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Peter Reavill

@peterreavill.bsky.social

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Landscape archaeologist, prehistorian, and small finds specialist. At home in the Bronze Age, but living in the deep Welsh Marches. HERO for Herefordshire Archaeology. All views my own

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Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hello, to all those just landing here - welcome
I am a landscape archaeologist specialising in both prehistory and small finds working in #Herefordshire looking after the counties heritage as a HERO. Live in #Shropshire.
Here to support and promote all things good

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 3h

Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w

Vision On - The Gallery Tune - BBC1 1960/70s

YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio

youtu.be

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Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · 1h

Why do I think the companion volume for @hookland.bsky.social would turn out rather different, as the down below and Marsh apes would see an opportunity to sow mayhem

AJCann @ajcann.bsky.social · 20h

Palmer, P., Cann, A., Sexton, T., Fox, B., & Pitt-Miller, S. (2025) Spiders of the Rutland Water Lagoons: An Exploratory Survey. ISBN 979-8269245362
Learn more: ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2025/10/spid...
#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55

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AJCann @ajcann.bsky.social · 20h

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Rebecca Lambert (She/Her) ♾️🐭🍉 @ladyliminal.bsky.social · 2h

Hi, niche question for academic pals: does anyone have contact details for Professor Sam Smiles, please?
I need to ask for his help (pretty promptly) in relation to Practises Make Places.
If anyone can help, please DM me. I’d be immensely grateful 🙂

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 3h

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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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 2h

The Hexham Hoard was discovered in the abbey grounds by the sexton and his assistant while digging a grave #OTD in 1832. Some 8,000 Northumbrian coins of the C9th were found preserved in a bronze bucket of the same period. 📸British Museum #medievalsky

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 1h

Would love to see the Gammon reaction if the Spanish gov't introduced a law like this.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 15h

I will bet my bike that close to zero of the British racists that this law is pandering to could pass A-level English.

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Mark Knight 🍉 @markknight63.bsky.social · 14h

Heartwood #BogOak #Fenland #FlagFenBasin

Cross section through preserved oak branch - black heartwood, tree-rings

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Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · 11h

Leominster (Lemster), Herefordshire

Trotterscliffe (Trozley) Kent

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Beth Brooke @bethbpoet.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you @longbarrowpress.bsky.social this book is beautiful.

Book cover of Truth, Justice and the Companionship of Owls by Peter Riley

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Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · 11h

90s kids have best telly

Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · 12h

I squeeze your head

a man wearing a hat and scarf is pointing to the camera

Alt: a man wearing a hat and scarf is squeezing your head

media.tenor.com

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Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · 12h

Now have images of

I crush your dolmen

a man wearing glasses and a suit is pointing at something

Alt: a man wearing glasses and a suit is pointing at crushing someone head

media.tenor.com

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 12h

I remember being taken round there by Billy O'Brien in 2017.

He said it was the largest dolmen IN THE UNIVERSE

I enjoyed making Fr Ted images:

This dolmen is the largest on the universe....this dolmen is very far away...

Fingers gripping a dolmen - forced perspective has been used.

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Longden Calling @longdencalling.bsky.social · 12h

'10 Rillington Place'

Ink on Bristol board, 2025

#PenandInk
#Illustration
#Pointillism
#BritishHistory
#BlueSkyArt

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Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · 12h

Having to work alongside tithe maps the thoughts of capturing hookland tithe sound both amazing snd an act of enchantment - taxes are always and their is no escape.

Night night hookland

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Paul Watt Photography @paulwattphoto.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn, Murieston Trail, Livingston, West Lothian #scotland #photography

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 1d

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Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · 2d

Don't worry kitty, one day you too will be on the table of interesting pet skulls

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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 2d

@mchshe.bsky.social I wish this was real

Screenshot of a social media platform, probably the ex-twrter

finn ?! @finneffable posts:
i keep having dreams where i
meet michael sheen on the
streets in wales and i try telling
him im a big fan of good omens
and all he does is vell welsh facts
at me because im a londoner
i'm moving to wales in a few
days so the dreams r getting
worse pls he

michael sheen posts :
A FIFTH OF THE PEOPLE IN
WALES ARE OVER 65!!!!

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 3d

teach your children well

(🖼️ @ellisjrosen.bsky.social )

Cartoon by Ellis Rosen

A child is sitting on the floor staring into a large black swirl on the wall. Mother is relaxing in an armchair and reading a book while saying: "It's just the abyss, dear. Try not to gaze into it. *

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Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · 2d

Archaeology is like this, but leaving out the edges and most of the middle. When anyone points this out there is this universal gesture of head tilt, slight shrug, wave of hands and utterance of it being all ritual as an answer for everything

Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 3d

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

A comic strip in six panels. The panels inerlock like a jigsaw with knobs and sockets. Two stick figures walk right to left through all the panels.

Panel 1: Person 1 says "I hear you're working on a new theory."
Panel 2 & 3: Person 2 says: "Yes, I'm calling it the jigsaw model. I think it could change our whole View of reality."
Panel 4: Person 1 says "When Will you publish?:
Panel 5: Person 2 says "But a couple of things are still bothering me." (this piece/panel is a bit squint)
Panel 6: This piece is rotated ninety degees and fits to the others very badly. Person 2 is saying "Soon. I feel like I'm really close"
A second look at the whole comic shows that the last two panels read in the wrong order because the jigsaw has been put together incorrectly.

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John Bloor Printmaker @johnbloorprint.bsky.social · 3d

This is the complete scene, with the animals.

#winter #scene #townandcountry #rural #urban #houses #cottages #fox #hare #illustration #art

A winter scene with a fox and a hare running across the scene. There are rows of houses, cottages, a river with a bridge, fences, paths and trees.

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Jonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 2d

"I wanted to write about Shropshire for a long time. And because I was living there from a very young age, I felt so strongly and so sensitively about just the place itself, the nature of it. The forests, the landscapes, the nature of light there, and the animals."

Jerskin Fendrix: Beth's Farm

Jerskin Fendrix (AKA Joscelin Dent-Pooley) is an English composer and musician best known for his film music. Beth's Farm is a track from hi...

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 2d

Check out these ancient finds 👀

Pictured here are a Roman ring key, military helmet stud and incense bowl shard. They're just some of the artefacts unearthed on excavation and metal detecting surveys at Attingham Park in Shropshire.

A close-up of a hand holding a Roman ring key. They key section of the ring is square and like a belt buckle in shape.

A close-up of a hand holding a round stud that would once have been attached to a Roman military helmet.

A close-up of a hand holding a ceramic shard in its palm. The shard shows lines of frilly decoration.

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