Adam M Ibbotson 🏺
@adamibbotson.bsky.social
Author, filmmaker, and champion of pop-archaeology. Windermere, UK ⭐️ Senior Lecturer at Shap University.
The Vale of Mowbray is the most insane prehistoric site in the British Isles. In my opinion 🤔
An 11-mile chain of at least eight southeast / northwest aligned henges (among the largest in Britain), terminating at Britain's 2nd tallest standing stones... 😩
#archaeology #history #StandingStoneSunday
An 11-mile chain of at least eight southeast / northwest aligned henges (among the largest in Britain), terminating at Britain's 2nd tallest standing stones... 😩
#archaeology #history #StandingStoneSunday
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Vale of Mowbray is the most insane prehistoric site in the British Isles. In my opinion 🤔
An 11-mile chain of at least eight southeast / northwest aligned henges (among the largest in Britain), terminating at Britain's 2nd tallest standing stones... 😩
#archaeology #history #StandingStoneSunday
An 11-mile chain of at least eight southeast / northwest aligned henges (among the largest in Britain), terminating at Britain's 2nd tallest standing stones... 😩
#archaeology #history #StandingStoneSunday
I was playing with 3D analysis techniques, and found something cool. 🌟
Who wants digital crop marks? Well, this method gives you an idea of how crop marks will appear in the landscape for any subtly surviving earthworks, using only GIS and 3DsMax.. 😎
#archaeology #GIS 🏺
Who wants digital crop marks? Well, this method gives you an idea of how crop marks will appear in the landscape for any subtly surviving earthworks, using only GIS and 3DsMax.. 😎
#archaeology #GIS 🏺
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I was playing with 3D analysis techniques, and found something cool. 🌟
Who wants digital crop marks? Well, this method gives you an idea of how crop marks will appear in the landscape for any subtly surviving earthworks, using only GIS and 3DsMax.. 😎
#archaeology #GIS 🏺
Who wants digital crop marks? Well, this method gives you an idea of how crop marks will appear in the landscape for any subtly surviving earthworks, using only GIS and 3DsMax.. 😎
#archaeology #GIS 🏺
For those too lazy to zoom:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
For those too lazy to zoom:
The so-called “Snake Stone”. A large fallen boulder below The Wainstones, a rocky outcrop in the North York Moors. 🤔
It has a single large piece of Neolithic rock art on it: a long line terminating in a dot. (zoom in to find it!)
#Archaeology #prehistory 🏺
It has a single large piece of Neolithic rock art on it: a long line terminating in a dot. (zoom in to find it!)
#Archaeology #prehistory 🏺
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The so-called “Snake Stone”. A large fallen boulder below The Wainstones, a rocky outcrop in the North York Moors. 🤔
It has a single large piece of Neolithic rock art on it: a long line terminating in a dot. (zoom in to find it!)
#Archaeology #prehistory 🏺
It has a single large piece of Neolithic rock art on it: a long line terminating in a dot. (zoom in to find it!)
#Archaeology #prehistory 🏺
⭐️ NEW Youtube VIDEO - OUT NOW! ⭐️
The Google Earth Moose Mystery. One of the strangest investigations in the history of modern archaeology. What was once believed to be the largest and oldest hill-figure in the world...
Check it out on my channel: youtube.com/@AdamMorganI...
#archaeology #youtube
The Google Earth Moose Mystery. One of the strangest investigations in the history of modern archaeology. What was once believed to be the largest and oldest hill-figure in the world...
Check it out on my channel: youtube.com/@AdamMorganI...
#archaeology #youtube
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
⭐️ NEW Youtube VIDEO - OUT NOW! ⭐️
The Google Earth Moose Mystery. One of the strangest investigations in the history of modern archaeology. What was once believed to be the largest and oldest hill-figure in the world...
Check it out on my channel: youtube.com/@AdamMorganI...
#archaeology #youtube
The Google Earth Moose Mystery. One of the strangest investigations in the history of modern archaeology. What was once believed to be the largest and oldest hill-figure in the world...
Check it out on my channel: youtube.com/@AdamMorganI...
#archaeology #youtube
A photo of myself at Commondale Stone Circle, in the North York Moors. What a place - completely off the beaten track! 💫
Taken on a 35mm film camera like the old school hipster I really am.
#archaeology #Yorkshire
Taken on a 35mm film camera like the old school hipster I really am.
#archaeology #Yorkshire
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A photo of myself at Commondale Stone Circle, in the North York Moors. What a place - completely off the beaten track! 💫
Taken on a 35mm film camera like the old school hipster I really am.
#archaeology #Yorkshire
Taken on a 35mm film camera like the old school hipster I really am.
#archaeology #Yorkshire
Have you played with performing local relief models on them? That was my first thought, and seems to work well for pulling out unseen etchings.
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Have you played with performing local relief models on them? That was my first thought, and seems to work well for pulling out unseen etchings.
Here's a 'hillshade' model of the one I originally posted!
October 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Here's a 'hillshade' model of the one I originally posted!
It's a method I stumbled upon by accident a few weeks ago. You can analyse photogrammetry / LiDAR scans in GIS software. So, you can perform hillshade, slope, etcetera on rock art! Very useful.
It'd work wonders on Long Meg / Copt Howe. So they're next on my list.
It'd work wonders on Long Meg / Copt Howe. So they're next on my list.
October 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It's a method I stumbled upon by accident a few weeks ago. You can analyse photogrammetry / LiDAR scans in GIS software. So, you can perform hillshade, slope, etcetera on rock art! Very useful.
It'd work wonders on Long Meg / Copt Howe. So they're next on my list.
It'd work wonders on Long Meg / Copt Howe. So they're next on my list.
Work in progress scanning and visualising Wainstones 6 rock art. It's already different to what I thought... 🤔
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Work in progress scanning and visualising Wainstones 6 rock art. It's already different to what I thought... 🤔
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
BIG ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS! 💫
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
BIG ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS! 💫
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
Honestly, I think I'm onto something here. 🤔
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
October 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Honestly, I think I'm onto something here. 🤔
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
Not sure if this is a done thing - but DID YOU KNOW, you can convert photogrammetry models to GIS analyses? 🫠
i.e., you can scan the surface of rock art - then analyse it like you would a landscape. So, slope, hillshade, local relief. Seems extremely useful... 🤔
#3D #archaeoogy #prehistory 🏺
i.e., you can scan the surface of rock art - then analyse it like you would a landscape. So, slope, hillshade, local relief. Seems extremely useful... 🤔
#3D #archaeoogy #prehistory 🏺
October 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Not sure if this is a done thing - but DID YOU KNOW, you can convert photogrammetry models to GIS analyses? 🫠
i.e., you can scan the surface of rock art - then analyse it like you would a landscape. So, slope, hillshade, local relief. Seems extremely useful... 🤔
#3D #archaeoogy #prehistory 🏺
i.e., you can scan the surface of rock art - then analyse it like you would a landscape. So, slope, hillshade, local relief. Seems extremely useful... 🤔
#3D #archaeoogy #prehistory 🏺
Something new for #StandingStoneSunday - a little bit of artsy photogrammetry...
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
September 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Something new for #StandingStoneSunday - a little bit of artsy photogrammetry...
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
Highly recommend this YouTube documentary by Elephant Graveyard. One of the best ever made...
Perfectly describes the Joe Rogan fanbase’s slide into anti-intellectual cultism. ☠️
Link: youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
Perfectly describes the Joe Rogan fanbase’s slide into anti-intellectual cultism. ☠️
Link: youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
September 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Highly recommend this YouTube documentary by Elephant Graveyard. One of the best ever made...
Perfectly describes the Joe Rogan fanbase’s slide into anti-intellectual cultism. ☠️
Link: youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
Perfectly describes the Joe Rogan fanbase’s slide into anti-intellectual cultism. ☠️
Link: youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
A photo of a crop mark at the Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire. 🤔🤔
This may just be a 'superhenge' - a rare kind of Neolithic monument most famously found at Stonehenge: Durrington Walls.
Except this one is bigger...
#archaeology #LiDAR
This may just be a 'superhenge' - a rare kind of Neolithic monument most famously found at Stonehenge: Durrington Walls.
Except this one is bigger...
#archaeology #LiDAR
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A photo of a crop mark at the Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire. 🤔🤔
This may just be a 'superhenge' - a rare kind of Neolithic monument most famously found at Stonehenge: Durrington Walls.
Except this one is bigger...
#archaeology #LiDAR
This may just be a 'superhenge' - a rare kind of Neolithic monument most famously found at Stonehenge: Durrington Walls.
Except this one is bigger...
#archaeology #LiDAR
Fun camera game -
Guess which one of these photos was shot on a £4000 Canon camera, and which is from an Iphone... 📸🤳
💰 Guess down below, and be in for a chance to win my hand in marriage. 💰
#photography #camera #archaeology 🏺
Guess which one of these photos was shot on a £4000 Canon camera, and which is from an Iphone... 📸🤳
💰 Guess down below, and be in for a chance to win my hand in marriage. 💰
#photography #camera #archaeology 🏺
September 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Fun camera game -
Guess which one of these photos was shot on a £4000 Canon camera, and which is from an Iphone... 📸🤳
💰 Guess down below, and be in for a chance to win my hand in marriage. 💰
#photography #camera #archaeology 🏺
Guess which one of these photos was shot on a £4000 Canon camera, and which is from an Iphone... 📸🤳
💰 Guess down below, and be in for a chance to win my hand in marriage. 💰
#photography #camera #archaeology 🏺
The southern stone of the Devil's Arrows 👿 - the 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles.
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
September 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The southern stone of the Devil's Arrows 👿 - the 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles.
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
Aerial archaeology people - I want opinions...
Natural paleochannels, or some kind of enclosure. Around 180m across, and sitting one field south of Cumbria's 3rd largest standing stone... 🤔🤔
#archaeology #LiDAR #prehistory #history 🏺
Natural paleochannels, or some kind of enclosure. Around 180m across, and sitting one field south of Cumbria's 3rd largest standing stone... 🤔🤔
#archaeology #LiDAR #prehistory #history 🏺
September 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Aerial archaeology people - I want opinions...
Natural paleochannels, or some kind of enclosure. Around 180m across, and sitting one field south of Cumbria's 3rd largest standing stone... 🤔🤔
#archaeology #LiDAR #prehistory #history 🏺
Natural paleochannels, or some kind of enclosure. Around 180m across, and sitting one field south of Cumbria's 3rd largest standing stone... 🤔🤔
#archaeology #LiDAR #prehistory #history 🏺
The YouTube algorithm is a STINKER at the moment…
Seriously, how could anyone pass on such an alluring, lovely thumbnail as this. 🤢🤮
LINK, if interested: youtu.be/IZFLAnyyTvM?...
#archaeology #YouTube #history 🏺
Seriously, how could anyone pass on such an alluring, lovely thumbnail as this. 🤢🤮
LINK, if interested: youtu.be/IZFLAnyyTvM?...
#archaeology #YouTube #history 🏺
September 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The YouTube algorithm is a STINKER at the moment…
Seriously, how could anyone pass on such an alluring, lovely thumbnail as this. 🤢🤮
LINK, if interested: youtu.be/IZFLAnyyTvM?...
#archaeology #YouTube #history 🏺
Seriously, how could anyone pass on such an alluring, lovely thumbnail as this. 🤢🤮
LINK, if interested: youtu.be/IZFLAnyyTvM?...
#archaeology #YouTube #history 🏺
Rewatched one of my older videos on the so-called "Muddy Boots Argument". Lesser viewed (never knew how to title it), but one of my better videos in hindsight..
Tying Graham Hancock to the Romantics - and featuring the great @flintdibble.bsky.social! 💫
Link if you missed: youtu.be/9k7OiaegOqY?...
Tying Graham Hancock to the Romantics - and featuring the great @flintdibble.bsky.social! 💫
Link if you missed: youtu.be/9k7OiaegOqY?...
September 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Rewatched one of my older videos on the so-called "Muddy Boots Argument". Lesser viewed (never knew how to title it), but one of my better videos in hindsight..
Tying Graham Hancock to the Romantics - and featuring the great @flintdibble.bsky.social! 💫
Link if you missed: youtu.be/9k7OiaegOqY?...
Tying Graham Hancock to the Romantics - and featuring the great @flintdibble.bsky.social! 💫
Link if you missed: youtu.be/9k7OiaegOqY?...
I absolutely hate AI image generation. But look how good this new Google Gemini image editor is! 🪙
Take your crusty old bronzes, and make them shine again!
#Archaeology #AI
Take your crusty old bronzes, and make them shine again!
#Archaeology #AI
September 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I absolutely hate AI image generation. But look how good this new Google Gemini image editor is! 🪙
Take your crusty old bronzes, and make them shine again!
#Archaeology #AI
Take your crusty old bronzes, and make them shine again!
#Archaeology #AI
Any pottery / geology people on here have any idea what this may be? Found in plough soil near Stanwick. 🤔
Could be natural sandstone rolled by the plough, but its very orange, and has a strange shape / grooves.
Pottery isn’t my thing - so I have no idea!
#archaeology 🏺 #geology
Could be natural sandstone rolled by the plough, but its very orange, and has a strange shape / grooves.
Pottery isn’t my thing - so I have no idea!
#archaeology 🏺 #geology
September 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Any pottery / geology people on here have any idea what this may be? Found in plough soil near Stanwick. 🤔
Could be natural sandstone rolled by the plough, but its very orange, and has a strange shape / grooves.
Pottery isn’t my thing - so I have no idea!
#archaeology 🏺 #geology
Could be natural sandstone rolled by the plough, but its very orange, and has a strange shape / grooves.
Pottery isn’t my thing - so I have no idea!
#archaeology 🏺 #geology
A few recent bunk “discoveries” have convinced me that drawing alignment lines on maps is usually bad practice.
Sites were often aligned with physical features (e.g. entrances or avenues), but you can find alignments to landscape features pretty much anywhere… 🧐
#archaeology
Sites were often aligned with physical features (e.g. entrances or avenues), but you can find alignments to landscape features pretty much anywhere… 🧐
#archaeology
September 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A few recent bunk “discoveries” have convinced me that drawing alignment lines on maps is usually bad practice.
Sites were often aligned with physical features (e.g. entrances or avenues), but you can find alignments to landscape features pretty much anywhere… 🧐
#archaeology
Sites were often aligned with physical features (e.g. entrances or avenues), but you can find alignments to landscape features pretty much anywhere… 🧐
#archaeology
The ye olde game of “is it a parch mark of a lost burial mound, or just where a cow feeder once stood” 🤔
Round feature at Thornborough!
#archaeology 🏺
Round feature at Thornborough!
#archaeology 🏺
August 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The ye olde game of “is it a parch mark of a lost burial mound, or just where a cow feeder once stood” 🤔
Round feature at Thornborough!
#archaeology 🏺
Round feature at Thornborough!
#archaeology 🏺