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.
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 🏺
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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
End of week 3 at Castilly henge excavation #cornwall www.cornwallheritagetrust.org/community/ca...
Just finished a brilliant weekend of test pits in Hexham. So much enthusiasm from so many volunteers keen to learn about where they live. Huge thanks to the Hexham Local History Society for their sponsorship. #community #localhistory #archaeology
September 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Just finished a brilliant weekend of test pits in Hexham. So much enthusiasm from so many volunteers keen to learn about where they live. Huge thanks to the Hexham Local History Society for their sponsorship. #community #localhistory #archaeology
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I've written up some of @remade-uor.bsky.social's latest results for @uor-research.bsky.social! Check out the blog post to learn how the chemistry of the Cunetio Hoard coins is revealing details of the rebellions during the 3rd c. Crisis.
#archaeology #AncientSky 🏺
#archaeology #AncientSky 🏺
Britannia, 274 AD. A rogue general has defied Rome to form a splinter state and, somewhere in Wiltshire, 55,000 coins are buried in the dirt.
Now, analysis of their alloys is letting archaeologist @kmurphster.bsky.social track an empire's rise & fall
Read our blog 🔗 rdg.ac/4notWE9
#AncientSky
Now, analysis of their alloys is letting archaeologist @kmurphster.bsky.social track an empire's rise & fall
Read our blog 🔗 rdg.ac/4notWE9
#AncientSky
Tracing rebellion in the chemistry of Roman coins - Connecting Research
rdg.ac
September 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I've written up some of @remade-uor.bsky.social's latest results for @uor-research.bsky.social! Check out the blog post to learn how the chemistry of the Cunetio Hoard coins is revealing details of the rebellions during the 3rd c. Crisis.
#archaeology #AncientSky 🏺
#archaeology #AncientSky 🏺
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Frithuberht was consecrated bishop of Hagustaldes ham (Hexham) #OTD in 734. He also acted as the administrator of Lindisfarne while its bishop, Cynewulf, was in captivity. 📸Kevin Wilbraham #medievalsky
September 8, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Frithuberht was consecrated bishop of Hagustaldes ham (Hexham) #OTD in 734. He also acted as the administrator of Lindisfarne while its bishop, Cynewulf, was in captivity. 📸Kevin Wilbraham #medievalsky
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I'm just gonna leave this here 😆
August 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm just gonna leave this here 😆
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I biked out to Caesar's Camp hillfort a couple weeks ago. It covers about 17.2 acres & is one of the largest in southern England. It isn't the best land for farming, so it's thought to have been more of a marketplace under the Catuvellanuni. I found the bank & ditch in the trees! #HillfortsWednesday
August 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I biked out to Caesar's Camp hillfort a couple weeks ago. It covers about 17.2 acres & is one of the largest in southern England. It isn't the best land for farming, so it's thought to have been more of a marketplace under the Catuvellanuni. I found the bank & ditch in the trees! #HillfortsWednesday
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Huge respect to Sarah Shafi - The response from both Banjay and the BBC clearly demonstrates they still don’t have a handle on the issue. Editing her out doesn’t fix the issue she was trying to highlight.
Huge respect to Sarah Shafi - The response from both Banjay and the BBC clearly demonstrates they still don’t have a handle on the issue. Editing her out doesn’t fix the issue she was trying to highlight.
MasterChef contestant edited out after asking for new series not to be broadcast
Exclusive: Sarah Shafi said series featuring Gregg Wallace and John Torode sends wrong message about treatment of women
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:48 AM
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Huge respect to Sarah Shafi - The response from both Banjay and the BBC clearly demonstrates they still don’t have a handle on the issue. Editing her out doesn’t fix the issue she was trying to highlight.
Huge respect to Sarah Shafi - The response from both Banjay and the BBC clearly demonstrates they still don’t have a handle on the issue. Editing her out doesn’t fix the issue she was trying to highlight.
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Spent yesterday picking >200 individual shells straight from the section to find traces of individuals meals.
Limpets galore, but we also founds heaps of fish🐟, crabs🦀, and nuts🌰.
#CnocCoig 🏺
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
Limpets galore, but we also founds heaps of fish🐟, crabs🦀, and nuts🌰.
#CnocCoig 🏺
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Spent yesterday picking >200 individual shells straight from the section to find traces of individuals meals.
Limpets galore, but we also founds heaps of fish🐟, crabs🦀, and nuts🌰.
#CnocCoig 🏺
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
Limpets galore, but we also founds heaps of fish🐟, crabs🦀, and nuts🌰.
#CnocCoig 🏺
@leizarchaeology.bsky.social
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The Ragna’s Islands project has now come to an end. BUT it is not the end! Read our final blogpost for exciting news about forthcoming publications including the new translation of The Saga of the Earls of Orkney by @judithjesch.bsky.social and other resources! blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/ragnasisland...
July 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Ragna’s Islands project has now come to an end. BUT it is not the end! Read our final blogpost for exciting news about forthcoming publications including the new translation of The Saga of the Earls of Orkney by @judithjesch.bsky.social and other resources! blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/ragnasisland...
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July 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Warton Crag Fort. An elusive possible BA defensive something likely reused during the Iron Age & more than likely thereafter. But couldn’t see a thing anyway as the vegetation was so dense. And the crags look like ramparts so who knows. Nice view #HillfortsWednesday
July 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Warton Crag Fort. An elusive possible BA defensive something likely reused during the Iron Age & more than likely thereafter. But couldn’t see a thing anyway as the vegetation was so dense. And the crags look like ramparts so who knows. Nice view #HillfortsWednesday
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Anyone still unsure of the difference between a publisher and a vanity press? Here it is. Publishers make money from selling books to the public. Vanity presses make money from selling publishing services to authors. In one model, the author gets paid. In the other, the author gets charged. Simple.
July 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Anyone still unsure of the difference between a publisher and a vanity press? Here it is. Publishers make money from selling books to the public. Vanity presses make money from selling publishing services to authors. In one model, the author gets paid. In the other, the author gets charged. Simple.
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Great, typically honest, piece by @robburl.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Great, typically honest, piece by @robburl.bsky.social
A great weekend of community archaeology with enthusiastic volunteers of all age. Lots of fun was had!
And here we are in the press! A wonderful (if wet) time was had digging the first taster-session test pits of the Community of Hexham Archaeology Project (CHAP)
#archaeology #community #Northumberland
www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/community-...
#archaeology #community #Northumberland
www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/community-...
Community digs into Hexham’s roots
Garden pits project will probe questions on how a town evolved. Tony Henderson reports
www.culturednortheast.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
A great weekend of community archaeology with enthusiastic volunteers of all age. Lots of fun was had!
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I've just launched by first Crowdfunder campaign to acquire an Iron Age Hoard for Oxfordshire Museums Service. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-.... Please support us by donating and/or sharing the link. Thank you @justrena.bsky.social for all your help thus far.
July 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I've just launched by first Crowdfunder campaign to acquire an Iron Age Hoard for Oxfordshire Museums Service. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-.... Please support us by donating and/or sharing the link. Thank you @justrena.bsky.social for all your help thus far.
Sitting on the floor in the early 1970s watching terrifying public information films about pylons and train tracks and the Charlie Says cartoons about fire or strangers. player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
July 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Sitting on the floor in the early 1970s watching terrifying public information films about pylons and train tracks and the Charlie Says cartoons about fire or strangers. player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...
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Certainly encouraging public engagement in historical research, yet this @theguardian.com opinion piece, again, perpetuates an outdated notion:
🏺 #Archaeology is *not* about objects. Just digging up old stuff is of little help in understanding "the past" if contextual information is abandoned.
🏺 #Archaeology is *not* about objects. Just digging up old stuff is of little help in understanding "the past" if contextual information is abandoned.
July 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Certainly encouraging public engagement in historical research, yet this @theguardian.com opinion piece, again, perpetuates an outdated notion:
🏺 #Archaeology is *not* about objects. Just digging up old stuff is of little help in understanding "the past" if contextual information is abandoned.
🏺 #Archaeology is *not* about objects. Just digging up old stuff is of little help in understanding "the past" if contextual information is abandoned.
We at @cancic.bsky.social can do proper #archaeological pointing and proper being astonished/shocked/amazed 🏺
A great first day of test pits in #Northumberland. First outing for our new cancic.com tshirts and some proper #archaeology pointing. And proper archaeology astonishment.
July 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We at @cancic.bsky.social can do proper #archaeological pointing and proper being astonished/shocked/amazed 🏺
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Looking forward to our second weekend of test pitting in Longframlington. Lovely support from the #community for this project. #Northumberland
July 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Looking forward to our second weekend of test pitting in Longframlington. Lovely support from the #community for this project. #Northumberland
No apology for posting this again. People living with Parkinson’s (inc my mum) need to see a specialist more than once every 18 months (if they’re lucky). It’s not ‘the shakes’ it’s a complex, degenerative neurological disease with a multitude of debilitating symptoms. And impacts families too.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... What do you mean, you haven't signed the Parky Charter petition calling for better Parkinson's care?? We Parkies have an excuse - one of the symptoms of PD is apathy. But as for the rest of you, jump to it! (pretty please..)
Petition: Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter"
We want the government to take the decisive five steps set out in the Movers and Shakers' "Parky Charter" and to fulfil the Health Secretary’s promises.
petition.parliament.uk
July 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
No apology for posting this again. People living with Parkinson’s (inc my mum) need to see a specialist more than once every 18 months (if they’re lucky). It’s not ‘the shakes’ it’s a complex, degenerative neurological disease with a multitude of debilitating symptoms. And impacts families too.