Ste Lingard
@stelingard.bsky.social
History & archaeology, esp. of northern England. Alumnus @ Sheff & Brum history. Freelance researcher & project manager in heritage sector @ www.sglingard.com. Chair @StHelensTownAFC.bsky.social.
First World War (and more recent) soldiers would instantly recognise these as 'corduroy roads', the same as they laid across muddy ground. Timeless, practical technology. #FWW
Memories of plunging my hand deep into the very cold peat to uncover Iron Age wooden planks last seen over 2,000 years ago.
In 1986, I started work on my first archaeology dig at Corlea 1, dated to 148/147 BC. I didn’t know then it would be some of the most spectacular archaeology of my career.
In 1986, I started work on my first archaeology dig at Corlea 1, dated to 148/147 BC. I didn’t know then it would be some of the most spectacular archaeology of my career.
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
First World War (and more recent) soldiers would instantly recognise these as 'corduroy roads', the same as they laid across muddy ground. Timeless, practical technology. #FWW
Parr St. Peter's in happier days, in characteristic pose peering over the terraces into Gaskell Park. #StHelens #HeritageAtRisk #Churches
📷 my own, from 2009.
📷 my own, from 2009.
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Parr St. Peter's in happier days, in characteristic pose peering over the terraces into Gaskell Park. #StHelens #HeritageAtRisk #Churches
📷 my own, from 2009.
📷 my own, from 2009.
Remembering two of my Great Great Grandfathers killed in the #FirstWorldWar: Sgt. Thomas Hallwood DCM (pictured below; killed at Ypres) & L/Cpl. William Molyneux (killed at Delville Wood) both of the Fifth South Lancs), and my other relatives lost in or affected by war. #ArmisticeDay #Remembrance
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Remembering two of my Great Great Grandfathers killed in the #FirstWorldWar: Sgt. Thomas Hallwood DCM (pictured below; killed at Ypres) & L/Cpl. William Molyneux (killed at Delville Wood) both of the Fifth South Lancs), and my other relatives lost in or affected by war. #ArmisticeDay #Remembrance
The new #HeritageAtRisk Register includes the closest listed building to my childhood home: St. Peter's Church, Parr, #StHelens. I'm sorry to see it has been added, but not surprised - the scaffolding around the steeple has been up for years now. 😔
historicengland.org.uk/listing/heri...
historicengland.org.uk/listing/heri...
Heritage at Risk: Latest Findings | Historic England
Explore key trends revealed in our latest Heritage at Risk Register and explore the latest news on Heritage at Risk in your region.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The new #HeritageAtRisk Register includes the closest listed building to my childhood home: St. Peter's Church, Parr, #StHelens. I'm sorry to see it has been added, but not surprised - the scaffolding around the steeple has been up for years now. 😔
historicengland.org.uk/listing/heri...
historicengland.org.uk/listing/heri...
Aerial view of #York w. the two Norman mottes marked w. yellow dots: that on the left is the earlier & the right (Clifford's Tower) later. It makes the choice of sites even clearer than from on the ground, showing their relationship with the rivers Ouse & Foss. #MotteMonday #Castles #Yorkshire
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Aerial view of #York w. the two Norman mottes marked w. yellow dots: that on the left is the earlier & the right (Clifford's Tower) later. It makes the choice of sites even clearer than from on the ground, showing their relationship with the rivers Ouse & Foss. #MotteMonday #Castles #Yorkshire
Roman actor's mask found at Stockton Heath, near #Warrington, in 1869. It is perhaps the most striking item found associated with the Wilderspool site, along what is now the A49, a little south of the Mersey. Now in Warrington Museum.
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Roman actor's mask found at Stockton Heath, near #Warrington, in 1869. It is perhaps the most striking item found associated with the Wilderspool site, along what is now the A49, a little south of the Mersey. Now in Warrington Museum.
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
#RomanSiteSaturday #Theatre #Cheshire #RomanBritain
📷 my own
The reassuringly solid Saxon font at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kingston Deverill. It was found buried in the churchyard during building work in the C19, and is still in use. It is an evocative survivor, given the village's association with King Alfred. #FontsOnFriday #Wiltshire
📷 my own
📷 my own
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The reassuringly solid Saxon font at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Kingston Deverill. It was found buried in the churchyard during building work in the C19, and is still in use. It is an evocative survivor, given the village's association with King Alfred. #FontsOnFriday #Wiltshire
📷 my own
📷 my own
Aye, just like my running shoes.
'Iron Age hillfort 'mysteriously faded' from use' 🏺
Iron Age hillfort near Perth 'mysteriously faded' from use
Archaeologists suggest the coming of a Roman army could be a reason why Broxy Kennels Fort was abandoned.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Aye, just like my running shoes.
The main entrance to an office built to the Ministry of Works 'spider block' design. This was no ordinary office, though, and its staff no ordinary people: this is Block D at #BletchleyPark. #AdoorableThursday
📷 my own, from 2012.
📷 my own, from 2012.
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The main entrance to an office built to the Ministry of Works 'spider block' design. This was no ordinary office, though, and its staff no ordinary people: this is Block D at #BletchleyPark. #AdoorableThursday
📷 my own, from 2012.
📷 my own, from 2012.
Reposted by Ste Lingard
This charming view of a Worcestershire house is from a map of 1744. Its the earliest archival evidence for the property... but we know from dendrochronology that the building is c 300 years older.
Come find out more on Dating Ancient Buildings, 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Come find out more on Dating Ancient Buildings, 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This charming view of a Worcestershire house is from a map of 1744. Its the earliest archival evidence for the property... but we know from dendrochronology that the building is c 300 years older.
Come find out more on Dating Ancient Buildings, 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Come find out more on Dating Ancient Buildings, 25 Nov:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Castleberg, an inland promontory fort overlooking the River Wharfe just west of #Ilkley, #NorthYorkshire. Undated, w. no known excavations. The landscape speaks. #HillfortsWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Castleberg, an inland promontory fort overlooking the River Wharfe just west of #Ilkley, #NorthYorkshire. Undated, w. no known excavations. The landscape speaks. #HillfortsWednesday
The West Tower (15th century) at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, #Ormskirk. Its sandstone bulk appears solid, but the church was added to Historic England's 'at risk' register last year. #TowerTuesday #Lancashire #ChurchCrawling
📷 my own, from August.
📷 my own, from August.
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The West Tower (15th century) at the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, #Ormskirk. Its sandstone bulk appears solid, but the church was added to Historic England's 'at risk' register last year. #TowerTuesday #Lancashire #ChurchCrawling
📷 my own, from August.
📷 my own, from August.
The south-western motte at #LewesCastle, #Sussex (yes, there are two). It is a socking great thing, still mightily impressive more than 900 years after it was constructed and despite some Georgian tinkering and a partial collapse. #Castles #MotteMonday Pic my own, from 2016.
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
The south-western motte at #LewesCastle, #Sussex (yes, there are two). It is a socking great thing, still mightily impressive more than 900 years after it was constructed and despite some Georgian tinkering and a partial collapse. #Castles #MotteMonday Pic my own, from 2016.
This fascinating. Agata is a thoughtful and perceptive observer of a rather complex topic.
If cemeteries create a community of both the living and the dead, what happens when the living get displaced?
Case in point: German cemeteries in the PL "Recovered Lands."
All Saints' Day is a good day to reflect on what happens to memory in the absence of those who remember.
🧵(not an easy read)
Case in point: German cemeteries in the PL "Recovered Lands."
All Saints' Day is a good day to reflect on what happens to memory in the absence of those who remember.
🧵(not an easy read)
November 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This fascinating. Agata is a thoughtful and perceptive observer of a rather complex topic.
Romans to the left of us, Reivers to the right of us...stuck in the middle at Epiacum / Whitley Castle Roman Fort, near Alston. The Maiden Way Roman road runs yard from this spot, but isn't visible in the pic. #FingerpostFriday #RomanRoadsFriday #RomanBritain #Cumberland
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Romans to the left of us, Reivers to the right of us...stuck in the middle at Epiacum / Whitley Castle Roman Fort, near Alston. The Maiden Way Roman road runs yard from this spot, but isn't visible in the pic. #FingerpostFriday #RomanRoadsFriday #RomanBritain #Cumberland
The 15th century wooden gates at Walmgate Bar, #York (with an edited shot to show how they would look when closed). Magnificent. #AdoorableThursday
📷 my own, from 2022
📷 my own, from 2022
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The 15th century wooden gates at Walmgate Bar, #York (with an edited shot to show how they would look when closed). Magnificent. #AdoorableThursday
📷 my own, from 2022
📷 my own, from 2022
Mercury in classical pose, winged hat, money bag, cloak and all. (The #RoyalSignals would look rather more casual if this version was their 'Jimmy'.) Found at #Housesteads fort, and on display in the museum there. #RomanBritain #ReliefWednesday #Northumberland
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Mercury in classical pose, winged hat, money bag, cloak and all. (The #RoyalSignals would look rather more casual if this version was their 'Jimmy'.) Found at #Housesteads fort, and on display in the museum there. #RomanBritain #ReliefWednesday #Northumberland
'Round barrow 550m north of High Nova Farm,' near #Pickering. Seriously - if you squint at the middle of the shot you can make out a wide, low, bump in the crop (more obvious in person). In its ploughed-out state it is more than 30m across. #TumulusTuesday #NorthYorskshire
📷 my own, from July.
📷 my own, from July.
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
'Round barrow 550m north of High Nova Farm,' near #Pickering. Seriously - if you squint at the middle of the shot you can make out a wide, low, bump in the crop (more obvious in person). In its ploughed-out state it is more than 30m across. #TumulusTuesday #NorthYorskshire
📷 my own, from July.
📷 my own, from July.
Beautiful Bosham. A cracking photo. ❤️
Bosham & its iconic saxon church at sundown
We made a guest episode on this, both for its church, its appearances (yes plural) on the Bayeux tapestry & possible Roman legacy which you can see here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBDc...
#MedievalMonday
We made a guest episode on this, both for its church, its appearances (yes plural) on the Bayeux tapestry & possible Roman legacy which you can see here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBDc...
#MedievalMonday
October 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Beautiful Bosham. A cracking photo. ❤️
Æthelstan, arguably first King of England, died at #Gloucester #OnThisDay in 939, 'about 41 years, except one day' after his grandfather #KingAlfred. Buried at #MalmesburyAbbey, his remains were later lost. His (empty) C15 tomb survives. #Athelstan #Wiltshire
📷 my own, from 2016
📷 my own, from 2016
October 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Æthelstan, arguably first King of England, died at #Gloucester #OnThisDay in 939, 'about 41 years, except one day' after his grandfather #KingAlfred. Buried at #MalmesburyAbbey, his remains were later lost. His (empty) C15 tomb survives. #Athelstan #Wiltshire
📷 my own, from 2016
📷 my own, from 2016
Alfred of Wessex died #OnThisDay in 899. Here he is in #stainedglass, with St. Bartholomew, at St. Bart's church, Lyng, #Somerset. The village is connected by causeway to #Athelney, where Big A famously holed up in 878 to evade Guthrum the Dane. #StainedGlassSunday #AlfredTheGreat
📷 my own
📷 my own
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Alfred of Wessex died #OnThisDay in 899. Here he is in #stainedglass, with St. Bartholomew, at St. Bart's church, Lyng, #Somerset. The village is connected by causeway to #Athelney, where Big A famously holed up in 878 to evade Guthrum the Dane. #StainedGlassSunday #AlfredTheGreat
📷 my own
📷 my own
Make a movie food:
Bacon Air
Bacon Air
Make a movie food:
The Hobnobbit
The Hobnobbit
Make a movie food:
Lord of the Onion Rings
Lord of the Onion Rings
October 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Make a movie food:
Bacon Air
Bacon Air
Reposted by Ste Lingard
Within the Oxenham Arms in the village of South Zeal, Devon is
The ‘Roman Pillar' propping up the roof in the restaurant at the rear of the pub.
In the next room is an enormous Menhir built into the fabric of the wall too. One pub - two standing stones.
The ‘Roman Pillar' propping up the roof in the restaurant at the rear of the pub.
In the next room is an enormous Menhir built into the fabric of the wall too. One pub - two standing stones.
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Within the Oxenham Arms in the village of South Zeal, Devon is
The ‘Roman Pillar' propping up the roof in the restaurant at the rear of the pub.
In the next room is an enormous Menhir built into the fabric of the wall too. One pub - two standing stones.
The ‘Roman Pillar' propping up the roof in the restaurant at the rear of the pub.
In the next room is an enormous Menhir built into the fabric of the wall too. One pub - two standing stones.
Part of the reconstructed fort of #Mamucium, at Castlefield, #Manchester, viewed from a train on the viaduct that destroyed some of the site. The Western Wall & granaries are visible, with a gatehouse & other features out of shot. #RomanFortThursday #Lancashire #Railways #RomanBritain
📷 my own
📷 my own
October 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Part of the reconstructed fort of #Mamucium, at Castlefield, #Manchester, viewed from a train on the viaduct that destroyed some of the site. The Western Wall & granaries are visible, with a gatehouse & other features out of shot. #RomanFortThursday #Lancashire #Railways #RomanBritain
📷 my own
📷 my own