Harry Feather
@harry-feather.bsky.social
Historian and Archaeologist, currently studying MLitt Archaeology Studies at UHI. Coffee swilling chess playing leftie leaning mostly human. He/him (probably).
Would be an interesting discussion in my Cultural Heritage Management module. How do people think we should manage items gained through colonial horrors?
November 18, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Would be an interesting discussion in my Cultural Heritage Management module. How do people think we should manage items gained through colonial horrors?
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Scabbard Plates • Antrim • Iron Age
These beautifully decorated bronze scabbard plates were part of an important hoard of Iron Age objects found in a bog near Ballymena, Antrim, in the 19th century.
The surface is intricately decorated in the La Tène style.
See them in the Ulster Museum, Belfast.
These beautifully decorated bronze scabbard plates were part of an important hoard of Iron Age objects found in a bog near Ballymena, Antrim, in the 19th century.
The surface is intricately decorated in the La Tène style.
See them in the Ulster Museum, Belfast.
November 17, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Scabbard Plates • Antrim • Iron Age
These beautifully decorated bronze scabbard plates were part of an important hoard of Iron Age objects found in a bog near Ballymena, Antrim, in the 19th century.
The surface is intricately decorated in the La Tène style.
See them in the Ulster Museum, Belfast.
These beautifully decorated bronze scabbard plates were part of an important hoard of Iron Age objects found in a bog near Ballymena, Antrim, in the 19th century.
The surface is intricately decorated in the La Tène style.
See them in the Ulster Museum, Belfast.
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C.10th upright carved slab in Ardchattan Priory, Argyll. Later cut down & repurposed as a grave slab. Believed to have been moved here after the priory was founded. Possibly Norse in style. #medievalBluesky
November 15, 2024 at 11:58 PM
C.10th upright carved slab in Ardchattan Priory, Argyll. Later cut down & repurposed as a grave slab. Believed to have been moved here after the priory was founded. Possibly Norse in style. #medievalBluesky
First time for posting. Last time I was on social media properly I was a classroom teacher. How my life has changed. Not sure whether archaeology and social media works well or not but I’m giving it a go! Anyone else interested in the Iron Age - specifically Scotland?
November 16, 2024 at 6:09 PM
First time for posting. Last time I was on social media properly I was a classroom teacher. How my life has changed. Not sure whether archaeology and social media works well or not but I’m giving it a go! Anyone else interested in the Iron Age - specifically Scotland?
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Enjoyed this blog on an overlooked figure from Orkneyinga saga. In fact my only recollection of him from the saga was that he subverted Orkney's warning beacon system, making him surely one of the first hackers (or phreakers) in history. #MedievalSky
Kolr Kalason, forgotten hero of #OrkneyingaSaga?! Married to the Orcadian sister of St. Magnus, he was mover & shaker behind the cathedral’s construction… but what else did he do? Find out just how much can be gleaned through close readings of the saga! shorturl.at/wfvZb
Kolr Kalason, the forgotten hero of The Saga of the Earls of Orkney - Ragna's Islands: A New Saga
Working in the Orkney Archive not long ago, I came across an intriguing booklet called The Saga of Kol Kalison, about the Norwegian father of the twelfth-century Earl of Orkney Rǫgnvaldr Kali Kolsson: The author, Charles Grant, kindly sent me the following information about it: The book was written for the Jarl Squad 2008 Lerwick ...
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November 16, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Enjoyed this blog on an overlooked figure from Orkneyinga saga. In fact my only recollection of him from the saga was that he subverted Orkney's warning beacon system, making him surely one of the first hackers (or phreakers) in history. #MedievalSky
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2024’s top finds – the dog in the drain.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/2024-top-can...
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/2024-top-can...
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar
2024’s top finds – the dog in the drain
This summer, in a corner of Structure Twelve, a few eyebrows were raised when excavation revealed the partial remains of a puppy in a drain!
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 9:34 AM
2024’s top finds – the dog in the drain.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/2024-top-can...
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/2024-top-can...
#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar
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Ridiculously thrilled to have my first journal article out - co-authored with Ruth Loggie and Prof. Gordon Noble of @northernpicts.bsky.social. Thanks so much to them both for the opportunity! The article is on new (ninth-century!) radiocarbon dates for Sueno's Stone near Forres #MedievalSky
Not one but two @northernpicts articles in the latest Soc Ant Scot proceedings! Suenos stone and church vallums
November 14, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Ridiculously thrilled to have my first journal article out - co-authored with Ruth Loggie and Prof. Gordon Noble of @northernpicts.bsky.social. Thanks so much to them both for the opportunity! The article is on new (ninth-century!) radiocarbon dates for Sueno's Stone near Forres #MedievalSky