Kirsty Lilley
@kirstylilley.bsky.social
PhD in Archaeology. Researcher and overly-enthusiastic archaeologist interested in prehistory, digital humanities, maps, and bringing archaeology to everyone! Archaeology Support Officer @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social. All views my own. (she/her)
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NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
Yessss @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social so well deserved! 👏👏👏
🌿✨ We’re over the moon — #Trimontium has won the National Thistle Award for Innovation in Tourism!
Huge thanks to our amazing team, volunteers, supporters, & community. This one’s for all of you. Here’s to more creative adventures ahead! 🌟
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1) By Connor Mollison
Huge thanks to our amazing team, volunteers, supporters, & community. This one’s for all of you. Here’s to more creative adventures ahead! 🌟
📷
1) By Connor Mollison
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Yessss @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social so well deserved! 👏👏👏
Finally managed to pop into St Giles at the weekend with @archaeolu.bsky.social to check out the Edinburgh First Burghers exhibition before it closes at the end of the month - very cool work by the team behind it and nice to see some familiar faces! #edinburgh #archaeology #medieval #bioarchaeology
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Finally managed to pop into St Giles at the weekend with @archaeolu.bsky.social to check out the Edinburgh First Burghers exhibition before it closes at the end of the month - very cool work by the team behind it and nice to see some familiar faces! #edinburgh #archaeology #medieval #bioarchaeology
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Maps silence and they other, what is 'off the map' is as important as what is 'on the map'
1835 Florida map showing the Everglades untouched & undeveloped.
Fernandina Historic Museum.
Fernandina Historic Museum.
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Maps silence and they other, what is 'off the map' is as important as what is 'on the map'
Fantastic and fun session chatting all things rock art with @joanavaldez.bsky.social for the November meeting of Edinburgh’s online @prehistorygroup.bsky.social yesterday 🌀 #rockart #archaeology #prehistory
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Fantastic and fun session chatting all things rock art with @joanavaldez.bsky.social for the November meeting of Edinburgh’s online @prehistorygroup.bsky.social yesterday 🌀 #rockart #archaeology #prehistory
Yesterday @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social was at the annual Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Archaeology Conference to share our thoughts on working with metal detectorists towards more holistic understandings of landscapes - lovely to see lots of familiar faces and to hear all your enthusiasm! 🏺
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Yesterday @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social was at the annual Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Archaeology Conference to share our thoughts on working with metal detectorists towards more holistic understandings of landscapes - lovely to see lots of familiar faces and to hear all your enthusiasm! 🏺
And we *may* have the tabletop replica Roman ballista with us (no promises I’m afraid - but I have heard great things about its marshmallow-launching capabilities) #romans #archaeology
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
And we *may* have the tabletop replica Roman ballista with us (no promises I’m afraid - but I have heard great things about its marshmallow-launching capabilities) #romans #archaeology
Looking forward to the Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Archaeology Conference (ELBAC) tomorrow at @qmuniversity.bsky.social - we’ll be there with @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social presenting work on the integration of systematic metal detecting into #archaeological practices at Newstead #Roman fort
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Looking forward to the Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders Archaeology Conference (ELBAC) tomorrow at @qmuniversity.bsky.social - we’ll be there with @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social presenting work on the integration of systematic metal detecting into #archaeological practices at Newstead #Roman fort
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Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Solvitur ambulando is my favourite Latin phrase. It means "it is solved by walking".
This is such a fab way of communicating #archaeology and allowing us to be creative with in the past - “leaning into uncertainty” as a positive thing, as @archaeoplays.bsky.social articulated so well at @scotarchforum.bsky.social a few weeks ago 🏺 #storytelling
"The Picts emerge from the shadows and step forward in technicolour" 🤩
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
'Carved in Stone', an illustrated guide to 7th-century Scotland packed with information on languages, settlements, cuisine, fashion, medicine, skills and more, is now available for purchase: www.digitscotland.com/archaeologis...
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is such a fab way of communicating #archaeology and allowing us to be creative with in the past - “leaning into uncertainty” as a positive thing, as @archaeoplays.bsky.social articulated so well at @scotarchforum.bsky.social a few weeks ago 🏺 #storytelling
One of the best #hillforts near our fantastic @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social museum and #Roman fort site - where we do lots of community archaeology! Great views from all the Eildons too #scottishborders
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
One of the best #hillforts near our fantastic @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social museum and #Roman fort site - where we do lots of community archaeology! Great views from all the Eildons too #scottishborders
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Particularly liked this sign post in Strathdon today...
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Particularly liked this sign post in Strathdon today...
Very few things rival #Caithness skies
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Very few things rival #Caithness skies
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There's still time to submit an abstract for the 2026 International Network on Quarrying and Rock-cut Sites conference 🏺 #archaeology
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
There's still time to submit an abstract for the 2026 International Network on Quarrying and Rock-cut Sites conference 🏺 #archaeology
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
Call for Papers deadline 31 Dec 2025, conference 14-15 May 2026 in Edinburgh.
Includes a theme on the intersection of quarrying, rock-cut sites and rock art!
Looking forward to attending the Edinburgh engagement event for CCP-AHC tomorrow at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social - an opportunity to start discussions about the future of sustainable HPC use in archaeology and beyond #digitalhumanities
🏛️ As part of her Fellowship activities, #SSIFellow Katherine McDonough has attended the first Town Hall meeting for the Toward a new CCP for Arts, Humanities, and Culture research (CCP-AHC) project. Find out more about her experience at www.software.ac.uk/blog/high-pe...
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Looking forward to attending the Edinburgh engagement event for CCP-AHC tomorrow at @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social - an opportunity to start discussions about the future of sustainable HPC use in archaeology and beyond #digitalhumanities
Seems all us Scots have either run away north to Orkney/Shetland or started incessantly building bridges up the east coast - sounds all right actually
A Map Of Britain After The 2029 Technology Crash, by me and my dad.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Seems all us Scots have either run away north to Orkney/Shetland or started incessantly building bridges up the east coast - sounds all right actually
This was such a great watch! Especially lovely to see the emotional side of our work as archaeologists, remembering that behind every object and place are people and stories - and of course presented brilliantly by #SandiToksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social #archaeology
⚠️ Durotriges on TV Alert ⚠️
Join #SandiToksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social as they explore Iron Age #Dorset in episode 1 of the new #archaeology series #HiddenWonders tonight on #More4 at 9pm
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
See you there !! 👇
Join #SandiToksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social as they explore Iron Age #Dorset in episode 1 of the new #archaeology series #HiddenWonders tonight on #More4 at 9pm
@buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social
See you there !! 👇
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This was such a great watch! Especially lovely to see the emotional side of our work as archaeologists, remembering that behind every object and place are people and stories - and of course presented brilliantly by #SandiToksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social #archaeology
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Not every day that 2 K. Lilley's also share scholarly interests! So glad that @kirstylilley.bsky.social and @profkdlilley.bsky.social have connected, and through MapReader no less :)
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Not every day that 2 K. Lilley's also share scholarly interests! So glad that @kirstylilley.bsky.social and @profkdlilley.bsky.social have connected, and through MapReader no less :)
Sad to be saying goodbye to Belfast after a brilliant two-day workshop exploring AI in visual and textual analysis, organised by the Digital Scholarship Hub at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social - huge thanks to the organisers for the invitation to present our #MapReader LCCM work #digitalhumanities
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sad to be saying goodbye to Belfast after a brilliant two-day workshop exploring AI in visual and textual analysis, organised by the Digital Scholarship Hub at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social - huge thanks to the organisers for the invitation to present our #MapReader LCCM work #digitalhumanities
Incredible prehistoric archaeology on the outskirts of Belfast - Giant’s Ring (with a dolmen!) #archaeology #prehistory #Belfast #Ireland
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Incredible prehistoric archaeology on the outskirts of Belfast - Giant’s Ring (with a dolmen!) #archaeology #prehistory #Belfast #Ireland
Belfast’s version of Scotland’s Irn Bru vending machines
October 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Belfast’s version of Scotland’s Irn Bru vending machines
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Requiem for a hillfort
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
📷 © 2022 HE Archive 27618_002
#HillfortsWednesday
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
📷 © 2022 HE Archive 27618_002
#HillfortsWednesday
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Requiem for a hillfort
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
📷 © 2022 HE Archive 27618_002
#HillfortsWednesday
Until the 1960s, the outline of Madmarston Iron Age hillfort #Oxfordshire was defined by fieldbanks and hedgerows
📷 © 1962 CUCAP AFQ74 @camdiglib.bsky.social
Since then it has been sadly obliterated by agriculture ☹️
📷 © 2022 HE Archive 27618_002
#HillfortsWednesday
More archaeology in the news that the @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social archaeology team are involved with! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #archaeology #romans #ironage #scotland
Burnswark hillfort siege site excavations cleared to proceed - BBC News
Archaelogists hope to shed new light on the story of the battle at Burnswark Hill near Lockerbie.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
More archaeology in the news that the @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social archaeology team are involved with! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #archaeology #romans #ironage #scotland