was now busy with volunteers and archaeologists digging, sieving, and
www.cornwallheritagetrust.org
September 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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On Monday after 10 years away I return to excavating #archaeology. Here’s a picture of a younger, hairier me digging in #Exeter in winter 1997/8
September 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Free lecture on recent research at Castilly Henge #Cornwall #Neolithic

www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/event/castil...
Castilly Henge Excavation Online Community Talk - EXTRA PLACES UNEXPECTEDLY AVAILABLE | Cornwall Heritage Trust
EXTRA PLACES UNEXPECTEDLY AVAILABLE Join Dr Olaf Bayer, Senior Archaeological Investigator at Historic England, to learn more about this upcoming archaeological excavation – a project which aims to re...
www.cornwallheritagetrust.org
September 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Deadline extended until 1st Sep!

#LandscapeArchaeology job ⬇️
Cambridge + hybrid, UK.
earthworkbec.bsky.social EarthworkBec @earthworkbec.bsky.social · Aug 11
🚨 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...
Colour photograph showing a person with their back to stading on moorland scrub looking out across a valley towards green pasture fields. The sky is bright blue and the far fields show remnants of prehistoric field banks within the modern plots. The person is wearing a pink coat, black trousers and a knited hat. They are holding a 1m red-and-white pole.
August 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Learning to use a stereoscope #landscapearchaeology #aerialphotography
August 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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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...
Colour photograph showing a person with their back to stading on moorland scrub looking out across a valley towards green pasture fields. The sky is bright blue and the far fields show remnants of prehistoric field banks within the modern plots. The person is wearing a pink coat, black trousers and a knited hat. They are holding a 1m red-and-white pole.
August 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Sally Taylor (my first DPhil candidate co-supervised from beginning to end) graduated yesterday. Here is a link to Sally’s research on #Neolithic Group VI Cumbrian axes ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
Congratulations Dr Taylor! @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social
Stories written in stone: Langdale axes in early Neolithic Cumbria and beyond - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
The study explores the characteristics of Group VI Langdale axes and the Cumbrian landscapes where they were found. A range of research approaches has been used, including direct examination, digital ...
ora.ox.ac.uk
August 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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I’m doing at talk in #Roche #Cornwall about our forthcoming excavation at #Castilly #Neolithic #henge www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/event/castil...
Castilly Henge Excavation Community Talk | Cornwall Heritage Trust
Join Dr Olaf Bayer, Senior Archaeological Investigator at Historic England, to learn more about this upcoming archaeological excavation – a project which aims to reveal the secrets of a unique […]
www.cornwallheritagetrust.org
July 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Parch marks of past parks
June 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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I’ve just got my copy of the excellent new Silchester Environs Project monograph. Here are the 3 sites we surveyed as part of the project. doi.org/10.5284/1049... doi.org/10.5284/1052... doi.org/10.5284/1054... #earthwork #survey #landscapearchaeology #IronAge #Archaeology
June 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Hier nous étions 1 500 archéologues à manifester dans les rues de Paris.

Aujourd'hui, l'article 15bis C de la loi de simplification est supprimé.

Demain on continue pour les postes, contre la précarité, pour les moyens nécessaires aux diagnostics, pour les prescriptions.
Banderole CNT CCS dans la manifestation du jeudi 12 juin : "Archéologues éploité/es précarié/es YA BASTA ! "
June 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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This is the project that I’ve been developing over the last year #Cornwall #Archaeology #Neolithic www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/project-to-u...
Project to uncover possible hidden stone circle in Cornwall awarded National Lottery Heritage Fund grant | Cornwall Heritage Trust
Located just off the A30 near Bodmin, Castilly Henge is believed to have been built during the late Neolithic period (about 3000 to 2500 BCE). It is a
www.cornwallheritagetrust.org
June 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Spies, lies and betrayal: my ruinous relationship with an undercover cop
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Spies, lies and betrayal: my ruinous relationship with an undercover cop
He was the first partner Kate Wilson ever moved in with; they were together for 16 months, and friends for years afterwards. Then she found out he had been spying on her all along
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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May at #Castilly #Henge. #Neolithic #Cornwall
May 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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ArcGIS Pro you are clearly the future but why are you so ******* counter intuitive #GIS
May 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Back in February @richardosgood.bsky.social and I were interviewed about #Browndown #FirstWorldwar trenches. www.itv.com/watch/news/e...
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April 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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A great day out and around Bodmin yesterday with the @landscapesurvey.bsky.social group. An extremely dynamic landscape with historic china clay extraction still drastically modifying the landscape today.
March 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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The Longstone. A Neolithic or Bronze Age standing stone, formerly of Longstone Downs, now of Harmony Close, Roche
March 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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@timhannigan.bsky.social just led a group of landscape archaeologists from the car park to Hensbarrow Beacon. Asked them to work out where natural topography ends and spoil heap begins.
March 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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@timhannigan.bsky.social Just starting Granite Kingdom. Loving it. Grew up in NW Devon with family in N Cornwall. I’m an archaeologist currently working on Hensbarrow Beacon & on barrows near Hartland. Really liked your writing on Clay Country & on the ambiguity of Cornwall/Devon north of Lanson
March 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM