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Cataloguing shrines, temples, and churches in Britain & Ireland focusing on the Late Iron Age to Late Antiquity | Iron Age & Roman religion, Early Christianity, Archaeology

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Really looking forward to giving the Cambrian Archaeological Association Christmas lecture tonight. There may be Druids! Am doing some last minute cramming with the help of some of the usual suspects. Thus I can blame them for any errors! #celts #ironage #veterans #archaeology #wellbeing
A pile of archaeological books about the Iron Age, Druids, hillforts and Boudicca. On the right is the. Ok on the finds from Llyn Cerrig Bach by Sir Cyril Fox.
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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This trio of headless figures were found at Vercovicium Roman Fort (Housesteads), Northumberland on Hadrian’s Wall.
They represent Matres or mother-goddesses carrying cups & fruits.
Roman military communities payed respect to local deities.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanFortThursday
📸 my own.
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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mattpope.bsky.social
May Cocidius bring Sunday blessings to you all. Enjoyed searching for and finding this one with my son at Allwoody near Leeds, West Yorkshire
#RockArt
#SacredStoneSabbath 🏺
Carved figure of a man on a a moossy rock. He has a tapering face with brow ridges and round eyes, holds a spear and shield
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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📣🎄Cambrians’ Christmas Lecture 2025 📣🎄

🧙'The Druids’ Sacrifice: Discovering Iron Age Wales on Military Land'🧙

By Richard Osgood (Senior Archaeologist, DIO)

Online via Zoom: Thursday 4th December at 7.00 pm

This is a members-only event. Why not join us?

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November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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The cover of my forthcoming book, out in February/March. #dogs #Roman-Britain #animalturm #archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN LAUNCH: ‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’

Please pre-order or donate before 6 December to enable us to print this book by Professor Gordon Noble FSAScot, which will have a major impact on the study of Pictish kingship and society: www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
Carved standing stone in front of mountain landscape with the words Crowdfunding Campaign Launch over it
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Everything you wanted to know about medieval dreams of Ireland's apocalyptic imperial destiny but were afraid to ask! My article on the reception of Orosius' historiography by the Middle Irish narrative, Suidiugud Tellaig Temra, is now freely available on open access academic.oup.com/bics/article...
Ireland as the earthly culmination of translatio imperii in Suidiugud Tellaig Temra
Abstract. This paper discusses Orosius’ concept of translatio imperii, as repurposed in the Middle Irish narrative, Suidiugud Tellaig Temra ‘The Establishm
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November 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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At the Roman site of Olbia (pleiades.stoa.org/places/471987) near Arles (France), archaeologists have found hundreds of burials where funeral pyres facilitated cremated remains of persons and then were turned into tombs on the site of the pyre 🔥 . www.inrap.fr/pratiques-fu...
Following the cremation, some of the deceased's bones collapsed into the overcut of the burial pit. The bones are well preserved, although they exhibit numerous cracks related to the cremation process. While the remains of the skull and upper limbs lay outside the overcut, near the pit wall, the ankle bones (tibia and talus), close together and in their anatomical position, were found within the overcut. A vase placed there after the cremation had also fallen into the overcut. © Sylvie Duchesne, Inrap Following the cremation, some of the deceased's bones collapsed into the overcut of the burial pit. The bones are well preserved, although they exhibit numerous cracks related to the cremation process. While the remains of the skull and upper limbs lay outside the overcut, near the pit wall, the ankle bones (tibia and talus), close together and in their anatomical position, were found within the overcut. A vase placed there after the cremation had also fallen into the overcut. © Sylvie Duchesne, Inrap Following the cremation, some of the deceased's bones collapsed into the overcut of the burial pit. The bones are well preserved, although they exhibit numerous cracks related to the cremation process. While the remains of the skull and upper limbs lay outside the overcut, near the pit wall, the ankle bones (tibia and talus), close together and in their anatomical position, were found within the overcut. A vase placed there after the cremation had also fallen into the overcut. © Sylvie Duchesne, Inrap
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Great interview with author James Rives on the decline of animal sacrifice in the late Roman world: open.spotify.com/episode/1YVg...
142. The decline of animal sacrifice in the late Roman world, with James Rives
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October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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À La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz (Ille-Et-Vilaine), l'Inrap a mis au jour en 2022 les vestiges d'une importante occupation gallo-romaine comprenant un vaste sanctuaire.

Vidéo complète 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=enFJ...
October 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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An altar from Roman Vindolanda which was set up by Senilis to the Veteres - a Celtic god who was worshipped along Hadrian’s Wall. On display in the site museum. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #Vindolanda #HadriansWall
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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"It is a sophisticated analysis, clued in to how real life and fiction combine to stir up the silt of the imagination in ways propitious to manifesting the supernatural."

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
The Last Sacrifice review – how a gruesome rural murder embedded folk-horror in the British psyche
Rupert Russell’s fascinating documentary is a sophisticated analysis of how real life and fiction merged in post-empire Britain in the 1960s and 70s
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October 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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FINALLY
thejoegriffin.bsky.social Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · Oct 23
I thought Connolly was the most Stoneybatter candidate until I saw this poster in the neighbourhood.
Poster for Conchair O'Choimbair, a balding guy with a beard, staff, and long hair. The slogan reads: "finally a druid candidate for Ireland", and also, "bring back brehon law"
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Publication day! “What’s in a name? Cocidius and the Epigraphy of Local Deities in the Roman Empire” now out in Religion in the Roman Empire special issue edited by @ericorlin.bsky.social doi.org/10.1628/rre-... 🥰

This is my first really meaty article to drop post-pandemic and motherhood…🧵🏺
Side on view of the two silver plaques to Cocidius from Bewcastle Roman fort
October 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Finally got the chance to meet this guy last week. A completely unique and haunting cross from Riasg Buidhe, Colonsay, in the gardens of Colonsay House. Its dating remains up for debate, ranging from the 7th to the 10th century AD www.trove.scot/image/384171
Riasg Buidhe cruciform stone Colonsay, a stone carved with a bearded face above a cross with spirals in the arms and a shaft ending in a fish tail. Detail of face, Riasg Buidhe stone cross, Colonsay. Reverse of Riasg Buidhe stone cross, Colonsay Detail of vaguely phallic ornament on reverse of the Riasg Buidhe stone cross, Colonsay
October 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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With the Christianisation of the Roman Empire, the old pagan cults started to fade... do we have know of the last Vestal?

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The Last Vestal?
The Vestal Virgins are one of the most evocative establishments of Ancient Rome. They might not know exactly what they were or what they did, but the name of Vestal Virgin can spark something in many ...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Our @universitypress.cambridge.org book "Senses, Cognition and Ritual Experience in the Roman World" is #OPENACCESS !
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#archaeology #sensoryarchaeology #senses #cognition #cognitivescienceofreligion #ritual #religion #classics #ancienthistory #romanhistory
Senses, Cognition, and Ritual Experience in the Roman World
Cambridge Core - Ancient History - Senses, Cognition, and Ritual Experience in the Roman World
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October 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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More excitingly, the home of three structures identified as Iron Age shrines, and very maybe a Roman era one too!
durotrigesdig.bsky.social Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · Oct 15
Folklore has linked Cadbury Castle #Somerset to King Arthur for centuries

The ostensibly sober #OrdnanceSurvey once got in on this with an overtly definitive identification of the hillfort as 'Camelot'

So it must be true

(Please note, other Camelots are available)

#HillfortsWednesday
Inked line drawing of an Iron Age hillfort with contours, haschures and Gothic text
October 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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A new shrine you say? 👀
nattrustarch.bsky.social National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · Oct 9
*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 8:58 AM
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A Roman votive stone to Asclepius and Hygiaea which was built into one of the north isle windows of the Church of St. John the Baptist at Tunstall in Lancashire. It probably came from the nearby Over Burrow Roman Fort. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #Tunstall
October 7, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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That's the Cavenham crown! A 1st - 2nd CE Romano-British ceremonial headdress from Suffolk
colmuseums.bsky.social Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · Oct 6
Dragonstone, a mix of epidote and piemontite, was once believed to carry dragon’s blood and protect warriors in battle.

Fancy a kiss of dragon magic? Visit Mythical Creatures at Colchester Castle: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/events/mythical-creatures
A display of glittering gold artefacts sits on a deep red fabric plinth at Colchester Castle, headlined by an ornate replica crown labelled “Dragon’s Crown.” The crown features intricate detailing, with three prominent dragon horn-like spikes and red gemstones. Surrounding it are gold coins, jewellery, amulets, and other treasures. A label reads: “This gold crown can be won from the Dragon by those who are clever enough to solve her riddle.” A blue banner above reads: “Mythical Creatures, 26 Jul 2025 – 22 Feb 2026.” The Colchester Castle logo and photo credit appear in the corners.
October 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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7-8th century Anglo-Saxon priest (team member James Wenn). “Dalmatic” by Æd Thompson.

Previously we shared the foundations of James’ work to reconstruct a plausible image of the Gregorian missionaries and first bishops of the Anglo-Saxon church whose deeds are well documented but… 🧵
May 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Statuette of the goddess Minerva which was found in the Commanding Officer’s house at Segedunum Roman Fort on North Tyneside. Now on display in the site museum. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #SegedunumRomanFort
October 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Portable altar to the Roman goddess Minerva which was found at Lemington, near Morton-in-Marsh in Gloucestershire. Now part of the collections at Chedworth Roman Villa. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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#WorldRiversDayWorldRiversDay - Stone sculpture of the River god Rhenus (Rhine), part of a tomb from the 2nd century AD.
September 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM