Stef North-Sagrott

When I wrote to my MP back in July I got this response, which suggests one incident last year and far less than what happens at many of the Far Right "protests"

Three entries for #ADoorAbleThursday this week, all from the cloister of the Cluniac priory in Carennac which I visited earlier this week.

The fledgling Swifts? were having a well deserved rest on the hood moulding of the door into the church

Ok so it's not prehistoric but it is stone and it is standing, and it is Sunday.

I did some very rough and ready Structure from Motion after my visit to St Orland's Stone the other week. Really helped pull out the detail of the carvings

#StandingStoneSunday

#AskAnArchaeologist

Not the best picture, but looking SSW down Kilmartin Glen just after sunrise on a frosty March morning

Publications | Leading Public Body for Scotland's Historic Environment Browse our varied publications, ranging from visitor guides and coffee table books to conservation guidance leaflets and academic reference reports.

For Kilmartin Glen have a look at the Historic Environment Scotland Statements of Significance they're all available via this link hes.scot/SOS

There's one for each of the monuments managed by HES

#AskAnArchaeologistDay

Archaeologists identify 250-year-old Shipwreck in Orkney Scientific analysis and community-led research led to the identification of the Earl of Chatham, which was found last year.

Lovely to see dendrochronology and community research going hand-in-hand to solve this mystery

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Suits you!

A view into the tomb, showing various pottery vessels

A view into the tomb, in the background archaeologists at work

New discovery: Archaeologists have uncovered a rare, intact Etruscan chamber tomb – a discovery hailed as one of the most significant finds in recent decades for understanding the ancient pre-Roman civilization. 

news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2...

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Banner with an image of archaeologists wearing orange hi-vis clothing answering questions. The CBA Festival of Archaeology and Antiquity logos sit on the bottom, next to the text '#Ask An Archaeologist Day. 25 July 2025. Got a question?'

#AskAnArchaeologist Day is on Bluesky this year! 🏺

Get your questions ready for this Friday, when tons of archaeologists will be on hand to answer your #archaeology queries.

@archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Engine Shed guidance for owners and occupiers of traditional buildings Engine Shed guidance on how to care for your traditional property and improve its energy efficiency, and on what kind of consents you might need to make changes to it.

My colleague Sam has written a blog about his scientific analysis of a probable (early?) medieval cross pendant from Dumbarton Castle for me.

Raising more questions than it answers!

blog.engineshed.scot/2025/07/09/u...

#FindsFriday

I missed this over the weekend but it's great to see that the megaliths of Carnac have been inscribed as a World Heritage Site

#MonumentMonday

Over the last few days I've ticked off four more of our sites that I'd not visited before

1. Restenneth Priory
2. Preston Market Cross
3. Eassie Sculptured Stone
4. St Orland's Stone

It was great to be able to pop in yesterday afternoon and see my pals @nts-archaeology.bsky.social excavation in the walled garden at House of Dun

How is it 12 years since I was last there digging with them?!?

If you get the chance head along and see them, some very interesting archaeology already

For #TombTuesday the Jedburgh Abbey shrine, likely dating to the 8th or 9th centuries AD.

The panel design of vines, in which birds, mice and other animals sit eating the grapes, is found in Anglo-Saxon Christian art, especially Northumbrian sculpture.

You can see it in the Abbey Visitor Centre

I find the HER Forum JISCMail list be pretty helpful for queries like this www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/weba...

If they'd be happy to dig in Scotland then @digitscotland.bsky.social compile a calendar of fieldwork opportunities www.digitscotland.com/events/

No probs. One of the many NTS islands I've not made it to

Best to speak to @nts-archaeology.bsky.social as they, well NTS, own the island

AFAIK there's been no change to any data, Trove is just a new interface pulling from a variety of HED databases. The Govan data you are looking at is the same as on the HES Portal which holds the designation record portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=150...

Artefacts from iconic castle's 1600-year history on display for first time Historic artefacts from an iconic castle's 1600-year history are on display to the public.

www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/2528091...

An image of an exhibition at Dumbarton Castle with artefacts and information boards

Been trying to decide if this is better suited for #HillfortsWednesday or #FindsFriday

Our new exhibition at Dumbarton Castle opened this week. It sheds some light on the stronghold of Alt Clut & has previously unseen artefacts from the 1970s excavation

It's quite the transformation

#Archaeology

Nasty, get well soon Kate!

#adoorablethursday live from Jedburgh Abbey

OK, I cheated with the last two as they're from the model of the abbey!

Last 24 hours to apply for this!

Pastmap is a bit nicer than the ArcGIS map pastmap.org.uk

Welcome to Pastmap | Pastmap

Pastmap is a bit nicer than the ArcGIS map pastmap.org.uk

I'm impressed you managed to find a cactus that could use a camera