Shown here is a charter issued by King Wihtred (c.670 – 23rd April 725) granting freedom from taxation to the churches and monasteries of Kent, AD 699 [ref. U140/T1] Dated at Cilling, the witnesses include Archbishop Berhtuuald; Gemmund, Bishop of Rochester; Tobias (Gemmund's successor); and Hadrian, described as 'indignus monachus' – a colleague and advisor of Theodore of Tarsus, a former Archbishop of Canterbury. This charter was purchased by Sir Albert Stern at Sotheby's in 1946, for presentation to the county. Some information as to its previous history can be gained from its endorsements. It was sold by Messrs Puttick, auctioneers, in 1861 and purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps. Prior to this it was probably in the Surrenden Dering collection for 200 years – Dering's ownership indicated by marks of a saltire cross in a circle and a Greek letter Delta. An earlier endorsement, possibly dating to the late 12th century, indicates that it was formerly preserved at Christ Church.

#DidYouKnow that the earliest document held by Kent Archives is quite possibly the oldest possessed by any county repository in the United Kingdom? 📜👀

It's a charter issued by King Wihtred granting freedom from taxation to the churches and monasteries of #Kent, AD 699

☟ See U140/T1: bit.ly/4lioB0h

Morning 👋

How are we all today?

I see the billionaire of online sales is in super discount mode. (That wedding wasn't cheap)

This is a little reminder of our list of Irish Designers.

Reposts would be wonderful 😉

#supportsmallbusiness

#SLATED

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Read more about ‘Egtved Girl’ on this link:

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A map showing South West England and Wales, labelled "Graph of British Rivers". Two river courses are shown, labelled 'Wye axis' and 'Exe axis'. Does anyone read these descriptions, or am I wasting my time?

Graph of British Rivers

Arne Slot:

“When the time is right, we will celebrate Diogo Jota, we will remember his goals and we will sing his song. For the time being, we will remember him as a unique human being and mourn his loss. He will never be forgotten.

“His name is Diogo.”

#LFC #YNWA

Our campus has so many beautiful spots dotted around 🤩

A small medieval chapel above the lakes of Gartan in County Donegal

The interior of the ruined 16th century chapel for Colmcille at Gartan

Leac na Cumha - the stone of sorrow, or the stone of loneliness. It is a large stone covered in prehistoric cupmarks.

Today marks the Feast Day of the great Colmcille (St Columba), so for this edition of our free #MonumentMonday newsletter we take a trip to his homeland of Gartan in County Donegal.

Here we encounter a pilgrimage route and a strange stone known as Leac na Cumha, meaning 'the Stone of Sorrow'.

Andy Robertson is about to enter the final year of his Reds contract, with many suggesting Milos Kerkez could be a long-term replacement for the two-time Premier League champion and Champions League winner.
[BBC] #LFC

A man, me, in an orange coat, stood next to a small megalithic tomb under a cloudy sky

An ancient ruin, mysterious and unknowable, a relic of another age.

And Púicín an Chairn wedge tomb.

Can't get there this year but thanks for a reminder of the beauty of the place.

Up in the #Donegal hills. #senseofplace
#landscape
#bogcotton
#Muckish

Trying to make myself known to more of the people on this who once followed me on X. 😄

Reposts appreciated!
#arealmofwonder #cianmccarthy

Thinking of Paul Durcan today and what we’ve lost with his passing.

An chuach tráthnóna, fuaimrian an tsamhraidh
The cuckoo in the evening light, the soundtrack to summer in Donegal

An chuach ag luí gréine aréir i nGaoth Dobhair
#cuckoo

Reform councillors are segment 1...behind Green councillors

Beltany Stone Circle • Donegal

Set high on a Donegal hilltop with extensive views over the surrounding landscape, Beltany Stone Circle is one of the places most associated with this time of year, as its name is thought to derive from An Bhealtaine.

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology 🏺

When You Walk Through a Storm | By Alisson Becker I hope to meet my father again one day. Until that day, I know one thing for sure: I never, ever walk alone.

Can’t stop crying at this www.theplayerstribune.com/alisson-beck...

Beautiful isn't it? What a man.

Mac10 you beautiful bastard 🤩 #ynwa #lfc

These two literally re-invented the modern full back.
Absolutely loved the competitive nature they both had.

If you could find someone with Trent’s pinpoint accuracy and Robbo’s tenacious, terrier like hunting you’d be on to a winner.

#LFC

🔴 Virgil van Dijk's plea has been heard! It's a sea of red outside Anfield as #LFC waits to kickstart a title party 🏆

Heartbreaking.

Thanks for following me back. I don't post much, but love your posts so reposted yours so others might connect with you.

Six months has passed so thought I'd repost this in the hope of further friendships. Thank you...

*Looking for fellow #naturalists!*
If you're a naturalist / nature lover / ecologist or similar and post prose, poetry or art about nature / wildlife / birds / landscapes, please do connect with me!

Gravestone of Peg, “a Negro Serv’t to Henry Bull Esq’r” who died in 1740 at the age of 6. She is buried in Newport, Rhode Island. The stone appears to have been carved sometime around the late 1710s by John Stevens I, and it bears the faint lettering of an old inscription beneath the current one.

My great grandfather, Gwilym Moses, who worked the coalmines of Ynysybwl for over fifty years. Portrayed in the Geographical Magazine, 1951.

'Moses.. says he has not let his wife go down the mine to see what it is like because if she saw how he earns his money she would hate to spend a penny of it'

My Thermals, from the back of the drawer:

This is what makes #landscape #history so entrancing:
generations of anonymous labour recorded in the soil; farmers ploughing & harvesting these fields, they & their animals wearing down the footpath, c.2000yrs ago.
Over a millennium later, shepherds folding their sheep on these abandoned fields.

A bronze object in the shape of a crescent moon with swirling patterns (some believed faces of puffins!) in a circle at the front. Behind it are iron swords, bronze bridle bits and other items from the Llyn Cerrig Bach hoard

#findsfriday - the bronze plaque from the Llyn Cerrig Bach collection. In the shape of a descent moon and with La Tene art designs this is a spectacular example of Celtic art. We continue the search this weekend…. Object now at St Fagan’s Museum #celtic #ironage