Dr Alan Montgomery

A view of a church wall with patches of brick, flint and stone.

A fascinating patchwork of building materials in the wall of St Leonard's Church, Southminster, including recycled Roman tiles, medieval flint and modern brick. #WallsonWednesday

I discovered it by chance on the way to St Peter-on-the-Wall at Bradwell and was very glad I did!

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A view of a church wall with patches of brick, flint and stone.

A fascinating patchwork of building materials in the wall of St Leonard's Church, Southminster, including recycled Roman tiles, medieval flint and modern brick. #WallsonWednesday

Images of artefacts held with gloves, armour being prepared and a young volunteer with a vacuum

Images of artefacts held with gloves, armour being prepared and a young volunteer with a vacuum

Images of artefacts held with gloves, armour being prepared and a young volunteer with a vacuum

Images of artefacts held with gloves, armour being prepared and a young volunteer with a vacuum

News from the frontier! 🎉 The countdown is on…

The #museum re-openson Friday 13th Feb! Our staff & volunteers are busy polishing the #armour, dusting #artefacts, & tidying up to get everything ready for your visit. This year holds some exciting surprises we can’t wait to share!✨

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Mummy outrage leads to tickets-only for women at British Museum (1914)

How lovely to have a family link with such a special place - thanks for sharing!

A cluster of four huge stones sticking out of grassy ground. Beyond are trees and undulating fields.

I had a lovely (if rather damp) day out with the one and only @stonelands.bsky.social on Sunday, during which she introduced me to Coldrum Long Barrow in Kent. Its name is possibly derived from the old Cornish word 'Galdrum' which means 'place of enchantments'. #TombTuesday

The restored entrance to Wayland’s Smithy in Oxfordshire - a Neolithic chambered long barrow close to the Uffington White Horse. The barrow was built over an earlier burial structure which held the remains of at least 14 individuals. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #WaylandsSmithy

There were a lot of ribbons tied to a tree next to it, which I am not to keen on (it's basically plastic litter) but otherwise it is a very picturesque spot.

That sketch is a bit weird, but the stone itself looks interesting - and I don't mind a few beer cans!

Thanks, I will try to search that out next time I am in the area.

Definitely worth a visit, and there are a few other interesting sites nearby...

Those are next in my list!

A lovely site in a great location.

St Lythan's for #TombTuesday. There is something about this site, it always feels quite eerie. Maybe it's not called the Accursed Field for nothing!

Thank you!

A cluster of four huge stones sticking out of grassy ground. Beyond are trees and undulating fields.

I had a lovely (if rather damp) day out with the one and only @stonelands.bsky.social on Sunday, during which she introduced me to Coldrum Long Barrow in Kent. Its name is possibly derived from the old Cornish word 'Galdrum' which means 'place of enchantments'. #TombTuesday

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No idea I am afraid. The photo is on the info board next to the site and apparently appeared in the Scotsman newspaper, but that is all I know.

A black and white painting of an ancient monument consisting of two standing stones and a circular stone in the centre.

This is my watercolour of Mên-an-Tol, a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument in Cornwall. Thought to be the remains of a stone circle or tomb, climbing through its circular stone is said to cure illness. The original work is now available on my Etsy shop here: shorturl.at/HDzSI
#StandingStoneSunday

The cover of the Zine entitled Stone Club, featuring a black and white photo of a standing stone.

This image also appeared in the latest edition of Ancient Times, the brilliant zine produced by @stoneclub.bsky.social!

A black and white painting of an ancient monument consisting of two standing stones and a circular stone in the centre.

This is my watercolour of Mên-an-Tol, a Neolithic or Bronze Age monument in Cornwall. Thought to be the remains of a stone circle or tomb, climbing through its circular stone is said to cure illness. The original work is now available on my Etsy shop here: shorturl.at/HDzSI
#StandingStoneSunday

Looking down on the remains of Milecastle 42 at Cawfields Quarry.

Milecastle 42 at Cawfields Quarry. #hadrianswall #followtheacorn #RomanSiteSaturday

A turf rampart, but with a stone base for drainage and stability.

A short, shallow ditch in grass surrounded by trees, with a line of houses behind.

A 1976 photo of excavations at Bantaskin which revealed the stone base of the Antonine Wall

Hiding in plain sight - a tiny stretch of the Antonine Wall ditch at Bantaskin in Falkirk. The stone base of the Roman wall was excavated here in 1976, but then destroyed to make way for a new road. #RomanSiteSaturday

A clip of the Carrickstone #Roman Altar in Cumbernauld, #Scotland. This intriguing stone is around 2,000 years old & is a scheduled ancient monument. Legend states it was used as a rallying point for Robert the Bruce & where he planted his banner before the Battle of Bannockburn.

A golden mask of a face of a man with a moustache

#findsfriday - the ‘Face of Agamemnon’. A gold funerary mask from Mycenae - probably 16th C BCE. Sadly not the face of the king though. One of those wow moments when you finally see the object that has become incredibly familiar to you from books & stories #archaeology #greekmyths #trojanwar #gold

Drawing by Fritz Schwimbeck 11–12 September 1917, pen and ink on paper. A black-and-white image of a human-looking figure crawling away from the viewer on the roof on an old castle. The figure's black cape is waving in the air, resembling the wings of a bat. Moonlight, and dark woods in the background.

The Count's out and about!

'Dracüla' by Fritz Schwimbeck 1917 #gothic #horror

A short, shallow ditch in grass surrounded by trees, with a line of houses behind.

A 1976 photo of excavations at Bantaskin which revealed the stone base of the Antonine Wall

Hiding in plain sight - a tiny stretch of the Antonine Wall ditch at Bantaskin in Falkirk. The stone base of the Roman wall was excavated here in 1976, but then destroyed to make way for a new road. #RomanSiteSaturday