Mike Bennett

Breezy walk on Hive Beach Sunday afternoon.

A cave lion jaw with two exposed teeth still in the ground

The news is out! On Wednesday I found this unsuspecting looking bone under a nodule. We thought it was a baby mammoth scapula.

This morning we realised it was the jaw of a cave lion. An incredible team effort to expose, identify, and conserve this incredibly rare specimen 😍🦣🦁💗

#TuskForce

Thanks for the ice creams Sally, much appreciated

@scaramucci.bsky.social hopes you enjoyed @chalkefestival.bsky.social your talks were very well received.

Loving the new law that once we reach +28° all archaeological digs must provide ice creams and lollies! 😎🍦
#Archeology #Digs
#ValleyofStones #BigDig
#Durotriges

A soldier standing at ease - Otto May. Us Army

A folded peace of metal with writing on it - the dog tag of Otto May

A smiling American soldier in uniform. Richard Blake.

A young American soldier in uniform with the patch of a screaming eagle on his left shoulder to the right of the image. This is Carl Fenstermaker, one of the two pathfinders of Easy company, 506th parachute infantry regiment - 101sr Airborne. One of the so-called ‘Band of Brothers’

In 1944 Otto May (F Co), Richard Blake (A Co) & Carl Fenstermaker (Easy Company) 506thPIR, 101st Airborne were all about to play their part in that Day of Days.They took off on this night in readiness for DDay. Our dig team found the dog tags of all 3 men at Aldbourne, Wiltshire. They all survived

A large boulder on top of three other stones with the sea in the background and pink foxgloves to the left in the grass. This is Chun quoit burial chamber in Cornwall

The Men-al-Tol: a stone alignment in Cornwall. A standing stone at the front and then a circular stone with central perforation behind it and another standing stone behind that. Hills in the background

A standing stone in the foreground and a circular stone with central perforation to the left. Dark cloudy skies. This is the Men-al-Tol in Cornwall

Three large stones with a boulder on top within a grassy field and with a blue sky with clouds. This is the Chun Quoit in Cornwall - a prehistoric burial chamber

A day amongst prehistoric stones in Cornwall - the remarkable Chun quoit, and Men-al-Tol.

Archaeologists excavating sections across a v shaped Prehistoric ditch

Archaeologists excavating sections across a v shaped Prehistoric ditch

Life's a ditch

A lovely Early Iron Age ditch

#Durotriges25

Quite impressed with the slick set up, but wouldn’t want to be there when it’s really busy! #Stonehenge

Not been for over forty years, they wouldn’t let me climb on them this time!

YouTube video by David Willey Books that got me going — Not in Vain by Ken Bell

Ok this is fun! David Willey, former curator of the Tank Museum in the UK, now has back garden chats YouTube channel. In this first episode he talks about a book by Canadian wartime photographer Ken Bell. 🇨🇦🇬🇧 #histbookchat

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Historical highlights from our recent tour of Ireland

The Roman road from Dorchester to Old Sarum then on to Londinium.
The Portway uncovered.

I love a good castle.
I can thoroughly recommend the @nationaltrust.bsky.social guided tour, which includes the new Kings’ Tower observation platform at Corfe Castle.
#Dorset

A circle of large stones in a grassy field

This small circle of stones in the Valley of Stones is the remnants of a bronze or iron age house. The house itself would have been built out of wood, just using the stones for additional external support.
#25sarsensofchristmas #dailysarsen
#sarsen #valleyofstones #FarminginProtectedLandscapes

Back in the Office for a few days. Valley of Stones. #Dorset
#Sarsen #ValleyofStones

Looking down on the Tower of London from the Walkie Talkie Building, Sky Garden.
#London

Glorious sunshine up on the South Dorset Ridgeway this week.
Bronkham Hill, Sink Holes and Hardy Monument.

I think someone has pulled the plug out of West Bay Harbour

Drunk woman smashes car into World War II tank used on D-Day 'The driver hit a number of bollards before crashing into a tank.'

This Churchill AVRE is still proving to be a tough cookie! 😆

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A handsome looking fella.

Last night I was sat on a Roman Mosaic listening to top Historian @holland-tom.bsky.social talking about Gladiators and the Colosseum of Rome. Brilliant! #History #Romans #Gladiators
@theresthistory.bsky.social

Just down the road from me.

The plastic tank!

The Tupperware Tank in action. Yes it was a plastic tank.

The turret did not revolve, but was a fixed box.
If it could fire sideway it would probably fall over.

Despite its many inaccuracies and the fact we were totally wrong to be there in the first place.
Still one of my all time favourite films.

Dr. Jones illustrating the most important and rewarding part of being an archaeologist.

Yes I have the same here. I had to get a second feeder to keep up with demand!