Colin Perkins
@pershorecolin.bsky.social
Erstwhile lecturer. Archaeology (WAAS volunteer), Australian wildlife, environmental issues, human origins, insects and plants. George Mackay Brown, Bruce Chatwin, Robert Holdstock, folk music fan.
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The #Okapi is to #Congo what the Panda is to China, a national treasure and a strange blend of a #giraffe and #zebra. They're #endangered by #palmoil and #tobacco #deforestation. Help them survive when u #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-10X
September 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The #Okapi is to #Congo what the Panda is to China, a national treasure and a strange blend of a #giraffe and #zebra. They're #endangered by #palmoil and #tobacco #deforestation. Help them survive when u #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-10X
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
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![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
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September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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Widespread #PalmOil #Deforestation 🌴🚜🔥 is pressuring Proboscis #Monkeys 🐒🐵 and Silvery Lutungs to have hybrid offspring. This unusual behaviour has researchers worried. Help irreplaceable monkeys survive! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🩸☠️🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife
A ‘mystery monkey’ in Borneo may be a rare hybrid between a Proboscis Monkey and Silvery Lutung
A new study has found that fragmentation of forests in Malaysian Borneo due to palm oil and mining has pressured two species of monkey (the Proboscis Monkey and Silvered Leaf Monkey/Silvery Lutung)…
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September 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Widespread #PalmOil #Deforestation 🌴🚜🔥 is pressuring Proboscis #Monkeys 🐒🐵 and Silvery Lutungs to have hybrid offspring. This unusual behaviour has researchers worried. Help irreplaceable monkeys survive! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🩸☠️🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife
Got here at last (on 7th July): The Cove, the NE Circle and part of the SW Circle of the Late #Neolithic complex at #StantonDrew, Somerset. #StandingStoneSunday #DailyMegalith @megalithic.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Got here at last (on 7th July): The Cove, the NE Circle and part of the SW Circle of the Late #Neolithic complex at #StantonDrew, Somerset. #StandingStoneSunday #DailyMegalith @megalithic.bsky.social
Well worth a visit if you are in Oxford.
Get a taste of Hawaii in our colourful 'Ma uka to Ma kai' exhibition & discover how 21st-century sustainable stewardship is being developed from traditional farming, fishing & environmental practices, working to secure harmony between future communities and their environment.
June 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Well worth a visit if you are in Oxford.
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Hooray, dates for a Carnac region stone row! Fascinating excavation of a tomb, aligned standing stones & cooking pits at Le Plasker shows that the stone alignments were built piecemeal c.4680-4250 cal BC, and the tomb was built on the site of Mesolithic occupation: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Le Plasker in Plouharnel (fifth millennium cal BC): a newly discovered section of the megalithic complex of Carnac | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Le Plasker in Plouharnel (fifth millennium cal BC): a newly discovered section of the megalithic complex of Carnac
www.cambridge.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Hooray, dates for a Carnac region stone row! Fascinating excavation of a tomb, aligned standing stones & cooking pits at Le Plasker shows that the stone alignments were built piecemeal c.4680-4250 cal BC, and the tomb was built on the site of Mesolithic occupation: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Part of an ancient group of egg-laying monotreme #mammals, Attenborough Long-Beaked #Echidnas of #WestPapua are critically endangered. Fight for their survival when you shop and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-7Qj
June 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Part of an ancient group of egg-laying monotreme #mammals, Attenborough Long-Beaked #Echidnas of #WestPapua are critically endangered. Fight for their survival when you shop and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-7Qj
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Bear Cuscus' 🐻🩷 are found on #Sulawesi #Indonesia 🇮🇩 they are vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation 🌴🪔☠️🧐⛔️ and #hunting. Support this beautiful animal with your weekly shop #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/b...
June 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Bear Cuscus' 🐻🩷 are found on #Sulawesi #Indonesia 🇮🇩 they are vulnerable due to #palmoil #deforestation 🌴🪔☠️🧐⛔️ and #hunting. Support this beautiful animal with your weekly shop #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect palmoildetectives.com/2021/01/26/b...
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Birtles Farm, a 17thC house better known to millions of readers as Highmost Redmanhey from Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen.
I'll be talking about this & other sites at an event on Alan Garner & Archaeology at Biddulph Grange in 2 weeks, 6 July:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shrops...
I'll be talking about this & other sites at an event on Alan Garner & Archaeology at Biddulph Grange in 2 weeks, 6 July:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shrops...
June 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Birtles Farm, a 17thC house better known to millions of readers as Highmost Redmanhey from Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen.
I'll be talking about this & other sites at an event on Alan Garner & Archaeology at Biddulph Grange in 2 weeks, 6 July:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shrops...
I'll be talking about this & other sites at an event on Alan Garner & Archaeology at Biddulph Grange in 2 weeks, 6 July:
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shrops...
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Win a signed copy of the wonderful new book Stone Lands by Fiona Robertson. To enter please repost and like this post and follow us on here if you haven’t already. More… 1/
June 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Win a signed copy of the wonderful new book Stone Lands by Fiona Robertson. To enter please repost and like this post and follow us on here if you haven’t already. More… 1/
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
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The Giant's Grave Wedge Tomb • Lough Gur • Limerick
This fine example of a wedge tomb was excavated in 1938, and it was found to contain the remains of at least eight adults and four children.
Subsequent radiocarbon dating suggests that the burials date between 2202–2162 BC.
#Archaeology 🏺
This fine example of a wedge tomb was excavated in 1938, and it was found to contain the remains of at least eight adults and four children.
Subsequent radiocarbon dating suggests that the burials date between 2202–2162 BC.
#Archaeology 🏺
May 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Giant's Grave Wedge Tomb • Lough Gur • Limerick
This fine example of a wedge tomb was excavated in 1938, and it was found to contain the remains of at least eight adults and four children.
Subsequent radiocarbon dating suggests that the burials date between 2202–2162 BC.
#Archaeology 🏺
This fine example of a wedge tomb was excavated in 1938, and it was found to contain the remains of at least eight adults and four children.
Subsequent radiocarbon dating suggests that the burials date between 2202–2162 BC.
#Archaeology 🏺
The Toots long barrow on Selsley Common, near Stroud, last week (historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...). At c. 73 m, it was tricky to capture on my phone camera. Approached it from All Saints Church, Selsley (felt like a vertical climb!). Great views over the Severn. #TombTuesday #Neolithic
April 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The Toots long barrow on Selsley Common, near Stroud, last week (historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...). At c. 73 m, it was tricky to capture on my phone camera. Approached it from All Saints Church, Selsley (felt like a vertical climb!). Great views over the Severn. #TombTuesday #Neolithic
Tŷ Mawr Burial Chamber NE of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, #Anglesey (photo taken in 2010). This is a collapsed #Neolithic dolmen, probably the remains of a simple passage grave. The original OS map is said to show a covering stone cairn roughly 15 m by 10 m. #TombTuesday #DailyMegalith
April 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Tŷ Mawr Burial Chamber NE of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, #Anglesey (photo taken in 2010). This is a collapsed #Neolithic dolmen, probably the remains of a simple passage grave. The original OS map is said to show a covering stone cairn roughly 15 m by 10 m. #TombTuesday #DailyMegalith
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Blown away by WC21’s new video on ‘Stainton Fell Long Barrow’! ⭐️
A very remote site that’s so rarely visited, and never-before photographed…
Link to full video here: youtu.be/pXqoDh-Hn-s?...
#StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #history #LakeDistrict 🤩
A very remote site that’s so rarely visited, and never-before photographed…
Link to full video here: youtu.be/pXqoDh-Hn-s?...
#StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #history #LakeDistrict 🤩
March 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Blown away by WC21’s new video on ‘Stainton Fell Long Barrow’! ⭐️
A very remote site that’s so rarely visited, and never-before photographed…
Link to full video here: youtu.be/pXqoDh-Hn-s?...
#StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #history #LakeDistrict 🤩
A very remote site that’s so rarely visited, and never-before photographed…
Link to full video here: youtu.be/pXqoDh-Hn-s?...
#StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #history #LakeDistrict 🤩
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Wawiriya Burton, senior Australian Aboriginal artist and healer who, in collaboration with her daughters, painted Mingkiri Tjukurpa, 2011 #WomensArt
March 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Wawiriya Burton, senior Australian Aboriginal artist and healer who, in collaboration with her daughters, painted Mingkiri Tjukurpa, 2011 #WomensArt
Ring of Brodgar graffiti for #StandingStoneSunday (from a visit back in 2012): twig runes and a cross (www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/the-norse-on...), found in 1906 during an operation to lift a fallen stone. #DailyMegalith #Orkney
March 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ring of Brodgar graffiti for #StandingStoneSunday (from a visit back in 2012): twig runes and a cross (www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/the-norse-on...), found in 1906 during an operation to lift a fallen stone. #DailyMegalith #Orkney
As noted by @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social, we seem to like erecting large stones, often arranging them in circles. For #StandingStoneSunday, some 'new stones' in Worcestershire 😉 (@megalithic.bsky.social): Worcester Woods Country Park, Diglis Fields, by Wickes and Pershore College (see Alt text).
March 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
As noted by @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social, we seem to like erecting large stones, often arranging them in circles. For #StandingStoneSunday, some 'new stones' in Worcestershire 😉 (@megalithic.bsky.social): Worcester Woods Country Park, Diglis Fields, by Wickes and Pershore College (see Alt text).
For #StandingStoneSunday re. @suegreaney.bsky.social et al.'s paper on the #Neolithic Flagstones enclosure in @antiquityj.bsky.social: two sarsens in the garden of Th. Hardy's house, Max Gate, Dorchester, one mentioned in Sue's Radio 4 Today interview (www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...; c. 28 mins in).
March 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
For #StandingStoneSunday re. @suegreaney.bsky.social et al.'s paper on the #Neolithic Flagstones enclosure in @antiquityj.bsky.social: two sarsens in the garden of Th. Hardy's house, Max Gate, Dorchester, one mentioned in Sue's Radio 4 Today interview (www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...; c. 28 mins in).
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Really fresh paper - it’s incredible it feels like we’ve barely scratched the surface of the chronology of these monumental traditions to which some of Britain’s best known Neolithic sites belong. Phew, managed to write that without mentioning Stonehenge…
Hooray! Our paper detailing new dates for Flagstones enclosure in Dorset has been published in @antiquityj.bsky.social today. It shows that Flagstones is middle Neolithic, built and used for burial around 3200 BC, earlier than expected. Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Beginning of the circle? Revised chronologies for Flagstones and Alington Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Beginning of the circle? Revised chronologies for Flagstones and Alington Avenue, Dorchester, Dorset
www.cambridge.org
March 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Really fresh paper - it’s incredible it feels like we’ve barely scratched the surface of the chronology of these monumental traditions to which some of Britain’s best known Neolithic sites belong. Phew, managed to write that without mentioning Stonehenge…
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Really sad to report that our friend and colleague Richard Fortey passed away this morning after a short battle with cancer. We’ll all miss his wit and wisdom. Here he is checking out a dino footprint we found while filming together on the Isle of Wight
March 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Really sad to report that our friend and colleague Richard Fortey passed away this morning after a short battle with cancer. We’ll all miss his wit and wisdom. Here he is checking out a dino footprint we found while filming together on the Isle of Wight
Here's an offering for #TombTuesday from a visit to Orkney some years ago: Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn (Maeshowe-type), a 5,000 year-old #Neolithic tomb, excavated in 1901, where the bones of people and dogs were found. The (totemic?) dogs were about the size of large collies. #DailyMegalith
February 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Here's an offering for #TombTuesday from a visit to Orkney some years ago: Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn (Maeshowe-type), a 5,000 year-old #Neolithic tomb, excavated in 1901, where the bones of people and dogs were found. The (totemic?) dogs were about the size of large collies. #DailyMegalith
Certainly worth a read: communities.springernature.com/posts/indo-e.... Picked up by @radio4rne.bsky.social's PM programme.
Indo-European Origins: A new Solution to an old Puzzle
A meeting between Nick Patterson and David Anthony in Princeton, NJ in 2010 began a 15-year long collaboration to find the answer to the 250-year old question of the origin of Indo-European speakers t...
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February 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Certainly worth a read: communities.springernature.com/posts/indo-e.... Picked up by @radio4rne.bsky.social's PM programme.
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The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard is on temporary display for the first time from this weekend! ✨
📍 Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Saturday 11 January to Sunday 30 March 2025.
Free to visit ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/the-w...
📍 Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Saturday 11 January to Sunday 30 March 2025.
Free to visit ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/the-w...
January 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard is on temporary display for the first time from this weekend! ✨
📍 Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Saturday 11 January to Sunday 30 March 2025.
Free to visit ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/the-w...
📍 Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Saturday 11 January to Sunday 30 March 2025.
Free to visit ➡️ www.museumsworcestershire.org.uk/events/the-w...
@jackdashby.bsky.social Here's a cryptic crossword clue for you from today's Metro: Substitute salty pup for Australian mammal (8). 😉
January 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
@jackdashby.bsky.social Here's a cryptic crossword clue for you from today's Metro: Substitute salty pup for Australian mammal (8). 😉