Kirsty Lilley
@kirstylilley.bsky.social
PhD in Archaeology. Researcher and overly-enthusiastic archaeologist interested in prehistory, digital humanities, maps, and bringing archaeology to everyone! Archaeology Support Officer @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social. All views my own. (she/her)
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Maps silence and they other, what is 'off the map' is as important as what is 'on the map'
1835 Florida map showing the Everglades untouched & undeveloped.
Fernandina Historic Museum.
Fernandina Historic Museum.
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Maps silence and they other, what is 'off the map' is as important as what is 'on the map'
Fantastic and fun session chatting all things rock art with @joanavaldez.bsky.social for the November meeting of Edinburgh’s online @prehistorygroup.bsky.social yesterday 🌀 #rockart #archaeology #prehistory
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Fantastic and fun session chatting all things rock art with @joanavaldez.bsky.social for the November meeting of Edinburgh’s online @prehistorygroup.bsky.social yesterday 🌀 #rockart #archaeology #prehistory
Yesterday @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social was at the annual Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Archaeology Conference to share our thoughts on working with metal detectorists towards more holistic understandings of landscapes - lovely to see lots of familiar faces and to hear all your enthusiasm! 🏺
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yesterday @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social was at the annual Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Archaeology Conference to share our thoughts on working with metal detectorists towards more holistic understandings of landscapes - lovely to see lots of familiar faces and to hear all your enthusiasm! 🏺
And we *may* have the tabletop replica Roman ballista with us (no promises I’m afraid - but I have heard great things about its marshmallow-launching capabilities) #romans #archaeology
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
And we *may* have the tabletop replica Roman ballista with us (no promises I’m afraid - but I have heard great things about its marshmallow-launching capabilities) #romans #archaeology
Looking forward to the Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Archaeology Conference (ELBAC) tomorrow at @qmuniversity.bsky.social - we’ll be there with @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social presenting work on the integration of systematic metal detecting into #archaeological practices at Newstead #Roman fort
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Looking forward to the Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Archaeology Conference (ELBAC) tomorrow at @qmuniversity.bsky.social - we’ll be there with @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social presenting work on the integration of systematic metal detecting into #archaeological practices at Newstead #Roman fort
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Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
This is such a fab way of communicating #archaeology and allowing us to be creative with in the past - “leaning into uncertainty” as a positive thing, as @archaeoplays.bsky.social articulated so well at @scotarchforum.bsky.social a few weeks ago 🏺 #storytelling
"The Picts emerge from the shadows and step forward in technicolour" 🤩
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is such a fab way of communicating #archaeology and allowing us to be creative with in the past - “leaning into uncertainty” as a positive thing, as @archaeoplays.bsky.social articulated so well at @scotarchforum.bsky.social a few weeks ago 🏺 #storytelling
One of the best #hillforts near our fantastic @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social museum and #Roman fort site - where we do lots of community archaeology! Great views from all the Eildons too #scottishborders
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
One of the best #hillforts near our fantastic @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social museum and #Roman fort site - where we do lots of community archaeology! Great views from all the Eildons too #scottishborders
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Particularly liked this sign post in Strathdon today...
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Particularly liked this sign post in Strathdon today...
Very few things rival #Caithness skies
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Very few things rival #Caithness skies
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There's still time to submit an abstract for the 2026 International Network on Quarrying and Rock-cut Sites conference 🏺 #archaeology
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
There's still time to submit an abstract for the 2026 International Network on Quarrying and Rock-cut Sites conference 🏺 #archaeology
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
Looking forward to attending the Edinburgh engagement event for CCP-AHC tomorrow at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social - an opportunity to start discussions about the future of sustainable HPC use in archaeology and beyond #digitalhumanities
🏛️ As part of her Fellowship activities, #SSIFellow Katherine McDonough has attended the first Town Hall meeting for the Toward a new CCP for Arts, Humanities, and Culture research (CCP-AHC) project. Find out more about her experience at www.software.ac.uk/blog/high-pe...
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Looking forward to attending the Edinburgh engagement event for CCP-AHC tomorrow at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social - an opportunity to start discussions about the future of sustainable HPC use in archaeology and beyond #digitalhumanities
Seems all us Scots have either run away north to Orkney/Shetland or started incessantly building bridges up the east coast - sounds all right actually
A Map Of Britain After The 2029 Technology Crash, by me and my dad.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Seems all us Scots have either run away north to Orkney/Shetland or started incessantly building bridges up the east coast - sounds all right actually
This was such a great watch! Especially lovely to see the emotional side of our work as archaeologists, remembering that behind every object and place are people and stories - and of course presented brilliantly by #SandiToksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social #archaeology
⚠️ Durotriges on TV Alert ⚠️
Join #SandiToksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social as they explore Iron Age #Dorset in episode 1 of the new #archaeology series #HiddenWonders tonight on #More4 at 9pm
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
See you there !! 👇
Join #SandiToksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social as they explore Iron Age #Dorset in episode 1 of the new #archaeology series #HiddenWonders tonight on #More4 at 9pm
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
See you there !! 👇
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This was such a great watch! Especially lovely to see the emotional side of our work as archaeologists, remembering that behind every object and place are people and stories - and of course presented brilliantly by #SandiToksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social #archaeology
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Not every day that 2 K. Lilley's also share scholarly interests! So glad that @kirstylilley.bsky.social and @profkdlilley.bsky.social have connected, and through MapReader no less :)
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Not every day that 2 K. Lilley's also share scholarly interests! So glad that @kirstylilley.bsky.social and @profkdlilley.bsky.social have connected, and through MapReader no less :)
Sad to be saying goodbye to Belfast after a brilliant two-day workshop exploring AI in visual and textual analysis, organised by the Digital Scholarship Hub at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social - huge thanks to the organisers for the invitation to present our #MapReader LCCM work #digitalhumanities
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sad to be saying goodbye to Belfast after a brilliant two-day workshop exploring AI in visual and textual analysis, organised by the Digital Scholarship Hub at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social - huge thanks to the organisers for the invitation to present our #MapReader LCCM work #digitalhumanities
Incredible prehistoric archaeology on the outskirts of Belfast - Giant’s Ring (with a dolmen!) #archaeology #prehistory #Belfast #Ireland
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Incredible prehistoric archaeology on the outskirts of Belfast - Giant’s Ring (with a dolmen!) #archaeology #prehistory #Belfast #Ireland
Belfast’s version of Scotland’s Irn Bru vending machines
October 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Belfast’s version of Scotland’s Irn Bru vending machines
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Requiem for a hillfort
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
📷 © 2022 HE Archive 27618_002
#HillfortsWednesday
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
📷 © 2022 HE Archive 27618_002
#HillfortsWednesday
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Requiem for a hillfort
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
📷 © 2022 HE Archive 27618_002
#HillfortsWednesday
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
📷 © 2022 HE Archive 27618_002
#HillfortsWednesday
More archaeology in the news that the @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social archaeology team are involved with! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #archaeology #romans #ironage #scotland
Burnswark hillfort siege site excavations cleared to proceed - BBC News
Archaelogists hope to shed new light on the story of the battle at Burnswark Hill near Lockerbie.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
More archaeology in the news that the @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social archaeology team are involved with! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #archaeology #romans #ironage #scotland
Great talk by Luke Barry @rubiconarchaeology.bsky.social for #SAF2025 on the power of social media for reaching new audiences! Kenneth and I from the Caithness Broch Project chatted about building #brochs and community resilience for their fab podcast The Shindig last year youtu.be/_adQApclNOI
Building a Broch - With The Caithness Broch Project
YouTube video by Rubicon Archaeology Limited
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October 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Great talk by Luke Barry @rubiconarchaeology.bsky.social for #SAF2025 on the power of social media for reaching new audiences! Kenneth and I from the Caithness Broch Project chatted about building #brochs and community resilience for their fab podcast The Shindig last year youtu.be/_adQApclNOI
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I wrote a thing on the @softwaresaved.bsky.social blog about HPC & MapReader + the new "Collaborative Computational Project for Arts, Humanities, and Culture" in the UK (showcasing work by @kirstylilley.bsky.social & Rosie Wood, among others!)
www.software.ac.uk/blog/high-pe...
www.software.ac.uk/blog/high-pe...
High Performance Computing and Arts and Humanities Research in the UK | Software Sustainability Institute
Thanks to SSI funding, I attended the first Town Hall meeting for the recently UKRI-funded Toward a new CCP for Arts, Humanities, and Culture research (CCP-AHC) project.
www.software.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I wrote a thing on the @softwaresaved.bsky.social blog about HPC & MapReader + the new "Collaborative Computational Project for Arts, Humanities, and Culture" in the UK (showcasing work by @kirstylilley.bsky.social & Rosie Wood, among others!)
www.software.ac.uk/blog/high-pe...
www.software.ac.uk/blog/high-pe...
For anyone at @scotarchforum.bsky.social this weekend, I’ll be on the stalls for the Caithness Broch Project and @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social and keen to chat about everything from community archaeology with metal detectors to planning permission for a broch! #archaeology #scotland #broch #romans
October 24, 2025 at 7:52 AM
For anyone at @scotarchforum.bsky.social this weekend, I’ll be on the stalls for the Caithness Broch Project and @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social and keen to chat about everything from community archaeology with metal detectors to planning permission for a broch! #archaeology #scotland #broch #romans
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Broch-tastic news. Taking experimental #archaeology to the extreme! Such a fantastic project, great news for #Caithness and Scottish archaeology. #IronAge #Broch #Scotland
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...
Scotland’s first new broch for 2000 years wins planning approval
The approval of the Caithness Broch Project’s plans represents a major milestone for their bid to build a “faithful replica” on a site near Latheron.
www.northern-times.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Broch-tastic news. Taking experimental #archaeology to the extreme! Such a fantastic project, great news for #Caithness and Scottish archaeology. #IronAge #Broch #Scotland
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...
www.northern-times.co.uk/news/scotlan...