Vauvert Moths
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Phil de Jersey, archaeologist/numismatist based in St Peter Port, Guernsey. Started out with my son on that other place as moth fans, hence the name. Likely to be some other creatures, some books and some photography. And a bit of archaeology.
For @nicholasroyle.bsky.social a fine inclusion. Let's hope he/she wasn't in a confusional state when they made this journey #books
February 9, 2026 at 10:57 AM
For @nicholasroyle.bsky.social a fine inclusion. Let's hope he/she wasn't in a confusional state when they made this journey #books
For #StandingStoneSunday, a picture of Callanish back in the summer (sic) of 2024 #archaeology
February 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
For #StandingStoneSunday, a picture of Callanish back in the summer (sic) of 2024 #archaeology
The recent storms have exposed a big area of the Vazon #Guernsey peat beds, formed about 5000 years ago. Didn't spot any Neolithic stone axes (or anything else) on a quick visit yesterday, but worth another look before the sand comes in again #archaeology 🏺
February 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM
The recent storms have exposed a big area of the Vazon #Guernsey peat beds, formed about 5000 years ago. Didn't spot any Neolithic stone axes (or anything else) on a quick visit yesterday, but worth another look before the sand comes in again #archaeology 🏺
I'm always pleased to add to my collection of archaeological distribution maps that miss off the Channel Islands...😉 this is quite common in French publications. We're not French, and not quite English, so we don't exist? #archaeology
January 29, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I'm always pleased to add to my collection of archaeological distribution maps that miss off the Channel Islands...😉 this is quite common in French publications. We're not French, and not quite English, so we don't exist? #archaeology
I've missed #TombTuesday again, but as this morning I'm looking into representations of the Table des Marchands, Locmariaquer, on behalf of a French colleague, here's a charming ink on tracing paper sketch by one of the Lukis family, mid 19th century #Brittany #archaeology 🏺
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM
I've missed #TombTuesday again, but as this morning I'm looking into representations of the Table des Marchands, Locmariaquer, on behalf of a French colleague, here's a charming ink on tracing paper sketch by one of the Lukis family, mid 19th century #Brittany #archaeology 🏺
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A previously unpublished poem by Michael Longley.
Maybe it's Irishness, and bogs, and that innate understanding for the darkness most of us have, but so many poets have written of bog bodies.
Maybe it's Irishness, and bogs, and that innate understanding for the darkness most of us have, but so many poets have written of bog bodies.
January 24, 2026 at 10:53 AM
A previously unpublished poem by Michael Longley.
Maybe it's Irishness, and bogs, and that innate understanding for the darkness most of us have, but so many poets have written of bog bodies.
Maybe it's Irishness, and bogs, and that innate understanding for the darkness most of us have, but so many poets have written of bog bodies.
Fantastic sea around Castle Cornet #Guernsey this morning #photography
January 24, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Fantastic sea around Castle Cornet #Guernsey this morning #photography
I'm writing up an excavation report on a site previously dug in 1968. Here's an excerpt from the original pot report, published in 1983, but which reads more like 1953... let's just say it hasn't aged well #archaeology 🏺
January 19, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I'm writing up an excavation report on a site previously dug in 1968. Here's an excerpt from the original pot report, published in 1983, but which reads more like 1953... let's just say it hasn't aged well #archaeology 🏺
Unusual start to our #archaeology watching brief this morning... #Guernsey
January 16, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Unusual start to our #archaeology watching brief this morning... #Guernsey
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January 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
For #TombTuesday here's a rather earlier photograph of the Crucuno dolmen in Erdeven, from almost exactly the same perspective - from the Lukis Archive at #Guernsey Museum #archaeology 🏺
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
For #TombTuesday here's a rather earlier photograph of the Crucuno dolmen in Erdeven, from almost exactly the same perspective - from the Lukis Archive at #Guernsey Museum #archaeology 🏺
A cracking start to the year from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social, A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing is a great novel from Alice Evelyn Yang #books
January 12, 2026 at 5:17 PM
A cracking start to the year from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social, A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing is a great novel from Alice Evelyn Yang #books
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For today’s #FindsFriday, the Norfolk Carnyx!
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
January 9, 2026 at 10:25 AM
For today’s #FindsFriday, the Norfolk Carnyx!
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
An Iron Age war horn built to be seen and heard and to unsettle. Polybius wrote that its sound in battle seemed to 'emanate from the entire countryside'. More to come, including on #DiggingforBritain next week.
www.pre-construct.com/news/the-nor...
I was going to put this up for #TombTuesday and then realised it's Wednesday. Oh well, here it is anyway. A watercolour view of the Déhus dolmen, #Guernsey, prior to its excavation by the Lukis family from 1837 #archaeology 🏺
January 7, 2026 at 9:40 AM
I was going to put this up for #TombTuesday and then realised it's Wednesday. Oh well, here it is anyway. A watercolour view of the Déhus dolmen, #Guernsey, prior to its excavation by the Lukis family from 1837 #archaeology 🏺
Today's beautiful #Guernsey beach is Petit Bôt - last one for a while since it's back to work tomorrow #photography
January 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Today's beautiful #Guernsey beach is Petit Bôt - last one for a while since it's back to work tomorrow #photography
Petit Port, #Guernsey this afternoon #photography
January 2, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Petit Port, #Guernsey this afternoon #photography
A late entry for #FindsFriday is this handsome #IronAge stater of the Coriosolitae, c. 60 BC, from the Le Câtillon, #Jersey hoard. I've got about 1500 of these, newly-cleaned, to identify over the Xmas break. A Christmas present for myself? #numismatics #archaeology
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A late entry for #FindsFriday is this handsome #IronAge stater of the Coriosolitae, c. 60 BC, from the Le Câtillon, #Jersey hoard. I've got about 1500 of these, newly-cleaned, to identify over the Xmas break. A Christmas present for myself? #numismatics #archaeology
On the sheltered side of #Guernsey, earlier this morning #photography
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
On the sheltered side of #Guernsey, earlier this morning #photography
Today's #IronAge #coin for #FindsFriday is a little scrap of silver, 12mm diameter, probably produced somewhere in eastern Armorica in the first century BC - found in the Le Câtillon hoard in Jersey in 2012 #numismatics #archaeology 🏺
December 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today's #IronAge #coin for #FindsFriday is a little scrap of silver, 12mm diameter, probably produced somewhere in eastern Armorica in the first century BC - found in the Le Câtillon hoard in Jersey in 2012 #numismatics #archaeology 🏺
Not strictly correct for #StandingStoneSunday, but here's a lump of granite with a 'B' carved in 1839 when part of Lihou Island #Guernsey was leased to a farmer. Letters A-M were engraved - we have found B, D, F, G and L, the rest probably lost. #archaeology 🏺
December 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Not strictly correct for #StandingStoneSunday, but here's a lump of granite with a 'B' carved in 1839 when part of Lihou Island #Guernsey was leased to a farmer. Letters A-M were engraved - we have found B, D, F, G and L, the rest probably lost. #archaeology 🏺
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Happy #Caturday everyone!
Our joint CEOs Gertie and Gracie are well chuffed with their new #CroydonSpaceport CD (and definitely not just because we've hidden some kibble behind it).
Find out how to grab your copy at colossive.com.
In association with @tcfsr.bsky.social. Kibble not included.
Our joint CEOs Gertie and Gracie are well chuffed with their new #CroydonSpaceport CD (and definitely not just because we've hidden some kibble behind it).
Find out how to grab your copy at colossive.com.
In association with @tcfsr.bsky.social. Kibble not included.
December 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Happy #Caturday everyone!
Our joint CEOs Gertie and Gracie are well chuffed with their new #CroydonSpaceport CD (and definitely not just because we've hidden some kibble behind it).
Find out how to grab your copy at colossive.com.
In association with @tcfsr.bsky.social. Kibble not included.
Our joint CEOs Gertie and Gracie are well chuffed with their new #CroydonSpaceport CD (and definitely not just because we've hidden some kibble behind it).
Find out how to grab your copy at colossive.com.
In association with @tcfsr.bsky.social. Kibble not included.
It's #FindsFriday so it must be time for another defaced #IronAge #coin. In this case a stater of the Coriosolitae, 23.6mm max diameter, c.60 BC. Very heavily scratched on both sides but leaving enough of the design to be recognizable #numismatics #archaeology 🏺
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's #FindsFriday so it must be time for another defaced #IronAge #coin. In this case a stater of the Coriosolitae, 23.6mm max diameter, c.60 BC. Very heavily scratched on both sides but leaving enough of the design to be recognizable #numismatics #archaeology 🏺