Just back from our final Teffont Archaeology workshop! Double header of human remains by Dr Anna Davies Barrett, plus three talks. Nearly 150 volunteers engaged in under 24 hours... exhausted! Thanks to NLHF for funding, and to our hosts in Teffont, Bowerchalke and Horningsham for the talks!

Feedback has been really positive so far; we're addressing skills gaps identified by the CBA and others, and building resilience by nurturing connections across groups in Wales & SW England. We've heard groups make new connections, begin considering improvements to practice, and raising aspirations.

Today is the last day of our AHRC IAA funded Community Archaeology Specialist Training workshops; we've run 2 day workshops on each of Roman pottery, animal bone, and digital data in each of Cardiff, Exeter and Devizes, for volunteers from more than 14 community archaeology groups. 1/2

Somehow I've ended up with 3 community archaeology training workshops running simultaneously today... Teffont Archaeology NLHF funded workshop on Roman glass by Sally and Elizabeth from the Association for History of Glass at Salisbury Museum, plus...

Had a great time teaching Teffont Archaeology NLHF funded Stratigraphy workshop with our volunteers last week, and some keen souls made it two days in a row and attended our Roman Pottery workshop the following day. Really rewarding teaching and engagement, upskilling the team ahead of next summer..

Goody bags for participants being prepped for tomorrow's Teffont Archaeology NLHF funded Conservation training workshop led by the fab Celia Godfrey! Great to see our Cardiff postgraduate students spreading their wings and working on our impact activities.

Took my final year Roman Britain students to Chedworth & Corinium Museum to study elite places & how Roman Britannia is presented to the public. Great day out apart from my kind colleagues on the coach having to navigate after finding the driver wished to use neither sat nav or map #mosaicmonday

Absolute props to Owen Humphreys for this phenomenal caption in his Roman tools volume with BAR...

Just some lovely Roman chisel marks on a block of chalk masonry from the #ChalkeValleyVilla - my codirector has been busy being a media dahling on BBC Radio Wilts this morning talking about the villa and thanking our wonderful volunteers. #RomanArchaeology

Whistle-stop visit to Wessex Archaeology this afternoon to drop off some flots and environmental remains. Always good to drop in to the big enviro processing tent... its like bake off, but with mud. Exciting results to come hopefully! Maybe we can find out what date this hypocaust went out of use..

The cat has taken up residence on our recently dismounted Teffont Archaeology exhibition panels...

Back in Salisbury today for a sample processing session with our super keen volunteers, sorting flotation sample residues to find archaeological material. Workshop led by Dr Denise Wilding. #RomanArchaeology may be about mosaics and elites in the news, but the backbone of it is hard work and detail.

For #MosaicMonday, here's our newly discovered mosaic from the Garsons Field villa in the Chalke Valley, Wilts. Latch key meander & guilloche panels in a corner of a corridor. Discovered working with our amazing volunteers. Funded by Chase & Chalke. More info: teffontarchaeology.com/index.php/bl...

This afternoon I've been sorting out these two gorgeous Teffont sections, photographed 8 years apart after we returned to our monumentalised spring in 2023... click for full image.

Very much enjoying reconnecting Roman Britain today. Bluntest slide so far from Stephen Roberts!