Archaeologist. Doctorate in Roman building materials. Interest in landscapes, LiDAR, citizen science, maps Thoughts my own.
Reading, England
Joined September 2012
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If you missed my #Chilforts @ChilternsAONB @HeritageFundUK workshop the other day on using #OpenData #LiDAR it's now on Youtube:
youtube.com/watch?v=LsIjwvM6…
Blog post here: chilternsbeacons.org/wp/2020…
Brilliant to get back to a childhood Sunday eve tradition... @thetimeteam!
Love the new episode - great archaeology, community involvement, and throwing the kitchen sink of techniques
(Cheeky TimeTeam pints @lawrence_shaw and @derekpitman, hope you got to keep the glasses)
Wonder what the Romano-Brits would make of their London-to-Silchester road being used for an illegal rave... @RomanRoadsRA
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Some great news from @HistoricEngland - results of aerial mapping (NMP/AI&M) projects now online in a web map. A brilliant resource! #Archaeology
historicengland.org.uk/resea…
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Brilliant @TheRidgeway1972-inspired art. Plenty of beautiful things, many with archaeological subjects - take a look, and maybe even splash out on something!
@NorthWessexAONB @ChilternsAONB @WbHeritage @BerksArchSoc @BucksCArch @BucksSociety @ChiltWalkFest @ChilternSociety
The Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize 2021 Exhibition can now be viewed on our website
ridgewayfriends.org.uk/swire…
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This @OrdnanceSurvey mapping is getting rather good: they even seem to mark the occasional passing cetacean
Not quite sure what the refresh rate on this data is though...
ALT An excerpt of an Ordnance Survey map of Spurn Head at the mouth of the Humber Estuary. A point in the sea is labelled "Dolphin."
Beautiful Barbury Castle on @TheRidgeway1972 @FriendsRidgeway @NorthWessexAONB - let's add Liddington Castle c. 6 km to the north east, the two hillforts looking at each other over the Og Valley, with the Cirencester-Mildenhall Roman road trekking on through #HillfortsWednesday
Barbury Castle, Swindon, Wiltshire is an area rich in prehistoric earthworks, barrows, ancient field systems, and an Iron Age #Hillfort! Another on the 'to visit' list. #HillfortsWednesday #Lidar
Brilliant thread on a critical case study for students of Romano-British towns - brilliant insight, from very special preservation conditions, into the plants and foods being consumed
Recent publication from me: The charred, mineralised and waterlogged plant remains from Silchester Insula IX - reporting on a substantial assemblages of seeds, cereals, and food remains from the Claudio-Neronian phase of the civitas capital (c. AD 43 - AD 85) 🏛️🏛️🍎🍇
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An update from #Chilforts-towers from @Hillfortian and I - upcoming events, a new blog post on #RomanRoads @RomanRoadsRA, and a great opportunity to help @BucksCArch update their parish histories:
mailchi.mp/chilternsaonb.org…
@ChilternsAONB @HeritageFundUK
(The hyperlink to sign up for the Mapathon on 19th March is incorrect - the correct link is share.hsforms.com/1SZlbijyQQ… )
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.@Hillfortian going global with our @ChilternsAONB @HeritageFundUK #LiDAR
England’s Chiltern hills hide thousands of years of history. @Hillfortian explains how the latest in laser technology has unearthed this area as an archaeologists' paradise. 🏞️
Read more 👉 bit.ly/2PeL8kx
Since I'm an archaeologist please don't accuse me of having a "builder's bum".
Instead I have a...
ALT A historic map showing the village of Trowley Bottom
If you missed @Hillfortian talking about our #LiDAR and #CitizenScience project on @BBCCountryfile at the weekend, you can catch up here! bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
A great rush of new participants over to the LiDAR portal. Come join the fun chilternsbeacons.org
Don't miss @BBCCountryfile this weekend as Matt Baker explores the #ChilternsAONB landscape. Speaking to Dr. Wendy Morrison [our Beacons of the Past Project Manager], Matt discusses #Chilterns #Hillforts #CitizenScience & LiDAR, revealing some hidden historical gems! #countryfile
Lovely thread on (what everyone thinks is) my favourite thing: bricks.
The question of why it disappears after the Roman period is interesting... I have my thoughts, but keen to hear others
There’s such a romance to brick: they're moulded to fit a human hand, light enough to be carried, and have a soft warmth of colour and texture.
The Romans brought bricks to England, but when they left, they seemed to take brick-making with them.
#thread
Some great thoughts on keeping your daily stroll exciting even whilst you #StayLocal
My evening walks with the dog have been made all the more enjoyable on clear nights by watching Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn over the last few months, and Orion is now looming large @BBCStargazing
Some great tips on how to make the most of your daily exercise from the @guardian theguardian.com/lifeandstyle… #southwestcoastpath #walking #nationaltrail
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#Archaeology31 #Treasure
Treasure is a word we should leave to the past.
It has no place in modern heritage law or discourse.
It's continued use equates the discovery of material culture with personal material gain.
For #HillfortsWednesday, did you catch us (@hillfortian and I @ChilternsAONB) in the Jan/Feb issue of British Archaeology Magazine?!
new.archaeologyuk.org/britis…
I raise your #HillHillHillFortsWednesday with another thrice-named hill, but this time with three hillforts too!
A thread on Bredon Hill, Worcestershire, named for "Bre" (Brythonic for hill), "dūn" (old English for hill), and "hill" (er, you get the idea)
#HillfortsWednesday
#HillFortsWednesday
"The Battery", probable Romano British double banked settlement #Enclosure just south of Torpenhow (Yes, I know) North Cumbria for #HillHillHillFortsWednesday 🤣🤣🤣
The hill is stupendous.
Towering over the Vale of Evesham and the relatively flat plains of the Severn and Avon Valleys, Bredon is a distinctive outlier several km north of the @CotswoldsAONB escarpment, and is visible for miles around.
