David Petts
@davidpetts1.bsky.social
Rewriting archaeology, @durham_uni
Land/seascapes- old music/books - folk traditions - early med/ post med Britain / Armorica - views own - incorrigibly plural - Pleasant Green; Dept of Works
Land/seascapes- old music/books - folk traditions - early med/ post med Britain / Armorica - views own - incorrigibly plural - Pleasant Green; Dept of Works
Nice surprise - fragment of Roman terra sigillata from our excavations at Lindisfarne- that's our fourth bit!
September 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Nice surprise - fragment of Roman terra sigillata from our excavations at Lindisfarne- that's our fourth bit!
Three early medieval namestones in one morning in the @digventures.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social excavations at #Lindisfarne
September 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Three early medieval namestones in one morning in the @digventures.bsky.social @arcdurham.bsky.social excavations at #Lindisfarne
My problems with "King and Conqueror" are not born out of pedantry, but the fact that the whole thing is a total fucking car crash - and so so so lazy... Would far rather watch Asterix and the Normans
August 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My problems with "King and Conqueror" are not born out of pedantry, but the fact that the whole thing is a total fucking car crash - and so so so lazy... Would far rather watch Asterix and the Normans
Thames barges - Ipswich - my grandpa remembered going up to London from Essex on these as a boy as his uncles were Thames bargemen running bricks up from the brickfields of Essex
August 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Thames barges - Ipswich - my grandpa remembered going up to London from Essex on these as a boy as his uncles were Thames bargemen running bricks up from the brickfields of Essex
For someone who spends a lot (too much?) time thing about early medieval seascape, a visit to the Sutton Hoo ship project in Woodbridge amounts to an afternoon well spent
August 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
For someone who spends a lot (too much?) time thing about early medieval seascape, a visit to the Sutton Hoo ship project in Woodbridge amounts to an afternoon well spent
For someone who spends a lot (too much?) time thing about early medieval seascape, a visit to the Sutton Hoo ship project in Woodbridge amounts to an afternoon well spent
August 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
For someone who spends a lot (too much?) time thing about early medieval seascape, a visit to the Sutton Hoo ship project in Woodbridge amounts to an afternoon well spent
Deep in Housman country- looking across Corvedale towards Wenlock Edge
July 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Deep in Housman country- looking across Corvedale towards Wenlock Edge
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As an antidote to the frankly sizist 'slenderman' I'm proposing a new zeigeisty Fortean character - 'fatbloke' [coming to your peripheral vision in public parks soon]
June 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
As an antidote to the frankly sizist 'slenderman' I'm proposing a new zeigeisty Fortean character - 'fatbloke' [coming to your peripheral vision in public parks soon]
Summer's evening on Holy Island
June 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Summer's evening on Holy Island
Maritime cultural landscapes: Holy Island (Northumberland
June 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Maritime cultural landscapes: Holy Island (Northumberland
Mum and Dad are moving - saying goodbye to the village
June 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Mum and Dad are moving - saying goodbye to the village
Excited this is out - lots of Columban loveliness from myself (on island monasteries), and papers by Heather Pulliam Gilbert Markus Victoria Thompson and many others clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph... OPEN ACCESS
June 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Excited this is out - lots of Columban loveliness from myself (on island monasteries), and papers by Heather Pulliam Gilbert Markus Victoria Thompson and many others clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph... OPEN ACCESS
This image is always shared today (anniversary of AD793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne). We need to have a conversation about the fact that (a) it significantly post-dates the raid (b) we don't even know that it shows Vikings (b) even if it does show Vikings we don't know it shows the 793 attack.
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This image is always shared today (anniversary of AD793 Viking raid on Lindisfarne). We need to have a conversation about the fact that (a) it significantly post-dates the raid (b) we don't even know that it shows Vikings (b) even if it does show Vikings we don't know it shows the 793 attack.
Just realised it's Herring Day ! So here's to the herring and all who sail in her
June 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Just realised it's Herring Day ! So here's to the herring and all who sail in her
Had a splendid day yesterday pondering Cuthbertiana - cooking up plans....
June 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Had a splendid day yesterday pondering Cuthbertiana - cooking up plans....
Just bawled my way through Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by @robinince.bsky.social A funny and humane book, and one that stirred up an awful lot of personal stuff in a way that was quite disconcerting. Really hard recommend for anyone thinking or knowing they might be neurodiverse
June 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Just bawled my way through Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal by @robinince.bsky.social A funny and humane book, and one that stirred up an awful lot of personal stuff in a way that was quite disconcerting. Really hard recommend for anyone thinking or knowing they might be neurodiverse
Barwick in Elmer Maypole Festival 2025
May 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Barwick in Elmer Maypole Festival 2025
Great @arcdurham.bsky.social fieldtrip to Castlerigg stone circle today
May 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Great @arcdurham.bsky.social fieldtrip to Castlerigg stone circle today
First visit to Nostell Priory
April 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
First visit to Nostell Priory