Trix
@trixranderson.bsky.social
Archaeologist at North Yorkshire Historic Environment Record: special interest in Viking-Age Britain and the Great Heathen Army
Oh man...
It's not the years - it's the mileage.
It's not the years - it's the mileage.
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Oh man...
It's not the years - it's the mileage.
It's not the years - it's the mileage.
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Just in time for Halloween, a new Pictish vision of hell
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
October 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Just in time for Halloween, a new Pictish vision of hell
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
In PSAS 153, 2024 @socantscot.bsky.social Jane Geddes argues the weird 'beehive' surrounded by headless corpses on Sueno's Stone, Forres, is the furnace of the damned
Nice shout-out to #CrucibleOfNations as a bonus
doi.org/10.9750/PSAS...
Honestly don't know if there was an album which had more impact on my teenage self than this one...
October 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Honestly don't know if there was an album which had more impact on my teenage self than this one...
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Metal detecting has completely transformed what we know about it Viking Age England in the past few decades BUT only because the information is accessible! Objects’ significance/value can’t even be determined without that collaborative project of figuring out what it all means in the big picture
October 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Metal detecting has completely transformed what we know about it Viking Age England in the past few decades BUT only because the information is accessible! Objects’ significance/value can’t even be determined without that collaborative project of figuring out what it all means in the big picture
Our eldest Little Viking at an event at Murton Park, York, last weekend - with his nose buried in a book, as usual. It was his umpteenth re-read of his prised signed copy of the latest Loki by @louiestowell.bsky.social, courtesy of www.papercatbookshop.co.uk
(We posed him a bit to hide his face)
(We posed him a bit to hide his face)
October 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Our eldest Little Viking at an event at Murton Park, York, last weekend - with his nose buried in a book, as usual. It was his umpteenth re-read of his prised signed copy of the latest Loki by @louiestowell.bsky.social, courtesy of www.papercatbookshop.co.uk
(We posed him a bit to hide his face)
(We posed him a bit to hide his face)
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As others have said today: nothing beats a good bead!
I thought we'd take a pause from Viking camps and instead look at a North Yorks assemblage which I helped lift last year - and which Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social posted about last week. I watched these beauties come out the ground...
I thought we'd take a pause from Viking camps and instead look at a North Yorks assemblage which I helped lift last year - and which Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social posted about last week. I watched these beauties come out the ground...
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
As others have said today: nothing beats a good bead!
I thought we'd take a pause from Viking camps and instead look at a North Yorks assemblage which I helped lift last year - and which Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social posted about last week. I watched these beauties come out the ground...
I thought we'd take a pause from Viking camps and instead look at a North Yorks assemblage which I helped lift last year - and which Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social posted about last week. I watched these beauties come out the ground...
As others have said today: nothing beats a good bead!
I thought we'd take a pause from Viking camps and instead look at a North Yorks assemblage which I helped lift last year - and which Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social posted about last week. I watched these beauties come out the ground...
I thought we'd take a pause from Viking camps and instead look at a North Yorks assemblage which I helped lift last year - and which Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social posted about last week. I watched these beauties come out the ground...
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
As others have said today: nothing beats a good bead!
I thought we'd take a pause from Viking camps and instead look at a North Yorks assemblage which I helped lift last year - and which Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social posted about last week. I watched these beauties come out the ground...
I thought we'd take a pause from Viking camps and instead look at a North Yorks assemblage which I helped lift last year - and which Rebecca Griffiths @yorym-flo.bsky.social posted about last week. I watched these beauties come out the ground...
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Do you like archaeology? Do you like horror? Do you like archaeological horror?* I have the book for you. Ten stories, £5.99 for the paperback or £1.49 for the ebook.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/shadows-37/
*different from horror archaeology like a winter watching brief in the snow, finding nowt.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/shadows-37/
*different from horror archaeology like a winter watching brief in the snow, finding nowt.
October 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Do you like archaeology? Do you like horror? Do you like archaeological horror?* I have the book for you. Ten stories, £5.99 for the paperback or £1.49 for the ebook.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/shadows-37/
*different from horror archaeology like a winter watching brief in the snow, finding nowt.
blackshuckbooks.co.uk/shadows-37/
*different from horror archaeology like a winter watching brief in the snow, finding nowt.
Carrying on our theme of weaponry, I thought we'd take a short look at spearheads for today's Viking Camps #FindsFriday. Why just a short look? Because we really don't have many spears, and they're all only from one camp.
This is DB1423, one of the three possible spears from the camp at Torksey. /1
This is DB1423, one of the three possible spears from the camp at Torksey. /1
October 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Carrying on our theme of weaponry, I thought we'd take a short look at spearheads for today's Viking Camps #FindsFriday. Why just a short look? Because we really don't have many spears, and they're all only from one camp.
This is DB1423, one of the three possible spears from the camp at Torksey. /1
This is DB1423, one of the three possible spears from the camp at Torksey. /1
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Howard @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social and I have developed a cute little series on the archaeology and history of death and burial in the Viking age. I simply love these sessions and hope more people will discover us :D #vikingsky #medievalsky youtu.be/hi2MQG6ChXM
October 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Howard @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social and I have developed a cute little series on the archaeology and history of death and burial in the Viking age. I simply love these sessions and hope more people will discover us :D #vikingsky #medievalsky youtu.be/hi2MQG6ChXM
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Carrying on our theme of weaponry-related artefacts, we're going to look at these two Carolingian sword-belt mounts for our Viking Camps #FindsFriday today.
People have been known to duck and run for cover when I start talking about strap fittings... so I promise I'll contain my enthusiasm! /1
People have been known to duck and run for cover when I start talking about strap fittings... so I promise I'll contain my enthusiasm! /1
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Carrying on our theme of weaponry-related artefacts, we're going to look at these two Carolingian sword-belt mounts for our Viking Camps #FindsFriday today.
People have been known to duck and run for cover when I start talking about strap fittings... so I promise I'll contain my enthusiasm! /1
People have been known to duck and run for cover when I start talking about strap fittings... so I promise I'll contain my enthusiasm! /1
Carrying on our theme of weaponry-related artefacts, we're going to look at these two Carolingian sword-belt mounts for our Viking Camps #FindsFriday today.
People have been known to duck and run for cover when I start talking about strap fittings... so I promise I'll contain my enthusiasm! /1
People have been known to duck and run for cover when I start talking about strap fittings... so I promise I'll contain my enthusiasm! /1
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Carrying on our theme of weaponry-related artefacts, we're going to look at these two Carolingian sword-belt mounts for our Viking Camps #FindsFriday today.
People have been known to duck and run for cover when I start talking about strap fittings... so I promise I'll contain my enthusiasm! /1
People have been known to duck and run for cover when I start talking about strap fittings... so I promise I'll contain my enthusiasm! /1
An excellent piece of work by Ny Björn here - and it goes to show how these things can just sit happily in finds reports, waiting for the right moment to finally be identified...
It is always good to look at things from new angles.
Yesterday I stumbled upon an ornamented fragment which is depicted in “Birka Studies 2”. When turned correctly it is evidently a piece of a Kazakevièius IIb-scabbard chape.
To my knowledge the first trace of one from Björkö/Birka.
#FindsFriday
Yesterday I stumbled upon an ornamented fragment which is depicted in “Birka Studies 2”. When turned correctly it is evidently a piece of a Kazakevièius IIb-scabbard chape.
To my knowledge the first trace of one from Björkö/Birka.
#FindsFriday
October 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
An excellent piece of work by Ny Björn here - and it goes to show how these things can just sit happily in finds reports, waiting for the right moment to finally be identified...
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Hwæt! 🐉
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
October 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Hwæt! 🐉
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
Ever wondered what the epic poem Beowulf sounds like spoken in Old English?
#NationalPoetryDay
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I'm late getting to my Viking camps #FindsFriday today: I was enjoying myself at the 'Words on the Wave' exhibition at Dublin yesterday and the morning's been a little slow!
We're going to talk about this little artefact today - database number 115 from the camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire. /1
We're going to talk about this little artefact today - database number 115 from the camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire. /1
September 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I'm late getting to my Viking camps #FindsFriday today: I was enjoying myself at the 'Words on the Wave' exhibition at Dublin yesterday and the morning's been a little slow!
We're going to talk about this little artefact today - database number 115 from the camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire. /1
We're going to talk about this little artefact today - database number 115 from the camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire. /1
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For #FindsFriday the jewellery from the Féchain hoard, found in 1967 but still unpublished so not as well known as it should be. 441 Carolingian coins, the most recent of Odo and Arnulf, date it to c. 890. Image from Périn and Feffer, La Neustrie.
September 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
For #FindsFriday the jewellery from the Féchain hoard, found in 1967 but still unpublished so not as well known as it should be. 441 Carolingian coins, the most recent of Odo and Arnulf, date it to c. 890. Image from Périn and Feffer, La Neustrie.
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Hunting for the Viking Great Army with Trix Randerson @trixranderson.bsky.social youtu.be/qO10bpuU8p0
September 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Hunting for the Viking Great Army with Trix Randerson @trixranderson.bsky.social youtu.be/qO10bpuU8p0
I'm late getting to my Viking camps #FindsFriday today: I was enjoying myself at the 'Words on the Wave' exhibition at Dublin yesterday and the morning's been a little slow!
We're going to talk about this little artefact today - database number 115 from the camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire. /1
We're going to talk about this little artefact today - database number 115 from the camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire. /1
September 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I'm late getting to my Viking camps #FindsFriday today: I was enjoying myself at the 'Words on the Wave' exhibition at Dublin yesterday and the morning's been a little slow!
We're going to talk about this little artefact today - database number 115 from the camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire. /1
We're going to talk about this little artefact today - database number 115 from the camp at Torksey, Lincolnshire. /1
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An older but nonetheless very nice Norwegian find for #FindsFriday:
An ornamented (and burnt) bone fragment from Reistad in Levanger, Trøndelag. Found 1935 in a burial mound. The pelleted body implies Mammen-style (c. ~1000 CE).
More here: www.unimus.no/portal/#/thi...
(📸: CC BY-SA 4.0)
An ornamented (and burnt) bone fragment from Reistad in Levanger, Trøndelag. Found 1935 in a burial mound. The pelleted body implies Mammen-style (c. ~1000 CE).
More here: www.unimus.no/portal/#/thi...
(📸: CC BY-SA 4.0)
September 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
An older but nonetheless very nice Norwegian find for #FindsFriday:
An ornamented (and burnt) bone fragment from Reistad in Levanger, Trøndelag. Found 1935 in a burial mound. The pelleted body implies Mammen-style (c. ~1000 CE).
More here: www.unimus.no/portal/#/thi...
(📸: CC BY-SA 4.0)
An ornamented (and burnt) bone fragment from Reistad in Levanger, Trøndelag. Found 1935 in a burial mound. The pelleted body implies Mammen-style (c. ~1000 CE).
More here: www.unimus.no/portal/#/thi...
(📸: CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Exciting book launch event!!
Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
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Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Exciting book launch event!!
Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
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Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
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I think we'll spend the next few weeks looking at weapons for our Viking camps #FindsFriday posts: for all our talk of the 'Great Army', there are surprisingly few weapons from the sites.
We'll start with these two pieces - Torksey finds DB 130 and 804. Both are broken ferrules from sword grips. /1
We'll start with these two pieces - Torksey finds DB 130 and 804. Both are broken ferrules from sword grips. /1
September 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I think we'll spend the next few weeks looking at weapons for our Viking camps #FindsFriday posts: for all our talk of the 'Great Army', there are surprisingly few weapons from the sites.
We'll start with these two pieces - Torksey finds DB 130 and 804. Both are broken ferrules from sword grips. /1
We'll start with these two pieces - Torksey finds DB 130 and 804. Both are broken ferrules from sword grips. /1
I think we'll spend the next few weeks looking at weapons for our Viking camps #FindsFriday posts: for all our talk of the 'Great Army', there are surprisingly few weapons from the sites.
We'll start with these two pieces - Torksey finds DB 130 and 804. Both are broken ferrules from sword grips. /1
We'll start with these two pieces - Torksey finds DB 130 and 804. Both are broken ferrules from sword grips. /1
September 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I think we'll spend the next few weeks looking at weapons for our Viking camps #FindsFriday posts: for all our talk of the 'Great Army', there are surprisingly few weapons from the sites.
We'll start with these two pieces - Torksey finds DB 130 and 804. Both are broken ferrules from sword grips. /1
We'll start with these two pieces - Torksey finds DB 130 and 804. Both are broken ferrules from sword grips. /1
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It's a brave person who invites me to talk on any topic I'm interested in - but I had a grand time with Howard last week, chatting to my heart's content about Viking camps and the Great Army.
It was a hugely enjoyable hour-and-a-half for me: the link's below if you'd like to watch or listen 😊
It was a hugely enjoyable hour-and-a-half for me: the link's below if you'd like to watch or listen 😊
Hunting for the Viking Great Army with Trix Randerson
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
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September 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It's a brave person who invites me to talk on any topic I'm interested in - but I had a grand time with Howard last week, chatting to my heart's content about Viking camps and the Great Army.
It was a hugely enjoyable hour-and-a-half for me: the link's below if you'd like to watch or listen 😊
It was a hugely enjoyable hour-and-a-half for me: the link's below if you'd like to watch or listen 😊
It's a brave person who invites me to talk on any topic I'm interested in - but I had a grand time with Howard last week, chatting to my heart's content about Viking camps and the Great Army.
It was a hugely enjoyable hour-and-a-half for me: the link's below if you'd like to watch or listen 😊
It was a hugely enjoyable hour-and-a-half for me: the link's below if you'd like to watch or listen 😊
Hunting for the Viking Great Army with Trix Randerson
YouTube video by Archaeodeath
www.youtube.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
It's a brave person who invites me to talk on any topic I'm interested in - but I had a grand time with Howard last week, chatting to my heart's content about Viking camps and the Great Army.
It was a hugely enjoyable hour-and-a-half for me: the link's below if you'd like to watch or listen 😊
It was a hugely enjoyable hour-and-a-half for me: the link's below if you'd like to watch or listen 😊
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Answer time. A is detected find from Brampton, within area of Torksey Viking winter camp - it's recorded as being likely early medieval.
B is from Snettisham & is secure Iron Age find - typical of IA.
So are both these again Iron Age, with Piece A thieved?
Who knows, but we can't rule it out.
B is from Snettisham & is secure Iron Age find - typical of IA.
So are both these again Iron Age, with Piece A thieved?
Who knows, but we can't rule it out.
September 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Answer time. A is detected find from Brampton, within area of Torksey Viking winter camp - it's recorded as being likely early medieval.
B is from Snettisham & is secure Iron Age find - typical of IA.
So are both these again Iron Age, with Piece A thieved?
Who knows, but we can't rule it out.
B is from Snettisham & is secure Iron Age find - typical of IA.
So are both these again Iron Age, with Piece A thieved?
Who knows, but we can't rule it out.