An image of a decorated gold finger ring
This month we're sharing examples of National Trust archaeologists favourite finds and sites, and the first comes from Tom, Head of Archaeology & Heritage Landscapes:
"This is a beautiful object, and a significant one which helped us to better understand the Tudor lodge site we were excavating. 🧵
Great few days with our brilliant @nattrustarch.bsky.social team. For the record I was team outdoors 🌧☔️🌬🥶
Rewilding the archaeological imagination. Yes to this
Two grey blue standing stone Christmas tree decorations
A standing stone Christmas tree decoration with green branches and white lights behind
For #StandingStoneSunday
The megaliths of Avebury, Wiltshire splendidly reimagined as festive decorations in the newly reopened (and rather excellent) @nationaltrust.org.uk Manor House 😍🎄
📷 Dec 2025
Happy #WinterSolstice #HalfwayOutOfTheDark
Aerial view of the Cerne Abbas giant - a landscape feature showing the white chalk outline of a naked man with a club raised in one hand. There is text over lay which reads 'It's a big one!'
Opportunities to transform nature don’t get much bigger than this!
We have the opportunity to conserve 340 acres (138 hectares) of biodiverse countryside surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant, Dorset.
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Looking for something to do as the nights draw in?
Earlier this year, during the #FestivalofArchaeology, three of our brilliant archaeologists provided an opportunity to learn more about the varied work they’re involved with.
Head to the @archaeologyuk YouTube channel to watch: bit.ly/3LQtS2i
The Heritage Records Online website homepage with a range of pictures of historic sites and options to learn more
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. 🧵
Scudding clouds and sunlight above green fields and sheep, with the mound of Silbury Hill in the distance
Moody skies above Windmill Hill causewayed enclosure this morning. If you peer very hard you can just see Silbury Hill in the distance #BlowTheCobwebsAway #AveburyLandscape
If you fancy getting #OutintheField, why not pick up a copy of Landmarks and Legends by Jo Woolf, a beautifully illustrated book which reveals the secrets and stories of fifty icons of Britain’s landscape, including Cheddar Gorge, Avebury, Uffington White Horse and Sutton Hoo.
Did you see the blog (I wrote with Prof Thomas Schmitt) on our conference on climate action & World Heritage? www.ourworldheritage.org/posts/world-...
We're looking for the first independent Chair of the Stonehenge & Avebury World Heritage Site Expert & Stakeholder Group. Could it be you? www.stonehengeandaveburywhs.org/new-opportun...
More isotope analysis - cattle from Wales at Stonehenge. Rather an overblown headline, but interesting new research.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Our archaeologists are no strangers to having their time #OutintheField documented for television, so if you are unable to visit one of our sites where an excavation or surveys are being undertaken, why not take an opportunity to catch up on some past episodes of #DiggingforBritain on BBC iPlayer! 🧵
*BREAKING NEWS*
A chance find #OutintheField of a tooth by 7 year old Arthur, at Lizard Point, has led to the discovery of potentially the most southerly Bronze Age burial site in Britain!
Click the link to learn more from NT archaeologist Jim! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@nationaltrust.org.uk
A sun-crisped field in the Stonehenge Landscape with two large clumps of trees in the middle distance
Hot, hot, hot in the @nattrustarch.bsky.social Stonehenge Landscape this morning. Among the cooling shade of those trees (Luxenborough & Full Moon plantations) lie Bronze Age Barrow cemeteries
#MondayMotivation from all of us at Bodiam Castle!
#yoga #wellbeing #archaeology
@nationaltrust.org.uk 🏺🧘♀️
#Bodiam100
We have one last surprise for #AskAnArchaeologist...
To keep the discoveries flowing & to celebrate #FestivalOfArchaeology, we’re unlocking the British Archaeology archives for ONE WEEKEND ONLY - totally OPEN ACCESS! 🔓👉 shorturl.at/7uZaD
Let us know what you uncover!
You can't go wrong with a cheese and onion roll. I did work on one site where they fried up yesterday's cheese and coleslaw sandwiches for breakfast - naming no names to protect the guilty #AskAnArchaeologist #SurprisinglyTasty
You might #AskAnArchaeologist "How can I get involved with archaeology at National Trust places?"
How about the #FestivalofArchaeology? We have so many events happening across England, Wales and Northern Ireland until Sunday 3rd August!
Check out our website for more details: bit.ly/40A0e66
That was meant to say unworked sarsen
Other naturally occurring sarsens that have been used for building #AskAnArchaeologist
At Avebury we have William Stukeley's depictions and accounts of some of the stones that were taken away and broken up by locals in the 18th century. He even names some of those responsible. But its almost impossible to differentiate uncorked standing stones that have been taken for building from
Calling all curious minds! Today is #AskAnArchaeologistDay, your chance to ask anything you’ve ever wanted to know about archaeology!
📱 Join the conversation on X, BlueSky, TikTok, and Instagram, just use the hashtag #AskAnArchaeologist or ask your question in the comments to get involved.
Join us today from 10:00 #AskAnArchaeologist #FestivalofArchaeology
A group of people dressed up in medieval clothing stood next to a tent with the ruins of Corfe Castle on the hill behind
A group of people excavating a large area in a green field
There will be lots of activities across the South West for #FestivalofArchaeology, from finds handling at Chedworth Roman Villa, tracing Dunster Castle's 1000 year history, exploring Agatha Christie's love for the past at Greenway to joining Time Team at Corfe Castle.
Find out more: bit.ly/4eNH9TX
Archaeologist Martin Papworth giving an archaeology talk with Corfe Castle in the background. ©National Trust Images/Paul Harris
We are excited to be taking part in this year’s #FestivalofArchaeology, with a range of events at National Trust properties. From guided walks, to family archaeology days, to archaeology talks, to excavations, there are activities for everyone:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/whats-...
Looking for some free archaeology inspired fun this summer? Check out these locative games inspired by Avebury @nattrustarch.bsky.social
logaculture.eu/news-events/...
Go on, you know you want to!
Cutting from The Sphere (May 3 1958) headlined "STONEHENGE RESTORATION Ministry of Works Experts Prepare to Re-erect a Fallen Trilithon at the Prehistoric Monument on Salisbury Plain" with a photo captioned: "PREPARING FOR A BIG LIFT: A 52-ton cracked sandstone column, part of a trilithon which collapsed at Stonehenge in 1797, and which is being re-erected by the Ministry of Works, is lifted by a 60-ton crane. It was the last of the major stones to be moved at Stonehenge before the work of restoration started."
Extraordinary photos of the collapsed Stonehenge trilithon being moved, in The Sphere this weekend in 1958: "raising the column from the hole where it had remained since its collapse proved more difficult than anticipated & gave the workmen & experts several moments of anxiety" #StandingStoneSunday
