Olaf Bayer
@olafbayer.bsky.social
Landscape archaeology, prehistory, earthwork survey, lithic analysis
Reposted from @HE_Archaeology
Excavation trenches are open, volunteers have arrived, soil is being sieved, and school visits have begun at Castilly Henge #Cornwall.
We are excited to be collaborating with @Heritage_Trust & @cornwallarch.bsky.social at this fascinating site.
bit.ly/CastillyProject
Excavation trenches are open, volunteers have arrived, soil is being sieved, and school visits have begun at Castilly Henge #Cornwall.
We are excited to be collaborating with @Heritage_Trust & @cornwallarch.bsky.social at this fascinating site.
bit.ly/CastillyProject
September 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Reposted from @HE_Archaeology
Excavation trenches are open, volunteers have arrived, soil is being sieved, and school visits have begun at Castilly Henge #Cornwall.
We are excited to be collaborating with @Heritage_Trust & @cornwallarch.bsky.social at this fascinating site.
bit.ly/CastillyProject
Excavation trenches are open, volunteers have arrived, soil is being sieved, and school visits have begun at Castilly Henge #Cornwall.
We are excited to be collaborating with @Heritage_Trust & @cornwallarch.bsky.social at this fascinating site.
bit.ly/CastillyProject
On Monday after 10 years away I return to excavating #archaeology. Here’s a picture of a younger, hairier me digging in #Exeter in winter 1997/8
September 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
On Monday after 10 years away I return to excavating #archaeology. Here’s a picture of a younger, hairier me digging in #Exeter in winter 1997/8
Learning to use a stereoscope #landscapearchaeology #aerialphotography
August 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Learning to use a stereoscope #landscapearchaeology #aerialphotography
Parch marks of past parks
June 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Parch marks of past parks
I’ve just got my copy of the excellent new Silchester Environs Project monograph. Here are the 3 sites we surveyed as part of the project. doi.org/10.5284/1049... doi.org/10.5284/1052... doi.org/10.5284/1054... #earthwork #survey #landscapearchaeology #IronAge #Archaeology
June 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I’ve just got my copy of the excellent new Silchester Environs Project monograph. Here are the 3 sites we surveyed as part of the project. doi.org/10.5284/1049... doi.org/10.5284/1052... doi.org/10.5284/1054... #earthwork #survey #landscapearchaeology #IronAge #Archaeology
May 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In it’s original location OS 1:10k mapping 1963 maps.nls.uk/view/189247124
March 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
In it’s original location OS 1:10k mapping 1963 maps.nls.uk/view/189247124
The Longstone. A Neolithic or Bronze Age standing stone, formerly of Longstone Downs, now of Harmony Close, Roche
March 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Longstone. A Neolithic or Bronze Age standing stone, formerly of Longstone Downs, now of Harmony Close, Roche
2 of the Early #BronzeAge barrows on top of Brea Hill overlooking the mouth of the Camel Estuary #Cornwall
February 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
2 of the Early #BronzeAge barrows on top of Brea Hill overlooking the mouth of the Camel Estuary #Cornwall
Average sunset, #HartlandQuay, #Devon
January 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Average sunset, #HartlandQuay, #Devon
January 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Wind, rain, fallen branches, broken windscreen
January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Wind, rain, fallen branches, broken windscreen
January 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
End of a long week of wind, rain mud and #BronzeAge barrows in north-west #Devon. #LandscapeArchaeology #Prehistory
January 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
End of a long week of wind, rain mud and #BronzeAge barrows in north-west #Devon. #LandscapeArchaeology #Prehistory
This is what my winters look like. My field season starts as soon as vegetation starts to die back. Surveying a #BronzeAge burial mound amidst the China clay quarries and spoil heaps of mid #Cornwall #Archaeology #LandscapeArchaeology @HE_Archaeology
December 11, 2024 at 6:20 PM
This is what my winters look like. My field season starts as soon as vegetation starts to die back. Surveying a #BronzeAge burial mound amidst the China clay quarries and spoil heaps of mid #Cornwall #Archaeology #LandscapeArchaeology @HE_Archaeology
The trouble with #landscape #archaeology is that you keep finding interesting things next to the thing you’re meant to be focusing on. A #ChinaClay mining palimpsest on the Hensbarrow uplands in mid #Cornwall. An earlier conical sky tip next to the massive Blackpool pit
December 7, 2024 at 12:03 PM
The trouble with #landscape #archaeology is that you keep finding interesting things next to the thing you’re meant to be focusing on. A #ChinaClay mining palimpsest on the Hensbarrow uplands in mid #Cornwall. An earlier conical sky tip next to the massive Blackpool pit
This week in between the wind and rain, technology failures and too much driving my job looked like this. Surveying a huge #BronzeAge barrow amongst the china clay pits in #Cornwall #Archaeology #Landscape
December 6, 2024 at 8:47 PM
This week in between the wind and rain, technology failures and too much driving my job looked like this. Surveying a huge #BronzeAge barrow amongst the china clay pits in #Cornwall #Archaeology #Landscape
Mostly flint, mostly flakes, mostly Neolithic and later. Scatter N12 #UglowCollection @RAMMuseum #Prehistory #Devon #Archaeology clok.uclan.ac.uk/3149/
November 15, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Mostly flint, mostly flakes, mostly Neolithic and later. Scatter N12 #UglowCollection @RAMMuseum #Prehistory #Devon #Archaeology clok.uclan.ac.uk/3149/
Mostly #chert, mostly blades, mostly #Mesolithic. Scatter N12. #UglowCollection @RAMMuseum #Prehistory #Devon clok.uclan.ac.uk/3149/
November 15, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Mostly #chert, mostly blades, mostly #Mesolithic. Scatter N12. #UglowCollection @RAMMuseum #Prehistory #Devon clok.uclan.ac.uk/3149/
@davegrifx and I will talk about Minchery Priory, the leper hospital at Bartlemas Chapel and the #Prehistory of Iffley Fields and Donnington Rec. #Archaeology of East #Oxford Project. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, OX4 3NH 7:30pm 27/11/2024. Tickets wegottickets.com/event/639119
November 15, 2024 at 8:32 PM
@davegrifx and I will talk about Minchery Priory, the leper hospital at Bartlemas Chapel and the #Prehistory of Iffley Fields and Donnington Rec. #Archaeology of East #Oxford Project. Florence Park Community Centre, Cornwallis Road, OX4 3NH 7:30pm 27/11/2024. Tickets wegottickets.com/event/639119
12 years ago we were just finishing our excavation at Minchery Priory as part of the #Archaeology of East #Oxford Project doi.org/10.5284/1081... Photos by AerialCam
November 13, 2024 at 3:59 PM
12 years ago we were just finishing our excavation at Minchery Priory as part of the #Archaeology of East #Oxford Project doi.org/10.5284/1081... Photos by AerialCam
30 years ago this summer. My 1st #archaeological #excavation. Digging an #IronAge enclosure at Houghton Down, Hampshire
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www.arch.ox.ac.uk/danebury-env...
August 21, 2024 at 11:51 AM
30 years ago this summer. My 1st #archaeological #excavation. Digging an #IronAge enclosure at Houghton Down, Hampshire
www.arch.ox.ac.uk/danebury-env...
www.arch.ox.ac.uk/danebury-env...