Dr Murray Cook
@stirlingdigger.bsky.social
Archaeologist from Stirling interested in Romans, Picts and all things Scottish!
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🗣📹📼 Watch the recordings of Prof. Steve's Dalrymple Lectures!
Either click FOLLOW THIS LINK here:
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...
Or, this link should take you to the recordings of both lectures:
echo360.org.uk/section/e305...
Either click FOLLOW THIS LINK here:
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...
Or, this link should take you to the recordings of both lectures:
echo360.org.uk/section/e305...
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
🗣📹📼 Watch the recordings of Prof. Steve's Dalrymple Lectures!
Either click FOLLOW THIS LINK here:
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...
Or, this link should take you to the recordings of both lectures:
echo360.org.uk/section/e305...
Either click FOLLOW THIS LINK here:
www.gla.ac.uk/schools/huma...
Or, this link should take you to the recordings of both lectures:
echo360.org.uk/section/e305...
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"The coins were auctioned off in 57 lots by Noonans Mayfair on Wednesday, November 12, attracting global bidders from the UK, USA, Europe and New Zealand."
Honestly, it's relentless...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure #Coins
Honestly, it's relentless...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure #Coins
*Archaeological find of national significance broken up and dispersed overseas*
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
Roman coin find in Dorset field sells for over £16,000
A hoard of 97 Roman coins found in Dorset by metal detectorist Trenton Oliver sold for £16,625 at Noonans Mayfair auction, exceeding estimates.
www.dorsetecho.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
"The coins were auctioned off in 57 lots by Noonans Mayfair on Wednesday, November 12, attracting global bidders from the UK, USA, Europe and New Zealand."
Honestly, it's relentless...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure #Coins
Honestly, it's relentless...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure #Coins
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Do you fancy a Scottish archaeological adventure in 2026? Join me in a hole and we'll all get dirty! stirlingarchaeology.substack.com/p/fancy-a-di...
Fancy a dirty weekend in 2026? ....dig with Dr Murray Cook
why not finally pick up that trowel?
stirlingarchaeology.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Do you fancy a Scottish archaeological adventure in 2026? Join me in a hole and we'll all get dirty! stirlingarchaeology.substack.com/p/fancy-a-di...
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Brissit brawnis, and brokin banis, 🚑
Stryf, discorde, and waistie wanis, 🚔
Crukit in eild, syne halt, withal, 🤕
Thir are the bewties of the fute-ball. ⚽
“The Bewties of the Fute-ball” (anon)
Middle Scots poem, c.15–16th century, from the Maitland manuscripts (with added emojis)
Also heart attacks
Stryf, discorde, and waistie wanis, 🚔
Crukit in eild, syne halt, withal, 🤕
Thir are the bewties of the fute-ball. ⚽
“The Bewties of the Fute-ball” (anon)
Middle Scots poem, c.15–16th century, from the Maitland manuscripts (with added emojis)
Also heart attacks
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Brissit brawnis, and brokin banis, 🚑
Stryf, discorde, and waistie wanis, 🚔
Crukit in eild, syne halt, withal, 🤕
Thir are the bewties of the fute-ball. ⚽
“The Bewties of the Fute-ball” (anon)
Middle Scots poem, c.15–16th century, from the Maitland manuscripts (with added emojis)
Also heart attacks
Stryf, discorde, and waistie wanis, 🚔
Crukit in eild, syne halt, withal, 🤕
Thir are the bewties of the fute-ball. ⚽
“The Bewties of the Fute-ball” (anon)
Middle Scots poem, c.15–16th century, from the Maitland manuscripts (with added emojis)
Also heart attacks
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#Museum30 theme 19 is #magic. In 1615, during reign of King James VI who’d written about witches & warlocks in his book "Daemonologie" in 1597 approving & supporting witch hunting, one Watty Bryce of Dunblane was brought to trial accused of being a warlock as "one who has…/👇
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Hot off the press, our new paper on the incredible Late Bronze Age nucleated settlement at Brusselstown Ring hillfort, Co. Wicklow, Ireland is freely available to read (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...). @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @antiquity.ac.uk
Brusselstown Ring: a nucleated settlement agglomeration in prehistoric Ireland | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Brusselstown Ring: a nucleated settlement agglomeration in prehistoric Ireland
doi.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hot off the press, our new paper on the incredible Late Bronze Age nucleated settlement at Brusselstown Ring hillfort, Co. Wicklow, Ireland is freely available to read (doi.org/10.15184/aqy...). @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social @antiquity.ac.uk
A great collaboration, bravo, to all who got this backlog sorted out!
Now available in our latest Open Access journal, TAFAJ Vol 31: 'Excavations at Cullykhan, Castle Point, Troup, Aberdeenshire' by Moira Greig, Laurie Maclagan-Wedderburn and Gordon Noble www.tafac.org.uk/.../11/V31-p...
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A great collaboration, bravo, to all who got this backlog sorted out!
Office today Stirling’s Old Town Cemetery, a wee bit gardening! This is the oldest one in the cemetery, dating to the late 16th century. The Gibb’s were buried here till the 1950s when they left Stirling to form a disco group…. lol sorry couldn’t resist!
November 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Office today Stirling’s Old Town Cemetery, a wee bit gardening! This is the oldest one in the cemetery, dating to the late 16th century. The Gibb’s were buried here till the 1950s when they left Stirling to form a disco group…. lol sorry couldn’t resist!
Includes a 3000 year old Golden eagle talon from Stirling.
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Includes a 3000 year old Golden eagle talon from Stirling.
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Trump’s decision to sue the BBC is exposing the Rabid Right’s hypocrisy. For all their flag waving, its extremists would rather side with a foreign despot who shares their fanatically anti-progressive doctrines than with a British institution that most of their compatriots cherish.
November 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Trump’s decision to sue the BBC is exposing the Rabid Right’s hypocrisy. For all their flag waving, its extremists would rather side with a foreign despot who shares their fanatically anti-progressive doctrines than with a British institution that most of their compatriots cherish.
I’m in this one!
Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2025 is here! This year’s issue is packed full of delightful articles featuring discoveries, important progress on sector issues, and how archaeological practices help support people and change lives. #ScotArchStrat archaeologystrategy.scot/magazine/
November 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’m in this one!
My latest blog is about the results of our excavation on what we think was Wallace and de Moray’s camp ahead of the Battle of Stirling Bridge. open.substack.com/pub/stirling...
Results ....Wallace's Lost Camp
Finding the Scot's Camp ahead of Stirling Bridge.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
My latest blog is about the results of our excavation on what we think was Wallace and de Moray’s camp ahead of the Battle of Stirling Bridge. open.substack.com/pub/stirling...
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Hey, @bsky.app @jay.bsky.team @support.bsky.team
Why have you suspended @sarahkendzior.bsky.social account ? When are you going to explain yourselves, and when are you going to re-install her?
Is it because she critcises Trump - has someone asked you to suspend her?
Why have you suspended @sarahkendzior.bsky.social account ? When are you going to explain yourselves, and when are you going to re-install her?
Is it because she critcises Trump - has someone asked you to suspend her?
‼️ Why did you, @jay.bsky.team @support.bsky.team suspend the account of one of the most outspoken, independent and important critics of the Trump regime - my friend and colleague @sarahkendzior.bsky.social ? By cutting her off, you also endanger her. Reinstall her account NOW!
Please share widely
Please share widely
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Hey, @bsky.app @jay.bsky.team @support.bsky.team
Why have you suspended @sarahkendzior.bsky.social account ? When are you going to explain yourselves, and when are you going to re-install her?
Is it because she critcises Trump - has someone asked you to suspend her?
Why have you suspended @sarahkendzior.bsky.social account ? When are you going to explain yourselves, and when are you going to re-install her?
Is it because she critcises Trump - has someone asked you to suspend her?
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“We are so grateful to our supporters who donated funds allowing us to purchase this ring. We do not have many things in the collection either from this part of Mid Devon, or from that time period.”
Annnnnnnnd again...
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Annnnnnnnd again...
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
300-year-old gold ring found engraved with a romantic message
It has found its forever home in Devon
www.devonlive.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“We are so grateful to our supporters who donated funds allowing us to purchase this ring. We do not have many things in the collection either from this part of Mid Devon, or from that time period.”
Annnnnnnnd again...
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
Annnnnnnnd again...
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure
www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...
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Obviously, it’s been a tough day for the BBC. Big organisations, working under big pressure, will sadly make errors
But I still feel huge pride in hosting a BBC podcast, and having previously spent 11 years making a world-renowned children’s show that no other broadcaster would have made
But I still feel huge pride in hosting a BBC podcast, and having previously spent 11 years making a world-renowned children’s show that no other broadcaster would have made
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Obviously, it’s been a tough day for the BBC. Big organisations, working under big pressure, will sadly make errors
But I still feel huge pride in hosting a BBC podcast, and having previously spent 11 years making a world-renowned children’s show that no other broadcaster would have made
But I still feel huge pride in hosting a BBC podcast, and having previously spent 11 years making a world-renowned children’s show that no other broadcaster would have made
my latest blog is some late Halloween fun....a cautionary tale about the need to do research! Stirling and Aberdeen's Hotel of Death!
open.substack.com/pub/stirling...
open.substack.com/pub/stirling...
Stirling and Aberdeen's Hotel of Death!
Some late Halloween fun and a cautionary tale on the need to do research!
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
my latest blog is some late Halloween fun....a cautionary tale about the need to do research! Stirling and Aberdeen's Hotel of Death!
open.substack.com/pub/stirling...
open.substack.com/pub/stirling...
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Did you know Mary Shelley once had to correct Sir Walter Scott for crediting her novel, Frankenstein, to her husband? 🔍
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Did you know Mary Shelley once had to correct Sir Walter Scott for crediting her novel, Frankenstein, to her husband? 🔍
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
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Train worker hero credited with saving lives in the Huntingdon knife attack named as Samir Zitouni.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Train worker hero credited with saving lives in the Huntingdon knife attack named as Samir Zitouni.
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It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help.
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
BAJR SURVEY PIR III: ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN FINANCIAL CRISIS
Inflation, energy costs, fuel costs and food are becoming increasingly expensive - this anonymous survey will help to understand the level of Financial Crisis we are in as archaeologists - as individu...
survey.app.do
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
It is that time again. And that time where its up to you, to help make our collective lives better. Poverty Impact Report 2025 is anonymous and we so need this information to help.
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
Please answer if you are employed in - or have been employed in UK Archaeology
survey.app.do/archaeologis...
A great occasion and a tour de force presentation from @nts-archaeology.bsky.social on the amazing Pioneering Spirit project!
Great conference yesterday at Cowanes Hospital and Holy Rude church in Stirling. Amazing lunchtime guided walk around the graveyard led by Murray Cook @stirlingdigger.bsky.social Thanks to all involved.
November 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
A great occasion and a tour de force presentation from @nts-archaeology.bsky.social on the amazing Pioneering Spirit project!
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Looking forward to speaking at the #StirlingRocks conference tomorrow about our #PioneeringSpirit whisky project with a wee dash of Stirlingshire sites thrown in to the mix.
October 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Looking forward to speaking at the #StirlingRocks conference tomorrow about our #PioneeringSpirit whisky project with a wee dash of Stirlingshire sites thrown in to the mix.
My latest blog is all about Balfron's first ever research dig....Woodend Motte! open.substack.com/pub/stirling...
RESULTS....Excavations at Woodend Motte, Balfron. If not a motte..then what?
Initial results from Balfron's first ever research excavation!
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 AM
My latest blog is all about Balfron's first ever research dig....Woodend Motte! open.substack.com/pub/stirling...
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Earlier this year, we worked with a lovely family to record Private Walter Scott of the Sutherland Highlander's story, and made a digital record of objects that belonged to him.
Caitlin takes a look at Private Scott's life and the history of rum in the regiment here: argylls.co.uk/spirit-of-th...
Caitlin takes a look at Private Scott's life and the history of rum in the regiment here: argylls.co.uk/spirit-of-th...
October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Earlier this year, we worked with a lovely family to record Private Walter Scott of the Sutherland Highlander's story, and made a digital record of objects that belonged to him.
Caitlin takes a look at Private Scott's life and the history of rum in the regiment here: argylls.co.uk/spirit-of-th...
Caitlin takes a look at Private Scott's life and the history of rum in the regiment here: argylls.co.uk/spirit-of-th...