Dr Alan Montgomery

Black and white photograph showing a large open cistern constructed from rectangular stone slabs standing on their sides, beyond which may be seen the remaining lower courses of a stone-built tower. A stone gully enters from the near-left of frame, skirts the edge of the cistern, and exits through the mid-right of frame, where is it joined by another stone gully leading from an opening in the cistern's side wall. In the distance there are rolling hills, grassy but with small patches of woodland, and the sky is lightly clouded.

‪Cistern and South-East Angle Tower, Housesteads Fort, Northumberland. #RomanFortThursday #Housesteads #HadriansWall #RomanBritain #Archaeology #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #Photography

I am ridiculously excited about this - I have been waiting 45 years for this film!

The front covers of the books Walking the Antonine Wall and The Road to Mons Graupius by Alan Montgomery.

There are loads of Roman forts in my books 'Walking the Antonine Wall' and 'The Road to Mons Graupius' - from Trimontium near Melrose in the south to Stracathro, the most northerly Roman fort in the world, and lots more in between! #RomanFortThursday

🌿💕🌿Green Man - by Brian Froud
#FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreSunday

An exposed section of the Antonine Wall stone base, consisting of a (rather overgrown) line of rubble.

An exposed section of the Antonine Wall stone base, consisting of a (rather overgrown) line of rubble.

The rampart of the Antonine Wall was built from turf, but it was constructed on a stone base. The best place to see evidence of that is in New Kilpatrick Cemetery, Bearsden, where two sections of that base have been exposed - although when I visited they were looking rather weedy! #WallsonWednesday

Is this the one in the National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh? I love the way he portrays light in this.

Yeavering Bell is a hill on the very edge of the #Cheviot Hills. On it lie the remains of the largest #IronAge #hillfort in the region. The tumbled stone rampart would originally have been two-and-a-half metres high and more than three metres thick.

#HillfortsWednesday

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who died in London on this day in 1928, aged 60. A major figure in the Art Nouveau movement, and one of the most original and influential artists of his time, he was known primarily as an architect with a deep understanding of interior design.

📷 National Gallery

#Glasgow

An exposed section of the Antonine Wall stone base, consisting of a (rather overgrown) line of rubble.

An exposed section of the Antonine Wall stone base, consisting of a (rather overgrown) line of rubble.

The rampart of the Antonine Wall was built from turf, but it was constructed on a stone base. The best place to see evidence of that is in New Kilpatrick Cemetery, Bearsden, where two sections of that base have been exposed - although when I visited they were looking rather weedy! #WallsonWednesday

It definitely feels like a magical place.

The dark doorway into a burial mound surrounded by pebbles.

This is my watercolour of Nether Largie South Cairn, a Neolithic and Bronze age burial mound in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland. The original is now on sale (20% off!) on my Etsy shop, along with other paintings inspired by ancient stones and folk art. Take a look here: shorturl.at/HDzSI
#TombTuesday #Art

Thank you, that is lovely to hear!

Just a few more hours of that sale to go, so get in there quick!

The dark doorway into a burial mound surrounded by pebbles.

This is my watercolour of Nether Largie South Cairn, a Neolithic and Bronze age burial mound in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland. The original is now on sale (20% off!) on my Etsy shop, along with other paintings inspired by ancient stones and folk art. Take a look here: shorturl.at/HDzSI
#TombTuesday #Art

Wansdyke, a huge boundary earthwork seen here between Tan Hill and Milk Hill in Wiltshire. A stunning landscape.

A terracotta pot with a female face on it.

What better way to start the week than with a lovely Roman face pot - this one was found in York and dates from the early third century. It's features resembles those of the empress Julia Domna and it may have been made to commemorate her time spent there in 208-211 CE.

Day 8-Stone Circle Solstice-it’s winter solstice and, after a successful evening of foraging,two elderly badgers celebrate the season with a cup of hot berry toddy.In the sky overhead the ancient spirits of the place pass by brighter than ever on the longest night of the year.Available as a print.

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape It is not likely to be a hefty volume because the vast majority of the material has been lost in the mists of time. But the remnants of a language spoken in parts of the UK and Ireland 2,000 years ago are being collected for what is being billed as the first complete dictionary of ancient Celtic. The dictionary will not be huge because relatively few words survive, but experts from Aberystwyth University say they expect they will end up with more than 1,000 words. Continue reading...

Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic

Terracotta, I think the lustre is all in the lighting!

Apologies for the rogue apostrophe - but it is Monday morning!

Pencil drawing of a street scene with people passing three storey buildings. In the centre is a medieval building with overhanging storeys that have been altered with an arched doorway. To the right is another timber framed building with overhanging upper floors.

74-78 Low Petergate, York.
76 Petergate, in the middle, a 3-storey 15th century building with a 2-storey 16th century block to rear. In the 19th century an arched carriageway was pushed through the front range to give access to the rear of number 74, to left, today numbered 74A.

#pencil #drawing

Worth resharing for #MosaicMonday

A Jelly Tot roof!

A terracotta pot with a female face on it.

What better way to start the week than with a lovely Roman face pot - this one was found in York and dates from the early third century. It's features resembles those of the empress Julia Domna and it may have been made to commemorate her time spent there in 208-211 CE.

The Merry Maidens stone circle. Standing stones in a field

The Merry Maidens
Cornwall.
#StandingStoneSunday

A painting of a cresent moon with a face

On a dark and chilly winter's night, what could be better than a magical moon to cheer us all up.
This watercolour painting on cotton rag paper is currently on sale (20% off!) on my Etsy shop - take a look here: www.etsy.com/shop/Sunsand...
#moon #art #folklore

A stylised painting of a sun with a face above a stone circle in a henge earthwork.

There's just a couple more days to take advantage of my Etsy sale - magical art inspired by megaliths and folklore, currently 20% off, including this watercolour painting on cotton rag paper, entitled 'Sun Henge'. Take a look here: www.etsy.com/shop/MySearc...

#StandingStoneSunday

Callanish in the snow #StandingStoneSunday

I got called exactly that once on Twitter for sharing an image of shoes from the Antonine Wall and reminding people that women and children lived on Roman frontiers - it made my day!

The wonderful and magical puppets of the Marionette Theater!