Prehistoric Wirral
@prehistoricwirral.bsky.social
Independent archaeology research project unearthing and preserving the Prehistory of Wirral. Whilst celebrating it's nature. Est'd 2018. https://www.prehistoricwirral.com
The beauty of nature💚🌲🌳🌲💚
#NationalTreeWeek #lovetrees #nature #beauty #Britishtrees #outdoors #Nature
#NationalTreeWeek #lovetrees #nature #beauty #Britishtrees #outdoors #Nature
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
The beauty of nature💚🌲🌳🌲💚
#NationalTreeWeek #lovetrees #nature #beauty #Britishtrees #outdoors #Nature
#NationalTreeWeek #lovetrees #nature #beauty #Britishtrees #outdoors #Nature
🌲🪨 Pine trees were one of the first to colonise Wirral after the last Ice Age. A useful hardwood, utilised by hunter gathers for spears, arrow shafts; nuts harvested for food and pine resin for glue 🏹🌰💚
#NationalTreeWeek #Archaeology #Prehistory #Britishtrees #nature #Wirral
#NationalTreeWeek #Archaeology #Prehistory #Britishtrees #nature #Wirral
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🌲🪨 Pine trees were one of the first to colonise Wirral after the last Ice Age. A useful hardwood, utilised by hunter gathers for spears, arrow shafts; nuts harvested for food and pine resin for glue 🏹🌰💚
#NationalTreeWeek #Archaeology #Prehistory #Britishtrees #nature #Wirral
#NationalTreeWeek #Archaeology #Prehistory #Britishtrees #nature #Wirral
🌳🌳🌳Majestic silhouettes in Birkenhead Park
#NationalTreeWeek #lovetrees #outdoors #beauty #Britishtrees #Wirral
#NationalTreeWeek #lovetrees #outdoors #beauty #Britishtrees #Wirral
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🌳🌳🌳Majestic silhouettes in Birkenhead Park
#NationalTreeWeek #lovetrees #outdoors #beauty #Britishtrees #Wirral
#NationalTreeWeek #lovetrees #outdoors #beauty #Britishtrees #Wirral
🏺Another 7th anniversary #FindsFriday from November 2018. Three pieces of Bronze Age Very Coarse Pottery, used in the production, trade and storage of salt.
#Archaeology #BronzeAge #Pottery #Prehistory #Wirral
#Archaeology #BronzeAge #Pottery #Prehistory #Wirral
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🏺Another 7th anniversary #FindsFriday from November 2018. Three pieces of Bronze Age Very Coarse Pottery, used in the production, trade and storage of salt.
#Archaeology #BronzeAge #Pottery #Prehistory #Wirral
#Archaeology #BronzeAge #Pottery #Prehistory #Wirral
🪨🦭The foundation stone of this project-The Seal's Head Ritual Stone. November is the 7th anniversary of it's discovery. A community of seal hunters marked their place in the landscape a permanent place of devotion👀📖👉🏻 prehistoricwirral.com/the-seals-he...
#Archaeology #Wirral #Mesolithic #Prehistory
#Archaeology #Wirral #Mesolithic #Prehistory
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🪨🦭The foundation stone of this project-The Seal's Head Ritual Stone. November is the 7th anniversary of it's discovery. A community of seal hunters marked their place in the landscape a permanent place of devotion👀📖👉🏻 prehistoricwirral.com/the-seals-he...
#Archaeology #Wirral #Mesolithic #Prehistory
#Archaeology #Wirral #Mesolithic #Prehistory
🎉7 year anniversary #FindsFriday #FlintFriday! A notched flint scraper. Ubiquitous in the Stone Age and varied in size according to purpose. This one is thought to be Neolithic and forms part of the assemblage that began this project.
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Wirral #Lithics
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Wirral #Lithics
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🎉7 year anniversary #FindsFriday #FlintFriday! A notched flint scraper. Ubiquitous in the Stone Age and varied in size according to purpose. This one is thought to be Neolithic and forms part of the assemblage that began this project.
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Wirral #Lithics
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Wirral #Lithics
Is the Portable Antiquities Scheme a victim of it's own success? On Wirral the Museum of Liverpool and PAS FLO only accept finds from one person/small group of detectorists who claim all their finds were found at the farm at Clatterbridge, when they weren't! Bad archaeological practices #FindsFriday
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Is the Portable Antiquities Scheme a victim of it's own success? On Wirral the Museum of Liverpool and PAS FLO only accept finds from one person/small group of detectorists who claim all their finds were found at the farm at Clatterbridge, when they weren't! Bad archaeological practices #FindsFriday
Hilbre Isles in the Autumn mist, Wales behind
#TidesOutTuesday #Wirral #Wales #HilbreIsland #AutumnVibes #coast #outdoors
#TidesOutTuesday #Wirral #Wales #HilbreIsland #AutumnVibes #coast #outdoors
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Hilbre Isles in the Autumn mist, Wales behind
#TidesOutTuesday #Wirral #Wales #HilbreIsland #AutumnVibes #coast #outdoors
#TidesOutTuesday #Wirral #Wales #HilbreIsland #AutumnVibes #coast #outdoors
#FindsFriday
A green speckled Mesolithic/Neolithic denticulate/serrated knife.
#Mesolithic #Neolithic #lithics #Wirral
A green speckled Mesolithic/Neolithic denticulate/serrated knife.
#Mesolithic #Neolithic #lithics #Wirral
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
#FindsFriday
A green speckled Mesolithic/Neolithic denticulate/serrated knife.
#Mesolithic #Neolithic #lithics #Wirral
A green speckled Mesolithic/Neolithic denticulate/serrated knife.
#Mesolithic #Neolithic #lithics #Wirral
#FindsFriday #FlintFriday
A Lower Palaeolithic Clactonian c.400,000 BC flint scraper. It has been partially burnt, most probably as a ritual.
#Palaeolithic #Flint #Wirral
A Lower Palaeolithic Clactonian c.400,000 BC flint scraper. It has been partially burnt, most probably as a ritual.
#Palaeolithic #Flint #Wirral
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#FindsFriday #FlintFriday
A Lower Palaeolithic Clactonian c.400,000 BC flint scraper. It has been partially burnt, most probably as a ritual.
#Palaeolithic #Flint #Wirral
A Lower Palaeolithic Clactonian c.400,000 BC flint scraper. It has been partially burnt, most probably as a ritual.
#Palaeolithic #Flint #Wirral
📑📖Word of the Week: 'Chenoterie' French meaning 'oak clearing'. The original place name for Noctorum, Wirral. First recorded in the Domesday Book and used ever since 🌳🌳🌳https://prehistoricwirral.com/noctorum.html #Wirral #History #Heritage #placenames #Noctorum #Chenoterie #Domesday
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📑📖Word of the Week: 'Chenoterie' French meaning 'oak clearing'. The original place name for Noctorum, Wirral. First recorded in the Domesday Book and used ever since 🌳🌳🌳https://prehistoricwirral.com/noctorum.html #Wirral #History #Heritage #placenames #Noctorum #Chenoterie #Domesday
🪨🦴A humanly worked Palaeolithic handaxe/awl made from animal bone. The piece has a small chip at the point, obviously it saw a lot of use. The knuckle end forms a natural handle. Shows ingenuity of using all parts of an animal
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Prehistoric #Wirral
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Prehistoric #Wirral
November 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🪨🦴A humanly worked Palaeolithic handaxe/awl made from animal bone. The piece has a small chip at the point, obviously it saw a lot of use. The knuckle end forms a natural handle. Shows ingenuity of using all parts of an animal
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Prehistoric #Wirral
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Prehistoric #Wirral
🌊Here comes the Irish Sea. The Western seacoast of Britain had a thriving maritime trade community during the Neolithic. They must have been expert and seasoned mariners. Navigating by the sun, moon and stars⛵☀️🌕🌃 #Maritime #Prehistory #Wirral #Neolithic
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
🌊Here comes the Irish Sea. The Western seacoast of Britain had a thriving maritime trade community during the Neolithic. They must have been expert and seasoned mariners. Navigating by the sun, moon and stars⛵☀️🌕🌃 #Maritime #Prehistory #Wirral #Neolithic
#FindsFriday
🪨A Neolithic scraper made from a breccia of Galena. It shows wear from use; perhaps a status implement. Galena is a sulphide mineral which has anti-microbial properties, which would have been useful in processing hides🐄🐐🐏
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Neolithic #Wirral
🪨A Neolithic scraper made from a breccia of Galena. It shows wear from use; perhaps a status implement. Galena is a sulphide mineral which has anti-microbial properties, which would have been useful in processing hides🐄🐐🐏
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Neolithic #Wirral
October 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
#FindsFriday
🪨A Neolithic scraper made from a breccia of Galena. It shows wear from use; perhaps a status implement. Galena is a sulphide mineral which has anti-microbial properties, which would have been useful in processing hides🐄🐐🐏
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Neolithic #Wirral
🪨A Neolithic scraper made from a breccia of Galena. It shows wear from use; perhaps a status implement. Galena is a sulphide mineral which has anti-microbial properties, which would have been useful in processing hides🐄🐐🐏
#Archaeology #Prehistory #Neolithic #Wirral
October 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🌍🪨Happy #InternationalArchaeologyDay! Marking the day with an artefact made in North Africa and brought to Wirral by the first pastoralist farmers. This shale side scraper is part of an assemblage in the Tenerean Culture.
#Archaeology #IAD2025 #Wirral #Neolithic #Sahara #NeolithicNorthAfrica
#Archaeology #IAD2025 #Wirral #Neolithic #Sahara #NeolithicNorthAfrica
October 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🌍🪨Happy #InternationalArchaeologyDay! Marking the day with an artefact made in North Africa and brought to Wirral by the first pastoralist farmers. This shale side scraper is part of an assemblage in the Tenerean Culture.
#Archaeology #IAD2025 #Wirral #Neolithic #Sahara #NeolithicNorthAfrica
#Archaeology #IAD2025 #Wirral #Neolithic #Sahara #NeolithicNorthAfrica
🦆🪶🐀The wildlife at Parkgate on the #Wirral Peninsula was featured in this week's 'Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles'
by Hamza Yassin
available on
BBCiPlayer
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#HamzaYassin #HamzasHiddenWildIsles #WildIsles #conservation #BritishWildlife #UKNature #UKWildlife #Wirral
by Hamza Yassin
available on
BBCiPlayer
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#HamzaYassin #HamzasHiddenWildIsles #WildIsles #conservation #BritishWildlife #UKNature #UKWildlife #Wirral
October 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🦆🪶🐀The wildlife at Parkgate on the #Wirral Peninsula was featured in this week's 'Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles'
by Hamza Yassin
available on
BBCiPlayer
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#HamzaYassin #HamzasHiddenWildIsles #WildIsles #conservation #BritishWildlife #UKNature #UKWildlife #Wirral
by Hamza Yassin
available on
BBCiPlayer
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#HamzaYassin #HamzasHiddenWildIsles #WildIsles #conservation #BritishWildlife #UKNature #UKWildlife #Wirral
#FindsFriday
🪨🪨Three Neolithic axe/hammers made from shale possibly used for ceremonial/ritual purposes.
#Archaeology #Neolithic #Prehistoric #lithics
🪨🪨Three Neolithic axe/hammers made from shale possibly used for ceremonial/ritual purposes.
#Archaeology #Neolithic #Prehistoric #lithics
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
#FindsFriday
🪨🪨Three Neolithic axe/hammers made from shale possibly used for ceremonial/ritual purposes.
#Archaeology #Neolithic #Prehistoric #lithics
🪨🪨Three Neolithic axe/hammers made from shale possibly used for ceremonial/ritual purposes.
#Archaeology #Neolithic #Prehistoric #lithics
Information from World Museum Liverpool 👇
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Information from World Museum Liverpool 👇
🥽❄️How cool is this? Hunters living in the Arctic have used snow goggles to protect their eyes from the glare of the snow for 4000 years. Made from ivory, bone or wood. Displaying great ingenuity. These are 18/19thC display
at World Museum, Liverpool
🌍 #Arctic #Prehistoric #indeginouspeople
at World Museum, Liverpool
🌍 #Arctic #Prehistoric #indeginouspeople
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🥽❄️How cool is this? Hunters living in the Arctic have used snow goggles to protect their eyes from the glare of the snow for 4000 years. Made from ivory, bone or wood. Displaying great ingenuity. These are 18/19thC display
at World Museum, Liverpool
🌍 #Arctic #Prehistoric #indeginouspeople
at World Museum, Liverpool
🌍 #Arctic #Prehistoric #indeginouspeople
Present day Wirral with the Welsh hills in the background, the River Mersey in the foreground.
#Wirral #Wales #Panoramic
#Wirral #Wales #Panoramic
October 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Present day Wirral with the Welsh hills in the background, the River Mersey in the foreground.
#Wirral #Wales #Panoramic
#Wirral #Wales #Panoramic
🪨⌛Wirral within the context of Prehistory, a brief timeline of main known excavated and dated sites 👀📈➡️ prehistoricwirral.com/prehistory-t...
#Archaeology #Wirral #Mesolithic #Neolithic #lithics #Prehistoric
#Archaeology #Wirral #Mesolithic #Neolithic #lithics #Prehistoric
October 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🪨⌛Wirral within the context of Prehistory, a brief timeline of main known excavated and dated sites 👀📈➡️ prehistoricwirral.com/prehistory-t...
#Archaeology #Wirral #Mesolithic #Neolithic #lithics #Prehistoric
#Archaeology #Wirral #Mesolithic #Neolithic #lithics #Prehistoric
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
October 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#FindsFriday
🪨🎨Staying with the theme of companion pieces, these two grey limestone implements are thought to be applicators of yellow ocrhe, with which they are stained on their left sides. Used to mark designs on human skin and/or animal hides. Ritual/ceremonial use.
#Archaeology
🪨🎨Staying with the theme of companion pieces, these two grey limestone implements are thought to be applicators of yellow ocrhe, with which they are stained on their left sides. Used to mark designs on human skin and/or animal hides. Ritual/ceremonial use.
#Archaeology
October 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
#FindsFriday
🪨🎨Staying with the theme of companion pieces, these two grey limestone implements are thought to be applicators of yellow ocrhe, with which they are stained on their left sides. Used to mark designs on human skin and/or animal hides. Ritual/ceremonial use.
#Archaeology
🪨🎨Staying with the theme of companion pieces, these two grey limestone implements are thought to be applicators of yellow ocrhe, with which they are stained on their left sides. Used to mark designs on human skin and/or animal hides. Ritual/ceremonial use.
#Archaeology