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Dr Dot Boughton
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Finds & Archives Project Officer @ Greenlane Archaeology Ltd in Ulverston, Cumbria. Loves small finds, cats, archiving and archives.... And databases/metadata😄
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In Ulverston, if your down that way 😀
At Greenlane Archaeology Ltd we also have a bookshop- mainly archaeology and history but also lots of local volumes, nature, gardens etc. Have a look at the catalogue on the website: www.greenlanearchaeology.co.uk/bookshop/
Get in touch if you find anything of interest!
Have been dabbling in making glass mosaics. First attempt was my tortoiseshell, Furnace. Thanks for suggesting this crafty activity @lucyh24.bsky.social !
At Greenlane Archaeology Ltd we also have a bookshop- mainly archaeology and history but also lots of local volumes, nature, gardens etc. Have a look at the catalogue on the website: www.greenlanearchaeology.co.uk/bookshop/
Get in touch if you find anything of interest!
No, no idea but it might be in the BM?
Should spend more time on here. Work is just keeping me mega busy! Don't know what's going on but definitely not complaining! Got lots of new books in and sample processing to do!

Hello Bluesky!
Thanks, Tom! I'm super self conscious and didn't watch it myself 😔 but I hope it all came across well! It was lovely meeting @profaliceroberts.bsky.social - she was ever so lovely and her team is ace!
A colleague did it and I thought it was a great idea...
Ha! No, I can't remember either! I migrated all my tweets to Bluesky but this could have been on any given day😄
Thanks for replying though!
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A broad-band silver armring with stamped decoration from the Galloway Hoard, deposited c. AD 900.

Likely beaten out of silver ingots, they were produced, seemingly, in Hiberno-Scandinavian / Great Army contexts c. 870x930, following a 'prototype' form developed in Danish southern Scandinavia.
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I have always loved some of the portraiture on Roman coinage - here's a favourite from the Brislington Coin Hoard: a denarius of Septimius Severus with wonderful curly hair and beard detail. I also love the way the wavy edge shows how the silver has been squashed as it was struck. #FindsFriday
I love that!! That would be a very cool Easter egg!
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For #FindsFriday a neck ring found in a Jutish bog. The tradition of offering neck rings was common practice in the Bronze Age period in Jutland, Denmark, and still thrives in the first century of the Iron Age. Solid crown neck rings are of foreign design,with inspiration...1/2

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#Adventkalender Door 6: this is another find from our Millom Community Dig in the summer: a cap(?) badge with a boar's head left above a banner with the motto VIX EA NOSTRA VOCO (lat. "I scarcely call these things our own"). If anyone can shed any light on this, or give us a date we'd appreciate it!
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I captured the light shift over a day at Wells Cathedral and put it on my wall - a full day of light jam packed into my room. My image of Wells Cathedral in a day is now available as a digital print. 📍More info here🔗: andymarshallphotos.co.uk/products/wel...
I'm glad you're ok and yes, a run through for the inevitable. We saw lots of tsunami warning and advice signs when we visited last year; and tsunami safe areas on higher ground.
Are you guys ok? Visited Oregon, Washington State abba California last year and am thinking of you x
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West coast Oregon to 10 miles NW of Santa Cruz tsunami warning after 7.3 mag earthquake near Eureka. Northern California coastal folks review your tsunami plans!!!
Also, my boss gets kudos today for his very awesome Adventkalender!
#Adventkalender Door 5: Greenlane Archaeology supported Millom & District History Society last summer, excavating summer trenches near Millom Castle and Holy Trinity Church. We found some medieval 12h-14thC objects like this stirrup shaped strap fitting which came out in almost mint condition!!
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All ready to host visiting @molarchaeology.bsky.social researcher examining these Roman ceramic flue tiles @romtoronto.bsky.social today! Ancient #ceramic building materials still looking great.

#TileTuesday 🏺 #archaeology
Maybe for volume two of The Past in the Past.... Or, in this case, The Future in the Past.