Someone is definitely eyeing up the post-popcorn potential of that there plastic horse…
Double prizes in Carlisle for #BenchMarkMonday - lovely BM cut into red sandstone on the gatehouse of the cathedral…but cast your eye down to the bottom left corner…bingo, lovely cut pivot too.
Sadly the records exactly over lie each other, obscuring the numbers but c.24m AOD, Paternoster Row.
Disputed lyrics no. 73 *Car Wash* by Rose Royce (1976):
"You might not ever get rich" (True) ✅️
"But let me tell you it's better than digging a ditch" (False) ❌️
Whatever *it* is, digging an Iron Age ditch at #Durotriges26 is so much better
I had so much fun bringing this thing to Sark. We all had a go on it during our break times.
It will take me more practice to get it to Diodorus Siculua' standard: 'for when they blow upon them, they produce a harsh sound, suitable to the tumult of war.'
Delighted that my Roman Camps in Scotland (2011) is now Open Access!
Thanks to Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and Ordnance Survey
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Check out this Trojan Horse popcorn bucket for The Odyssey, coming to theaters on July 17! 🐴
Dr Wendy Morrison
Rebecca Jones
Let sleeping Shucks lie.
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Writer, archaeologist, wild swimmer, wild gardener. New book ECHOLANDS -A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF BOUDICA out now from @Hodderbooks.bsky.social https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/duncan-mackay/echolands/9781399714143/ Rep. Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates
Duncan Mackay
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A chance find made during re-examination of zooarchaeological remains from Fishbourne Roman palace could push back the timeline of the introduction of rabbits to Britain by more than a millennium.
NEW OPEN ACCESS E-BOOK: 'Roman Camps in Scotland' by @drbecjones.bsky.social
Our 20th open access e-book will be of interest to those who wish to know more about the archaeology of the Roman army, its campaigns in northern Britain and the ancient military mind: www.socantscot.org/news/new-ope...
