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David Connolly BAJR

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Scottish archaeologist, loves Near East and Arabian Gulf. Been there done it and still so much more to learn. Lives in Czech and Scotland. Oh and I run BAJR, the independent voice of British Professional Archaeologists.

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Trainee Project Supervisor/Project Supervisor (Grade 2.1 – 2.2) - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £28,797.76 – £31,187.19 per annum dependent on experienceClosing Date: 03/11/25Location: Lincoln & Preston

Allen Archaeology Ltd
Trainee Project Supervisor/Project Supervisor (Grade 2.1 – 2.2)
Salary: £28,797.76 – £31,187.19 per annum dependent on experience
Closing Date: November 3, 2025
Location: Lincoln & Preston
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Fieldwork Project Managers - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £41,223- £46,613 subject to experienceClosing Date: 04/11/25Location: London

Fieldwork Project Managers
AOC Archaeology
Salary: £41,223- £46,613 subject to experience
Closing Date: 04/11/25
Location: London
www.bajr.org/job-ad/field...

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Project officer - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £38,900-£43,300Closing Date: 10/01/25Location: Bradford

Project Officer
Magnitude Surveys
Salary: £38,900-£43,300
Closing Date: 10/01/25
Location: Bradford
www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

07.10.2025 12:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Senior Archaeologist (Geophysics) - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £37,778.88 - £39,455.08 depending on experience + generous benefits package Closing Date: 05/11/25Location: based at our Yorkshire & North (Cleckheaton) office

Senior Archaeologist (Geophysics)
Headland Archaeology
Salary: £37,778.88 – £39,455.08 depending on experience + generous benefits package
Closing Date: 05/11/25
Location: based at our Yorkshire & North (Cleckheaton) office
www.bajr.org/job-ad/senio...

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Project Officer (Geophysics) - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £32,879.23- £36,489.50 (depending on experience) + generous benefits packageClosing Date: 05/11/25Location: Based in Yorkshire & North office, Cleckheaton or Boxworth, Cambridgeshire although ...

Project Officer (Geophysics)
Headland Archaeology
Salary: £32,879.23- £36,489.50 (depending on experience) + generous benefits package
Closing Date: 05/11/25
Location: Yorkshire & North office, Cleckheaton or Boxworth, Cambridgeshire - travel nationwide will be required
www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

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Supervisors (Geophysics) - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £28,801.50 – £30,248.89 (depending on experience) + generous benefits package Closing Date: 05/11/25Location: Based at Yorkshire & North office, Cleckheaton or Boxworth, Cambridgeshire althoug...

Supervisors (Geophysics)
Headland Archaeology
Salary: £28,801.50 – £30,248.89 (depending on experience) + generous benefits package
Closing Date: 05/11/25
Location: Yorkshire & North office, Cleckheaton or Boxworth, Cambridgeshire - travel nationwide will be required
www.bajr.org/job-ad/super...

07.10.2025 09:39 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Principal Historic Environment Consultant - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £45,749 to £53,822 per annumClosing Date: 09/11/25Location: Chelmsford, Essex

Principal Historic Environment Consultant
Place Services
Salary: £45,749 to £53,822 per annum
Closing Date: 09/11/25
Location: Chelmsford, Essex
www.bajr.org/job-ad/princ...

07.10.2025 09:38 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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After the Plague project shines light on medieval Cambridge - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources A new study published in Scientific Reports suggests there was more continuity than change in medieval daily life following the Black Death epidemic. A multidisciplinary team of researchers based at t...

Human remains excavated from burial grounds century from medieval Cambridge dating between the 11th and 15th showed no major changes which can be attributed directly to the Black Death.

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See also www.aftertheplague.org

05.10.2025 12:16 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

and this is exactly it with archaeology as well.
Why is it that the university 'leaders' do not.

Humanities under threat.

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The latest edition of the Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog is a look at concerns about Myths, Media & Money - the dangers of what can happen when cash gets involved in stories about ancient buildings...

triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/2025/09/07/m...

📸 Sinai Park by Historic Houses

04.10.2025 09:52 — 👍 37    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 2

The only good Roman... (etc)

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5:05pm to 8:55p. TODAY on @pbsamerica.bsky.social

All 3 episodes of the 2020 Documentary📺 “BRITAIN's BIGGEST DIG”

A look at the #Archaeology accompanying the construction of HS2.

Presented by Professor Yasmin Khan & @profaliceroberts.bsky.social

04.10.2025 16:08 — 👍 36    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Assistant Geomatics Officer - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £28,696 - £31,709 per annumClosing Date: 17/10/25Location: Needham Market, Suffolk

Assistant Geomatics Officer
Cotswold Archaeology
Salary: £28,696 - £31,709 per annum
Closing Date: October 17, 2025
Location: Needham Market, Suffolk
www.bajr.org/job-ad/assis...

03.10.2025 16:17 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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MOLA launch Coasts in Mind's Mapping Platform - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources The mapping platform is part of Coasts in Mind’s pioneering community-led approach to addressing the impacts of climate change on coastal areas, co-created with local communities from the Taw-Torridge...

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While the importance of at-risk coastal sites are recognised by specialists, the voices of locals are often not heard. However, through workshops, the Coasts in Mind team are tapping into this knowledge along some of England’s most vulnerable stretches of coastline.

03.10.2025 13:42 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Terrestrial Geophysics Project Officer - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £32,570 – £37,783Closing Date: 24/10/25Location: Salisbury or Sheffield

Terrestrial Geophysics Project Officer
Wessex Archaeology Ltd
Salary: £32,570 – £37,783
Closing Date: October 24, 2025
Location: Salisbury or Sheffield
www.bajr.org/job-ad/terre...

03.10.2025 13:39 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Farmers in the Rhineland were diversifying cereal cultivation in the early Neolithic period - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources An interdisciplinary research project on the development of the earliest forms of agriculture shows that early farming societies began to integrate new cereal varieties into their range of crops almos...

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First evidence for food production in continental Europe dates to the late 7th (Southeast Europe) and the 6th mill. BCE (Central and Western Europe). Early farming practices, were not static and underwent considerable changes in the centuries following their arrival.

02.10.2025 20:14 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Geophysics (Project Managers) - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £39,016 - £44,407 subject to experienceClosing Date: 30/10/25Location: Leeds

Geophysics (Project Managers)
AOC Archaeology
Salary: £39,016 - £44,407 subject to experience
Closing Date: October 30, 2025
Location: Leeds
www.bajr.org/job-ad/geoph...

02.10.2025 12:36 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Assistant Supervisors and Supervisors - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: Starting at £27,913 & £29,740 respectively (DOE)Closing Date: 03/11/25Location: Musselburgh Office

Assistant Supervisors and Supervisors
CFA Archaeology Ltd
Salary: Starting at £27,913 & £29,740 respectively (DOE)
Closing Date: 03/11/25
Location: Musselburgh Office
www.bajr.org/job-ad/assis...

02.10.2025 09:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Project Officers & Senior Project Officers - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: Starting at £32,199 & £36,558 respectively (DOE)Closing Date: 03/11/25Location: Milton Keynes Office

Project Officers & Senior Project Officers
CFA Archaeology Ltd
Salary: Starting at £32,199 & £36,558 respectively (DOE)
Closing Date: 03/11/25
Location: Milton Keynes Office
www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

01.10.2025 17:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Field Archaeologists - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: Starting at £26,614Closing Date: 03/11/25Location: Milton Keynes Office

Field Archaeologists
CFA Archaeology Ltd
Salary: Starting at £26,614
Closing Date: 03/11/25
Location: Milton Keynes Office
www.bajr.org/job-ad/field...

01.10.2025 15:24 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Assistant Supervisors and Supervisors - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: Starting at £27,913 & £29,740 respectively (DOE)Closing Date: 03/11/25Location: Milton Keynes Office

Assistant Supervisors and Supervisors
CFA Archaeology Ltd
Salary: Starting at £27,913 & £29,740 respectively (DOE)
Closing Date: 03/11/25
Location: Milton Keynes Office
www.bajr.org/job-ad/assis...

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Project Officers & Senior Project Officers - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: Starting at £32,199 & £36,558 respectively (DOE)Closing Date: 03/11/25Location: Leeds Office

Project Officers & Senior Project Officers
CFA Archaeology Ltd
Salary: Starting at £32,199 & £36,558 respectively (DOE)
Closing Date: 03/11/25
Location: Leeds Office
www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

01.10.2025 15:23 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Archaeological Supervisors - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: Starting at £29,740 (DOE)Closing Date: 03/11/25Location: Leeds Office

Archaeological Supervisors
CFA Archaeology Ltd
Salary: Starting at £29,740 (DOE)
Closing Date: 03/11/25
Location: Leeds Office
www.bajr.org/job-ad/archa...

01.10.2025 15:23 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Geoarchaeology Officer / Senior Geoarchaeology Officer - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £35,597 - £42,108 (dependant on skills and experience)Closing Date: 24/10/25Location: Andover, Kemble, Milton Keynes, Needham Market

Geoarchaeology Officer / Senior Geoarchaeology Officer
Cotswold Archaeology
Salary: £35,597 – £42,108 (dependant on skills and experience)
Closing Date: 24/10/25
Location: Andover, Kemble, Milton Keynes, Needham Market
www.bajr.org/job-ad/geoar...

01.10.2025 14:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Built Heritage Assistant - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £31,148.57 - £32,432.00Closing Date: 31/10/25Location: Winchester

Built Heritage Assistant
Pre-Construct Archaeology
Salary: £31,148.57 – £32,432.00
Closing Date: 31/10/25
Location: Winchester
www.bajr.org/job-ad/built...

01.10.2025 14:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Technical Director - Archaeology - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: £55k to £70k depending on experience Closing Date: 31/10/25Location: Newark

Technical Director – Archaeology
RPS Group Limited
Salary: £55k to £70k depending on experience
Closing Date: 31/10/25
Location: Newark
www.bajr.org/job-ad/techn...

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Field Archaeologists / Assistant Supervisors - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: Starting at £26,614 & £27,913 respectivelyClosing Date: 03/11/25Location: Leeds Office

Field Archaeologists / Assistant Supervisors
CFA Archaeology Ltd
Salary: Starting at £26,614 & £27,913 respectively
Closing Date: 03/11/25
Location: Leeds Office
www.bajr.org/job-ad/field...

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Many copies of Hillforts at the book launch

Many copies of Hillforts at the book launch

The cover of the hillforts book

The cover of the hillforts book

Toby speaking on BBC news

Toby speaking on BBC news

Hillforts on the cover of Current Archaeology

Hillforts on the cover of Current Archaeology

Crikey it's #HillfortsWednesday 🥳

...& 2 years this week since 'Hillforts of Iron Age Wales' launched with Logaston Press 🛖🎂

It had to be reprinted a couple of months later after being featured on BBC Wales News 🎥

Hopefully the book has helped everyone discover the hillforts of Cymru/Wales! 🍻

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BAJR Guide to Metal Detecting - a methodical approach - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources written by Clive HammettHonorary Associate Research FellowUniversity of Exeter The use of metal detecting within archaeology as a standard technique is weakly defined, rarely mandated and its use is a...

BAJR Guide 63: Metal Detecting in Archaeology: Techniques and Strategies

Clive Hammett
Honorary Associate Research Fellow
University of Exeter

This is a long overdue, comprehensive, but easy to follow guidance in the use of detecting within an archaeological context.

www.bajr.org/bajr-guide-t...

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Advert for history cafe

Advert for history cafe

Renfrew Old Kirk

Renfrew Old Kirk

Do you have an interest in Graveyards? Our Family History Cafe will be look at graveyards today. There is a great potential to rediscover the history connected to the sites and those who now reside within.
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#graveyards #Genealogy #renfrewshire #Paisley #Scotland #archaeology

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