Crystal Hollis
@graffitiginger.bsky.social
Historian and archaeologist. Historic graffiti specialist. London history nerd. Church crawler. Theatre. Crochet.
Leicester cathedral- It had been absolutely chucking down rain a few minutes before I took this, but hopefully a worthy addition to #SteepleSaturday.
#LeicesterCathedral
#ChurchCrawling
#LeicesterCathedral
#ChurchCrawling
August 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Leicester cathedral- It had been absolutely chucking down rain a few minutes before I took this, but hopefully a worthy addition to #SteepleSaturday.
#LeicesterCathedral
#ChurchCrawling
#LeicesterCathedral
#ChurchCrawling
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Church of St Ruan, #RuanMinor #Cornwall
A 15th Century tower of serpentine, covered in creeper.
#SteepleSaturday
🧵1/2
A 15th Century tower of serpentine, covered in creeper.
#SteepleSaturday
🧵1/2
August 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Church of St Ruan, #RuanMinor #Cornwall
A 15th Century tower of serpentine, covered in creeper.
#SteepleSaturday
🧵1/2
A 15th Century tower of serpentine, covered in creeper.
#SteepleSaturday
🧵1/2
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Never mind if walls could talk…
…felled in 1358 we wonder what this oak post had seen?
…felled in 1358 we wonder what this oak post had seen?
August 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Never mind if walls could talk…
…felled in 1358 we wonder what this oak post had seen?
…felled in 1358 we wonder what this oak post had seen?
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#RomanSiteSaturday: the #Roman burial chamber of a wealthy family in Cologne-Weiden. The subterranean burial chamber (hypogaeum) dates back to the 2nd century AD. It's considered the best preserved of its kind north of the Alps. It was discovered... 🧵 1/2
#archaeology 🏺
#archaeology 🏺
August 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#RomanSiteSaturday: the #Roman burial chamber of a wealthy family in Cologne-Weiden. The subterranean burial chamber (hypogaeum) dates back to the 2nd century AD. It's considered the best preserved of its kind north of the Alps. It was discovered... 🧵 1/2
#archaeology 🏺
#archaeology 🏺
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Pedro Pascal might be in everything right now but we can confirm that he is not currently in The Museum of English Rural Life
August 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Pedro Pascal might be in everything right now but we can confirm that he is not currently in The Museum of English Rural Life
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We need your help!
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
August 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We need your help!
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
The East Anglian Folklore Centre is having a fundraiser. We desperately want to keep our space open and have achieved so much this last year.
But for it to continue we need your support. As little as 50p and a share would mean the world.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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Roman floor tile with a sketch of a lighthouse (or space rocket? 🚀😉)
The sketch was scratched into the wet clay before firing.
Two Roman lighthouses flanked the harbour at Dover, the main base of the Roman fleet ‘Classis Britannica’.
British Museum 📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
The sketch was scratched into the wet clay before firing.
Two Roman lighthouses flanked the harbour at Dover, the main base of the Roman fleet ‘Classis Britannica’.
British Museum 📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
August 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Roman floor tile with a sketch of a lighthouse (or space rocket? 🚀😉)
The sketch was scratched into the wet clay before firing.
Two Roman lighthouses flanked the harbour at Dover, the main base of the Roman fleet ‘Classis Britannica’.
British Museum 📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
The sketch was scratched into the wet clay before firing.
Two Roman lighthouses flanked the harbour at Dover, the main base of the Roman fleet ‘Classis Britannica’.
British Museum 📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
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peace was never an option
August 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
peace was never an option
Third bucket list church I've gotten to this year! Chesterfield sure is an interesting gem.
#churchcrawling
#churchcrawling
July 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Third bucket list church I've gotten to this year! Chesterfield sure is an interesting gem.
#churchcrawling
#churchcrawling
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A marvellous scene of daily life for #ReliefWednesday: A #Roman funerary relief depicting the transport of two (wine?) barrels on a four wheeled cart pulled by two oxen. A #dog, probably the driver's beloved companion, is sitting on the barrels. 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
🏺 #archaeology
July 30, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A marvellous scene of daily life for #ReliefWednesday: A #Roman funerary relief depicting the transport of two (wine?) barrels on a four wheeled cart pulled by two oxen. A #dog, probably the driver's beloved companion, is sitting on the barrels. 🧵1/2
🏺 #archaeology
🏺 #archaeology
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It's #internationaltigerday and we love jumping on a bandwagon.
However we are a medieval Hall so...you know...we don't have much in our collections that is tiger related. Actually we have nothing tiger related.
But we know they like tea as Judith Kerr told us. So here's a fancy silver tea pot.
However we are a medieval Hall so...you know...we don't have much in our collections that is tiger related. Actually we have nothing tiger related.
But we know they like tea as Judith Kerr told us. So here's a fancy silver tea pot.
July 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It's #internationaltigerday and we love jumping on a bandwagon.
However we are a medieval Hall so...you know...we don't have much in our collections that is tiger related. Actually we have nothing tiger related.
But we know they like tea as Judith Kerr told us. So here's a fancy silver tea pot.
However we are a medieval Hall so...you know...we don't have much in our collections that is tiger related. Actually we have nothing tiger related.
But we know they like tea as Judith Kerr told us. So here's a fancy silver tea pot.
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nothing beats a Jet 2 holiday - but if it could, it would be The Museum of English Rural Life
July 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
nothing beats a Jet 2 holiday - but if it could, it would be The Museum of English Rural Life
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#TraceryTuesday from St Wilfrid's, Old Arley, Warwickshire.
July 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
#TraceryTuesday from St Wilfrid's, Old Arley, Warwickshire.
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CFP: Leeds IMC 2026
The Society for Fourteenth-Century Studies invites papers on any aspect of the long 14thC across the Plantagenet estates.
📅 6–9 July 2026
📨 Title + abstract by 31 Aug 2025
✉️ Laura.Tompkins@hrp.org.uk & dgreen@harlaxton.ac.uk
The Society for Fourteenth-Century Studies invites papers on any aspect of the long 14thC across the Plantagenet estates.
📅 6–9 July 2026
📨 Title + abstract by 31 Aug 2025
✉️ Laura.Tompkins@hrp.org.uk & dgreen@harlaxton.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
CFP: Leeds IMC 2026
The Society for Fourteenth-Century Studies invites papers on any aspect of the long 14thC across the Plantagenet estates.
📅 6–9 July 2026
📨 Title + abstract by 31 Aug 2025
✉️ Laura.Tompkins@hrp.org.uk & dgreen@harlaxton.ac.uk
The Society for Fourteenth-Century Studies invites papers on any aspect of the long 14thC across the Plantagenet estates.
📅 6–9 July 2026
📨 Title + abstract by 31 Aug 2025
✉️ Laura.Tompkins@hrp.org.uk & dgreen@harlaxton.ac.uk
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Part of a building dedication to the Emperor Antoninus Pius by the Sixth Legion which was found at Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Now on display in the site museum. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #HadriansWall
July 29, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Part of a building dedication to the Emperor Antoninus Pius by the Sixth Legion which was found at Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Now on display in the site museum. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #HadriansWall
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Just because you all need more archaeological sites and finds in your feed. The ship burial at Gokstad near Sandefjord, Southeastern Norway, was excavated in 1880. The ship had a length of 23 m and is dated to around 890 AD. The ship was in use for about 10 years before being used as a burial ship.
July 29, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Just because you all need more archaeological sites and finds in your feed. The ship burial at Gokstad near Sandefjord, Southeastern Norway, was excavated in 1880. The ship had a length of 23 m and is dated to around 890 AD. The ship was in use for about 10 years before being used as a burial ship.
Flying visit to St. Petrox in Dartmouth. Have to say the skylights were a bit of a surprise!
#churchcrawling
#churcharchaeology
#churchcrawling
#churcharchaeology
July 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Flying visit to St. Petrox in Dartmouth. Have to say the skylights were a bit of a surprise!
#churchcrawling
#churcharchaeology
#churchcrawling
#churcharchaeology
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For the Feast Day of St Christopher we find this 15c roundel at Denton Church, Norfolk.
July 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
For the Feast Day of St Christopher we find this 15c roundel at Denton Church, Norfolk.
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Church of St Wulfram’s, #Grantham #Lincolnshire
West tower, the main feature of which is the crocketed spire.
86 metres (282 feet tall in total.
Lucarnes with ballflowers at lower level, plain on the level above.
Peregrine falcons were circling.
#SteepleSaturday
West tower, the main feature of which is the crocketed spire.
86 metres (282 feet tall in total.
Lucarnes with ballflowers at lower level, plain on the level above.
Peregrine falcons were circling.
#SteepleSaturday
July 26, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Church of St Wulfram’s, #Grantham #Lincolnshire
West tower, the main feature of which is the crocketed spire.
86 metres (282 feet tall in total.
Lucarnes with ballflowers at lower level, plain on the level above.
Peregrine falcons were circling.
#SteepleSaturday
West tower, the main feature of which is the crocketed spire.
86 metres (282 feet tall in total.
Lucarnes with ballflowers at lower level, plain on the level above.
Peregrine falcons were circling.
#SteepleSaturday
Reposted by Crystal Hollis
#RockArt hints at the origin of Egyptian kings 🏺
Analysis of a rock engraving near Aswan, Egypt, indicates it may depict an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the #AncientEgyptian state.
A powerful #AntiquityThread 1/16 🧵
Analysis of a rock engraving near Aswan, Egypt, indicates it may depict an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the #AncientEgyptian state.
A powerful #AntiquityThread 1/16 🧵
July 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
#RockArt hints at the origin of Egyptian kings 🏺
Analysis of a rock engraving near Aswan, Egypt, indicates it may depict an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the #AncientEgyptian state.
A powerful #AntiquityThread 1/16 🧵
Analysis of a rock engraving near Aswan, Egypt, indicates it may depict an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the #AncientEgyptian state.
A powerful #AntiquityThread 1/16 🧵
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The only medieval Cathedral with three spires.
@lichfieldcathedral.bsky.social has many treasures including the Lichfield Angel, discovered in 2003, a remarkable survival of Saxon sculpture. Dated to c800 it is thought to have formed part of a tomb presumably that of St Chad.
> buff.ly/3iSV9OS
@lichfieldcathedral.bsky.social has many treasures including the Lichfield Angel, discovered in 2003, a remarkable survival of Saxon sculpture. Dated to c800 it is thought to have formed part of a tomb presumably that of St Chad.
> buff.ly/3iSV9OS
July 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The only medieval Cathedral with three spires.
@lichfieldcathedral.bsky.social has many treasures including the Lichfield Angel, discovered in 2003, a remarkable survival of Saxon sculpture. Dated to c800 it is thought to have formed part of a tomb presumably that of St Chad.
> buff.ly/3iSV9OS
@lichfieldcathedral.bsky.social has many treasures including the Lichfield Angel, discovered in 2003, a remarkable survival of Saxon sculpture. Dated to c800 it is thought to have formed part of a tomb presumably that of St Chad.
> buff.ly/3iSV9OS
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After an excellent talk about graffiti on glass by @graffitiginger.bsky.social at Leicester Guildhall last night here's my favourite teeny skull in the very same building for #MementoMoriMonday
July 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
After an excellent talk about graffiti on glass by @graffitiginger.bsky.social at Leicester Guildhall last night here's my favourite teeny skull in the very same building for #MementoMoriMonday
Can't believe it's already Wednesday! Really looking forward to returning to Leicester.
Join me in just over a week's time in Leicester! We'll be talking about graffiti and glazier's marks 😎 can't wait to see you all!
#historicgraffiti #leicestermuseums #archaeology #graffiti
www.leicestermuseums.org/event-detail...
#historicgraffiti #leicestermuseums #archaeology #graffiti
www.leicestermuseums.org/event-detail...
Event Details – Leicester Museums
Details for Leicester Museums & Galleries events and exhibitions programme.
www.leicestermuseums.org
July 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Can't believe it's already Wednesday! Really looking forward to returning to Leicester.
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July 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Join me in just over a week's time in Leicester! We'll be talking about graffiti and glazier's marks 😎 can't wait to see you all!
#historicgraffiti #leicestermuseums #archaeology #graffiti
www.leicestermuseums.org/event-detail...
#historicgraffiti #leicestermuseums #archaeology #graffiti
www.leicestermuseums.org/event-detail...
Event Details – Leicester Museums
Details for Leicester Museums & Galleries events and exhibitions programme.
www.leicestermuseums.org
July 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Join me in just over a week's time in Leicester! We'll be talking about graffiti and glazier's marks 😎 can't wait to see you all!
#historicgraffiti #leicestermuseums #archaeology #graffiti
www.leicestermuseums.org/event-detail...
#historicgraffiti #leicestermuseums #archaeology #graffiti
www.leicestermuseums.org/event-detail...