Dr Toby Driver

An actor pretending to be a Roman general of the late 4th century AD wearing armour, red cloak and two swords of a much earlier period plus wrist bands which no one outside of a Hollywood movie ever wore

Actor Richard Burton in the film The Robe, wearing a muscled cuirass and wrist bands, relaxes on a block of marble

Stilicho, a late Roman general as depicted on an ivory panel wearing long sleeved tunic, big brooch, long sword at his belt and a spear in his right hand

Why was everyone in *Civilisations: Rise and Fall* dressed like they were in a 1950s Hollywood epic?

Stilicho looked like Richard Burton in *The Robe* with muscled cuirass and pointless wrist guards rather than in long sleeved tunic and big chonky brooch

Who was the historical advisor on this? 😱😱

No better way to spend a day than at Amgueddfa Cymru/National Museum Wales St Fagans in excellent company with @archaedelle.bsky.social, @richardosgood.bsky.social & the Op Nightingale team. Thanks to all the museum staff for a memorable day 👌🍻

Hafod Estate Hafod Estate

No plenty to see today. In the care of the @nationaltrust.org.uk

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A great stone arch spanning the road

The famous picturesque Hafod Arch above Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion 🥰

Built by Thomas Johnes of Hafod to celebrate the Jubilee of George III's accession in the early C19th, & now a notable climb for all local #cyclists

📷 My own, Saturday

Inmos Microprocessor Factory, Newport, Gwent – Richard Rogers and Parrtners, with engineer Anthony Hunt, 1982 Image credit: Ken Kirkwood © RSHP Archive

NEWS: We’re delighted to announce that Inmos Microprocessing Factory in Newport (Richard Rogers & Partners, 1982), one of the most innovative industrial buildings of the late 20th century, has been Grade II* listed following an application by C20 and C20 Cymru.

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Absolutely. Some deep antiquity to many of them

Down the autumn backlanes from home yesterday 🍂 - good for the soul👌

📷 Near Talybont, Ceredigion, Cymru/Wales

Me, with broch and setting sun over sea behind me.

A broch with sea and setting sun beyond.

Stairs down through the wall of a broch

Reconstruction of the interior of a broch.

After some kick back for posting too many Roman pictures (not naming names @drtobydriver.bsky.social 🙄) I’ve had to post pictures of Carn Liath broch to even out the Iron Age balance.
Note to self - no more backlit selfies (🎶oooh-oooh me ears are alight🎶)

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That would just leave fans of Picts

😱😱😱 what have I done!? #ActuallyLoveTheRomans

Red leather decorated Roman cavalry horse face mask armour on chamfron.

Modern mosaic of a red horse chamfron.

Tan leather decorated Roman cavalry horse face mask armour on chamfron.

Mosaic of a tan horse chamfron.

I think I’m just going to keep posting pictures of decorative Roman cavalry horse chamfrons from @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social until people start blocking me.

Have some.

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Doh *more* Romans. Blocked! #LongLiveHillforts #HillfortsForeveer

The TARDIS and Stonehenge

A hugely popular and internationally recognised symbol of Britishness, associated with time travel & outlandish speculative fictions. And the TARDIS.

Proper lazy Sunday Hux old chap 👌🔥

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Elizabeth Walker gave a good lecture a couple of years ago about similar landscapes in Wales with high Palaeo potential - but they weren't on my radar & I wonder if they're effectively in the planning process & HERs 🤔

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Next Portable Antiquities day in Aberystwyth will be happening on 13th December in the National Library of Wales.

I'll be there along with the super knowledgeable @archaedelle.bsky.social 🥳

@findsorguk.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing what's been discovered in the region! 🧐

Yes,also down the steep Rheidol gorges; too remote & difficult to fell

A large, irregular grey stone, encircled by a slight, grass covered circular ditch, stands to the left foreground with a series of stone uprights supporting lintels in the near distance, framed by blue sky, white clouds and setting sun

From Heel to Eternity on #StandingStoneSunday

Gazing down the Avenue, past the Heel Stone sarsen, to distant Stonehenge #Wiltshire, as the sun begins to set on a cold November afternoon

📷 2025

What a great trip - brave in this wind!

Un vídeo con escenas da historia de Galicia e algunhas máis que non estaban no fío. Gozade como mínimo o mesmo que gocei eu facéndoo.

A great video - very evocative. I still need to see those Galician Castros..🛖

Yes low reservoir levels but may be for maintenance 🤔

Ah yes - probably more forestry around then but rapidly deforested - or coppiced - once mining got going

If you could pop a plate of these beauties round this morning that would be fab, thanks! 😉

Callanish #StandingStoneSunday

An autumnal upland valley with a central winding river

Landscape of the Early Bronze Age miners..⛏️

Driving home through Cwmystwyth valley yesterday in mid Wales, below the EBA mine on Copa Hill (out of picture, above right) it never fails to impress how a few true geniuses 4500 years ago managed to spot ores in these bleak hills

Incredible🤯

📷 My own

À La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz (Ille-Et-Vilaine), l'Inrap a mis au jour en 2022 les vestiges d'une importante occupation gallo-romaine comprenant un vaste sanctuaire.

Vidéo complète 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=enFJ...