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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 33m

One of those days when I managed to combine the two essentials of any journey, scones and some top lime pointing, in this case a nicely detailed raised ribbon at the River Bothy at the bottom of the Berridale Braes, Caithness and Sutherland.

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 1h

People of Glasgow! Join me on Sunday 9th November as I talk about Roman Scotland and my book The Road to Mons Graupius as part of the Aye Write festival at the Mitchell Library at 12.45pm - get your tickets here: www.visitscotland.com/info/events/...
#RomanFortThursday

The Road to Mons Gaupius: Alan Montgomery, Glasgow – Literary

Discover more details about The Road to Mons Gaupius: Alan Montgomery in Glasgow including contact details, dates and times as well as ticket information.

www.visitscotland.com

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 12h

Top lined out lime pointing and a wee ghost sign thrown in for good measure in Wick. Thanks to @lillyh.bsky.social for showing me around this languishing but great town with 💯potential.

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 16h

Keep your 👀 open for any headstones with traces of paint please R.

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 18h

Salisbury’s 25p a bar

Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 3d

The tip of a rig seemingly appearing from nowhere.

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 3d

Here's a a melting set of railings for you from Tiree.

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 3d

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 4d

I caught and released a Treecreeper from the workshop

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 6d

Phwoar!

Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 6d

Where is the best place in Wick that's open next Monday or Tuesday for coffee and scones @lillyh.bsky.social or anyone else who is particular about these things?

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 8d

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 8d

Oh and Jesus you should have seen the mess 😱

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 8d

It’s taken forever but that’s because (a) I’m slow and (b) the space is so small it’s a nightmare to work in. Most of the mats were left overs and the lime stuff came from B&Q

Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 8d

I do the cleaning. I’m lettercutting a bit of slate instructing lads to sit when they pee. FTR the seat slips out for accessing the loo.

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 8d

Finally got the floor down. Thank Christ I don’t do this for a living.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 12d

Models of everyday life were deposited in #Egyptian tombs. They were supposed to support the deceased in the afterlife. One of the most charming examples is the model of a #cow giving birth.
Carved in wood, painted.
Probably from Meir, #Egypt, dating c. 2040-1985 BC.

📷 Royal Ontario Museum

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The photo shows a wooden model of a cow giving birth accompanied by two men. One man calms the cow while the other ensures a proper delivery.The calf emerges from his mother, licking the hand of the man.

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 12d

A lovely 14th century ogee arched doorway framing the disused rood stairs in the Church of St. Nicholas, Swineshead, Bedfordshire 😍

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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · Jul 8

Happy #PortfolioDay!

I'm an Architectural Illustrator and 3D Reconstruction Artist from Edinburgh. I enjoy a bit of time travel!

My work involves many months of meticulous research, guided by archaeology, measured survey data, and close collaboration with historians.

Website: bobmarshall.co.uk

Digital reconstruction of the medieval Great Chamber at Belsay Castle in Northumberland, showing how it might have looked towards the end of the fifteenth century. The Middleton family occupied Belsay Castle for more than six centuries until Sir Charles Monck built Belsay Hall close to it in the early nineteenth century. There is fragmentary evidence that this interior was elaborately decorated with geometric patterns below a dado, and above it, a mock tapestry depicted trees set against a dark-coloured background. Their lopped branches support several heraldic shields associated with the Middleton family. There is an instance of a wildman or woodsman commonly referred to as ‘Wild Man of Belsay’. This was a figure that the Middleton family began using in their heraldry in the latter half of the fifteenth century. Above the window opening on the upper part of the south wall, there are paintings that have been identified as carracks, a typical three-masted sailing vessel used in the fifteenth century for trading and warfare. The depiction of the painted timber ceiling in the reconstruction is speculative and is inspired by other surviving ceilings that were fashionable in this period. Artist: Bob Marshall. Copyright: English Heritage / Historic England 2023.

A digital reconstruction of Bury St Edmunds Abbey showing work being completed on the Chapter House around 1220. © English Heritage Trust / B Marshall, C Lemos, S Brindle 2022. Contact Historic England Archives for Licensing enquiries.

A speculative reconstruction of the incomplete timber castle at Howden Motte (c.1305-10) near Selkirk (NT 4584 2686). This is the castle of Alexander Baliol of Cavers - one-time Chamberlain of Scotland and the uncle of King John Baliol, r.1292 – 1296. Howden was an oval enclosure on the ridge top, surrounded by a ditch and bank. Excavation in 1957 revealed the post-holes of a wooden palisade around the rim of the mound and a stone floor. Around the edge of the enclosure was a timber palisade, and it is possible that the enclosure was revetted in stone where the gate entrances were. A timber tower may have been provided with an adjacent hall or solar along with stables, kitchens, and accommodation for the garrison of 30 men-at-arms. Personal project © Bob Marshall 2022

This is a large aerial view digital reconstruction depicting the events of the siege of Stirling Castle in 1304. Edward I of England's army demonstrates the power of his mighty war machine, the giant boulder-throwing trebuchet or catapult 'Warwolf'. It was state-of-the-art weaponry for its time and considered to have been the largest trebuchet ever built. Personal project © Bob Marshall 2020.

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Dr Tim Meek @limefinishes.bsky.social · 12d

Imagine just how well the cut details would be presented at St Andrew's University and not lost in a sea of rubble. Consider masonry without decay and wall performing well because it works in tandem with every other building component. Sorry to cancel my @ihbc.bsky.social walking tour #Amy.

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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 14d

The construction transition was never so affordable.
We have 9x passive house straw modules, all 2,5m x 3m that take too much space.
Transport: You. Cost: A donation.
I will support you with details, like corners, closing of the window openings (fits a straw bale,...)