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Jane Miller
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Learning Officer at Archaeology Scotland.
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Stumbled across St Lolan's burial ground while staying at Blair Drummond campsite🏕️
📸💀The panel above the entrance to the Muschets burial ground is fabulous!
📸🪦As are some of the gravestones.
More info👇
www.trove.scot/place/46070
#MementoMoriMonday #archaeology #Stirling #Scotland
Photograph looking up above the entrance to a small stone building/burial vault. There is a heavily carved stone panel above the doorway and a simple stone cross above that, on top of the roof. Carved onto the panel is a skeleton holding a book with a verse from the Book of Job carved onto it. There is a bright blue sky with white clouds above the building. A photo of a heavily carved stone gravestone. Symbols include a skull, hour glass and winged soul. Large scroll carvings adorn both side of the gravestone. Blue sky, white clouds and trees can be seen behind the stone. Photograph of a heavily carved stone panel above the doorway to the Muschets burial ground. Carved onto the panel is a skeleton holding a book with a verse from the Book of Job carved onto it. Below that is a coat of arms, a helmet and some elaborate scrolls. A close up photo of skeleton holding a book with a verse from the Book of Job carved onto it: ‘Job XIX:26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body yet in my flesh Shall I see GOD’
May 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Really interesting exhibition at the Baltic by Lebanese artist Ali Cherri. How I Am Monument looks at history through a material lens - mud-based sculptures take inspiration from archaeological artefacts & the natural world.
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#archaeology #art #Newcastle
Screenshot from the Baltic website showing one of Ali Cherri’s sphinx-like mud sculptures. With his name and that of the exhibition along the bottom of the picture - Ali Cherri: How I Am Monument. BALTIC is written across the top of the picture. Photo of one of Ali Cherri’s mud sculptures - a woman sitting - the head is an artefact, the body roughly shaped from mud. A photo looking up towards the head and part of the ‘wing’ of a spine-like mud sculpture.
April 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Who says online can’t be interactive?!
A great workshop with our @archscot.bsky.social online YAC group today.
Deciding what they want to explore and do this year: sites, artefacts, activities.
Gathering feedback through games and discussions, including a fun ‘Would You Rather…’ game!
#archaeology
A screenshot of an online presentation slide. Scotland Online YAC logo in top left corner. On the slide are the words ‘Would you rather…’ ‘engrave a spoon’ (with photo of a fish engraved onto a silver spoon) or ‘decorate pottery’ (with an illustration of a potter making a pot). Arrows, circles, hearts and stars have been added to the slide to indicate which activity group members would prefer to do.
February 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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And the carved bone and leatherwork. Amazing.

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#Viking #Archaeology #York
Photo of a long, thin piece of a Viking bone comb on a stand. The bone is carved with an intricate circular design. It is greyish brown in colour. Piece of bone with an incomplete Viking carving on the surface. Photo of two Viking leather knife sheaths both carrying intricate embossed designs.
January 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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First visit to Jorvik Viking Centre since it reopened.
The artefacts are just incredible.

Favourite object… the Viking sock. The only Viking age sock found in England, probably from Scandinavia. Need to up my nalbinding game!

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#Viking #Archaeology #York #nalbinding
Photo of a Viking age sock in a museum case. The sock is dark brown in colour. There are patches missing. The textile has been made using a technique called nalbinding. This photo is taken from the front of the sock. Photo of a Viking age sock in a museum case. The sock is dark brown in colour. There are patches missing. The textile has been made using a technique called nalbinding. This photo is taken from the side of the sock.
January 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Another frosty morning in the Scottish Borders.
Time to get to grips with nålbinding. Again!
Thanks to a lovely work colleague for the beautiful Shetland wool. And to all the amazing craftspeople on #bluesky #CraftSky for inspiration!

#nalbinding #textiles #HeritageCrafts #archaeology
Photo of two dark red flowers on a stags horn tree. The flowers are covered in frost and ice particles. Photo of a multicoloured nalbinding shawl made using the Oslo stitch with the ball of wool and a bone nalbinding needle on top. Photo of a skein of blue wool with a label saying ‘The Croft 100% Shetland Wool’. On top of the wool is a single row of nalbinding, Finnish 2+2 stitch with the wool threaded through a bone nalbinding needle. To the right side of this are three small balls of hand spun wool with brown paper labels. The top one is purpley brown in colour, dyed using elderberries. The next one down is pale orange, dyed with madder root. The bottom ball is a pale blue, dyed using nettles.
January 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Wild seascape🌊 Incredible light. Berwick pier today.
#BerwickUponTweed #Northumberland
Photo taken from the beach, looking out to see with Berwick pier and lighthouse to the right of the image. The sky looks very dramatic with a yellow grey light. The sea is rough and wavy.
January 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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For one of our projects the young people are looking for evidence of the bandstand that once stood in their local park.
Ended up down a bandstand rabbit hole!

The late 19thC Illustrated Catalogue of Macfarlane's Castings is incredible.
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#IndustrialArchaeology
#Archives
Photo of two pages from an illustrated 19th century catalogue from Macfarlane & Co, Saracen Foundry in Glasgow. The left hand page has a detailed illustration of a bandstand while the right hand page has an illustration of an arbour. The illustrations are black and white and very detailed, showing all the intricate cast iron work.
November 26, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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At @archscot.bsky.social we run the Scotland Online Young Archaeologists’ Club and this Saturday we have a St Andrew’s Day special! 🎉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Exploring Saints and Pilgrimage in Early Medieval Scotland - quizzes, activities and lots of interesting info for 8-16 year olds.

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Screenshot of a small brown shield shaped object from sketchfab. This object is a cast of a medieval stone mould for a pilgrim’s medal, which was most likely used for making medals for pilgrims on their way to St. Andrews in Fife. It was found in St. Andrews Kirk in North Berwick, which would have been a stop for pilgrims continuing north. It is made of stained brown plaster and features a cross and a saint side by side.
November 26, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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Exploring Victoria Park in #Leith today with young people on our latest @archscot.bsky.social Attainment through Archaeology course.

Trying to locate the site of the bandstand after an intro to historic maps using ‘Mapping History’ online resource.
Freely accessible👇
digital.nls.uk/mapping-hist...
Photo taken in an autumnal park with bare trees and yellow and brown leaves on the ground. A young person’s hands can be seen in the foreground, the right hand holding a black and white historic photograph of the park, the left hand holding up an A6 sized frame. A screenshot of the home page of the Mapping History website. The page has an illustration of a map, an area of coastline, which has a bird flying over it with a worm in its mouth. The map has buildings drawn in the top left corner and a red vintage car towards the bottom. The web page menu bar can be seen along the top of the screenshot.
November 21, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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Which included lots of #archaeology and lots of #learning!
#Shetland
Photo of the interpretation panel at Jarlshof on Shetland. Photo from inside one of the structures at Jarlshof. Photo of a simple wooden head’stone’ from a graveyard on Shetland. Photo of a Lego geophysics activity. Two Lego figures holding magnetometers.
November 16, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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And for my first post…
A few pics from our recent Archaeology Scotland Learning Team trip to Shetland.
#Archaeology #Shetland
Photo of the coastline of Shetland, looking into a low winter sun. Panoramic photo of the Ness of Burgi, Iron Age blockhouse fort on Shetland. Photo of the view along the coast from the Ness of Burgi on Shetland. Photo of a yellow and orange foam triceratops toy on top of a fence post.
November 16, 2024 at 7:24 PM