Daniel Cockling
@danielcockling.bsky.social
Archaeologist, particularly of the early medieval persuasion. Lives in the North. *insert bit about this nonsense not being the views of my employer*
He/Him
He/Him
Meant to share these ages ago but life got in the way. Metal detectors for sale at Go Outdoors back before the summer, explicitly with the goal of finding "treasure" and "relics"...
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Meant to share these ages ago but life got in the way. Metal detectors for sale at Go Outdoors back before the summer, explicitly with the goal of finding "treasure" and "relics"...
Who is asking for this?
November 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Who is asking for this?
If anything, his position adds to the viewing experience
October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
If anything, his position adds to the viewing experience
Seasonally appropriate reading
October 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Seasonally appropriate reading
Rained all of yesterday and the Internet was crap so I got three books off the TBR pile...
September 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Rained all of yesterday and the Internet was crap so I got three books off the TBR pile...
Lighthearted reading for a Sunday afternoon about global pollution
September 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Lighthearted reading for a Sunday afternoon about global pollution
Barely recovered from August bank holiday
August 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Barely recovered from August bank holiday
(Biscoff is caramelised biscuit)
August 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
(Biscoff is caramelised biscuit)
A bonus pic from our discovery of this fact
August 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A bonus pic from our discovery of this fact
Regret to inform that the cat can climb ladders now, but has yet to master going down again
August 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Regret to inform that the cat can climb ladders now, but has yet to master going down again
Methodologically unsound given that conventions are set up to be a great place to share experiences with like-minded people, and not, for example, sports stadia.
July 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Methodologically unsound given that conventions are set up to be a great place to share experiences with like-minded people, and not, for example, sports stadia.
Absolutely been had here
July 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Absolutely been had here
Not as much behind the scenes as I'd have wanted
July 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Not as much behind the scenes as I'd have wanted
Two from recent prolonged time spent on my own in vans
One an overly simplistic narrative that ignores political choices which aren't necessarily geographical, and the other made me hungry
One an overly simplistic narrative that ignores political choices which aren't necessarily geographical, and the other made me hungry
July 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Two from recent prolonged time spent on my own in vans
One an overly simplistic narrative that ignores political choices which aren't necessarily geographical, and the other made me hungry
One an overly simplistic narrative that ignores political choices which aren't necessarily geographical, and the other made me hungry
What is the market for this?
June 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
What is the market for this?
Imagining this but with a toilet brush
June 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Imagining this but with a toilet brush
Just completed this beaut, made better purely for the inclusion of a mini me
May 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Just completed this beaut, made better purely for the inclusion of a mini me
In the unstrat bag, surely?
May 3, 2025 at 8:52 AM
In the unstrat bag, surely?
Partly scratched the itch, but did leave me wanting the minutiae of Red Cross parcels and Swiss diplomatic missions.
April 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Partly scratched the itch, but did leave me wanting the minutiae of Red Cross parcels and Swiss diplomatic missions.
In practice, more literature analysis than historical or archaeological, and whilst revised, no concern or reflection shown about how PPG16 etc has impacted this topic to actually put a new revised copy into its context.
April 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In practice, more literature analysis than historical or archaeological, and whilst revised, no concern or reflection shown about how PPG16 etc has impacted this topic to actually put a new revised copy into its context.
Could've had more about field drains tbh
March 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Could've had more about field drains tbh
Haven't seen the stage show so can't comment, but tbh the film was better than the book
March 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Haven't seen the stage show so can't comment, but tbh the film was better than the book
Barely even got to use it
February 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Barely even got to use it
And here we see the humble wheelie bin leaving its native habitat, migrating to pastures new
January 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
And here we see the humble wheelie bin leaving its native habitat, migrating to pastures new