Stef North-Sagrott
@archaeostef.bsky.social
Archaeologist; Senior Cultural Resources Advisor for the Historic Scotland Properties in Care
Afternoon fellow heritage-folk.
Does anyone have access to J.M Lindsay's 1975 paper "Charcoal iron smelting and its fuel supply; the example of Lorn furnace, Argyllshire, 1753–1876" in the Journal of Historical Geography?
Would be much appreciated if anyone can share a copy!
Does anyone have access to J.M Lindsay's 1975 paper "Charcoal iron smelting and its fuel supply; the example of Lorn furnace, Argyllshire, 1753–1876" in the Journal of Historical Geography?
Would be much appreciated if anyone can share a copy!
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Afternoon fellow heritage-folk.
Does anyone have access to J.M Lindsay's 1975 paper "Charcoal iron smelting and its fuel supply; the example of Lorn furnace, Argyllshire, 1753–1876" in the Journal of Historical Geography?
Would be much appreciated if anyone can share a copy!
Does anyone have access to J.M Lindsay's 1975 paper "Charcoal iron smelting and its fuel supply; the example of Lorn furnace, Argyllshire, 1753–1876" in the Journal of Historical Geography?
Would be much appreciated if anyone can share a copy!
Very nice to see this take/interpretation on Y Gododdin at Edinburgh Castle - Castle of Light tonight
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Very nice to see this take/interpretation on Y Gododdin at Edinburgh Castle - Castle of Light tonight
Nothing too horrific came out of the well (so far)
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Nothing too horrific came out of the well (so far)
Paisley Abbey....
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Paisley Abbey....
Had a great day with the team visiting the Govan Stones, hearing all about the work that Govan Workspace are doing to create a viable future & getting a tour from Prof Driscoll himself.
Make sure you visit when they reopen in 2026 thegovanstones.org.uk
#TombTuesday (given the Govan Sarcophagus)
Make sure you visit when they reopen in 2026 thegovanstones.org.uk
#TombTuesday (given the Govan Sarcophagus)
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Had a great day with the team visiting the Govan Stones, hearing all about the work that Govan Workspace are doing to create a viable future & getting a tour from Prof Driscoll himself.
Make sure you visit when they reopen in 2026 thegovanstones.org.uk
#TombTuesday (given the Govan Sarcophagus)
Make sure you visit when they reopen in 2026 thegovanstones.org.uk
#TombTuesday (given the Govan Sarcophagus)
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Turns out on this day in 2014 I was at Hambledon Hill with @nts-archaeology.bsky.social and @nattrustarch.bsky.social #HillfortsWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Turns out on this day in 2014 I was at Hambledon Hill with @nts-archaeology.bsky.social and @nattrustarch.bsky.social #HillfortsWednesday
There's a range of different markers across our sites; some are just plain concrete markers, others are incised like at Edin's Hall and then there's also some fantastic ones with metal plates like this one at Dunadd
October 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
There's a range of different markers across our sites; some are just plain concrete markers, others are incised like at Edin's Hall and then there's also some fantastic ones with metal plates like this one at Dunadd
And a couple of photos from my last visit to the site, to recover an Iron Age whetstone that had been discovered in the niche by the entrance.
Now published in History of the Berwickshire Naturalists www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Now published in History of the Berwickshire Naturalists www.researchgate.net/publication/...
October 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
And a couple of photos from my last visit to the site, to recover an Iron Age whetstone that had been discovered in the niche by the entrance.
Now published in History of the Berwickshire Naturalists www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Now published in History of the Berwickshire Naturalists www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Heading through to Glasgow Cathedral later today to see what is found at the top of the well by Clyde Archaeology.
The archaeology of tourism and contemporary ritual offerings?
The archaeology of tourism and contemporary ritual offerings?
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Heading through to Glasgow Cathedral later today to see what is found at the top of the well by Clyde Archaeology.
The archaeology of tourism and contemporary ritual offerings?
The archaeology of tourism and contemporary ritual offerings?
For #RomanFortThursday the spectacular earthworks of Ardoch Roman Fort likely dating to the mid-2nd century AD
The Romans repeatedly used the area as a halting-place on a major axis of communication may be gauged by the number of temporary camps which have been detected in the fields to the north
The Romans repeatedly used the area as a halting-place on a major axis of communication may be gauged by the number of temporary camps which have been detected in the fields to the north
September 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
For #RomanFortThursday the spectacular earthworks of Ardoch Roman Fort likely dating to the mid-2nd century AD
The Romans repeatedly used the area as a halting-place on a major axis of communication may be gauged by the number of temporary camps which have been detected in the fields to the north
The Romans repeatedly used the area as a halting-place on a major axis of communication may be gauged by the number of temporary camps which have been detected in the fields to the north
There's a 14th century gargoyle at Melrose Abbey of a pig playing the bagpipes
August 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
There's a 14th century gargoyle at Melrose Abbey of a pig playing the bagpipes
Turns out there's been some iconoclasm in Southampton
August 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Turns out there's been some iconoclasm in Southampton
One for @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social - I was reading this morning about the Asda 'Price Promise' stones that were erected across the country in the 90s
loststonesofasda.wordpress.com
Some are definitely on the way to being archaeological monuments, such as this one in Trumfleet, South Yorkshire
loststonesofasda.wordpress.com
Some are definitely on the way to being archaeological monuments, such as this one in Trumfleet, South Yorkshire
![A stone that looks like a prehistoric standing stone but inscribed with "Asda Price Promise Permanently [text obscured] prices [text obscured].
The stone is by a Drystone wall and vegetation grows around it](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7mzhk55756kcluyutorbqyex/bafkreicxukeks37aqp6tgtzj2hlbvjgtxc5syw4ptr6nnojxhazlrfwflq@jpeg)
August 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
One for @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social - I was reading this morning about the Asda 'Price Promise' stones that were erected across the country in the 90s
loststonesofasda.wordpress.com
Some are definitely on the way to being archaeological monuments, such as this one in Trumfleet, South Yorkshire
loststonesofasda.wordpress.com
Some are definitely on the way to being archaeological monuments, such as this one in Trumfleet, South Yorkshire
There's two up here in Scotland, Abernethy and Brechin, and we care for both of them. A few years back I go inside Brechin and up to the top.
For Abernethy you can access it by collecting a key from the museum www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-plac...
For Abernethy you can access it by collecting a key from the museum www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-plac...
August 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
There's two up here in Scotland, Abernethy and Brechin, and we care for both of them. A few years back I go inside Brechin and up to the top.
For Abernethy you can access it by collecting a key from the museum www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-plac...
For Abernethy you can access it by collecting a key from the museum www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-plac...
When I wrote to my MP back in July I got this response, which suggests one incident last year and far less than what happens at many of the Far Right "protests"
August 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
When I wrote to my MP back in July I got this response, which suggests one incident last year and far less than what happens at many of the Far Right "protests"
Three entries for #ADoorAbleThursday this week, all from the cloister of the Cluniac priory in Carennac which I visited earlier this week.
The fledgling Swifts? were having a well deserved rest on the hood moulding of the door into the church
The fledgling Swifts? were having a well deserved rest on the hood moulding of the door into the church
August 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Three entries for #ADoorAbleThursday this week, all from the cloister of the Cluniac priory in Carennac which I visited earlier this week.
The fledgling Swifts? were having a well deserved rest on the hood moulding of the door into the church
The fledgling Swifts? were having a well deserved rest on the hood moulding of the door into the church
Ok so it's not prehistoric but it is stone and it is standing, and it is Sunday.
I did some very rough and ready Structure from Motion after my visit to St Orland's Stone the other week. Really helped pull out the detail of the carvings
#StandingStoneSunday
I did some very rough and ready Structure from Motion after my visit to St Orland's Stone the other week. Really helped pull out the detail of the carvings
#StandingStoneSunday
July 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ok so it's not prehistoric but it is stone and it is standing, and it is Sunday.
I did some very rough and ready Structure from Motion after my visit to St Orland's Stone the other week. Really helped pull out the detail of the carvings
#StandingStoneSunday
I did some very rough and ready Structure from Motion after my visit to St Orland's Stone the other week. Really helped pull out the detail of the carvings
#StandingStoneSunday
Not the best picture, but looking SSW down Kilmartin Glen just after sunrise on a frosty March morning
July 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Not the best picture, but looking SSW down Kilmartin Glen just after sunrise on a frosty March morning
Over the last few days I've ticked off four more of our sites that I'd not visited before
1. Restenneth Priory
2. Preston Market Cross
3. Eassie Sculptured Stone
4. St Orland's Stone
1. Restenneth Priory
2. Preston Market Cross
3. Eassie Sculptured Stone
4. St Orland's Stone
July 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Over the last few days I've ticked off four more of our sites that I'd not visited before
1. Restenneth Priory
2. Preston Market Cross
3. Eassie Sculptured Stone
4. St Orland's Stone
1. Restenneth Priory
2. Preston Market Cross
3. Eassie Sculptured Stone
4. St Orland's Stone
For #TombTuesday the Jedburgh Abbey shrine, likely dating to the 8th or 9th centuries AD.
The panel design of vines, in which birds, mice and other animals sit eating the grapes, is found in Anglo-Saxon Christian art, especially Northumbrian sculpture.
You can see it in the Abbey Visitor Centre
The panel design of vines, in which birds, mice and other animals sit eating the grapes, is found in Anglo-Saxon Christian art, especially Northumbrian sculpture.
You can see it in the Abbey Visitor Centre
July 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
For #TombTuesday the Jedburgh Abbey shrine, likely dating to the 8th or 9th centuries AD.
The panel design of vines, in which birds, mice and other animals sit eating the grapes, is found in Anglo-Saxon Christian art, especially Northumbrian sculpture.
You can see it in the Abbey Visitor Centre
The panel design of vines, in which birds, mice and other animals sit eating the grapes, is found in Anglo-Saxon Christian art, especially Northumbrian sculpture.
You can see it in the Abbey Visitor Centre
Been trying to decide if this is better suited for #HillfortsWednesday or #FindsFriday
Our new exhibition at Dumbarton Castle opened this week. It sheds some light on the stronghold of Alt Clut & has previously unseen artefacts from the 1970s excavation
It's quite the transformation
#Archaeology
Our new exhibition at Dumbarton Castle opened this week. It sheds some light on the stronghold of Alt Clut & has previously unseen artefacts from the 1970s excavation
It's quite the transformation
#Archaeology
July 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Been trying to decide if this is better suited for #HillfortsWednesday or #FindsFriday
Our new exhibition at Dumbarton Castle opened this week. It sheds some light on the stronghold of Alt Clut & has previously unseen artefacts from the 1970s excavation
It's quite the transformation
#Archaeology
Our new exhibition at Dumbarton Castle opened this week. It sheds some light on the stronghold of Alt Clut & has previously unseen artefacts from the 1970s excavation
It's quite the transformation
#Archaeology
#adoorablethursday live from Jedburgh Abbey
OK, I cheated with the last two as they're from the model of the abbey!
OK, I cheated with the last two as they're from the model of the abbey!
June 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
#adoorablethursday live from Jedburgh Abbey
OK, I cheated with the last two as they're from the model of the abbey!
OK, I cheated with the last two as they're from the model of the abbey!