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Dr Toby Driver
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🛩️ Aerial Archaeologist @ Royal Commission, Wales | Trustee: Cambrians & AARG | Author: HILLFORTS OF IRON AGE WALES | Prehistory | Landscape archaeology | Personal account https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-toby-driver-fsa-9394203b
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · Nov 18
A simply extraordinary Iron Age staircase, preserved within the wall thickness of the ruinous #Broch tower at Dun Carloway, Isle of Lewis, in the Outer #Hebrides.

The sophisticated pre-Roman architecture here blew me away when I saw it this June - a real bucket-list moment

📷 My own 2024
A stone staircase built of uneven slabs winds its way up inside a dark drystone tower, with steep walls to either side
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 5h
Did you manage to survey the Cold War toilets...? ;-)
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 6h
You should never do that...😬😮
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 8h
Capstone not so common, but perforations and holes in rear slabs and other parts of the dolmen are pretty common
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 9h
I visited the magnificent Porta Nigra in Trier yesterday! It’s the best preserved Roman city gate north of the Alps! 🤩

I’m here for a few days with my museum buddy @drnwillburger.bsky.social Today we’re going to the State Exhibition ‘Marcus Aurelius’.

#Archaeology
A photo of me standing in front of the huge Roman city gate known as the ‘Porta Nigra’ in Trier yesterday. The afternoon sun is shining through an upper window.
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 8h
Wow - what an incredible shot! Have a great trip
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 9h
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 10h
Relief of the sun god Sol from Roman Corbridge (Coria). The relief is on display in the site museum. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain #Corbridge
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 10h
Incredible gig!
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 10h
It's #HillfortsWednesday 🥳

Here's Cadbury Castle #Somerset, one of the most famous of British hillforts thanks to its impressive form, glorious views and extensive folklore associations

Today its grass covered ramparts are patrolled by inquisitive bovine quadrupeds

📷 July 2021
Cows chewing their way across the grass covered ramparts of an Iron Age hillfort with tree covered hills in the distance
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 10h
For #HillfortsWednesday the absolutely whopping ramparts of Tredegar hillfort in Newport, partly hemmed in by the Gaer housing estate & re-used for an historic golf course

331m top to bottom 😮

Stunning vegetation-stripped LiDAR DTM from National Library Scotland 👌

👉 coflein.gov.uk/en/site/93429
A hillshaded orange & silver Lidar map of a substantial polygonal hillfort
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 10h
Cracking photos Dr M! 😮
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 19h
Nothing prepares you for the enormous scale of this monument! If you haven't been - go & see it
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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 22h
Browneshill Dolmen • Carlow

Ireland has around 170 recorded portal tombs, also known as dolmens. They were constructed during the Neolithic period, from around 3800 BC onwards.

The capstone at Browneshill is enormous! It is estimated to weigh well in excess of 100 tonnes.

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm
The large portal tomb at Browneshill, Carlow, Ireland. It consists of a giant capstone supported by upright stones. The capstone leans at a dramatic angle, but still stands after 5,000 years.
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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 20h
This conference celebrates 50 years of the Norfolk Historic Environmenta Service, to be held at UEA, 1-2 Nov: www.norfolk.gov.uk/article/7070...
50 Years of Discovery conference - Norfolk County Council
Join us for a landmark celebration of the people, places, and discoveries that have shaped our understanding of archaeology and heritage in the East of England
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 23h
Yup - remember most of these 😮. Grim indeed 😄
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 1d
Glad to be of assistance 😊
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Luke Jenkins @lukejenkinsarch.bsky.social · 1d
Fantastic to see the third review of the Research Framework for the Archaeology Wales completed yesterday.

Really important documents, ensuring that we get the best out of Welsh Archaeology.

I was lucky enough to pull together the minor refresh of the Neo and EBA theme.

Congrats all!
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 1d
The entrance to Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn, with its three concentric stone walls. Dating from around 3500-2400 BC, the ‘Maeshowe-type’ cairn is built into the side of Wideford Hill, near Kirkwall in Orkney. 📸 My own #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Orkney
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 1d
Always wanted to get to Barnenez but haven't made it yet
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 1d
For #TombTuesday the enormous & unusual Trevethy Quoit Neolithic tomb in Cornwall

In common with several other tombs it has a small door or portal cut in the front slab & a hole piercing the towering capstone

📷 My own, May 2021
A large stone chamber tomb with an angled capstone
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 1d
A song title detested by asthmatics 😉
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Richard Osgood @richardosgood.bsky.social · 1d
The new MOD sanctuary magazine is out and it’s rammed with archaeology!! assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68e501...
A stag facing left with golden background. This is the cover of the 2025 Ministry of Defence Sanctuary Magazine
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 1d
Hope it was a good day 👌
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2d
Close up of the central panel in a late 4th century AD floor, #Roman townhouse at Colliton Park #Dorchester

The design, a stylised flower surrounded by guilloche, is simple but highly effective 😍

Excavated 1937-8, it's today protected by Dorset council and Dorset Museum

📷 Sept 2014

#MosaicMonday
Roundel in a Roman mosaic floor featuring a stylised flower surrounded by interlocking guilloche
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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 2d
Castilly Henge: The recent excavation at Castilly Henge has now finished, with finds including fragments of Neolithic flint tools and post-medieval pottery.
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 2d
Pendinas #hillfort at Aberystwyth (marked by the distant Wellington Monument), basking in the autumn sunshine yesterday 🍂🌞

Seen across the former salt marshes along the Afon Ystwyth from Tanybwlch to the south

📷 My own
A great hill in the distance across a salt marsh with a dead tree in the foreground
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