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This month we’re sharing different ways in which you can learn more about the archaeology at the places in the care of @nationaltrust.org.uk.

As the colder, darker nights set in it can be nice to curl up with a good book, so here are some recent publications you might find interesting. 📚🧵
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Earlier this year, the ‘Back When’ podcast was launched.
You can join historians Helen Antrobus and James Grasby on your favourite podcast app, or the National Trust website, as they take you inside the stories of the people, places and moments that made us.

Find out more: bit.ly/3JvN0lL
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November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Start your week in Surrey!
If you're looking for some Monday morning listening why not tune in to our podcast series exploring the landscapes and monuments in the Surrey Hills:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/surrey...

Be sure to check out Episode 1 which features our very own James Brown!
A view over the Surrey Hills countryside, with rolling green hills, hedgerows and a blue sky with white fluffy clouds The main gates at Reigate Fort in Surrey
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Did you know there's a website dedicated to helping you discover more about the archaeology and heritage cared for by @nationaltrust.org.uk?
NT Heritage Records Online has been developed to promote, and provide access to, the National Trust’s archaeological and historic building database. 🧵
The Heritage Records Online website homepage with a range of pictures of historic sites and options to learn more
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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The only reason to be on #AncientBluesky it's #HillfortsWednesday 🥳🍻

Lou Barker facing the majestic cliff castle of Gurnard's Head, west Penwith, #Cornwall. The far end is crowded with houses & dominated by a towering outcrop ⛰️😮

In the care of @nattrustarch.bsky.social

📷 Yesterday
A figure photographs a rocky headland in a storm
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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We're delighted to be working with MJC-Associates to record the graffiti & inscriptions at Stoneacre. The house is a medieval timber-framed building, with many later alterations to the fabric, including those undertaken by Aymer Vallance, who presented the house to the National Trust in 1928.
The timberframed house at Stoneacre surrounded by autumn foliage
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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👻🎃 It’s All Hallows Eve, or Halloween! 🎃👻
There are many ancient buildings in the care of @nationaltrust.org.uk, so it's no surprise that some come with ghost stories and the chance to discover headless phantoms, tormented souls and even one spirit with a fondness for books!
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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We've partnered with Essex Place Services to offer a practical, 3-day building recording course in May 2026 at Knole, focusing on the Garden Wall to create a stone-by-stone record. The course includes a tour of Lord Sackville's Private Garden: www.placeservices.co.uk/conservation...

#CPD #Training
Aerial view of the mansion and parkland at Knole in Sevenoaks Kent
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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In the lead up to Halloween, there are plenty of chances to learn more about the darker side of some of the places in the care of the National Trust! 🎃 👻

Image description: The silhouette of Corfe Castle in the dawn mist ©National Trust Images/David Sellman
Image description: The silhouette of Corfe Castle in the dawn mist ©National Trust Images/David Sellman
October 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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In his latest podcast, @sirtonyrobinson.bsky.social is digging up the secrets of Sutton Hoo.
He's joined by Professor Martin Carver and Laura Howarth, Sutton Hoo's Archaeology & Engagement Manager.

Listen now: rebrand.ly/SirTonyRobin...

📸: National Trust Images/James Dobson

@nationaltrust.org.uk
The contemporary full-size sculpture of an Anglo-Saxon ship at Sutton Hoo, Suffolk
October 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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*NEWS* We’re delighted to share that from 2026, the National Trust will take on the care & management of Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust museums, collections & properties, supported by Department for Culture, Media & Sport funding.

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shrops...

#industrialheritage
Ironbridge Gorge transfer
Museums in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire will transfer to the care of the National Trust from spring 2026
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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We're excited to be working with Wealden Archaeology Group at Scotney Castle! During October, the team has been undertaking GPR survey to learn more about the lost buildings depicted on 18th-early 19th century plans, to the west of the Old Castle.
heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRec...
Surveyor with ground penetrating radar machine and Scotney old castle in the background Early 19th century redrawn plan of the buildings at Scotney Castle (copied from an 18th century survey)
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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📣 Calling all young poets! 📣
The National Trust is partnering with the Young Poets Network to challenge you to write poems about the pasts and futures we share with nature.
The challenge is for writers aged 5 to 25, based anywhere in the world.
Image description: A visitor exploring the Iron Age fort at Roundwood in Trelissick, Cornwall ©National Trust Images/Solent News & Photography Agency
October 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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*NEWS* #AttinghamUnearthed🏺
Recent excavations have uncovered remarkable insights into life on the fringes of #Wroxeter: archaeologists worked alongside volunteers & members of the public revealing an Iron Age roundhouse, a #Roman industrial complex & a shrine.
#archaeology @nationaltrust.org.uk
A ring key, a clever combination of a piece of jewellery with a working key, often used to secure small boxes or personal items. (NT/ Jayne Gough)
October 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Luke Jerram's Helios, a seven-metre spherical sculpture which is named after the sun god in ancient Greek mythology, will be viewable in the ruins of Fountains Abbey from 10am to 4pm, 11 and 12 October 2025.

Please visit the link for more information:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/yorksh...
Helios at Fountains Abbey | Yorkshire
Helios at Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
October 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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We've got a little update from the excavations on the lawns of the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire.
Angus Wainwright, NT Archaeologist, says: "We teamed up with @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social and Cambridge Archaeology Field Group to carry out this dig in front of hundreds of visitors." 🧵
October 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Explore the story of the 3rd Earl of Sheffield & his enduring love & patronage of #cricket, from childhood games to creating a world class cricket pitch & hosting the Australian Cricket Team in 1896 in a new exhibition at Sheffield Park, until 23 November 🏏
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex...
Historic image in black and white showing a cricket match in progress at Sheffield Park in East Sussex. Ornately decorated pavilions are visible in the background of the image while in the foreground a bowler is running in and the batsman is standing at the stumps with other players around him
October 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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*NEWS* We are delighted to share that Kayleigh Hibberd has been shortlisted in the Early Career Archaeologist category #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards.
The winners will be revealed on 28 November at Queen’s University Belfast. The event will be live streamed on @archaeologyuk.bsky.social's YouTube.
A picture of an archaeologist wearing a hard hat and high visibility vest standing in a test pit on an archaeological site. The captions on the image read: On the shortlist! Early Career Archaeologist Archaeological Achievement Awards Sponsored by the Royal Archaeological Institute
October 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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How’s everyone feeling??
#FridayFun
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October 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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We can't wait to see and share the results!
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We were excited to welcome Time Team back last week to Branodunum Roman Fort on the Norfolk Coast. Geophysics experts used Ground Penetrating Radar on parts of the site and now have a huge amount of data to analyse and interpret. We look forward to finding out what they found in the new year.
Two people from Time Team filming, whilst another stands talking to someone sitting in the small buggy that carries the Ground Penetrating Radar equipment.
October 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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It’s #LincolnshireDay, so we’re off to Gunby Hall to explore the site of a moated manor at the south of the Estate.
Bratoft Moated Manor was the seat of the Markham family from 1409 to 1538. In 1495 the lands of Bratoft and Gunby and the moated site at Bratoft came into the family. 🧵
Aerial photograph from 2019 (Historic England) showing the earthwork remains of the moated site
October 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Find out more about some of London’s oldest pubs - including our very own George Inn - in this new article by @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social, cheers! 🍻
jpwarchaeology.bsky.social James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · Sep 25
A while back Historic England asked for my opinion on which was the oldest pub in London. The result is a new online article that outlines the variables, busts some myths, and points to a couple of genuinely ancient pubs in and around the city...

heritagecalling.com/2025/09/25/w...
September 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Lovely! Thanks for sharing, Duncan.

You can find out more about the dovecote on National Trust's Heritage Records Online: heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRec...
September 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Big news from #OutintheField at the Walled Garden excavations at Stourhead! ⛏

The team, led by @nationaltrust.org.uk archaeologist Steve, have uncovered a 19th-century cast iron stove, sitting in its original spot - the cellar of the pine house. 🧵
A man in a black tshirt with a green National Trust emblem is holding a bucket, kneeling in front of an iron stove which was used to heat a pineapple house
September 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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A snapshot of recent history at Sutton House - as part of a fire alarm upgrade project, we have some floorboards lifted & were able to look below them. All the finds post-dated the 1980s-90s restoration, including this @nationaltrust.org.uk centenary leaflet - lost almost 30 years ago to the day!
In the Squatters Room at Sutton House in Hackney, with a floorboard lifted in the centre of the space, showing the floor joists beneath. A leaflet produced for the centenary of the National Trust in 1995, depicting two people on penny farthing bikes and advertising a photographic competition to win a trip to Florida and lifetime membership of the National Trust.
September 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM