Welwyn Archaeological Society
@welwynarchsoc.bsky.social
The Society's Blue Sky feed run by the Director with an interest in all things archaeological especially archaeological method, geophysics and fieldwork. Have been known to publish a few things on coins and stats too. Always looking for speakers!
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I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
Fifty years (3/50). Here I am pushing the #GPR in #Verulamium park during the surveys with #CAGG in 2016. This is the southern side of the town near Watling Street and outside of the line of the 1955 ditch. @uclarchaeology.bsky.social @ehasarch.bsky.social #Geophysics #Hertfordshire #VoteKris
December 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Fifty years (3/50). Here I am pushing the #GPR in #Verulamium park during the surveys with #CAGG in 2016. This is the southern side of the town near Watling Street and outside of the line of the 1955 ditch. @uclarchaeology.bsky.social @ehasarch.bsky.social #Geophysics #Hertfordshire #VoteKris
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 6
‘Lane in Winter’
Artist: Rowland Hilder
‘Lane in Winter’
Artist: Rowland Hilder
December 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 6
‘Lane in Winter’
Artist: Rowland Hilder
‘Lane in Winter’
Artist: Rowland Hilder
Fifty years (2/50) Group photograph from Phil Barker's excavations at Wroxeter in 1984. The photo also includes my colleague Mark Lake, the late Mike Corbishley, Phil Barker, Kate Pretty, Sidney Renow, Roger White, Andrew Simpson, and there's a royal there somewhere too. @uclarchaeology.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Fifty years (2/50) Group photograph from Phil Barker's excavations at Wroxeter in 1984. The photo also includes my colleague Mark Lake, the late Mike Corbishley, Phil Barker, Kate Pretty, Sidney Renow, Roger White, Andrew Simpson, and there's a royal there somewhere too. @uclarchaeology.bsky.social
Fifty years ago today, as an 11 year old, I attended a WAS lecture by Francis Pryor entitled "Prehistoric Excavations at Fengate, Peterborough". I joined the society that evening. To celebrate I'm going to post a series of 50 photos. The first was taken on a trip to the Tower of London, c. 1976.
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Fifty years ago today, as an 11 year old, I attended a WAS lecture by Francis Pryor entitled "Prehistoric Excavations at Fengate, Peterborough". I joined the society that evening. To celebrate I'm going to post a series of 50 photos. The first was taken on a trip to the Tower of London, c. 1976.
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Repairing a 1930s Roman Catholic church.
Rachel Morley, our Director, speaks to Contracts Manager Martin Nee from Messenger Construction about the repairs at St Mary of the Angels', Brownshill, Gloucestershire.
Rachel Morley, our Director, speaks to Contracts Manager Martin Nee from Messenger Construction about the repairs at St Mary of the Angels', Brownshill, Gloucestershire.
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Repairing a 1930s Roman Catholic church.
Rachel Morley, our Director, speaks to Contracts Manager Martin Nee from Messenger Construction about the repairs at St Mary of the Angels', Brownshill, Gloucestershire.
Rachel Morley, our Director, speaks to Contracts Manager Martin Nee from Messenger Construction about the repairs at St Mary of the Angels', Brownshill, Gloucestershire.
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Some 1,900 years ago a child was buried with an array of terracotta figurines in the #Roman town of Arae Flaviae, #Rottweil: 2 pigeons, 2 dogs, 2 roosters, a chicken, a duck, and a female figure, commonly identified as Iuventas, the personification of youth. Rather than....🧵1/2
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December 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
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More perilous adventures in time and space.
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
More perilous adventures in time and space.
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🌍🪐✨ St. Mary Lastingham, Yorks - out of this world.
"This place - the journey to it, the aura, the echoes, the muted light, the Saxon remnants and the Romanesque - has lifted my anxious self into a more rooted sense of the world."
More words and 📸:
👉 www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshal...
"This place - the journey to it, the aura, the echoes, the muted light, the Saxon remnants and the Romanesque - has lifted my anxious self into a more rooted sense of the world."
More words and 📸:
👉 www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshal...
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🌍🪐✨ St. Mary Lastingham, Yorks - out of this world.
"This place - the journey to it, the aura, the echoes, the muted light, the Saxon remnants and the Romanesque - has lifted my anxious self into a more rooted sense of the world."
More words and 📸:
👉 www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshal...
"This place - the journey to it, the aura, the echoes, the muted light, the Saxon remnants and the Romanesque - has lifted my anxious self into a more rooted sense of the world."
More words and 📸:
👉 www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshal...
Still places available for what should be a wonderful talk.
Next Monday 1 Dec 25: Sophia Adams will be talking about "The Melsonby hoard" for the Combined Hertfordshire Archaeological Societies. Lecture on zoom, free tickets from Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1777827874... #IronAge #prehistory #archaeology #HorseGear #AmazingFind @ehasarch.bsky.social
The Melsonby Hoard: a talk by Sophia Adams
The Melsonby Hoard is a highly significant discovery of Iron Age metalwork from nearly 2,000 years ago discovered in late December 2021.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Still places available for what should be a wonderful talk.
Tonight! (28/11/25) Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews will be talking about Wilbury: the ‘willow fort’, one of the lesser known Iron Age Hertfordshire. United Reformed Church hall (op. Sainsburys), Welwyn Garden City, 7.45pm. #IronAge #archaeology @ehasarch.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Tonight! (28/11/25) Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews will be talking about Wilbury: the ‘willow fort’, one of the lesser known Iron Age Hertfordshire. United Reformed Church hall (op. Sainsburys), Welwyn Garden City, 7.45pm. #IronAge #archaeology @ehasarch.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social
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It’s supposed to be a winged face, but it kind of looks like the turkey craft project that my first grader brought home from school yesterday. It marks the grave of Hannah Kingsbury (d.1769) at North Cemetery in Hampton, Connecticut, and it was made by Joseph Marsh.
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It’s supposed to be a winged face, but it kind of looks like the turkey craft project that my first grader brought home from school yesterday. It marks the grave of Hannah Kingsbury (d.1769) at North Cemetery in Hampton, Connecticut, and it was made by Joseph Marsh.
Authors! Please consider what your publisher will charge. A Routledge book of direct interest to me is £145 (or £108.75p as a "Black Friday" offer). As I'm at a University, I have other ways to get it, but not everyone has that privilege. #ExpensiveBooks #WhatARipOff #SillyPrices #AcademicMadness
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Authors! Please consider what your publisher will charge. A Routledge book of direct interest to me is £145 (or £108.75p as a "Black Friday" offer). As I'm at a University, I have other ways to get it, but not everyone has that privilege. #ExpensiveBooks #WhatARipOff #SillyPrices #AcademicMadness
Next Monday 1 Dec 25: Sophia Adams will be talking about "The Melsonby hoard" for the Combined Hertfordshire Archaeological Societies. Lecture on zoom, free tickets from Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1777827874... #IronAge #prehistory #archaeology #HorseGear #AmazingFind @ehasarch.bsky.social
The Melsonby Hoard: a talk by Sophia Adams
The Melsonby Hoard is a highly significant discovery of Iron Age metalwork from nearly 2,000 years ago discovered in late December 2021.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Next Monday 1 Dec 25: Sophia Adams will be talking about "The Melsonby hoard" for the Combined Hertfordshire Archaeological Societies. Lecture on zoom, free tickets from Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1777827874... #IronAge #prehistory #archaeology #HorseGear #AmazingFind @ehasarch.bsky.social
Does anyone has a suggestion as to where I can get a backpack with a fitting to hold a GNSS (aka GPS) receiver over my head? I need to take readings which are more accurate than a phone, don't really need to be RTK, and leaves my hands free to operate other bits of equipment. Thanks. #surveying
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Does anyone has a suggestion as to where I can get a backpack with a fitting to hold a GNSS (aka GPS) receiver over my head? I need to take readings which are more accurate than a phone, don't really need to be RTK, and leaves my hands free to operate other bits of equipment. Thanks. #surveying
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
I understand the idea of "predatory journals", pay the fee, get an (probably AI-generated) article published with minimal if any peer review, add it to your CV. But how do "predatory conferences" work? Is there actually an event? Do people fly there and find nothing? Or just go and have a holiday?
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I understand the idea of "predatory journals", pay the fee, get an (probably AI-generated) article published with minimal if any peer review, add it to your CV. But how do "predatory conferences" work? Is there actually an event? Do people fly there and find nothing? Or just go and have a holiday?
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Our latest Journal is out! Verminous cadavers, all sorts of monuments and wide-ranging reviews. Details at churchmonumentssociety.org/the-journal. Free to members - or click the links to read abstracts and order a copy
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Our latest Journal is out! Verminous cadavers, all sorts of monuments and wide-ranging reviews. Details at churchmonumentssociety.org/the-journal. Free to members - or click the links to read abstracts and order a copy
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*Archaeological find of national significance broken up and dispersed overseas*
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
Roman coin find in Dorset field sells for over £16,000
A hoard of 97 Roman coins found in Dorset by metal detectorist Trenton Oliver sold for £16,625 at Noonans Mayfair auction, exceeding estimates.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
*Archaeological find of national significance broken up and dispersed overseas*
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
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A fascinating talk about a truly stunning Iron Age discovery 👇
The next CHAS lecture is a not-to-miss event! Join us on December 1 to hear British Museum curator Dr. Sophia Adams talk about the amazing Melsonby Hoard - and, as always, it's free!
More info and a link for tickets here:
ehas.org.uk/ehas.org.uk/...
#archaeology #ancientBluesky
More info and a link for tickets here:
ehas.org.uk/ehas.org.uk/...
#archaeology #ancientBluesky
The Melsonby Hoard: a talk by Sophia Adams - East Herts Archaeological Society
The Melsonby Hoard is a highly significant collection of more than 800 pieces of Iron Age metalwork from nearly 2,000 years ago.
ehas.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A fascinating talk about a truly stunning Iron Age discovery 👇
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The next CHAS lecture is a not-to-miss event! Join us on December 1 to hear British Museum curator Dr. Sophia Adams talk about the amazing Melsonby Hoard - and, as always, it's free!
More info and a link for tickets here:
ehas.org.uk/ehas.org.uk/...
#archaeology #ancientBluesky
More info and a link for tickets here:
ehas.org.uk/ehas.org.uk/...
#archaeology #ancientBluesky
The Melsonby Hoard: a talk by Sophia Adams - East Herts Archaeological Society
The Melsonby Hoard is a highly significant collection of more than 800 pieces of Iron Age metalwork from nearly 2,000 years ago.
ehas.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The next CHAS lecture is a not-to-miss event! Join us on December 1 to hear British Museum curator Dr. Sophia Adams talk about the amazing Melsonby Hoard - and, as always, it's free!
More info and a link for tickets here:
ehas.org.uk/ehas.org.uk/...
#archaeology #ancientBluesky
More info and a link for tickets here:
ehas.org.uk/ehas.org.uk/...
#archaeology #ancientBluesky
I have a reference to "American Archaeology", vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 27--34. I cannot find any reference to such a journal, and it doesn't appear to be any of the likely mis-cites like the American Journal of Archaeology. Any suggestions? [and before someone asks, no it isn't a chatGPT invention]. Ta
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I have a reference to "American Archaeology", vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 27--34. I cannot find any reference to such a journal, and it doesn't appear to be any of the likely mis-cites like the American Journal of Archaeology. Any suggestions? [and before someone asks, no it isn't a chatGPT invention]. Ta
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☄️Out of this world. 🔆A bit of warmth and light for the darker days.
The medieval St. Thomas Becket, Fairfield, Romney Marsh—once part of a thriving village, now isolated by time and circumstance.
The medieval St. Thomas Becket, Fairfield, Romney Marsh—once part of a thriving village, now isolated by time and circumstance.
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 AM
☄️Out of this world. 🔆A bit of warmth and light for the darker days.
The medieval St. Thomas Becket, Fairfield, Romney Marsh—once part of a thriving village, now isolated by time and circumstance.
The medieval St. Thomas Becket, Fairfield, Romney Marsh—once part of a thriving village, now isolated by time and circumstance.