Adrián Maldonado
@archaeonado.bsky.social
Galloway Hoard Researcher at National Museums Scotland. Author of Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom and other archaeology content. https://www.nms.ac.uk/profile/dr-adrian-maldonado See also @almostarch.bsky.social
Be still my heart
January 22, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Be still my heart
Hadrian’s Wall and its Trees, ed. by David J. Breeze @archaeopress.bsky.social
Just flipped through a copy of this, and it's rather beautiful. A celebration of life inspired by the death of a tree. All short contributions, from the academic to the poetic
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
Just flipped through a copy of this, and it's rather beautiful. A celebration of life inspired by the death of a tree. All short contributions, from the academic to the poetic
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
January 8, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Hadrian’s Wall and its Trees, ed. by David J. Breeze @archaeopress.bsky.social
Just flipped through a copy of this, and it's rather beautiful. A celebration of life inspired by the death of a tree. All short contributions, from the academic to the poetic
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
Just flipped through a copy of this, and it's rather beautiful. A celebration of life inspired by the death of a tree. All short contributions, from the academic to the poetic
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
Finally got my hands on the physical book for Carved in Stone by Heather Christie @archaeoplays.bsky.social and Brian Tyrrell @stoutstoat.co.uk. Really gives me hope that early medieval archaeology can inspire worlds that are hopeful, empathetic and overall, fun
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December 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Finally got my hands on the physical book for Carved in Stone by Heather Christie @archaeoplays.bsky.social and Brian Tyrrell @stoutstoat.co.uk. Really gives me hope that early medieval archaeology can inspire worlds that are hopeful, empathetic and overall, fun
www.stoutstoat.co.uk/products/car...
www.stoutstoat.co.uk/products/car...
Me, tomorrow!
How to (re)build an early medieval church: new light on the Whithorn ‘minster’ and shrine
@firstmillennia.bsky.social 18:00, Tuesday 2 Dec
Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh, Old Medical School, Teviot Place (enter via doorway 1)
How to (re)build an early medieval church: new light on the Whithorn ‘minster’ and shrine
@firstmillennia.bsky.social 18:00, Tuesday 2 Dec
Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh, Old Medical School, Teviot Place (enter via doorway 1)
December 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Me, tomorrow!
How to (re)build an early medieval church: new light on the Whithorn ‘minster’ and shrine
@firstmillennia.bsky.social 18:00, Tuesday 2 Dec
Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh, Old Medical School, Teviot Place (enter via doorway 1)
How to (re)build an early medieval church: new light on the Whithorn ‘minster’ and shrine
@firstmillennia.bsky.social 18:00, Tuesday 2 Dec
Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh, Old Medical School, Teviot Place (enter via doorway 1)
The Hampden Bowling Club in the Southside of Glasgow lit up for #StAndrewsDay
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Hampden Bowling Club in the Southside of Glasgow lit up for #StAndrewsDay
New shirt alert! Thanks to @northernpicts.bsky.social for being such brilliant nerds npixts.teemill.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
New shirt alert! Thanks to @northernpicts.bsky.social for being such brilliant nerds npixts.teemill.com
Just in time for Halloween, a new Pictish vision of hell
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
October 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Just in time for Halloween, a new Pictish vision of hell
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Finally got the chance to meet this guy last week. A completely unique and haunting cross from Riasg Buidhe, Colonsay, in the gardens of Colonsay House. Its dating remains up for debate, ranging from the 7th to the 10th century AD www.trove.scot/image/384171
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Finally got the chance to meet this guy last week. A completely unique and haunting cross from Riasg Buidhe, Colonsay, in the gardens of Colonsay House. Its dating remains up for debate, ranging from the 7th to the 10th century AD www.trove.scot/image/384171
Thanks to the Wigtown Book Festival for hosting the Whithorn Trust to formally launch the new guidebook Cold Case Reopened: A Guide to the Early Medieval Archaeology of Whithorn. 106 people filled the Main Hall on a dreich Wednesday evening! Get your copy here www.whithorn.com/product/whit...
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thanks to the Wigtown Book Festival for hosting the Whithorn Trust to formally launch the new guidebook Cold Case Reopened: A Guide to the Early Medieval Archaeology of Whithorn. 106 people filled the Main Hall on a dreich Wednesday evening! Get your copy here www.whithorn.com/product/whit...
Scenes from the Wigtown Book Festival
September 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Scenes from the Wigtown Book Festival
The author will be joined by master craftsman and artist Thomas Keyes who uses the vellum-making technology used to make the pages of the Book of Kells, and as uniquely discovered in excavations at the early medieval monastery of Portmahomack, for his Kells-inspire artwork scribalstyles.net
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The author will be joined by master craftsman and artist Thomas Keyes who uses the vellum-making technology used to make the pages of the Book of Kells, and as uniquely discovered in excavations at the early medieval monastery of Portmahomack, for his Kells-inspire artwork scribalstyles.net
Exciting book launch event!!
Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
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Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Exciting book launch event!!
Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
(1/2)
Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
(1/2)
Glasgow's radical history! Check out this @gbptrust.bsky.social event next week on 'how ordinary Glaswegians took on an arrogant landowner and successfully defended the "liberties of the banks of the Clyde"'
Just one of many events for Glasgow Doors Open Days www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harvies-dy...
Just one of many events for Glasgow Doors Open Days www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harvies-dy...
September 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Glasgow's radical history! Check out this @gbptrust.bsky.social event next week on 'how ordinary Glaswegians took on an arrogant landowner and successfully defended the "liberties of the banks of the Clyde"'
Just one of many events for Glasgow Doors Open Days www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harvies-dy...
Just one of many events for Glasgow Doors Open Days www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harvies-dy...
Excited to speak at the fabulous Wigtown Book Festival this year! Hear how we squeezed the 656-page excavation monograph plus new analysis into a 36-page guidebook. Cold Case Reopened: Whithorn's Origins Explained: 1 October, tickets still available! tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events...
September 9, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Excited to speak at the fabulous Wigtown Book Festival this year! Hear how we squeezed the 656-page excavation monograph plus new analysis into a 36-page guidebook. Cold Case Reopened: Whithorn's Origins Explained: 1 October, tickets still available! tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events...
Cool stuff by colleagues part 2: Bronze Age hoard from Carnoustie will go on display for the first time in the upcoming exhibition Scotland’s First Warriors (27 Jun 2026 – 17 May 2027) at NMS, on the origins and impact of conflict and warfare in prehistoric Scotland media.nms.ac.uk/news/rare-br...
September 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Cool stuff by colleagues part 2: Bronze Age hoard from Carnoustie will go on display for the first time in the upcoming exhibition Scotland’s First Warriors (27 Jun 2026 – 17 May 2027) at NMS, on the origins and impact of conflict and warfare in prehistoric Scotland media.nms.ac.uk/news/rare-br...
6 pop-up talks, 3 tours, 6 reels, 4 interviews, a lecture, a Q&A and 100s of new friends at Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard, Melbourne Museum. Exhausted but hopeful for the future of archaeology and museums.
Shout out to the kids from Flemington Primary who really know their stuff!!
Shout out to the kids from Flemington Primary who really know their stuff!!
August 31, 2025 at 6:07 AM
6 pop-up talks, 3 tours, 6 reels, 4 interviews, a lecture, a Q&A and 100s of new friends at Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard, Melbourne Museum. Exhausted but hopeful for the future of archaeology and museums.
Shout out to the kids from Flemington Primary who really know their stuff!!
Shout out to the kids from Flemington Primary who really know their stuff!!
Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard is now OPEN at Melbourne Museum!! Thrilled for everyone to experience it in person. Head to their website for tickets and events, and I'll be here all weekend for lectures, and pop-up talks in the gallery! museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemus...
August 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard is now OPEN at Melbourne Museum!! Thrilled for everyone to experience it in person. Head to their website for tickets and events, and I'll be here all weekend for lectures, and pop-up talks in the gallery! museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemus...
Almost ready to launch! Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard opens at Melbourne Museum Friday 29 August and it's looking fantastic
August 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Almost ready to launch! Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard opens at Melbourne Museum Friday 29 August and it's looking fantastic
The Bright Sword is a recommend from me. @levgrossman.com did the impossible: a new Arthurian tale that actually works. Creative anachronism with just enough touchpoints to late Roman/early medieval Britain (including beyond the walls) to make nerds like me happy, plus gratuitous swearing. Glorious
August 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The Bright Sword is a recommend from me. @levgrossman.com did the impossible: a new Arthurian tale that actually works. Creative anachronism with just enough touchpoints to late Roman/early medieval Britain (including beyond the walls) to make nerds like me happy, plus gratuitous swearing. Glorious
Thrilled to say the new Whithorn guidebook by me is now available to buy online!
A Maldonado 2025. Cold Case Reopened: A Guide to Whithorn’s Early Medieval Archaeology. Whithorn Trust
I'll be speaking about it at this year's Wigtown Book Festival - stay tuned!
www.whithorn.com/product/whit...
A Maldonado 2025. Cold Case Reopened: A Guide to Whithorn’s Early Medieval Archaeology. Whithorn Trust
I'll be speaking about it at this year's Wigtown Book Festival - stay tuned!
www.whithorn.com/product/whit...
August 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Thrilled to say the new Whithorn guidebook by me is now available to buy online!
A Maldonado 2025. Cold Case Reopened: A Guide to Whithorn’s Early Medieval Archaeology. Whithorn Trust
I'll be speaking about it at this year's Wigtown Book Festival - stay tuned!
www.whithorn.com/product/whit...
A Maldonado 2025. Cold Case Reopened: A Guide to Whithorn’s Early Medieval Archaeology. Whithorn Trust
I'll be speaking about it at this year's Wigtown Book Festival - stay tuned!
www.whithorn.com/product/whit...
Went to visit an old friend in Dunning
August 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Went to visit an old friend in Dunning
New light on early medieval reliquaries from Ireland. Some highlights from the incredible @nmireland.bsky.social Words on the Wave exhibition, and one new discovery reported in the fabulous 10th Intl Insular Art conference, Cork
July 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
New light on early medieval reliquaries from Ireland. Some highlights from the incredible @nmireland.bsky.social Words on the Wave exhibition, and one new discovery reported in the fabulous 10th Intl Insular Art conference, Cork
Just faces from a recent visit to Cormac's Chapel, Cashel.
Marvel at my restraint in not making this a 100-post thread
Marvel at my restraint in not making this a 100-post thread
June 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Just faces from a recent visit to Cormac's Chapel, Cashel.
Marvel at my restraint in not making this a 100-post thread
Marvel at my restraint in not making this a 100-post thread
Just landed on my desk! Fairly excited for this one!
May 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Just landed on my desk! Fairly excited for this one!
IB 209 from Tarbat has a fox tail and a cockerel - but no hares!
May 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
IB 209 from Tarbat has a fox tail and a cockerel - but no hares!