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We are Enrichment Through Archaeology. We provide school workshops, manage community heritage projects and offer guided tours of the Peak District. Interested in Neolithic, museums & religion and rapidly learning about early medieval agriculture!
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For this week's #TombTuesday here is Chitterne Barrow on Salisbury Plain Training Area in Wiltshire. Not overly interesting I know...
Colour image of a Bronze Age Barrow at Chitterne on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire.
December 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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For this week’s offering for #StandingStoneSunday here’s one on Farley Moor near Matlock being explored last year by Time Team last year. #Derbyshire
Colour image of a man excavating next to a standing stone.
December 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Here's the feedback from our recent Ancient Greeks workshop with Greenhill Primary School. We are pleased is an understatement! 🤗 #KS2 #PrimaryHistory #HistoryTeacher #Sheffield
Copy of a feedback form from Greenhill Primary School on Ancient Greeks workshop giving 10/10 on presentation Content and length of workshop.
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Had a lovely day with Year 5 and 6 of Willington Primary School. We were working on the Ancient Greeks and here are some of the Black Figure Ware tiles they made 👍👍👍
#KS2 #HistoryTeacher #PrimaryHistory #Derbyshire
Colour image of a hand painted clay tile featuring bands of patterns. Colour image of a hand painted clay tile featuring a football pitch Ancient Greek style! Colour image of a hand painted clay tile featuring flower pattern. Colour image of a hand painted clay tile featuring bands of patterns.
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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@tudorfarming.bsky.social don't skimp on lunch for the workers! The feast includes apple juice from the on site orchard 😁
A table filled with lunch dishes including quiche, potato cake, cheese board, biscuits and apple juice from the on site orchard 😁
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Mine.
December 2, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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For this week's offering for #StandingStoneSunday here is part of Druid's Temple or Birkrigg Stone circle in #Cumbria, overlooking Morecombe Bay.
Black and white image of part of the Druid's Temple Stone Circle/ The ground in front is uneven and the stones form half of the circle. The one nearest to the viewer is approx 1.3 metres high and the top slopes markedly from right to left. In the background is the northern part of Morecombe Bay.
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The three artists on tonight's bill, Strange Loop, The Silver Field and Echo Juliet. #Oram100
Colour image of Strange Loop in stage. Colour image of the artist The Silver Field who is explaining the equipment on stage and her own design for an instrument she calls the time painter. Black and white image of the artist Echo Juliet on stage.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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For this week’s offering for #AdoorableThursday is the front door of Snelston Village Hall. #Derbyshire
Colour image of a brown door in a gothic style replete with ironwork. The building is the village hall made of corrugated metal and painted bright green.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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We’re with @tudorfarming.bsky.social this morning doing a photogrammetry survey to see what is lying in full view 😁 hopefully it is the remains of an early medieval settlement.
#EarlyMedieval #Medieval #Survey
Colour image of a field system in sunshine. The area of interest are the two fields in the centre of the image which are thought to be the site of a settlement. Colour image of part of the Upper Dove Valley. Looking towards High Wheeldon, the sharp hill in the top left quarter. Colour image of an area thought to be an early medieval field system in the Upper Dove Valley. Colour image across the upper Dove Valley towards Pilsbury motte and bailey castle thought to date to c1080 CE.
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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For this week's offering for #StandingStoneSunday comes from SS Mary and Barlok in Norbury and a cross shaft thought to date to the 10th century.
#Derbyshire #Archaeology
Colour image of part of a cross shaft of Saxon origin dating to the 10th century. The lower section features a male figure possibly holding a sword. Colour image of part of a cross shaft of Saxon origin dating to the 10th century. The decoration is intricate woven threads with 3 large circular features.
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Great show last night 😎
Black and white image of a man on stage, arms outstretched with bright light on the left and speaker stack on the right.
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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We're in! #TonghtsGig
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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For this week's offering for #TombTuesday here is the joint tomb of Sir John Fitzherbert and his wife dated to the first quarter of the 15th century. St Mary and St Barlok, Norbury. #Derbyshire
Black and white image of the joint tomb of Sir John Fitzherbert and his wife dated to the first quarter of the 15th century. St Mary and St Barlok, Norbury. #Derbyshire Black and white image of the joint head of Sir John Fitzherbert on his tomb dated to the first quarter of the 15th century. St Mary and St Barlok, Norbury. #Derbyshire Black and white image of detail from the joint tomb of Sir John Fitzherbert and his wife dated to the first quarter of the 15th century. St Mary and St Barlok, Norbury. #Derbyshire
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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So, we always ask for feedback on our workshops, and this one is from Little Eaton on Tuesday. #StoneAgeToIronAge #KS2 #HistoryTeacher
Image of a feedback form from a schoolteacher in response to our Stone Age to Iron Age workshop. Rated 9/10 for presentation, content and length. Children learned about the role of archaeology in piecing together the past and about the tools people used and their everyday lives.
November 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Saw this and thought of @chrisseddon.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Caught some of #LeekDayOfDance and the Milltown Cloggies in action!
Colour image of women clog dancing in Leek, Staffordshire. Colour image of women clog dancing in Leek, Staffordshire. Colour image of women clog dancing in Leek, Staffordshire.
November 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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For #FontsOnFriday here's the font of St Mary the Virgin, Woodbridge. #Suffolk
Colour image of a font. Upper panels decorated with scenes from the life of Christ.
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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For this week's offering for #AdoorableThursday here are the main doors of Ely Cathedral in all their glory.
Colour image of the main doors of Ely Cathedral with extensive ironwork and framed by elaborate stonework.
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Had a lovely day with Years 3 and 4 of Little Eaton Primary School on #StoneAge to #IronAge. It's always a pleasure to visit and this year was no different. Thank you everyone ☺️. Here are some of the pots they made. #KS2 #HistoryTeacher
Colour image of small pots made by school children. Colour image of small pots made by school children. Colour image of small pots made by school children. Colour image of small pots made by school children.
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Tonight's gig: surprise surprise, doesn't involve my son but it does involve Martin Stephenson and the Daintees @bandonthewall.bsky.social. 😁
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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For this week’s offering for #StandingStoneSunday here’s one of Hayman Rooke’s sketches of 9 Stone Close on Harthill Moor in the Peak District. #Derbyshire
Image of an 18th century sketch of 9 Stone Close made by Hayman Rooke who surveyed many archaeological sites. The stone circle is in the background and in the foreground are two possible outliers.
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM