Kevin Wilbraham
@kpw1453.bsky.social
Passionate about archives, archaeology and the medieval past.
The Iron Age ‘Battersea Shield’ which was found in the River Thames at Battersea in 1857. Dating to around 350-50 BC, the shield is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BatterseaShield #IronAge
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The Iron Age ‘Battersea Shield’ which was found in the River Thames at Battersea in 1857. Dating to around 350-50 BC, the shield is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #BatterseaShield #IronAge
Part of a painted plaster mural from Roman York (Eboracum) depicting a robed figure holding a staff. The mural has been re-assembled where it originally stood in the crypt of York Minster - the site of the Roman headquarters basilica. 📷 My own. #FrescoFriday #YorkMinster
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Part of a painted plaster mural from Roman York (Eboracum) depicting a robed figure holding a staff. The mural has been re-assembled where it originally stood in the crypt of York Minster - the site of the Roman headquarters basilica. 📷 My own. #FrescoFriday #YorkMinster
The Tub-shaped Norman font from St. Peter’s Church at Peterchurch in Herefordshire. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #Peterchurch #Herefordshire
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The Tub-shaped Norman font from St. Peter’s Church at Peterchurch in Herefordshire. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #Peterchurch #Herefordshire
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Nothing has changed - #Egyptian flip flops 😃: a pair of sandals made of woven reed and palm leaves. Dating around 1000 BC. It has been remarkably preserved because of Egypt's arid desert climate.
On display at National Museum Copenhagen.
📷 me
🏺 me
On display at National Museum Copenhagen.
📷 me
🏺 me
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Nothing has changed - #Egyptian flip flops 😃: a pair of sandals made of woven reed and palm leaves. Dating around 1000 BC. It has been remarkably preserved because of Egypt's arid desert climate.
On display at National Museum Copenhagen.
📷 me
🏺 me
On display at National Museum Copenhagen.
📷 me
🏺 me
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St. Peter's Church, Sowerby Bridge has a history dating back to at least 1592, with the current building being the third on the site, constructed between 1763 and 1766. The current Georgian structure, built by stonemason John Wilson and based on Holy
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
St. Peter's Church, Sowerby Bridge has a history dating back to at least 1592, with the current building being the third on the site, constructed between 1763 and 1766. The current Georgian structure, built by stonemason John Wilson and based on Holy
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#AdoorableThursday
Doors/not doors in frescos all round the atrium of luxurious #Roman Villa A / Oplontis near Pompeii.
Also called Villa Poppea as it may have belonged to Poppea, second wife of Emperor Nero or her family.
🏺 #archaeology
Doors/not doors in frescos all round the atrium of luxurious #Roman Villa A / Oplontis near Pompeii.
Also called Villa Poppea as it may have belonged to Poppea, second wife of Emperor Nero or her family.
🏺 #archaeology
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#AdoorableThursday
Doors/not doors in frescos all round the atrium of luxurious #Roman Villa A / Oplontis near Pompeii.
Also called Villa Poppea as it may have belonged to Poppea, second wife of Emperor Nero or her family.
🏺 #archaeology
Doors/not doors in frescos all round the atrium of luxurious #Roman Villa A / Oplontis near Pompeii.
Also called Villa Poppea as it may have belonged to Poppea, second wife of Emperor Nero or her family.
🏺 #archaeology
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#RomanFortThursday
On the same weekend as all the Antonine wall mischief, still buzzing about this one
later on the freezing rain started falling but for a first visit, very exciting to finally catch Vindolanda 😊
On the same weekend as all the Antonine wall mischief, still buzzing about this one
later on the freezing rain started falling but for a first visit, very exciting to finally catch Vindolanda 😊
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
#RomanFortThursday
On the same weekend as all the Antonine wall mischief, still buzzing about this one
later on the freezing rain started falling but for a first visit, very exciting to finally catch Vindolanda 😊
On the same weekend as all the Antonine wall mischief, still buzzing about this one
later on the freezing rain started falling but for a first visit, very exciting to finally catch Vindolanda 😊
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Remains of a military bathhouse of the mid-Severan period, Vindolanda, Northumberland. #RomanFortThursday #Vindolanda #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Photography
November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Remains of a military bathhouse of the mid-Severan period, Vindolanda, Northumberland. #RomanFortThursday #Vindolanda #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Photography
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#RomanFortThursday
Housesteads was a #Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History
Housesteads was a #Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History
November 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#RomanFortThursday
Housesteads was a #Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History
Housesteads was a #Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland. It is dramatically positioned on the end of the mile-long crag of the Whin Sill over which the Wall runs, overlooking sparsely populated hills.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History
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#RomanFortThursday
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#RomanFortThursday
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
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Housesteads Roman fort, #Vercovicium, was constructed in the years between AD 122 and 130 when Roman emperor Hadrian’s plan for his Wall to mark the limits of the empire changed.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own, taken on sunnier days, #Northumberland.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own, taken on sunnier days, #Northumberland.
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Housesteads Roman fort, #Vercovicium, was constructed in the years between AD 122 and 130 when Roman emperor Hadrian’s plan for his Wall to mark the limits of the empire changed.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own, taken on sunnier days, #Northumberland.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own, taken on sunnier days, #Northumberland.
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It's #RomanFortThursday!
Here's the east gate to the late 3rd century Roman shore fort of Reculver (REGVLBIVM) #Kent
With stonework largely removed and reused elsewhere, it no longer keeps anyone out
📷 Oct 2016 with the dramatic medieval twin towers of St Mary’s church behind
Here's the east gate to the late 3rd century Roman shore fort of Reculver (REGVLBIVM) #Kent
With stonework largely removed and reused elsewhere, it no longer keeps anyone out
📷 Oct 2016 with the dramatic medieval twin towers of St Mary’s church behind
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 AM
It's #RomanFortThursday!
Here's the east gate to the late 3rd century Roman shore fort of Reculver (REGVLBIVM) #Kent
With stonework largely removed and reused elsewhere, it no longer keeps anyone out
📷 Oct 2016 with the dramatic medieval twin towers of St Mary’s church behind
Here's the east gate to the late 3rd century Roman shore fort of Reculver (REGVLBIVM) #Kent
With stonework largely removed and reused elsewhere, it no longer keeps anyone out
📷 Oct 2016 with the dramatic medieval twin towers of St Mary’s church behind
Reposted by Kevin Wilbraham
All along the watchtower.
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
All along the watchtower.
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
A 360 view from the site of the Roman signal station & watchtower on Eildon Hill North, Melrose.
The combined slog up here from Trimontium below, & the strength of the wind at the top, probably accounted for a lot of bribery in writing the duty rosters.
#RomanFortThursday
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I just leave this for #PhallusThursday: A Roman oil lamp featuring an inscription and a phallus.
The inscription reads "ne atigas non sum tua marci sum" (don't touch me! I'm not yours; I belong to Marcus').
From the Esquiline necropolis in Rome, 2nd century BC
📷 me (Musei Capitolini)
🏺
The inscription reads "ne atigas non sum tua marci sum" (don't touch me! I'm not yours; I belong to Marcus').
From the Esquiline necropolis in Rome, 2nd century BC
📷 me (Musei Capitolini)
🏺
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I just leave this for #PhallusThursday: A Roman oil lamp featuring an inscription and a phallus.
The inscription reads "ne atigas non sum tua marci sum" (don't touch me! I'm not yours; I belong to Marcus').
From the Esquiline necropolis in Rome, 2nd century BC
📷 me (Musei Capitolini)
🏺
The inscription reads "ne atigas non sum tua marci sum" (don't touch me! I'm not yours; I belong to Marcus').
From the Esquiline necropolis in Rome, 2nd century BC
📷 me (Musei Capitolini)
🏺
Reposted by Kevin Wilbraham
Adorable cat netsuke with eyes closed and an expression of contentment!
Purrfect! 😻
Circa 1820-1840, Edo period, Japan,
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Purrfect! 😻
Circa 1820-1840, Edo period, Japan,
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Adorable cat netsuke with eyes closed and an expression of contentment!
Purrfect! 😻
Circa 1820-1840, Edo period, Japan,
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Purrfect! 😻
Circa 1820-1840, Edo period, Japan,
📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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What's that? 🤔
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What's that? 🤔
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
You wanted an isolated Cornish boulder shaped like a dog's head? Of course.. 😊🐶
📷 Gwennap Head, West Penwith, last week
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The Deskford carnyx - shaped like the head of a boar, AD80-250. Made of brass & bronze - a wind instrument of the Iron Age Celts, used in warfare & ritual.
📷 Deskford Carnyx / Replica / Gundestrup cauldron
More about the Celtic Warrior - do not miss today's Trimontium Talk zurl.co/g0Vmy
📷 Deskford Carnyx / Replica / Gundestrup cauldron
More about the Celtic Warrior - do not miss today's Trimontium Talk zurl.co/g0Vmy
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The Deskford carnyx - shaped like the head of a boar, AD80-250. Made of brass & bronze - a wind instrument of the Iron Age Celts, used in warfare & ritual.
📷 Deskford Carnyx / Replica / Gundestrup cauldron
More about the Celtic Warrior - do not miss today's Trimontium Talk zurl.co/g0Vmy
📷 Deskford Carnyx / Replica / Gundestrup cauldron
More about the Celtic Warrior - do not miss today's Trimontium Talk zurl.co/g0Vmy
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Nov 13: Feast of Devenic (Mo Domnóc) (C6th), holy man possibly from Caithness. He became a disciple of Machar, patron saint of Aberdeen. There was an altar dedicated to Devenic jointly with the Five Wounds of Christ at St Machar’s Cathedral. Banchory-Devenick Church 📸Andrew Wood #medievalsky
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Nov 13: Feast of Devenic (Mo Domnóc) (C6th), holy man possibly from Caithness. He became a disciple of Machar, patron saint of Aberdeen. There was an altar dedicated to Devenic jointly with the Five Wounds of Christ at St Machar’s Cathedral. Banchory-Devenick Church 📸Andrew Wood #medievalsky
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Æthelred II, king of the English, convinced of a plot to assassinate him, ordered the deaths of all Danish men within his realm #OTD in 1002. What followed became known as the St Brice’s Day massacre. #medievalsky
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Æthelred II, king of the English, convinced of a plot to assassinate him, ordered the deaths of all Danish men within his realm #OTD in 1002. What followed became known as the St Brice’s Day massacre. #medievalsky
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Máel Coluim III, king of Alba, his son Edward and many other Scots were slain in a Norman ambush beside the river Aln #OTD in 1093. Morel, castellan of Bebbanburg (Bamburgh), reportedly killed the ruler. A heartbroken Queen Margaret died just three days later. 📸Bodleian Library #medievalsky
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Máel Coluim III, king of Alba, his son Edward and many other Scots were slain in a Norman ambush beside the river Aln #OTD in 1093. Morel, castellan of Bebbanburg (Bamburgh), reportedly killed the ruler. A heartbroken Queen Margaret died just three days later. 📸Bodleian Library #medievalsky
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The 5th/6th-century Selus Stone in St Just church - a testament to our perennial human tendency to mess things up.
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The 5th/6th-century Selus Stone in St Just church - a testament to our perennial human tendency to mess things up.
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For #RomanFortThursday, the formidable ramparts of Rough Castle along the Antonine Wall
If you have a scroll up through the thread there's a lot more from along the defensive system and several other forts
If you have a scroll up through the thread there's a lot more from along the defensive system and several other forts
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this is Rough Castle, feel like we're getting into #RomanFortThursday territory but this is a spectacular place, even more so in Autumn (click for full image)
#AncientSiteSunday
this is Rough Castle, feel like we're getting into #RomanFortThursday territory but this is a spectacular place, even more so in Autumn (click for full image)
#AncientSiteSunday
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
For #RomanFortThursday, the formidable ramparts of Rough Castle along the Antonine Wall
If you have a scroll up through the thread there's a lot more from along the defensive system and several other forts
If you have a scroll up through the thread there's a lot more from along the defensive system and several other forts
Reposted by Kevin Wilbraham
Such an imaginative lead for heritage in Scotland. I saw similar graphic novel artists used to illustrate the Ad Gefrin Anglo Saxon museum in Northumberland in May. A hugely effective new way to communicate archaeology 👏👏
www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
Archaeologists and Game Designers Collaborate to Create “Basically the Best Book on the Picts Ever Written” - Dig It!
Carved in Stone: A Storyteller’s Guide to the Picts is an illustrated and comprehensive book for anyone interested in Scotland’s past, including those who play tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). Fol...
www.digitscotland.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Such an imaginative lead for heritage in Scotland. I saw similar graphic novel artists used to illustrate the Ad Gefrin Anglo Saxon museum in Northumberland in May. A hugely effective new way to communicate archaeology 👏👏
www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
The remarkable 12th century south doorway of the Church of St. Mary and St. David at Kilpeck in Herefordshire. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Kilpeck #Herefordshire
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The remarkable 12th century south doorway of the Church of St. Mary and St. David at Kilpeck in Herefordshire. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Kilpeck #Herefordshire
The remains of the Roman fortlet at Kinneil, near Bo’ness on the Antonine Wall - the only example of an Antonine Wall fortlet which is still visible. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #Kinneil #AntonineWall
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The remains of the Roman fortlet at Kinneil, near Bo’ness on the Antonine Wall - the only example of an Antonine Wall fortlet which is still visible. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanScotland #Kinneil #AntonineWall