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David Gould

@drdavidgould.bsky.social

Freelance archaeological researcher / iIllustrator - www.thedavidgould.co.uk Did a PhD looking at medieval rabbit warrens because why not (book coming 2026 via Liverpool University Press). Makes/loves music too.

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Was hoping it was H for Hentor (Warren), but still interesting though!

02.03.2026 20:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
‘H’ Boundstones on Reaves and Medieval Walls (possibly part of Huxton Farm boundary) – Dartmoor Explorations

Is it one of thesse H boundary stones? dartmoorexplorations.co.uk/h-boundstone...

02.03.2026 20:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Nice! Not many of those about.

01.03.2026 12:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The BGAS150 Small Grants Scheme is open!
Up to £400 for public engagement projects in Bristol & Gloucestershire during our 150th year.
Open to community groups, heritage organisations, schools & more. Help us celebrate 150 years of archaeology & history. www.bgas.org.uk/projects/150...

27.02.2026 12:26 — 👍 3    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.

It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.

www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

18.02.2026 18:40 — 👍 3560    🔁 1296    💬 193    📌 479

Ha, always assumed it was a bus stop!

10.02.2026 20:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh really? That's great news. Saw him a few years ago in Bristol playing all new stuff and then nothing, just disappeared.

04.02.2026 09:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I wonder whatever happened to him?

04.02.2026 08:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I love how It's all so wonky when you see it in person. It's great obviously, but also a bit rubbish. Mostly great though.

03.02.2026 12:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thanks to @thefnl.bsky.social this exceptionally rare Tudor map of Kingsbridge in Devon has been acquired for public research at the Devon Heritage Centre, after more than four centuries in private hands.

30.01.2026 14:42 — 👍 112    🔁 43    💬 0    📌 6

As long as we're talking rabbit warrens and not your fancy pants free warrens.

03.12.2025 16:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ooh easily one of my favourite warren sites (er, yeah niche I know). Possibly post-medieval rather than medieval, but a great site either way!

03.12.2025 15:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I only discovered the other day that the Never Before version is a different mix. Much more listenable, though still not exactly amazing.

28.11.2025 14:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I really like the surrounding albums, but I've never really been able to get into this one that much. It just sounds too spindly or something. I realise that's an unpopular position for a SY fan though!

08.11.2025 20:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Wedding present and, er, milli vanilli

05.11.2025 08:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sisters of mercy and inxs

03.11.2025 07:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fleetwood Mac and Neneh Cherry

01.11.2025 11:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So I'm guessing you won't be doing a Christmas singles poll then?!

30.10.2025 16:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

That's the one. The band are playing surrounded by little kids. You don't see that about 100 times every Christmas?! It's seared into my brain.

30.10.2025 15:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh god it's just come to me - he reminds me of one of the kids in Wizzard's Christmas single video!

30.10.2025 11:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Less Shop Assistantsy, but yeah I liked that a lot. I'll have to check them out propertly. And the kid in that video really reminds me of someone and I can't think who and now it's annoying me no end. So thanks!

30.10.2025 09:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Never heard any of those. Really like the Charlottes - sounds like Shop Assistants. Anyway, Charlottes and Cud for me.

30.10.2025 08:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Sonic Youth and Whitesnake

29.10.2025 09:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Stone roses and timelords

28.10.2025 08:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

14 iced bears and house of love

27.10.2025 08:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ha Volunteers is where they lose me! I generally really like Grace's songs as they have a weird quality to them, but the blokes' songs sound normal in comparison and slightly underwhelming I guess.

24.10.2025 16:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not a huuuuuge JA fan, but yeah this one is something special.

24.10.2025 15:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Made me think of the Narmer Palette, but guessing it's not!

24.10.2025 14:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Eric B & Rakim and U2

24.10.2025 14:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ah I tried to visit that when I was last up there but the field was shut and couldn't get in :( Looks great though.

24.10.2025 13:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0