Dr Toby Driver

Two books: The Roman army & Early Irish myths & sagas

Shopping in Waterstones Birmingham this morning. Two excellent purchases from opposite ends of the Iron Age...🤔🧐

I've never properly read the early Irish sagas, & I need to learn more about the Roman military machine which defeated the tribes of Britannia..

Fresnel Lens.

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Two brown rock towers with the sea beyond

Quizzical rock profiles inside an Iron Age coastal promontory fort to start the month

Just some of the extraordinary rock formations which once greeted seaward traders & visitors to Chynalls Point fort near Coverack, Lizard, #Kernow/#Cornwall

📷 My own 2025

Roman mosaic depicting a grey dolphin with red beak, tail and whiskers, swimming up and out of shot

A sassy dolphin with flamboyant red feather costume vibe for #MosaicMonday

Detail from a 2nd century #Roman floor found in Fordington High Street #Dorchester 1927

Conserved by Cliveden Conservation, the cheeky chappie can today be admired in the excellent @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social

📷 Sept 2023

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

Indeed! Grim

And to you 🥂

A magnificent specimen! 😍
Weeping Willow, Cambridgeshire.

Fabulous!

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Don't do it Kenny 🫣

A winter view of a chamber tomb on a rocky headland

It wouldn't be #StandingStoneSunday & Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant without a picture of the incredible chambered tomb of Coetan Arthur on St David's Head 🥰

Browse our splendid #RCAHMW 3D model here: skfb.ly/pEKnE

📷 My own, 2023

Great to hear that. The landowners are very proud of their fort & the spoons

Have a fabulous birthday! 🥳

Two ancient copper spoons with decoration on the handles

In honour of #StDavidsDay here are the wonderful Penbryn Spoons, which were found in 1829 beneath a heap of stones inside the Castell Nadolig hillfort, near Penbryn in Ceredigion, Wales. The pair of cast bronze ‘spoons’ date to the Late Iron Age (c. 50 BCE–100 CE).

🤩 Read more about these amazing Iron Age spoons from west Wales here: coflein.gov.uk/en/sites/304...

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Cheers Kristian. I clearly had too much time on my hands..

It would make a change from Windmills of Norfolk that my grandparents had..🧐

Thanks 😊

No question is a bad question..the only way to learn! 😊

Bit of a mix up with the BM artefacts..🧐

Thanks very much David 😊🤔..but it looks like the Normans have invaded...😄😉

🥰 I'll put him back to work one of these days...🤔

I'm lobbying for Toby the Trowel investigates Llyn Cerrig Bach or Toby the Trowel and the Lead Pigs.

I want both tbh! ❤️

#Archaeology 🏺

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Another down near Margam, but not many