Sarah Miles
@sarahmiles.bsky.social
#Archaeologist Director, Community Archaeology North CIC www.cancic.com @cancic.bsky.social Prehistory, Neolithic, Bronze Age, fieldwork, landscape, community. Former publisher.
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Community Archaeology North CIC
Unearthing History Together
Engaging local communities through inclusive and sustainable archaeology
cancic.com
Last few places available for the @cancic.bsky.social 2026 #archaeology Oxfordshire fieldschool. 20-24 April at a #medieval manor site west of Oxford. Northumberland is now sold out, waiting list only. More details via cancic.com 🏺
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And if you still haven't had your fill of #Orkneyingasaga #SagaoftheEarlsofOrkney (who has?), I'm doing a webinar on 4th March: www.mymagazinesub.co.uk/history-scot... (see also Niall Sharples on #Vikings in the #Hebrides on Thursday)
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February 17, 2026 at 1:39 PM
And if you still haven't had your fill of #Orkneyingasaga #SagaoftheEarlsofOrkney (who has?), I'm doing a webinar on 4th March: www.mymagazinesub.co.uk/history-scot... (see also Niall Sharples on #Vikings in the #Hebrides on Thursday)
Only 4 places left for our Oxfordshire #archaeology field school 20-24 April. You will get five days of digging and top teaching in #excavation and recording techniques. And the chance to get your hands on our best dig tshirt yet. cancic.com/2026-field-s...
February 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Only 4 places left for our Oxfordshire #archaeology field school 20-24 April. You will get five days of digging and top teaching in #excavation and recording techniques. And the chance to get your hands on our best dig tshirt yet. cancic.com/2026-field-s...
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This ‘rewarding looting’ model really has to stop.
Historians: this is the archaeological equivalent (morally if not legally) of cutting pictures out of medieval manuscripts in a library and selling them on eBay.
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
This ‘rewarding looting’ model really has to stop.
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This case has made many aghast today. But, as Tess has long been asking, how do we change this broken system, the law? Rewards need to be capped, hobbyists should not be paid by those who can ill afford it (museums). Those of us on boards or councils of organisations need to raise the issue.
This is what happens when 'treasure' can't be bought by a museum - the hoard has been broken up into individual auction lots & will disappear into many different hands, some overseas.
When do we start saying enough is enough??
www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
When do we start saying enough is enough??
www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
February 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
This case has made many aghast today. But, as Tess has long been asking, how do we change this broken system, the law? Rewards need to be capped, hobbyists should not be paid by those who can ill afford it (museums). Those of us on boards or councils of organisations need to raise the issue.
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*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds
Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:43 AM
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Last few places available for the @cancic.bsky.social 2026 #archaeology Oxfordshire fieldschool. 20-24 April at a #medieval manor site west of Oxford. Northumberland is now sold out, waiting list only. More details via cancic.com 🏺
Community Archaeology North CIC
Unearthing History Together
Engaging local communities through inclusive and sustainable archaeology
cancic.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Last few places available for the @cancic.bsky.social 2026 #archaeology Oxfordshire fieldschool. 20-24 April at a #medieval manor site west of Oxford. Northumberland is now sold out, waiting list only. More details via cancic.com 🏺
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Book before 10 Feb!
Britain: The Beginning, a 6-part online lecture series explores archaeology, landscapes, and the people who shaped them
17 Feb- 24 Mar 7.30-930pm BST
£90 per person
EMAIL TO REGISTER:
CHAP@chilterns.org.uk
2-hour sessions includes live discussion and Q&A
📷 mine 16/05/25
Britain: The Beginning, a 6-part online lecture series explores archaeology, landscapes, and the people who shaped them
17 Feb- 24 Mar 7.30-930pm BST
£90 per person
EMAIL TO REGISTER:
CHAP@chilterns.org.uk
2-hour sessions includes live discussion and Q&A
📷 mine 16/05/25
January 21, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Book before 10 Feb!
Britain: The Beginning, a 6-part online lecture series explores archaeology, landscapes, and the people who shaped them
17 Feb- 24 Mar 7.30-930pm BST
£90 per person
EMAIL TO REGISTER:
CHAP@chilterns.org.uk
2-hour sessions includes live discussion and Q&A
📷 mine 16/05/25
Britain: The Beginning, a 6-part online lecture series explores archaeology, landscapes, and the people who shaped them
17 Feb- 24 Mar 7.30-930pm BST
£90 per person
EMAIL TO REGISTER:
CHAP@chilterns.org.uk
2-hour sessions includes live discussion and Q&A
📷 mine 16/05/25
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ABSOLUTE SCENES AT ST. JAMES' PARK!!! 😍😍
January 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
ABSOLUTE SCENES AT ST. JAMES' PARK!!! 😍😍
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Bookings are now open for the @cancic.bsky.social 2026 #archaeology fieldschools. 20-24 April at a #medieval manor site in Oxfordshire and 18-22 May at an early #Anglo-Saxon site in Northumberland. More details via cancic.com
Community Archaeology North CIC
Unearthing History Together
Engaging local communities through inclusive and sustainable archaeology
cancic.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Bookings are now open for the @cancic.bsky.social 2026 #archaeology fieldschools. 20-24 April at a #medieval manor site in Oxfordshire and 18-22 May at an early #Anglo-Saxon site in Northumberland. More details via cancic.com
Bookings are now open for the @cancic.bsky.social 2026 #archaeology fieldschools. 20-24 April at a #medieval manor site in Oxfordshire and 18-22 May at an early #Anglo-Saxon site in Northumberland. More details via cancic.com
Community Archaeology North CIC
Unearthing History Together
Engaging local communities through inclusive and sustainable archaeology
cancic.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Bookings are now open for the @cancic.bsky.social 2026 #archaeology fieldschools. 20-24 April at a #medieval manor site in Oxfordshire and 18-22 May at an early #Anglo-Saxon site in Northumberland. More details via cancic.com
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Midwinter is here and the Solstice sunrise is less than an hour away at the end of the longest night of the year.
Get ready to let the light back in.
☀️
Get ready to let the light back in.
☀️
December 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Midwinter is here and the Solstice sunrise is less than an hour away at the end of the longest night of the year.
Get ready to let the light back in.
☀️
Get ready to let the light back in.
☀️
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This is a brilliant local museum with some grand collections and very accessible. It should not be allowed to slip quietly away.
Let the council know it's just not on to hide away history.
Let the council know it's just not on to hide away history.
Saving a museum would be a pretty cool thing to do for Christmas, wouldn't it?
You know what to do, you awesome bunch....
You know what to do, you awesome bunch....
Help! Banbury Museum has been told that Cherwell District Council is cancelling ALL of its core funding.
There is a very tight deadline - Friday 19th December - to tell the Council what you think.
Please respond to the consultation and share this post
www.banburymuseum.org/news/no-fund...
There is a very tight deadline - Friday 19th December - to tell the Council what you think.
Please respond to the consultation and share this post
www.banburymuseum.org/news/no-fund...
December 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is a brilliant local museum with some grand collections and very accessible. It should not be allowed to slip quietly away.
Let the council know it's just not on to hide away history.
Let the council know it's just not on to hide away history.
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Sundown on downtown Papay.
3.20pm
Skies afire.
3.20pm
Skies afire.
December 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sundown on downtown Papay.
3.20pm
Skies afire.
3.20pm
Skies afire.
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Okay. This is angering me.
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Man made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests
Groundbreaking find makes compelling case that humans were lighting fires much earlier than originally believed
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Okay. This is angering me.
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Hexham Abbey looking especially beautiful under clear skies and moon last night. 📷 My own
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Hexham Abbey looking especially beautiful under clear skies and moon last night. 📷 My own
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This is also represents a perpetuation of a weird obsession with big monuments & sites that were totally anomalous in the Neolithic. That tell us virtually nothing about the everyday lifeways of people who lived in the 3rd millennium BCE.
2 high profile Neolithic stories in the media today. Yet again focused on the Stonehenge landscape & Orkney. As usual everything in between receives a fraction of the investment, time & media coverage. Neolithic studies in Britain is no better balanced now than it was 50 yrs ago
November 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is also represents a perpetuation of a weird obsession with big monuments & sites that were totally anomalous in the Neolithic. That tell us virtually nothing about the everyday lifeways of people who lived in the 3rd millennium BCE.
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That's my evening gone then 😆
It would be interesting to know where the costumes in the show came from
Our money is on HBO's Rome with a bit of BBC's I Claudius and some generic fancy dress to finish things off
It would be interesting to know where the costumes in the show came from
Our money is on HBO's Rome with a bit of BBC's I Claudius and some generic fancy dress to finish things off
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
That's my evening gone then 😆
It would be interesting to know where the costumes in the show came from
Our money is on HBO's Rome with a bit of BBC's I Claudius and some generic fancy dress to finish things off
It would be interesting to know where the costumes in the show came from
Our money is on HBO's Rome with a bit of BBC's I Claudius and some generic fancy dress to finish things off
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🏆Win🏆the perfect Christmas 🎄 gift for a stones enthusiast:
STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO
THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year)
To win a signed (and dedicated if you like) copy of both books… 1/
STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO
THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year)
To win a signed (and dedicated if you like) copy of both books… 1/
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🏆Win🏆the perfect Christmas 🎄 gift for a stones enthusiast:
STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO
THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year)
To win a signed (and dedicated if you like) copy of both books… 1/
STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO
THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year)
To win a signed (and dedicated if you like) copy of both books… 1/
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For a chilly 🥶 #HillfortsWednesday I thought everyone could warm their toes on this Iron Age fire, crackling & smoking inside the Bryn Eryr roundhouse at St Fagans Museum yesterday 🥰🔥
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
For a chilly 🥶 #HillfortsWednesday I thought everyone could warm their toes on this Iron Age fire, crackling & smoking inside the Bryn Eryr roundhouse at St Fagans Museum yesterday 🥰🔥
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
Peak treason here.
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 9:51 PM
Peak treason here.
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Very exciting to evidence of lead extraction/trading & use in the Bronze Age - a great find from Norfolk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bronze Age lead ingots found at Dereham excite experts - BBC News
The 3,000-year-old hoard includes axe heads and three "very unusual" lead ingots, says a historian.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Very exciting to evidence of lead extraction/trading & use in the Bronze Age - a great find from Norfolk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The good folk at BBC's Radio Orkney interviewed me last week about the #SagaoftheEarlsofOrkney which will be available in bookshops here this coming week. You can listen to it here at 17'30" in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Can I convert those who have never quite managed to get through it???
Around Orkney - 16/10/2025 - BBC Sounds
News, features and weather for Orkney, including the daily community diary.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The good folk at BBC's Radio Orkney interviewed me last week about the #SagaoftheEarlsofOrkney which will be available in bookshops here this coming week. You can listen to it here at 17'30" in www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Can I convert those who have never quite managed to get through it???
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Has anyone ever seen Phil Harding and Neil Young in the same room?
“BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT,” Neil Young writes. “IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME.”
www.stereogum.com/2325956/neil...
www.stereogum.com/2325956/neil...
October 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Has anyone ever seen Phil Harding and Neil Young in the same room?
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Seeing as @oxbowbooks.bsky.social sought to cherry pick my review of Snettisham, I thought I would add from the rest of my review.
You might also wish to read longer review here, which goes into detail about my significant issues with the books:
bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/11/t...
#Archaeology 🏺
You might also wish to read longer review here, which goes into detail about my significant issues with the books:
bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/11/t...
#Archaeology 🏺
October 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Seeing as @oxbowbooks.bsky.social sought to cherry pick my review of Snettisham, I thought I would add from the rest of my review.
You might also wish to read longer review here, which goes into detail about my significant issues with the books:
bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/11/t...
#Archaeology 🏺
You might also wish to read longer review here, which goes into detail about my significant issues with the books:
bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/11/t...
#Archaeology 🏺