Pete Herring
@peteherring.bsky.social
Cornish and European landscape archaeologist and historian
January 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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Sky, sea, land in December 2025.
#Cornwall
View east from Curwenna's cliffs.
Over West and East Portholland and on to the might Dodman.
The sea made milky by days of churning weather.
#Cornwall
View east from Curwenna's cliffs.
Over West and East Portholland and on to the might Dodman.
The sea made milky by days of churning weather.
December 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Sky, sea, land in December 2025.
#Cornwall
View east from Curwenna's cliffs.
Over West and East Portholland and on to the might Dodman.
The sea made milky by days of churning weather.
#Cornwall
View east from Curwenna's cliffs.
Over West and East Portholland and on to the might Dodman.
The sea made milky by days of churning weather.
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December 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
December 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Langstone circle with misty Mis Tor.
By FJ Widgery, after the circle's restoration in 1893.
#Dartmoor
(Held by Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter)
By FJ Widgery, after the circle's restoration in 1893.
#Dartmoor
(Held by Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter)
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Langstone circle with misty Mis Tor.
By FJ Widgery, after the circle's restoration in 1893.
#Dartmoor
(Held by Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter)
By FJ Widgery, after the circle's restoration in 1893.
#Dartmoor
(Held by Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter)
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It’s at about this point in December when looking out at yet another dark biblical deluge that I start to get fed up with a British winter. I think I’ll post a floral illustration a day for January from my book collection .
Illustration from wild flowers of the British isles by Isobel Adams
Illustration from wild flowers of the British isles by Isobel Adams
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It’s at about this point in December when looking out at yet another dark biblical deluge that I start to get fed up with a British winter. I think I’ll post a floral illustration a day for January from my book collection .
Illustration from wild flowers of the British isles by Isobel Adams
Illustration from wild flowers of the British isles by Isobel Adams
Already perched on the crest of a hill, the unusually tall crocketed pinnacles hoist this church higher.
St Mary's, Walkhampton.
Back at the beginning of summer, in May.
#Dartmoor
St Mary's, Walkhampton.
Back at the beginning of summer, in May.
#Dartmoor
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Already perched on the crest of a hill, the unusually tall crocketed pinnacles hoist this church higher.
St Mary's, Walkhampton.
Back at the beginning of summer, in May.
#Dartmoor
St Mary's, Walkhampton.
Back at the beginning of summer, in May.
#Dartmoor
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Lane from Peter Tavy to Tavy. Cleave this week, I love these vignettes of the moor you see in #Devon lanes. Western #Dartmoor. #photography
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Lane from Peter Tavy to Tavy. Cleave this week, I love these vignettes of the moor you see in #Devon lanes. Western #Dartmoor. #photography
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December 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
December 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Memories of summer.
The Merrivale menhir on its platform.
A stone circle beyond, on the crest, from where the great double rows can be seen.
Fragmentary rows in front and right of menhir.
And shaded Mistor overlooking all.
Dartmoor
The Merrivale menhir on its platform.
A stone circle beyond, on the crest, from where the great double rows can be seen.
Fragmentary rows in front and right of menhir.
And shaded Mistor overlooking all.
Dartmoor
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Memories of summer.
The Merrivale menhir on its platform.
A stone circle beyond, on the crest, from where the great double rows can be seen.
Fragmentary rows in front and right of menhir.
And shaded Mistor overlooking all.
Dartmoor
The Merrivale menhir on its platform.
A stone circle beyond, on the crest, from where the great double rows can be seen.
Fragmentary rows in front and right of menhir.
And shaded Mistor overlooking all.
Dartmoor
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Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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November 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures! These sewing #needles were made from animal bone some 15,000 years ago. Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start. Form follows function! 🧵1/2
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Storm water rushes along the Grimstone Leat on Pew Tor Common, Dartmoor.
A simple slab bridge helps sheep, cattle and ponies, and now walkers and their dogs, over the barrier.
Neatly done with a paved floor and a kerb of low upright stones keeping the leat's flow in line.
Possibly later medieval.
A simple slab bridge helps sheep, cattle and ponies, and now walkers and their dogs, over the barrier.
Neatly done with a paved floor and a kerb of low upright stones keeping the leat's flow in line.
Possibly later medieval.
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Storm water rushes along the Grimstone Leat on Pew Tor Common, Dartmoor.
A simple slab bridge helps sheep, cattle and ponies, and now walkers and their dogs, over the barrier.
Neatly done with a paved floor and a kerb of low upright stones keeping the leat's flow in line.
Possibly later medieval.
A simple slab bridge helps sheep, cattle and ponies, and now walkers and their dogs, over the barrier.
Neatly done with a paved floor and a kerb of low upright stones keeping the leat's flow in line.
Possibly later medieval.
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A late Neolithic dagger found in the pile dwelling site of the Roseninsel, Bavaria.The blade is made of flint from the Monti Lessini, upper Italy.
Dating 3500 - 2700 BC.
On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung München
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Dating 3500 - 2700 BC.
On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung München
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A late Neolithic dagger found in the pile dwelling site of the Roseninsel, Bavaria.The blade is made of flint from the Monti Lessini, upper Italy.
Dating 3500 - 2700 BC.
On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung München
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
Dating 3500 - 2700 BC.
On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung München
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
Late autumn oaks in the Teign valley.
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Late autumn oaks in the Teign valley.
Three times a gatepost.
First a slip-bar post in which planks or shivers were run into the chiselled slots.
Then fitted with a heavy farm gate using the nearer hinges.
And now, from the 19th century, a daintier wrought iron churchyard gate.
Walkhampton, #Dartmoor.
First a slip-bar post in which planks or shivers were run into the chiselled slots.
Then fitted with a heavy farm gate using the nearer hinges.
And now, from the 19th century, a daintier wrought iron churchyard gate.
Walkhampton, #Dartmoor.
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Three times a gatepost.
First a slip-bar post in which planks or shivers were run into the chiselled slots.
Then fitted with a heavy farm gate using the nearer hinges.
And now, from the 19th century, a daintier wrought iron churchyard gate.
Walkhampton, #Dartmoor.
First a slip-bar post in which planks or shivers were run into the chiselled slots.
Then fitted with a heavy farm gate using the nearer hinges.
And now, from the 19th century, a daintier wrought iron churchyard gate.
Walkhampton, #Dartmoor.
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'British soldiers of the 137th (Staffordshire) Brigade resting on and around the Riqueval Bridge over the St. Quentin Canal in northern France on September 29, 1918'
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
'British soldiers of the 137th (Staffordshire) Brigade resting on and around the Riqueval Bridge over the St. Quentin Canal in northern France on September 29, 1918'
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
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“Dive In” by Andre Kertesz
October 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“Dive In” by Andre Kertesz
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An atypical illustration from my archive. An army boot, drawn from life, IDing the parts of a boot. It was made in one of the Northampton factories I illustrated for the English Heritage book "Made to Last: The buildings of the Northamptonshire boot & shoe industry".
#drawing #PenArt
#drawing #PenArt
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Masahisa Fukase. Sasuke. Kyoto, Japan. 1977
October 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Masahisa Fukase. Sasuke. Kyoto, Japan. 1977
Just found this.
The Feelgoods from the year before I first saw them.
Down by the Jetty.
Great aerial intro to Southend and its pier to start with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzF0...
The Feelgoods from the year before I first saw them.
Down by the Jetty.
Great aerial intro to Southend and its pier to start with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzF0...
Dr Feelgood - Live At Southend Kursaal (15 minutes of magic in the 4 songs)
YouTube video by Pedja Pavlovic Badza (Mission: Pub rock)
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Just found this.
The Feelgoods from the year before I first saw them.
Down by the Jetty.
Great aerial intro to Southend and its pier to start with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzF0...
The Feelgoods from the year before I first saw them.
Down by the Jetty.
Great aerial intro to Southend and its pier to start with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzF0...