Mike Middleton
@wulfgarthebard.bsky.social
I work in archaeology and data science in Scotland.
https://journal.caa-international.org/articles/10.5334/jcaa.166
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A Case Study on the Reuse of Digital Archaeological Data: An Analysis of the Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland | Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology
The Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology (JCAA) is a peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal, featuring papers in all the disciplines related to digital archaeology, including but no...
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I'm delighted to share my latest publication. Thanks to the Hillforts Atlas team for publishing their data as open data and making this work possible and thanks to all who have helped me on the way. journal.caa-international.org/articles/10.... #hillforts #archaeology
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We have had a fabulous start for the kickstarter for printed versions of the Rhynie big book, but we need MORE! Please support our project by buying yourself a printed copy of the Rhynie monograph! You have till 6th December to do so!
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‘Rhynie, A Powerful Place of Pictland’: Printed Version
An opportunity to be part of history. Help us print a nationally important book that will transform our understanding of the Picts.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
We have had a fabulous start for the kickstarter for printed versions of the Rhynie big book, but we need MORE! Please support our project by buying yourself a printed copy of the Rhynie monograph! You have till 6th December to do so!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
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For #HillfortsWednesday here's an old favourite, a view of the timber laced rampart at Castle Law, Abernethy under excavation. Photographed by P M Macintyre in 1898.
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www.trove.scot/place/27917
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www.trove.scot/place/27917
July 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
For #HillfortsWednesday here's an old favourite, a view of the timber laced rampart at Castle Law, Abernethy under excavation. Photographed by P M Macintyre in 1898.
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www.trove.scot/place/27917
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www.trove.scot/place/27917
The fort of Brae Brough, on Hoy, in Orkney, is a short distance north of the famous rock stack of the Old Man of Hoy. The fort is almost a rock stack itself with a 325m vertical drop along it’s seaward side.
www.trove.scot/place/1480
#HillfortsWednesday
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www.trove.scot/place/1480
#HillfortsWednesday
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July 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The fort of Brae Brough, on Hoy, in Orkney, is a short distance north of the famous rock stack of the Old Man of Hoy. The fort is almost a rock stack itself with a 325m vertical drop along it’s seaward side.
www.trove.scot/place/1480
#HillfortsWednesday
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www.trove.scot/place/1480
#HillfortsWednesday
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Welcome to Peeblesshire Archaeological Society's new Bluesky page! We're very much looking forward to telling you more about PAS & keeping you up to date with the Society's activities, events & lecture programme. Please follow us and, better still, share your own archaeological interests with us.
July 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Welcome to Peeblesshire Archaeological Society's new Bluesky page! We're very much looking forward to telling you more about PAS & keeping you up to date with the Society's activities, events & lecture programme. Please follow us and, better still, share your own archaeological interests with us.
I try to avoid politics, but criticism of the Israeli state for its genocidal milliary actions in Palestine is not antisemitic. UN experts have called it a genocide. It is a fact. We can all see this.
June 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I try to avoid politics, but criticism of the Israeli state for its genocidal milliary actions in Palestine is not antisemitic. UN experts have called it a genocide. It is a fact. We can all see this.
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Information about our upcoming dig at East Lomond with the Falkland Stewardship Trust - there are a series of free talks on the archaeology of East Lomond as part of our mini festival of archaeology and the open day for the dig will be 12th July. Come along and find out more!
June 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Information about our upcoming dig at East Lomond with the Falkland Stewardship Trust - there are a series of free talks on the archaeology of East Lomond as part of our mini festival of archaeology and the open day for the dig will be 12th July. Come along and find out more!
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Join us at Aberdeen Archaeology! www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/departments/archaeology
June 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Join us at Aberdeen Archaeology! www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/departments/archaeology
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In Fife, @mafs-scot.bsky.social are excavating the 12th-century Lindores Abbey, which has a long tradition of distilling 🥃
Visit the site from 21 June to 4 July or head to their Open Day on 3 July for site tours and a showcase of the finds: www.digitscotland.com/events/monas...
#ScotlandDigs2025
Visit the site from 21 June to 4 July or head to their Open Day on 3 July for site tours and a showcase of the finds: www.digitscotland.com/events/monas...
#ScotlandDigs2025
June 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In Fife, @mafs-scot.bsky.social are excavating the 12th-century Lindores Abbey, which has a long tradition of distilling 🥃
Visit the site from 21 June to 4 July or head to their Open Day on 3 July for site tours and a showcase of the finds: www.digitscotland.com/events/monas...
#ScotlandDigs2025
Visit the site from 21 June to 4 July or head to their Open Day on 3 July for site tours and a showcase of the finds: www.digitscotland.com/events/monas...
#ScotlandDigs2025
Dundurn dendrochronological and radiocarbon analysis: Utilising modern techniques to learn more about early medieval Scotland www.socantscot.org/uncategorize...
Dundurn dendrochronological and radiocarbon analysis - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Utilising modern techniques to learn more about early medieval Scotland
www.socantscot.org
June 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Our next #TrimontiumTalk is Thurs. 12 June – not to be missed!
Hillfort expert Strat Halliday, will talk about Hillforts, Settlements & Ancient Geography. In person & online -recording will be available.
Thinking of becoming a member? Members enjoy all TrimontiumTalks free, year-round!
#Hillforts
Hillfort expert Strat Halliday, will talk about Hillforts, Settlements & Ancient Geography. In person & online -recording will be available.
Thinking of becoming a member? Members enjoy all TrimontiumTalks free, year-round!
#Hillforts
June 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Our next #TrimontiumTalk is Thurs. 12 June – not to be missed!
Hillfort expert Strat Halliday, will talk about Hillforts, Settlements & Ancient Geography. In person & online -recording will be available.
Thinking of becoming a member? Members enjoy all TrimontiumTalks free, year-round!
#Hillforts
Hillfort expert Strat Halliday, will talk about Hillforts, Settlements & Ancient Geography. In person & online -recording will be available.
Thinking of becoming a member? Members enjoy all TrimontiumTalks free, year-round!
#Hillforts
For anyone interested in Iron Age / Early Med forts in Scotland (hillfort being a non-preferred term in Scotland), I'd like to highlight this talk by Strat Halliday. Strat worked through all the forts in Scotland as part of the Hillforts Atlas and is one of the foremost experts on the subject.
#IronAgeBuildings #IronAgeWednesday 🗻
The Eildon Hills, where the Selgovae hillfort once stood on Eildon North. It housed over 300 roundhouses.
Tomorrow, 12 June, join Strat Halliday - hillfort expert - for a talk on Iron Age settlements! zurl.co/bxydb
Photo: Cicerone webpage. zurl.co/aZAGh
The Eildon Hills, where the Selgovae hillfort once stood on Eildon North. It housed over 300 roundhouses.
Tomorrow, 12 June, join Strat Halliday - hillfort expert - for a talk on Iron Age settlements! zurl.co/bxydb
Photo: Cicerone webpage. zurl.co/aZAGh
June 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
For anyone interested in Iron Age / Early Med forts in Scotland (hillfort being a non-preferred term in Scotland), I'd like to highlight this talk by Strat Halliday. Strat worked through all the forts in Scotland as part of the Hillforts Atlas and is one of the foremost experts on the subject.
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#IronAgeBuildings #IronAgeWednesday 🗻
The Eildon Hills, where the Selgovae hillfort once stood on Eildon North. It housed over 300 roundhouses.
Tomorrow, 12 June, join Strat Halliday - hillfort expert - for a talk on Iron Age settlements! zurl.co/bxydb
Photo: Cicerone webpage. zurl.co/aZAGh
The Eildon Hills, where the Selgovae hillfort once stood on Eildon North. It housed over 300 roundhouses.
Tomorrow, 12 June, join Strat Halliday - hillfort expert - for a talk on Iron Age settlements! zurl.co/bxydb
Photo: Cicerone webpage. zurl.co/aZAGh
June 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#IronAgeBuildings #IronAgeWednesday 🗻
The Eildon Hills, where the Selgovae hillfort once stood on Eildon North. It housed over 300 roundhouses.
Tomorrow, 12 June, join Strat Halliday - hillfort expert - for a talk on Iron Age settlements! zurl.co/bxydb
Photo: Cicerone webpage. zurl.co/aZAGh
The Eildon Hills, where the Selgovae hillfort once stood on Eildon North. It housed over 300 roundhouses.
Tomorrow, 12 June, join Strat Halliday - hillfort expert - for a talk on Iron Age settlements! zurl.co/bxydb
Photo: Cicerone webpage. zurl.co/aZAGh
Tynron Doon, in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, commands a spur of Auchengibbert Hill and has at least three lines of massive ramparts and ditches with ramparts standing up to 6.5m height and rock cut ditches from 7 to 15m in breadth. #HillfortsWednesday
canmore.org.uk/site/65300/t...
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June 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Tynron Doon, in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, commands a spur of Auchengibbert Hill and has at least three lines of massive ramparts and ditches with ramparts standing up to 6.5m height and rock cut ditches from 7 to 15m in breadth. #HillfortsWednesday
canmore.org.uk/site/65300/t...
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canmore.org.uk/site/65300/t...
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There are just 20 days left until Canmore is retired. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, or directly to the trove team at trove@hes.scot.
Here is your periodic reminder that Canmore is soon to be switched off. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, while you still can.
June 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There are just 20 days left until Canmore is retired. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, or directly to the trove team at trove@hes.scot.
The bivallate Iron Age Oldbury hillfort lies 5 km west from Avebury in Wiltshire. Its defenses enclose 9 ha. There is also a hill figure of a white horse cut to the chalk on the northern side. The only excavation was in 1930 and the latest survey in 2004. #HillfortWednesday
June 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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The bivallate Iron Age Oldbury hillfort lies 5 km west from Avebury in Wiltshire. Its defenses enclose 9 ha. There is also a hill figure of a white horse cut to the chalk on the northern side. The only excavation was in 1930 and the latest survey in 2004. #HillfortWednesday
June 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The bivallate Iron Age Oldbury hillfort lies 5 km west from Avebury in Wiltshire. Its defenses enclose 9 ha. There is also a hill figure of a white horse cut to the chalk on the northern side. The only excavation was in 1930 and the latest survey in 2004. #HillfortWednesday
Arbory Hill Fort, in South Lanarkshire, is one of the higher forts in Scotland. The inner stone-walled rampart has been inserted into the earlier bi-vallate fort, and the outer ramparts contain at least five entrances. #HillfortsWednesday
canmore.org.uk/site/47427/a...
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canmore.org.uk/site/47427/a...
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June 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Arbory Hill Fort, in South Lanarkshire, is one of the higher forts in Scotland. The inner stone-walled rampart has been inserted into the earlier bi-vallate fort, and the outer ramparts contain at least five entrances. #HillfortsWednesday
canmore.org.uk/site/47427/a...
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canmore.org.uk/site/47427/a...
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Woden Law in the Scottish Boarders is a complex Iron Age fort with multiple phases of construction and remodeling and the fort is associated with earthworks outside the fort. The fort's relationship to these remains a question to be answered.
canmore.org.uk/site/58068
#HillfortsWednesday
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canmore.org.uk/site/58068
#HillfortsWednesday
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May 28, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Woden Law in the Scottish Boarders is a complex Iron Age fort with multiple phases of construction and remodeling and the fort is associated with earthworks outside the fort. The fort's relationship to these remains a question to be answered.
canmore.org.uk/site/58068
#HillfortsWednesday
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canmore.org.uk/site/58068
#HillfortsWednesday
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Our next Trimontium Talk is coming up on June 12th! Join us for Hillforts, Settlements and Ancient Geography with Strat Halliday @ 7:30pm. Taking place both in person and online.
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Visit the link below to book your spot! 🌟
zurl.co/8tOLA
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Visit the link below to book your spot! 🌟
zurl.co/8tOLA
May 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our next Trimontium Talk is coming up on June 12th! Join us for Hillforts, Settlements and Ancient Geography with Strat Halliday @ 7:30pm. Taking place both in person and online.
...
Visit the link below to book your spot! 🌟
zurl.co/8tOLA
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Visit the link below to book your spot! 🌟
zurl.co/8tOLA
This is a really useful thread with valuable examples of differences in service. For those that can't feedback via the trove feedback form I will be screenshot posts and feeding them back to the Trove team. To help find them it would be useful if posts contained the word Trove. Thanks.
So I think I need to do a sober thread on just how disasterously bad the new trove.scot website is, in comparison to the sites - especially Canmore - that it's replacing.
tl:dr - the new site is not fit for purpose; switching off the old sites on 24 June 2025 is way way way premature.
tl:dr - the new site is not fit for purpose; switching off the old sites on 24 June 2025 is way way way premature.
May 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This is a really useful thread with valuable examples of differences in service. For those that can't feedback via the trove feedback form I will be screenshot posts and feeding them back to the Trove team. To help find them it would be useful if posts contained the word Trove. Thanks.
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#hillfortsWednesday
Bessie's Hillfort, Eskdalemuir. I don't know who Bessie was, but she kept a tidy little set of ramparts with some scooped platforms inside. Best seen as here, from the Late Iron Age settlement enclosure on the hill above.
Bessie's Hillfort, Eskdalemuir. I don't know who Bessie was, but she kept a tidy little set of ramparts with some scooped platforms inside. Best seen as here, from the Late Iron Age settlement enclosure on the hill above.
May 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
#hillfortsWednesday
Bessie's Hillfort, Eskdalemuir. I don't know who Bessie was, but she kept a tidy little set of ramparts with some scooped platforms inside. Best seen as here, from the Late Iron Age settlement enclosure on the hill above.
Bessie's Hillfort, Eskdalemuir. I don't know who Bessie was, but she kept a tidy little set of ramparts with some scooped platforms inside. Best seen as here, from the Late Iron Age settlement enclosure on the hill above.
Here is your periodic reminder that Canmore is soon to be switched off. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, while you still can.
May 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Here is your periodic reminder that Canmore is soon to be switched off. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, while you still can.
Looking down from the rampart of Burnswalk, D&G, to the roman camp to the south of the fort. The Roman ballista platforms can be seen set in front of entrances which are wide enough for 40 people. This location on the rampart has been found to be saturated with lead shot. #HillfortsWednesday 📷my own
May 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Looking down from the rampart of Burnswalk, D&G, to the roman camp to the south of the fort. The Roman ballista platforms can be seen set in front of entrances which are wide enough for 40 people. This location on the rampart has been found to be saturated with lead shot. #HillfortsWednesday 📷my own
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UK ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
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Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
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Open Letter to CBA, CIfA, FAME, and UAUK, in relation the Supreme Court Ruling and EHRC Interim Guidance
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May 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
UK ARCHAEOLOGISTS
Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...