Philolithia@bsky.social
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Prehistoric landscapes, skyscapes, cosmology, folklore & nature. Meirionnydd #StandingStones PhD researcher Bournemouth Uni. Cymraes dw i. (She/her).
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Another covert portal guardian for #StandingStoneSunday
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Y Gop in #Flintshire, the second-largest prehistoric mound in Europe. Like its much bigger cousin Silbury Hill, it contains no burials but unlike Silbury it may mark their location: in a cave below the mound #Neolithic and Bronze Age skeletons were found, showing 1000s of years of use.
#TombTuesday
#TombTuesday
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Y Gop in #Flintshire, the second-largest prehistoric mound in Europe. Like its much bigger cousin Silbury Hill, it contains no burials but unlike Silbury it may mark their location: in a cave below the mound #Neolithic and Bronze Age skeletons were found, showing 1000s of years of use.
#TombTuesday
#TombTuesday
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New research on El Argar pottery reveals a 4,000-year-old production network that linked specialized workshops and centralized elites across Bronze Age Iberia. Clay became an instrument of statecraft. #Archaeology #BronzeAge #ElArgar #Iberia www.anthropology.net/p/the-empire...
The Empire of Clay: How 4,000-Year-Old Pottery Exposed the Power Structure of El Argar
A new geochemical investigation reveals El Argar pottery was not the handiwork of local households but the product of a coordinated, regional network that hints at one of Europe’s earliest economies.
www.anthropology.net
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
New research on El Argar pottery reveals a 4,000-year-old production network that linked specialized workshops and centralized elites across Bronze Age Iberia. Clay became an instrument of statecraft. #Archaeology #BronzeAge #ElArgar #Iberia www.anthropology.net/p/the-empire...
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I think we sometimes love certain places as they reflect what we feel, but can't say aloud. There's an old Hookland phrase – to be tulled – meaning to be caught between two worlds and at home in neither of them. I feel that a lot and I'm sure my favourite places do as well. – Martha Twilling #VOH
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I think we sometimes love certain places as they reflect what we feel, but can't say aloud. There's an old Hookland phrase – to be tulled – meaning to be caught between two worlds and at home in neither of them. I feel that a lot and I'm sure my favourite places do as well. – Martha Twilling #VOH
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November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Every museum object is important but these are the cultural soul of Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum of Wales. A representation of the beating heart of a nation.
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News
Two men have been charged with burglary, but "invaluable" items are still missing from St Fagans collection.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Every museum object is important but these are the cultural soul of Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum of Wales. A representation of the beating heart of a nation.
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
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In reading & seeing Andy's work I always struggle to know which is more impactful - his writing or photos. In truth, the two combined are greater than their parts, he allows you to explore the importance of place and time from the comfort of home.
Join his journey & make time in yours to enjoy it
Join his journey & make time in yours to enjoy it
I wrote about my visit to Rudston this week — this ground is pregnant with the record of how we’ve tried to interpret our own spirituality: the ethereal, the in-between, the ghosts and the thin places.
👉 www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshal...
👉 www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshal...
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
In reading & seeing Andy's work I always struggle to know which is more impactful - his writing or photos. In truth, the two combined are greater than their parts, he allows you to explore the importance of place and time from the comfort of home.
Join his journey & make time in yours to enjoy it
Join his journey & make time in yours to enjoy it
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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 🏺
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 🏺
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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 🏺
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 🏺
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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
Heaven knows how this perfect circle has survived 4500 years of landscape change since the Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age 🥰
📷 My own, Friday
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#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
Heaven knows how this perfect circle has survived 4500 years of landscape change since the Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age 🥰
📷 My own, Friday
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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?...
More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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?...
More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
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Callanish sunset yesterday #StandingStoneSunday
November 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Callanish sunset yesterday #StandingStoneSunday
Remembering the sunshine on the hill with a motley collection of standing and fallen stones for #StandingStoneSunday #Meirionnydd
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Remembering the sunshine on the hill with a motley collection of standing and fallen stones for #StandingStoneSunday #Meirionnydd
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Spring in the Weald of Kent by the Kentish artist Rowland Hilder
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Spring in the Weald of Kent by the Kentish artist Rowland Hilder
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
I love everything about it. The blossom on the trees, the long gone Elm trees, the horse and cart slowly moving through a hedgerow lined lane, the Oasts
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Katsura Imperial Villa. Kyoto, Japan.
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Katsura Imperial Villa. Kyoto, Japan.
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How come nobody told me about the crane head shaped halberds of Bronze Age Ireland? A lot of speculation here I suppose, but thought-provoking from Galway community Heritage, and currently at @nmireland.bsky.social' Dead Zoo Lab in Dublin.
#archaeobirds 🪶🏺
#archaeobirds 🪶🏺
The Crane: A Bronze Age Icon
We have researched The Crane as part of “Our Irish Natural History,” a collaborative project with ICAN and the National ...
field-monuments.galwaycommunityheritage.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
How come nobody told me about the crane head shaped halberds of Bronze Age Ireland? A lot of speculation here I suppose, but thought-provoking from Galway community Heritage, and currently at @nmireland.bsky.social' Dead Zoo Lab in Dublin.
#archaeobirds 🪶🏺
#archaeobirds 🪶🏺
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The Ipswich Portal on the Corn Hill. You can step through it into the streets of Vilnius.
Not really. But we can see them, and they can see us. Give us a wave!
(I've reposted this, edited on a PC, because the one I edited on my phone got labelled as 'AI generated content'.
Not really. But we can see them, and they can see us. Give us a wave!
(I've reposted this, edited on a PC, because the one I edited on my phone got labelled as 'AI generated content'.
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The Ipswich Portal on the Corn Hill. You can step through it into the streets of Vilnius.
Not really. But we can see them, and they can see us. Give us a wave!
(I've reposted this, edited on a PC, because the one I edited on my phone got labelled as 'AI generated content'.
Not really. But we can see them, and they can see us. Give us a wave!
(I've reposted this, edited on a PC, because the one I edited on my phone got labelled as 'AI generated content'.
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Coming soon to British Online Archives — Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920.
Featuring rare records from The National Archives, British Library, UCL, and The Folklore Society.
Register your interest: buff.ly/YBeFCF1
Featuring rare records from The National Archives, British Library, UCL, and The Folklore Society.
Register your interest: buff.ly/YBeFCF1
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Coming soon to British Online Archives — Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920.
Featuring rare records from The National Archives, British Library, UCL, and The Folklore Society.
Register your interest: buff.ly/YBeFCF1
Featuring rare records from The National Archives, British Library, UCL, and The Folklore Society.
Register your interest: buff.ly/YBeFCF1
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Some fabulous talks at this FREE day symposium on Thursday 20th November.
You can even hear me chatting about how some tiny tool marks can give us some big insights into the torc makers of the Iron Age.
#Archaeology 🏺
You can even hear me chatting about how some tiny tool marks can give us some big insights into the torc makers of the Iron Age.
#Archaeology 🏺
The LPFG symposium will be taking place on Thursday 20th November.
The full program can be found below.
Do join us from 10am - 5pm via the link here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
The full program can be found below.
Do join us from 10am - 5pm via the link here: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Some fabulous talks at this FREE day symposium on Thursday 20th November.
You can even hear me chatting about how some tiny tool marks can give us some big insights into the torc makers of the Iron Age.
#Archaeology 🏺
You can even hear me chatting about how some tiny tool marks can give us some big insights into the torc makers of the Iron Age.
#Archaeology 🏺
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November 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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First Light on Primrose Lane, 2022, painting by Peak District artist Clare Allan. #WomensArt
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
First Light on Primrose Lane, 2022, painting by Peak District artist Clare Allan. #WomensArt
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For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... Corvally Standing Stone - looking like a modern sculpture - in the Glens of Antrim, Ireland
#StandingStone #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Neolithic #Infrared #PhotographersOfBluesky #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin
#StandingStone #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Neolithic #Infrared #PhotographersOfBluesky #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... Corvally Standing Stone - looking like a modern sculpture - in the Glens of Antrim, Ireland
#StandingStone #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Neolithic #Infrared #PhotographersOfBluesky #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin
#StandingStone #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Neolithic #Infrared #PhotographersOfBluesky #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin
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🏺 Nice to see folks bringing #StandingStoneSunday to this site!
Here’s my favourite photos at the Standing Stones of Stenness - first as a newbie archaeology undergrad on her first dig, and then again as a postgraduate researching for my dissertation.
Here’s my favourite photos at the Standing Stones of Stenness - first as a newbie archaeology undergrad on her first dig, and then again as a postgraduate researching for my dissertation.
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🏺 Nice to see folks bringing #StandingStoneSunday to this site!
Here’s my favourite photos at the Standing Stones of Stenness - first as a newbie archaeology undergrad on her first dig, and then again as a postgraduate researching for my dissertation.
Here’s my favourite photos at the Standing Stones of Stenness - first as a newbie archaeology undergrad on her first dig, and then again as a postgraduate researching for my dissertation.
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Part of the Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge at Stenness on Orkney. The stone circle dates to around 2600 to 2000 BC, and forms part of the ‘Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site’. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Orkney #Prehistory #Archaeology
November 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Part of the Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge at Stenness on Orkney. The stone circle dates to around 2600 to 2000 BC, and forms part of the ‘Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site’. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Orkney #Prehistory #Archaeology
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When we cross into a stone circle, we not only journey into the Long Neolithic, we walk into ritual, into a continuing sense of sacred. We mustn't look at it as a completed story. It is ongoing. Our being there only adds a new chapter to it. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
November 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
When we cross into a stone circle, we not only journey into the Long Neolithic, we walk into ritual, into a continuing sense of sacred. We mustn't look at it as a completed story. It is ongoing. Our being there only adds a new chapter to it. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
The enormous, lichen-encrusted standing stone of Maes Coch high on northern, overgrown slopes of Cadair Idris last summer, with helpful friend for scale #StandingStoneSunday
November 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The enormous, lichen-encrusted standing stone of Maes Coch high on northern, overgrown slopes of Cadair Idris last summer, with helpful friend for scale #StandingStoneSunday
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Local folklore says that when struck, the stone can be heard ringing through the rocks at the fishing village of Portsoy, about 7 miles away as the crow flies. Whether true or not, when struck with another stone it certainly does ring. 📷 Hilary #StandingStoneSunday More: http://www.megalithi...
Arn Hill Stone Circle
Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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November 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Local folklore says that when struck, the stone can be heard ringing through the rocks at the fishing village of Portsoy, about 7 miles away as the crow flies. Whether true or not, when struck with another stone it certainly does ring. 📷 Hilary #StandingStoneSunday More: http://www.megalithi...