Ian Marshman
@marshmanij.bsky.social
Historic Environment Senior Advisor at Natural England living in lovely Lincolnshire. Chairman of Horncastle History & Heritage Society. All views my own
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This intriguing pillar with a carving of a hedgehog (? - or could it be a porcupine) has turned up in a Herefordshire graveyard. It's very slightly coffin shaped but not really wide enough. Has anyone seen anything similar, anywhere? Thoughts??
April 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This intriguing pillar with a carving of a hedgehog (? - or could it be a porcupine) has turned up in a Herefordshire graveyard. It's very slightly coffin shaped but not really wide enough. Has anyone seen anything similar, anywhere? Thoughts??
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Opportunities for artists to engage people in the mining heritage of the North Pennines. Individual artists can apply for an artist-in-residence programme and there are bursaries for individual artists/groups of artists.
Find out more/apply: http://bit.ly/NPartistopportunities2025
Find out more/apply: http://bit.ly/NPartistopportunities2025
January 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Opportunities for artists to engage people in the mining heritage of the North Pennines. Individual artists can apply for an artist-in-residence programme and there are bursaries for individual artists/groups of artists.
Find out more/apply: http://bit.ly/NPartistopportunities2025
Find out more/apply: http://bit.ly/NPartistopportunities2025
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At last we can break this story on @tcddublin.bsky.social and @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research work on Iron Age DNA and rewriting the story of the Durotriges !!!!!
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Land and wealth in Celtic Britain centred on women - DNA analysis
DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
At last we can break this story on @tcddublin.bsky.social and @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research work on Iron Age DNA and rewriting the story of the Durotriges !!!!!
👇👇👇👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The NT turns 130 this year! While celebrating our past, we're focused on the future. This new strategy is our plan for 2025-35, shaped by feedback from 70,000 partners, members, visitors, volunteers & staff asking 'How can we serve you?'
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January 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The NT turns 130 this year! While celebrating our past, we're focused on the future. This new strategy is our plan for 2025-35, shaped by feedback from 70,000 partners, members, visitors, volunteers & staff asking 'How can we serve you?'
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/o...
📷 ©NT/Paul Harris
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/o...
📷 ©NT/Paul Harris
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THREAD. So much rain has the fields floating in water. Not quite the conditions yet of 2021 - the images in this thread - but, in the east of England, still a practical lesson explaining so much about land use before under-field drainage began in the 17thC.
January 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
THREAD. So much rain has the fields floating in water. Not quite the conditions yet of 2021 - the images in this thread - but, in the east of England, still a practical lesson explaining so much about land use before under-field drainage began in the 17thC.
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This is a beautiful concept. Would love to see this embedded into Scottish nature recovery projects. 💚
Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ghosts of the landscape: how folklore and songs are key to rewilding Finland’s reindeer
For ecologists restoring the vast bogs of remote Karelia, wild reindeer are not just part of the environment but entwined with the ancient culture of the boreal forests
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 8:43 AM
This is a beautiful concept. Would love to see this embedded into Scottish nature recovery projects. 💚
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Some yuletide (archaeo)botany to send you on your way: Iron Age mistletoe fragments from Wardy Hill Ringwork, Ely &
a recent article on the UK's big mistletoe 'comeback' (possibly thanks to warmer winters & the Eurasian blackcap!)
shorturl.at/vEEUC #WildWednesdays #Archaeobotany #Archaeology
a recent article on the UK's big mistletoe 'comeback' (possibly thanks to warmer winters & the Eurasian blackcap!)
shorturl.at/vEEUC #WildWednesdays #Archaeobotany #Archaeology
December 18, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Some yuletide (archaeo)botany to send you on your way: Iron Age mistletoe fragments from Wardy Hill Ringwork, Ely &
a recent article on the UK's big mistletoe 'comeback' (possibly thanks to warmer winters & the Eurasian blackcap!)
shorturl.at/vEEUC #WildWednesdays #Archaeobotany #Archaeology
a recent article on the UK's big mistletoe 'comeback' (possibly thanks to warmer winters & the Eurasian blackcap!)
shorturl.at/vEEUC #WildWednesdays #Archaeobotany #Archaeology