Christopher Hervez
@christopher-hervez.bsky.social
"No stone unturned, no pound unearned". Archaeology, human behaviour, philosophy. The Morbihan and the Cotswolds. I'm so unphotogenic that I enhanced my photo with ChatGPT. It's one of the hallucinations that occur with increasing frequency...
My office this morning, we're both blessed.
November 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My office this morning, we're both blessed.
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Building associated with ostréiculture. To the right are salines. There is nothing remaining of most of the elements so I'm starting to wonder when they were abandoned. They had their present plan in the early nineteenth century.
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Building associated with ostréiculture. To the right are salines. There is nothing remaining of most of the elements so I'm starting to wonder when they were abandoned. They had their present plan in the early nineteenth century.
Marais salants, abandoned in the 1930s, Damgan. #MaraisSalantsSamedi
📷 Mine, this morning while walking with Tilly and Théo.
📷 Mine, this morning while walking with Tilly and Théo.
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Marais salants, abandoned in the 1930s, Damgan. #MaraisSalantsSamedi
📷 Mine, this morning while walking with Tilly and Théo.
📷 Mine, this morning while walking with Tilly and Théo.
The King Stone. part of the Rollright Stones complex of monuments.
- Latitude/Longitude: Lat 51deg 58’ 32.68” N, Long 1deg 34’ 14.11” W
- National Grid Reference: SP 2963 3089
#StandingStoneSunday
📷 My own, taken 1 November 2025
- Latitude/Longitude: Lat 51deg 58’ 32.68” N, Long 1deg 34’ 14.11” W
- National Grid Reference: SP 2963 3089
#StandingStoneSunday
📷 My own, taken 1 November 2025
November 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The King Stone. part of the Rollright Stones complex of monuments.
- Latitude/Longitude: Lat 51deg 58’ 32.68” N, Long 1deg 34’ 14.11” W
- National Grid Reference: SP 2963 3089
#StandingStoneSunday
📷 My own, taken 1 November 2025
- Latitude/Longitude: Lat 51deg 58’ 32.68” N, Long 1deg 34’ 14.11” W
- National Grid Reference: SP 2963 3089
#StandingStoneSunday
📷 My own, taken 1 November 2025
Like this one? My shed this morning.
November 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Like this one? My shed this morning.
Meon Hill from the west, close to the Warwickshire/Gloucestershire border. Families picking their own Pumpkins at Lower Clopton Farm. There will be a lot of shots of Meon Hill for #HillfortsWednesday. It's on my doorstep, literally.
October 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Meon Hill from the west, close to the Warwickshire/Gloucestershire border. Families picking their own Pumpkins at Lower Clopton Farm. There will be a lot of shots of Meon Hill for #HillfortsWednesday. It's on my doorstep, literally.
Marais salants. Pencadénic, Le-tour-du-parc, Morbihan.
📷 Artaud Père et Fils, Editions Gaby.
📷 Artaud Père et Fils, Editions Gaby.
October 7, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Marais salants. Pencadénic, Le-tour-du-parc, Morbihan.
📷 Artaud Père et Fils, Editions Gaby.
📷 Artaud Père et Fils, Editions Gaby.
The flat top of Meon Hill, Warwickshire, in centre shot rises behind Chipping Campden #HillfortsWednesday.
October 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The flat top of Meon Hill, Warwickshire, in centre shot rises behind Chipping Campden #HillfortsWednesday.
Portrait by Johann Heinrich Schmidt circa 1800 owned by Nelson (Wikipedia). She would have been about 34 years old, 15 years before her death. The reconstruction is probably flattering given her alcohol and laudanum consumption and long standing health problems. Any resemblance?
September 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Portrait by Johann Heinrich Schmidt circa 1800 owned by Nelson (Wikipedia). She would have been about 34 years old, 15 years before her death. The reconstruction is probably flattering given her alcohol and laudanum consumption and long standing health problems. Any resemblance?
A Google Earth image from February 2008 of Le Haut Brambien in the commune of Pluherlin (Morbihan). In the early nineteenth century alignments to rival Carnac were described here. While there are megalithic monuments nearby there is nothing like Carnac. What happened? Was there anything ever there?
September 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A Google Earth image from February 2008 of Le Haut Brambien in the commune of Pluherlin (Morbihan). In the early nineteenth century alignments to rival Carnac were described here. While there are megalithic monuments nearby there is nothing like Carnac. What happened? Was there anything ever there?
I should probably post snaps like this..
September 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I should probably post snaps like this..
The fish of Leffe... What could be better with an Indian meal in deepest Brittany.
August 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The fish of Leffe... What could be better with an Indian meal in deepest Brittany.
Sloes, the fruit of Prunus spinosa, the blackthorn, common beside the coastal footpaths of the Morbihan. Soon to be processed into sloe gin @dinahrose.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Sloes, the fruit of Prunus spinosa, the blackthorn, common beside the coastal footpaths of the Morbihan. Soon to be processed into sloe gin @dinahrose.bsky.social
Many more people attended the Pardon in the first half of the twentieth century.
August 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Many more people attended the Pardon in the first half of the twentieth century.
The prieuré of Saint-Michel de la Grêle was founded on this rocky outcrop in the eleventh century CE. It was destroyed in the seventeenth century and rebuilt in the twentieth century. My home is part of the chapel complex and in a steep valley beside the chapel.
August 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The prieuré of Saint-Michel de la Grêle was founded on this rocky outcrop in the eleventh century CE. It was destroyed in the seventeenth century and rebuilt in the twentieth century. My home is part of the chapel complex and in a steep valley beside the chapel.
The Pardon of Notre-Dame de la Tronchaye at the Chapelle Saint Michel de la Grêle, Rochefort-en-Terre.
August 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The Pardon of Notre-Dame de la Tronchaye at the Chapelle Saint Michel de la Grêle, Rochefort-en-Terre.
Then you need a Leonora Carrington tarot card to reflect on..
July 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Then you need a Leonora Carrington tarot card to reflect on..
Le pacte des diables...
July 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Le pacte des diables...
Jardins d'huitres exposed as low tide. The ria at Port Pénerf, Morbihan. Coffee and fig biscuits while sitting on the wall.
June 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Jardins d'huitres exposed as low tide. The ria at Port Pénerf, Morbihan. Coffee and fig biscuits while sitting on the wall.
On the opposite side of the road were these magnificent plants dominating the pavement.
Who arranged the petals there? Why? How many people were engaged in this? Was the precise location important? 3/3
Who arranged the petals there? Why? How many people were engaged in this? Was the precise location important? 3/3
May 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
On the opposite side of the road were these magnificent plants dominating the pavement.
Who arranged the petals there? Why? How many people were engaged in this? Was the precise location important? 3/3
Who arranged the petals there? Why? How many people were engaged in this? Was the precise location important? 3/3
They were in close proximity to the door of a small building used to house electrical equipment. 2/3
May 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
They were in close proximity to the door of a small building used to house electrical equipment. 2/3
On a regular dog walking route around a South Warwickshire village I saw these read and white valerian flowers (Centranthus ruber and Centranthus ruber alba) arranged on a paver.. 1/3
May 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
On a regular dog walking route around a South Warwickshire village I saw these read and white valerian flowers (Centranthus ruber and Centranthus ruber alba) arranged on a paver.. 1/3