@archaeoborders
Archaeologist of borders, Anglo-Cymric borderland and its folklore, digital humanist, University of Birmingham. Archaeologist in Residence, Offa's Dyke Association. All ops my own. archaeoborders.wordpress.com
My mum and dad worked in a psychiatric hospital. There was a lovely lady who suffered from dementia who wrote everyone million pound checks on toilet paper to help them out. That would be worth voting for.
For #InternationalWomensDay weโre celebrating some of the incredible women in archaeology and heritage who have inspired the CBA team. From pioneering researchers to community archaeologists and communicators. ๐ shorturl.at/S1Err
๐ฌ Who has inspired you in archaeology? Tell us below.
Huge thanks are due to @profdanhicks.bsky.social on the work that has gone into this report and frankly DCMS and Cambridge need to do better than not commenting given the scale of the remains in their hands.
To be fair. Nobody could say they werenโt warned!
I feel seen. You are not alone ๐ค
Ainโt that the truth. . .
I could literally take a sarnie, a flask and a book and stay there for hours.
For some reason I couldn't add the ALT text to the images. Image I is a man and two dogs sitting inside an ancient yew tree. Image II is the ancient growth inside the tree. Image III shows the exterior of the tree in the graveyard with its iron support for its brances
I may have mentioned how I love a good graveyard - for lots of reasons. St Bartholomew's at Much Marcle is also home to one of the most impressive yew trees in the country. @iwm21.bsky.social, Hamish and Cavall providing scale. It's breathtaking. Well worth a visit if you're in the area
Thank you @curatorkate.bsky.social for sharing. A reminder that, as the weather improves, Stokesay needs another visit. Definitely one of my favourite places.
formed how we have lived in this landscape over millennia. Let's not let this be our legacy to those generations that follow us.
@dralexford.bsky.social writing in @theconversation.com on the depth of corruption uncovered by Channel 4's Dirty Business and the implications for the environment and our health. In the case of the Anglo-Cymric borderland we know the Severn, Wye, Dee and Usk and their tributaries have
For Womenโs History Month a blog post on 'some of the remarkable women who have contributed to, written, and edited publications for @oxbowbooks.bsky.social'
This archaeological research really captures the enchantment of trying to understand human life across the barriers of time and evidence. A warm July day, grief and sadness, colour, scent and precious things.
@friendlesschurches.bsky.social on how St Peter's, Llancillo, Herefordshire has 'endured against all the odds' Thank you for rescuing this hidden gem.
A black - white cartoon explaining the different ways sites get buried
It's really fabulous to wake up to 9k followers ๐ฎ๐ฅณ. Diolch yn Fawr / thank you everyone ๐
As a thank you - here is my 1994 Toby the Trowel explainer: 'How Sites Get Buried' ๐ค
Surely the most common question ever asked of an archaeologist in a trench..๐ง๐บ
๐ท My own, from younger days
The Folklore Society mistletoe logo
The Folklore Societyโs Katharine Briggs Prize 2026 has opened for entries! Open to books in English having their initial publication in the UK & Ireland in the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 May 2026. Deadline for entries 31 May 2026. More info and rules: www.folklore-society.com/awards/the-k...
Sad news for Worcester and its cathedral on the passing of Chris Guy, our cathedral archaeologist. A dedicated, lovely man www.worcestercathedral.org.uk/about-us/new...
Flyer advertising a proposal for 'The Victoria History of the Counties of Wales' listing the president of the committee as HRH The Prince of Wales.
Pitch for a Victoria History of the Counties of Wales. Should you have a parish/VCH-shaped project in Wales/Cymru that you think we could deliver, we would be happy to hear from you, so please get in touch. Diolch i ddarllen.
Dydd Gลตyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David's Day!
We're tearing ourselves away from our Welsh cakes to remind you that, although we have not (to date - never say never), published anything on Wales/Cymru, back in 1903, we had planned to do so. And still might. #HanesCymru #WelshHistory #Skystorians
Ainโt that the truth โEven the smallest oak dragon is transmissionโ
Script Archaeology's latest offers include Roger White's Floreat Salopia A Celebration of Shropshire's History and Archaeology and Derek Hurst's report on Hereford Cathedral's New Library Excavation mailchi.mp/f14da7ddce62... ๐
We are still giving to MSF as long as they can stay in Gaza to try to help as many people as we can
A section of the embroidery showing Daleks fighting mounted Normans
As the excitement over the displaying of the Bayeux Tapestry (embroidery) builds I feel the experience will only be worthwhile if the long suppressed section of the work is included.
@gingertrevtrev.bsky.social @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Hope you heal quickly
@aidanosullivan.bsky.social pretty much summarising everything thatโs wrong with our topsy-turvy system of values
Super clever pup, but then he is a GWP โค๏ธ
Much needed interdisciplinary work ๐:
"22 expert consultees including representatives from government bodies, learned
societies, expert ecologists, taxon specialists & archaeologists... discuss[ed] and refine[ed] the definition(s) of
โAncient Grasslandsโ & identification methodology."
Huge congratulations to @riveractionuk.bsky.social on taking up this legal challenge to protect the Wye and Severn. The significance of these rivers in how we have inhabited and moved through the Amglo-Cymric borderland over millennia can't be overstated. Our legacy to future generations ๐
