Kimberley Teale
@surveylikeagirl.bsky.social
Geophysicist. Archaeologist. Landscapes. Lover of nature and dogs.
Proud to survey like a girl.
Proud to survey like a girl.
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The Iron Age ‘Battersea Shield’ which was found in the River Thames at Battersea in 1857. Dating to around 350-50 BC, the shield is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BatterseaShield #IronAge
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The Iron Age ‘Battersea Shield’ which was found in the River Thames at Battersea in 1857. Dating to around 350-50 BC, the shield is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BatterseaShield #IronAge
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Some 1,500 years ago, a child was buried with a set of game pieces made of animal bones.
Single game pieces are frequently found in early medieval graves in south-west Germany, but complete sets are rare.
Found in Herbolzheim, 500-550 AD.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
Single game pieces are frequently found in early medieval graves in south-west Germany, but complete sets are rare.
Found in Herbolzheim, 500-550 AD.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Some 1,500 years ago, a child was buried with a set of game pieces made of animal bones.
Single game pieces are frequently found in early medieval graves in south-west Germany, but complete sets are rare.
Found in Herbolzheim, 500-550 AD.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
Single game pieces are frequently found in early medieval graves in south-west Germany, but complete sets are rare.
Found in Herbolzheim, 500-550 AD.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
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Last week AARG supported 5 members to attend a TRAIL (Training and Research in the Archaeological Interpretation of LiDAR) workshop in Slovenia. Attendees enhanced their knowledge of LiDAR and machine learning. Thanks to Žiga Kokalj from ZRC SAZU for an excellent event!
#LIDAR #ALS #AI #archaeology
#LIDAR #ALS #AI #archaeology
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Last week AARG supported 5 members to attend a TRAIL (Training and Research in the Archaeological Interpretation of LiDAR) workshop in Slovenia. Attendees enhanced their knowledge of LiDAR and machine learning. Thanks to Žiga Kokalj from ZRC SAZU for an excellent event!
#LIDAR #ALS #AI #archaeology
#LIDAR #ALS #AI #archaeology
Absolutely 😍
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Absolutely 😍
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The only reason to be on #AncientBluesky it's #HillfortsWednesday 🥳🍻
Lou Barker facing the majestic cliff castle of Gurnard's Head, west Penwith, #Cornwall. The far end is crowded with houses & dominated by a towering outcrop ⛰️😮
In the care of @nattrustarch.bsky.social
📷 Yesterday
Lou Barker facing the majestic cliff castle of Gurnard's Head, west Penwith, #Cornwall. The far end is crowded with houses & dominated by a towering outcrop ⛰️😮
In the care of @nattrustarch.bsky.social
📷 Yesterday
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The only reason to be on #AncientBluesky it's #HillfortsWednesday 🥳🍻
Lou Barker facing the majestic cliff castle of Gurnard's Head, west Penwith, #Cornwall. The far end is crowded with houses & dominated by a towering outcrop ⛰️😮
In the care of @nattrustarch.bsky.social
📷 Yesterday
Lou Barker facing the majestic cliff castle of Gurnard's Head, west Penwith, #Cornwall. The far end is crowded with houses & dominated by a towering outcrop ⛰️😮
In the care of @nattrustarch.bsky.social
📷 Yesterday
Loved this episode! The @durotrigesdig.bsky.social is still top of my bucket list, must get down next summer
#Archaeology #Durotriges #IronAge
#Archaeology #Durotriges #IronAge
* contains images of human remains
I loved working on this show. Showcasing what archaeologists do best, their care and compassion when dealing with human remains.
Big thanks @durotrigesdig.bsky.social and @buarchanth.bsky.social
Hidden wonders is on tonight at 9pm More 4 #Archaeology 🏺
I loved working on this show. Showcasing what archaeologists do best, their care and compassion when dealing with human remains.
Big thanks @durotrigesdig.bsky.social and @buarchanth.bsky.social
Hidden wonders is on tonight at 9pm More 4 #Archaeology 🏺
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Loved this episode! The @durotrigesdig.bsky.social is still top of my bucket list, must get down next summer
#Archaeology #Durotriges #IronAge
#Archaeology #Durotriges #IronAge
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The Iron Age hillfort of Spettisbury Rings (Crawford Castle / Castle Ring) #Dorset
This mighty 2ha univallate enclosure is today largely hidden behind the old railway and modern village of Spetisbury. Most people driving on the A350 are unaware of it
📷 © Jo and Sue Crane 2016
#HillfortsWednesday
This mighty 2ha univallate enclosure is today largely hidden behind the old railway and modern village of Spetisbury. Most people driving on the A350 are unaware of it
📷 © Jo and Sue Crane 2016
#HillfortsWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The Iron Age hillfort of Spettisbury Rings (Crawford Castle / Castle Ring) #Dorset
This mighty 2ha univallate enclosure is today largely hidden behind the old railway and modern village of Spetisbury. Most people driving on the A350 are unaware of it
📷 © Jo and Sue Crane 2016
#HillfortsWednesday
This mighty 2ha univallate enclosure is today largely hidden behind the old railway and modern village of Spetisbury. Most people driving on the A350 are unaware of it
📷 © Jo and Sue Crane 2016
#HillfortsWednesday
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Happy #Halloween
This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
Photo: Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper
#RomanArchaeology
This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
Photo: Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper
#RomanArchaeology
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Happy #Halloween
This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
Photo: Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper
#RomanArchaeology
This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death.
Photo: Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper
#RomanArchaeology
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Two examples of a distinctively Romano-British artefact: the sinuously gorgeous dragonesque brooch for #FindsFriday 😍
These particular copper alloy beauties, inlaid with red and blue enamel, were found in Faversham #Kent c 1895
© Trustees of the British Museum
#Roman #Archaeology
These particular copper alloy beauties, inlaid with red and blue enamel, were found in Faversham #Kent c 1895
© Trustees of the British Museum
#Roman #Archaeology
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Two examples of a distinctively Romano-British artefact: the sinuously gorgeous dragonesque brooch for #FindsFriday 😍
These particular copper alloy beauties, inlaid with red and blue enamel, were found in Faversham #Kent c 1895
© Trustees of the British Museum
#Roman #Archaeology
These particular copper alloy beauties, inlaid with red and blue enamel, were found in Faversham #Kent c 1895
© Trustees of the British Museum
#Roman #Archaeology
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The historic Vivian Slate Quarry in Llanberis, Gwynedd, rises out of dense autumn woodland with its narrow galleries visible 😮🍂
Now a scheduled monument, the quarry forms part of the Welsh Slate World Heritage Landscape
📷 My own, last weekend
🤔 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/40571
Now a scheduled monument, the quarry forms part of the Welsh Slate World Heritage Landscape
📷 My own, last weekend
🤔 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/40571
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The historic Vivian Slate Quarry in Llanberis, Gwynedd, rises out of dense autumn woodland with its narrow galleries visible 😮🍂
Now a scheduled monument, the quarry forms part of the Welsh Slate World Heritage Landscape
📷 My own, last weekend
🤔 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/40571
Now a scheduled monument, the quarry forms part of the Welsh Slate World Heritage Landscape
📷 My own, last weekend
🤔 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/40571
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The engraved entrance stone to the famous Neolithic passage tomb of Newgrange at County Meath in Ireland. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Newgrange #Prehistory #Ireland
October 21, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The engraved entrance stone to the famous Neolithic passage tomb of Newgrange at County Meath in Ireland. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Newgrange #Prehistory #Ireland
Oooh that's Sunday morning's reading sorted!
Hot off the press - the current issue of #AARGnews is available to download 🎉 Issue 71 shares postcards from the 42nd #AARG Conference in Trondheim, plus articles from Central Bohemia to the Ukraine. 🌎
aargonline.com/wp/aarg-news/
Enjoy!
#archaeology #aerialarchaeology #remotesensing #ALS
aargonline.com/wp/aarg-news/
Enjoy!
#archaeology #aerialarchaeology #remotesensing #ALS
October 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Oooh that's Sunday morning's reading sorted!
A moment of mindfulness this morning with my rescue staffie Edie. The beauty of the Peak District never fails to captivate us.
#mindfulmoment #peace #mindfulness #mentalhealth #peakdistrict
#mindfulmoment #peace #mindfulness #mentalhealth #peakdistrict
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A moment of mindfulness this morning with my rescue staffie Edie. The beauty of the Peak District never fails to captivate us.
#mindfulmoment #peace #mindfulness #mentalhealth #peakdistrict
#mindfulmoment #peace #mindfulness #mentalhealth #peakdistrict
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#FindsFriday This curious bone object is apparently the back of a comb 🤔
It was found in an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery near the Thames, from the 5th or 6th century AD
Now in the Museum of Reading
🏺 #archaeology #museums #heritage
It was found in an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery near the Thames, from the 5th or 6th century AD
Now in the Museum of Reading
🏺 #archaeology #museums #heritage
October 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#FindsFriday This curious bone object is apparently the back of a comb 🤔
It was found in an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery near the Thames, from the 5th or 6th century AD
Now in the Museum of Reading
🏺 #archaeology #museums #heritage
It was found in an early Anglo-Saxon cemetery near the Thames, from the 5th or 6th century AD
Now in the Museum of Reading
🏺 #archaeology #museums #heritage
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If you like hillforts AND brochs (and who doesn't?) here's Edin's Hall #ScottishBorders a Late Iron Age #broch inside a rectangular enclosure inside the NW corner of an earlier bivallate 0.9ha #hillfort
Beautifully captured in this kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011
🪁 📷 🤩
Happy #HillfortsWednesday
Beautifully captured in this kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011
🪁 📷 🤩
Happy #HillfortsWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
If you like hillforts AND brochs (and who doesn't?) here's Edin's Hall #ScottishBorders a Late Iron Age #broch inside a rectangular enclosure inside the NW corner of an earlier bivallate 0.9ha #hillfort
Beautifully captured in this kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011
🪁 📷 🤩
Happy #HillfortsWednesday
Beautifully captured in this kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011
🪁 📷 🤩
Happy #HillfortsWednesday
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#HillfortsWednesday oldie but Goldie!
This is British Camp in the Malvern Hills, an Iron Age hillfort built in 4 phases during the 1st millennium BC. The hillfort had 4 gateways and was populated by dozens of hut circles.
#Archaeology #History
This is British Camp in the Malvern Hills, an Iron Age hillfort built in 4 phases during the 1st millennium BC. The hillfort had 4 gateways and was populated by dozens of hut circles.
#Archaeology #History
October 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
#HillfortsWednesday oldie but Goldie!
This is British Camp in the Malvern Hills, an Iron Age hillfort built in 4 phases during the 1st millennium BC. The hillfort had 4 gateways and was populated by dozens of hut circles.
#Archaeology #History
This is British Camp in the Malvern Hills, an Iron Age hillfort built in 4 phases during the 1st millennium BC. The hillfort had 4 gateways and was populated by dozens of hut circles.
#Archaeology #History
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Vertical kite photo of Edin's Hall / Odin's Hall / Edinshall broch #ScottishBorders showing the full extent of the earlier bivallate hillfort and pre-broch roundhouses
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Vertical kite photo of Edin's Hall / Odin's Hall / Edinshall broch #ScottishBorders showing the full extent of the earlier bivallate hillfort and pre-broch roundhouses
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
Proper lovely 😍
🪁 📷 © Hamish Fenton 2011
For more of Hamish's work see: archaeokap.hdf.me.uk/index.html
#HillfortsWednesday
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It is Wednesday & so it is time for our weekly #hillfort clip. This time we have the Laws of Monifieth, an extraordinary site not far from Dundee. The site incorporates an Iron Age Broch, a stone walled fort that predates the Broch & an ancient cup & ring marked stone - see zurl.co/9HPpS
October 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
It is Wednesday & so it is time for our weekly #hillfort clip. This time we have the Laws of Monifieth, an extraordinary site not far from Dundee. The site incorporates an Iron Age Broch, a stone walled fort that predates the Broch & an ancient cup & ring marked stone - see zurl.co/9HPpS
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On this wonderful #HillfortsWednesday we look back at issue 68 of AARGnews where our Editor's Picture focussed on Uffington Castle - an Iron Age univallate hillfort. Environment Agency LiDAR shows incredible detail, including medieval ridge and furrow within the hillfort itself!
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
On this wonderful #HillfortsWednesday we look back at issue 68 of AARGnews where our Editor's Picture focussed on Uffington Castle - an Iron Age univallate hillfort. Environment Agency LiDAR shows incredible detail, including medieval ridge and furrow within the hillfort itself!
Reposted by Kimberley Teale
Let's hear it for the minor chiefs for #HillfortsWednesday who didn't quite have the resources or followers to build Maiden Castle 🤔😟
The pretty stunning but little known Fan hillfort, commanding hill country between Llanwrda & Talley, Carmarthenshire, with a bold gateway approach 👌
📷 RCAHMW 2014
The pretty stunning but little known Fan hillfort, commanding hill country between Llanwrda & Talley, Carmarthenshire, with a bold gateway approach 👌
📷 RCAHMW 2014
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Let's hear it for the minor chiefs for #HillfortsWednesday who didn't quite have the resources or followers to build Maiden Castle 🤔😟
The pretty stunning but little known Fan hillfort, commanding hill country between Llanwrda & Talley, Carmarthenshire, with a bold gateway approach 👌
📷 RCAHMW 2014
The pretty stunning but little known Fan hillfort, commanding hill country between Llanwrda & Talley, Carmarthenshire, with a bold gateway approach 👌
📷 RCAHMW 2014
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Wow, a small Roman glass bottle with preserved ointment from almost 2,000 years ago! 🤩
The ointment is composed of fatty acids, glycerine, and plant fibres (wood, pollen, and seeds). Perhaps a valuable cosmetic or medicinal cream.
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier 📷 by me
#Archaeology
The ointment is composed of fatty acids, glycerine, and plant fibres (wood, pollen, and seeds). Perhaps a valuable cosmetic or medicinal cream.
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier 📷 by me
#Archaeology
October 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Wow, a small Roman glass bottle with preserved ointment from almost 2,000 years ago! 🤩
The ointment is composed of fatty acids, glycerine, and plant fibres (wood, pollen, and seeds). Perhaps a valuable cosmetic or medicinal cream.
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier 📷 by me
#Archaeology
The ointment is composed of fatty acids, glycerine, and plant fibres (wood, pollen, and seeds). Perhaps a valuable cosmetic or medicinal cream.
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier 📷 by me
#Archaeology
The lovely Duddo Five Stones Stone Circle with an offering. 📸 my own.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
October 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The lovely Duddo Five Stones Stone Circle with an offering. 📸 my own.
#StandingStoneSunday
#StandingStoneSunday
This is so perfect 😂 #InternationalArchaeologyDay
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is so perfect 😂 #InternationalArchaeologyDay
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For #FindsFriday just a few of the fabulous Viking age beads discovered at Haithabu/ Hedeby - 📷 Schloss Gottorf Museum.
October 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
For #FindsFriday just a few of the fabulous Viking age beads discovered at Haithabu/ Hedeby - 📷 Schloss Gottorf Museum.
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This week on #findsfriday we have a post medieval silver finger-ring found in Heytesbury in 2015.
A simple four-petalled gilded flower covers the joint in the band, now partially damaged. The hoop has raised edges and between them is a gilded strip with a series of pellets running down through it.
A simple four-petalled gilded flower covers the joint in the band, now partially damaged. The hoop has raised edges and between them is a gilded strip with a series of pellets running down through it.
October 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This week on #findsfriday we have a post medieval silver finger-ring found in Heytesbury in 2015.
A simple four-petalled gilded flower covers the joint in the band, now partially damaged. The hoop has raised edges and between them is a gilded strip with a series of pellets running down through it.
A simple four-petalled gilded flower covers the joint in the band, now partially damaged. The hoop has raised edges and between them is a gilded strip with a series of pellets running down through it.