Peter Reavill
@peterreavill.bsky.social
Landscape archaeologist, prehistorian, and small finds specialist. At home in the Bronze Age, but living in the deep Welsh Marches. HERO for Herefordshire Archaeology.
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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
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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Biscuit tins that won't accommodate a full pack of rich tea biscuits in their wrapper without having to cut the pack in half are a crime against humanity.
November 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Biscuit tins that won't accommodate a full pack of rich tea biscuits in their wrapper without having to cut the pack in half are a crime against humanity.
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Two ghostly portals - the left at Lilleshall, #Shropshire, the other at Malmesbury, #Gloucestershire. Their #ghosts are just a few of my fellow Ghost Monks pottering about, but since the photos were scanned from 'Abbeys', the 1925 book by M R James, I felt they were worth posting for #PhantomsFriday
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Two ghostly portals - the left at Lilleshall, #Shropshire, the other at Malmesbury, #Gloucestershire. Their #ghosts are just a few of my fellow Ghost Monks pottering about, but since the photos were scanned from 'Abbeys', the 1925 book by M R James, I felt they were worth posting for #PhantomsFriday
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Taken, under a vast Fenland sky, by the Welland, just outside Crowland in Lincolnshire. #FingerpostFriday #HollandCountyCouncil
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Taken, under a vast Fenland sky, by the Welland, just outside Crowland in Lincolnshire. #FingerpostFriday #HollandCountyCouncil
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One of England's finest early 17th-century monuments, erected in 1621 at St Leonard's, Apethorpe (Northamptonshire), commemorates Sir Anthony and Grace Mildmay. It is probably by Maximilian Colt.
Number 212 in "Country Church Monuments".
Number 212 in "Country Church Monuments".
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
One of England's finest early 17th-century monuments, erected in 1621 at St Leonard's, Apethorpe (Northamptonshire), commemorates Sir Anthony and Grace Mildmay. It is probably by Maximilian Colt.
Number 212 in "Country Church Monuments".
Number 212 in "Country Church Monuments".
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In case you wondered how it is like being charged by the mighty aurochs …
(Still at @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social, obviously.)
(Still at @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social, obviously.)
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
In case you wondered how it is like being charged by the mighty aurochs …
(Still at @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social, obviously.)
(Still at @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social, obviously.)
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In today's Budget, the Chancellor spoke about building the economy “brick by brick” but left out the very foundation that underpins it all: nature.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In today's Budget, the Chancellor spoke about building the economy “brick by brick” but left out the very foundation that underpins it all: nature.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
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100s of thousands fewer people paying to come to Britain to study bringing in much needed foreign currency. Every student who arrives is worth more than selling a luxury car abroad. Their loss is a disaster for the economy caused by obsessive fear of immigrants.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
100s of thousands fewer people paying to come to Britain to study bringing in much needed foreign currency. Every student who arrives is worth more than selling a luxury car abroad. Their loss is a disaster for the economy caused by obsessive fear of immigrants.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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AARGnews Spotlight: 📣Drone-based magnetometer survey📣
How do you speed up a geophysical survey of an archaeological site? By using an aerial platform!
In a study supported by an AARG Fund grant, Kseniia Bondar et al describe their use of a UAV mag to survey 2 Roman forts in Ukraine #geophysics
How do you speed up a geophysical survey of an archaeological site? By using an aerial platform!
In a study supported by an AARG Fund grant, Kseniia Bondar et al describe their use of a UAV mag to survey 2 Roman forts in Ukraine #geophysics
November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
AARGnews Spotlight: 📣Drone-based magnetometer survey📣
How do you speed up a geophysical survey of an archaeological site? By using an aerial platform!
In a study supported by an AARG Fund grant, Kseniia Bondar et al describe their use of a UAV mag to survey 2 Roman forts in Ukraine #geophysics
How do you speed up a geophysical survey of an archaeological site? By using an aerial platform!
In a study supported by an AARG Fund grant, Kseniia Bondar et al describe their use of a UAV mag to survey 2 Roman forts in Ukraine #geophysics
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Colour!? In prehistory!? What novelty!
Tres bien!
New reconstruction of a neolithic house at the Samara Parc Archéologique:
www.facebook.com/samaraparcar...
New reconstruction of a neolithic house at the Samara Parc Archéologique:
www.facebook.com/samaraparcar...
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Colour!? In prehistory!? What novelty!
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November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Moving, funny and revelatory’ ...
Nicola Chester.
'Village' is ONLY available here. Paperback- or Kindle edition, readable on phone.or computer for only 99 pence!
www.amazon.co.uk/Village-Surv...
Nicola Chester.
'Village' is ONLY available here. Paperback- or Kindle edition, readable on phone.or computer for only 99 pence!
www.amazon.co.uk/Village-Surv...
Village: Survival in six houses: 1841-1971
Buy Village: Survival in six houses: 1841-1971 by Brackenbury, Alison (ISBN: 9798289103017) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Moving, funny and revelatory’ ...
Nicola Chester.
'Village' is ONLY available here. Paperback- or Kindle edition, readable on phone.or computer for only 99 pence!
www.amazon.co.uk/Village-Surv...
Nicola Chester.
'Village' is ONLY available here. Paperback- or Kindle edition, readable on phone.or computer for only 99 pence!
www.amazon.co.uk/Village-Surv...
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Good morning from the Welsh Marches. A flare of light on the horizon but otherwise grey and damp. Warm though. Pheasants noisy in the pasture.
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Good morning from the Welsh Marches. A flare of light on the horizon but otherwise grey and damp. Warm though. Pheasants noisy in the pasture.
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In the shadow of Storm Claudia in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Paul Evans (I'd assume, given there's no name yet).
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
Country diary: The river has risen to meet the trees. This is Storm Claudia’s work | Paul Evans
Welsh Marches, Shropshire: All the ditches and drains from the hills of mid-Wales to here burst with rain. The Severn has a deadly seriousness now
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In the shadow of Storm Claudia in today's @theguardian.com country diary by Paul Evans (I'd assume, given there's no name yet).
#countrydiary #naturewriting
#countrydiary #naturewriting
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'Rising Sun', Blackheath (1942) by Francis Dodd
(Private collection; sold by richardtaylorfineart.com)
(Private collection; sold by richardtaylorfineart.com)
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
'Rising Sun', Blackheath (1942) by Francis Dodd
(Private collection; sold by richardtaylorfineart.com)
(Private collection; sold by richardtaylorfineart.com)
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Peter Krøyer's 'Summer Day at Skagen South Beach,' (1884) captures the carefree existence that defined the isolated painting community that flourished in Skagen at the tip of Jutland at the end of the 19thC.
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Peter Krøyer's 'Summer Day at Skagen South Beach,' (1884) captures the carefree existence that defined the isolated painting community that flourished in Skagen at the tip of Jutland at the end of the 19thC.
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Just out!
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Just out!
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
As @sarahsemple.bsky.social says, '544 pages and 190 images of pure sculptural joy!'
A fantastic cast list and a tremendous achievement @ascorpus.bsky.social.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/early-m...
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A rainbow at Foel Drygarn yesterday (25.11.25) for #HillfortWednesday #scape
#LandscapePhotography
#PhotographersofBluesky
#LandscapePhotography
#PhotographersofBluesky
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
A rainbow at Foel Drygarn yesterday (25.11.25) for #HillfortWednesday #scape
#LandscapePhotography
#PhotographersofBluesky
#LandscapePhotography
#PhotographersofBluesky
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Congratulations to my colleague Dr Ben Jennings on his recent publication in Antiquity - a must read if you're into Wetlands and Archaeology.
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology
www.cambridge.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Congratulations to my colleague Dr Ben Jennings on his recent publication in Antiquity - a must read if you're into Wetlands and Archaeology.
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Find the article here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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'Sea at Sunset,' was painted towards the end of James Dickson Innes' working life, and was likely to have been done at Rye in Sussex where he went to work with Frank Slade and other friends in 1913. He died from tuberculosis the following year, aged 27.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
'Sea at Sunset,' was painted towards the end of James Dickson Innes' working life, and was likely to have been done at Rye in Sussex where he went to work with Frank Slade and other friends in 1913. He died from tuberculosis the following year, aged 27.
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If you’re anywhere near A&E/ED at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, please please keep an eye out for this little chap? And please share?
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
If you’re anywhere near A&E/ED at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, please please keep an eye out for this little chap? And please share?
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'Winter Hedgerow II'
Bitumen : Paint
'Time of the Season'
Exhibition at Two Doors Studio. Alsager.
alsager.nub.news/whats-on/art...
Bitumen : Paint
'Time of the Season'
Exhibition at Two Doors Studio. Alsager.
alsager.nub.news/whats-on/art...
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
'Winter Hedgerow II'
Bitumen : Paint
'Time of the Season'
Exhibition at Two Doors Studio. Alsager.
alsager.nub.news/whats-on/art...
Bitumen : Paint
'Time of the Season'
Exhibition at Two Doors Studio. Alsager.
alsager.nub.news/whats-on/art...
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Yes, playgrounds are good. But "up to 200 playgrounds" across a country of 60 million? That's a grain of salt in the Pacific Ocean. And presumably there will be some joyous 200 page application for every council who want to compete in the Playground Hunger Games to fill in...
Playgrounds are good, small things that matter for children and their families. Cross-generational 'social' infrastructure.
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Yes, playgrounds are good. But "up to 200 playgrounds" across a country of 60 million? That's a grain of salt in the Pacific Ocean. And presumably there will be some joyous 200 page application for every council who want to compete in the Playground Hunger Games to fill in...
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Today’s photo is this #HolidayRobin who’s #OnTheEdge
Taken today in London
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin
Taken today in London
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Today’s photo is this #HolidayRobin who’s #OnTheEdge
Taken today in London
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin
Taken today in London
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Photography #EastCoastKin
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An amazing survival. This panel dates from c.1230 and depicts the stoning to death of St Stephen. The text below the figures is in Lombardic letters and reads ‘STEPHANUS ORANS EXPIRAT’ (Stephen dies while praying). The panel is in Graveley church, Hampshire.
November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
An amazing survival. This panel dates from c.1230 and depicts the stoning to death of St Stephen. The text below the figures is in Lombardic letters and reads ‘STEPHANUS ORANS EXPIRAT’ (Stephen dies while praying). The panel is in Graveley church, Hampshire.