Mark Walters
@mark-walters.bsky.social
Archaeologist at Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology. Into: Sound & Music, Photography, Botany, Dragonflies, Palaeontology, Astronomy, Art, LiDAR, Ancient History, Numismatics, Gaming, Border Collies
Our winter Scandinavian visitors, the Fieldfare and Redwing, were out in large numbers on the lunchtime walk today in freezing conditions. Also a few Meadow Pipits. The Montgomeryshire Canal is frozen over again.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Our winter Scandinavian visitors, the Fieldfare and Redwing, were out in large numbers on the lunchtime walk today in freezing conditions. Also a few Meadow Pipits. The Montgomeryshire Canal is frozen over again.
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds
Environmental body says modest investment and changes can help preserve long list of animals, fungi and lichen
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November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
‘A precarious position’: almost 3,000 species at risk of disappearing from Wales, report finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Kingfisher and Treecreeper on the lunchtime walk today
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Kingfisher and Treecreeper on the lunchtime walk today
I was going to say there was nothing new in the BBC Civilisations series but in the strange diversion at the start to the attack by the Kushites on Roman Egypt I did learn about the origin of the bronze head of Augustus in the BM. The rest of it was just the standard Honorius/Stilicho/Alaric story.
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I was going to say there was nothing new in the BBC Civilisations series but in the strange diversion at the start to the attack by the Kushites on Roman Egypt I did learn about the origin of the bronze head of Augustus in the BM. The rest of it was just the standard Honorius/Stilicho/Alaric story.
Gorgeous evening out there with the fog advancing and receding across the fields then it opens up to a setting sun.
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Gorgeous evening out there with the fog advancing and receding across the fields then it opens up to a setting sun.
Fog has rolled in unexpectedly. Everything looks ethereal out there
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Fog has rolled in unexpectedly. Everything looks ethereal out there
As the crow flies
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As the crow flies
Avoiding all of the Black Friday nonsense like a Pro. Put that money into a cancer or animal charity instead 👍
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Avoiding all of the Black Friday nonsense like a Pro. Put that money into a cancer or animal charity instead 👍
Some black and whites from a 2 hour stroll yesterday
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Some black and whites from a 2 hour stroll yesterday
Thought I would give this novel a go. It’s not often you get some Neolithic fiction and I think the last time I read a novel with a Neolithic setting it was Jim Crace’s Gift of Stones which I really enjoyed.
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Thought I would give this novel a go. It’s not often you get some Neolithic fiction and I think the last time I read a novel with a Neolithic setting it was Jim Crace’s Gift of Stones which I really enjoyed.
Enjoying a read of the Red River photobook by Jem Southam. It takes a look at the less visited landscape and communities around Redruth and Camborne in Cornwall - the kind of places I like because they are less visited and stuffed with industrial heritage. Plenty of accompanying text and poems too👍
November 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Enjoying a read of the Red River photobook by Jem Southam. It takes a look at the less visited landscape and communities around Redruth and Camborne in Cornwall - the kind of places I like because they are less visited and stuffed with industrial heritage. Plenty of accompanying text and poems too👍
-5 this morning and the Montgomeryshire Canal was frozen over.
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
-5 this morning and the Montgomeryshire Canal was frozen over.
Watched the film Eden (2024). I had never heard of this intriguing real-life mystery that played out on the Galapagos island of Floreana in the 1930’s. Well worth your time 👍
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Watched the film Eden (2024). I had never heard of this intriguing real-life mystery that played out on the Galapagos island of Floreana in the 1930’s. Well worth your time 👍
Gorgeous out there today in crisp sunshine ☀️ Headed up the Montgomeryshire Canal to Llanymynech via Carreghofa Locks
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Gorgeous out there today in crisp sunshine ☀️ Headed up the Montgomeryshire Canal to Llanymynech via Carreghofa Locks
Somehow Lola finds the largest log in the field deposited by the recent floods and proceeds to drag it around the rest of the walk - too big to throw 🙂
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Somehow Lola finds the largest log in the field deposited by the recent floods and proceeds to drag it around the rest of the walk - too big to throw 🙂
The old straight track - a ‘green lane’ preserved by the River Vyrnwy at Carreghofa. Amazed this one has survived hedgerow removal for agriculture.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The old straight track - a ‘green lane’ preserved by the River Vyrnwy at Carreghofa. Amazed this one has survived hedgerow removal for agriculture.
Enjoying, if that’s the right word, the Channel 4 Summerwater drama. It’s kind of bleakly compelling as the back stories of fractured lives unfold and intertwine.
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Enjoying, if that’s the right word, the Channel 4 Summerwater drama. It’s kind of bleakly compelling as the back stories of fractured lives unfold and intertwine.
Nice of the Border Collie Trust to send a birthday card for Lola after one year in her new home 🙂
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Nice of the Border Collie Trust to send a birthday card for Lola after one year in her new home 🙂
Dropped into Cymer Abbey near Dolgellau. Construction started in 1198 under the Abbey’s patron Maredudd ap Cynan, Lord of Meirionydd, for the Cistercian order. It was never a wealthy abbey & the normal church plan was never completed. By 1388 there were only 5 monks and the abbey was closed in 1536
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Dropped into Cymer Abbey near Dolgellau. Construction started in 1198 under the Abbey’s patron Maredudd ap Cynan, Lord of Meirionydd, for the Cistercian order. It was never a wealthy abbey & the normal church plan was never completed. By 1388 there were only 5 monks and the abbey was closed in 1536
Nice to see the restored gold processing Britten Pans are still OK at the Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre near Dolgellau after NRW closed their premises. They originally came from the Beddcoedwr gold mine (Marina Mine) and were used between 1904-1935. There’s a small Blakes stone breaker next to it.
November 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Nice to see the restored gold processing Britten Pans are still OK at the Coed y Brenin Visitor Centre near Dolgellau after NRW closed their premises. They originally came from the Beddcoedwr gold mine (Marina Mine) and were used between 1904-1935. There’s a small Blakes stone breaker next to it.
Flood water at the River Vyrnwy from the Vyrnwy aqueduct and it’s still rising. All the fields between here and Llanymynech under up to 1m of water now in places.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Flood water at the River Vyrnwy from the Vyrnwy aqueduct and it’s still rising. All the fields between here and Llanymynech under up to 1m of water now in places.
It’s one year since I got Lola from the Border Collie Trust in Staffordshire - here’s she is on the day I met her. She has helped me so much since I lost my wife Gill to cancer last year along with family and friends and even some of you on here too - thanks 🙂 ❤️🙏
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It’s one year since I got Lola from the Border Collie Trust in Staffordshire - here’s she is on the day I met her. She has helped me so much since I lost my wife Gill to cancer last year along with family and friends and even some of you on here too - thanks 🙂 ❤️🙏
Reposted by Mark Walters
Reposted by Mark Walters
"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 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"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...
New #lidar data for the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Saarland & Schleswig-Holstein regions of Germany is now available.The easiest way to view it is to download the Planlauf TERRAIN app apps.apple.com/gb/app/planl... then purchase whole region DTM for £10 Example: Wittekindsburg, Osnabruck
November 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
New #lidar data for the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Saarland & Schleswig-Holstein regions of Germany is now available.The easiest way to view it is to download the Planlauf TERRAIN app apps.apple.com/gb/app/planl... then purchase whole region DTM for £10 Example: Wittekindsburg, Osnabruck