Christopher LONG

Purple striped crocus with orange stamens.

👀 Coffee time ☕️ ☕️🌺 -
Downham Market, Norfolk

Crocus - 📷 24.02.2026

#elevensestime

Roman arched walls along a walkway curving around to the right

#RomanSiteSaturday The upper levels of El Djem Amphitheatre in Tunisia, 3rd century AD

It was huge - I think this was floor 3 of 6!

📸 Mine

#archaeology #photooftheday 🏺

daytime. Image courtesy of David Incoll CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 #Medievalsky #monastery #Yorkshire

RAF Neatishead, Norfolk, once the nerve-centre of Britain’s Cold War air defence. Built in the 40s, it became the longest-serving radar station in the world. The white dome houses the modern Type 92 radar, while the surrounding bunkers trace decades of evolving radar technology.

Do you no don’t or yes…?

Linley hill

A walk among giants - the avenue of beech trees on Linley Hill, near Norbury. This sight is the legacy of local MP Robert More, who planted the trees around 1740. This is the route you take on Stage 2 of the #Shropshire Way, between Bridges and Bishop’s Castle. My dad provides a sense of scale!

This image shows the ruins of St. Leonard's Hospital chapel located within the Museum Gardens in York. Founded shortly after the Norman Conquest, it was once the largest and most significant medieval hospital in northern England. The remaining ruins include the undercroft, chapel, and an entrance passage dating back to approximately 1240. The hospital was built on the site of the former St. Peter's Hospital, which was severely damaged by a fire. The ruins are situated in the northeastern corner of the Yorkshire Museum Gardens, near the River Ouse. Image Tilman2007 CC BY-SA 4.0

This image shows the interior of the St. Leonard's Hospital remains (specifically the undercroft or crypt) in the Museum Gardens of York. Founded soon after the Norman Conquest, it was once the largest and most important medieval hospital in northern England. The ruins feature 13th-century stone pillars and original vaulted ceilings. The hospital was run by an Augustinian order to feed the poor and care for the sick until it was dissolved in 1540. The remains are situated in the corner of the Museum Gardens, opposite York's Multangular Tower. Image Tim Green CC BY-SA 2.0

an entrance passage. The hospital cared for the ill, the infirm, the poor, and the elderly. Images: hospital/passage and chapel, Timan2007 CC BY-SA 4.0 and undercroft, Tim Green, CC BY-SA 2.0 See Alts for more information and credits. #Medievalsky #York #Architecture #Undercroft

This image shows the ruins of St. Leonard's Hospital, located within the Museum Gardens in York. Founded shortly after the Norman Conquest, it was once the largest and most significant medieval hospital in northern England. The remaining ruins include the undercroft, chapel, and an entrance passage dating back to approximately 1240. The hospital was built on the site of the former St. Peter's Hospital, which was severely damaged by a fire. The ruins are situated in the northeastern corner of the Yorkshire Museum Gardens, near the River Ouse. Image Tilman2007 CC BY-SA 4.0

Once the largest medieval hospital in the North of England, St Leonards, York was built shortly after the Norman Conquest on the site of a previous hospital St Peters, founded by King Aethelstan. The remaining ruins include the undercroft, chapel, and

Toby - That’s a really helpful poster which many of us could use to explain the process to kids and other site visitors. Would you mind if it got used by others for educational and non-profit purposes?

This image is a highly detailed 1724 plan of Richmond, North Yorkshire, titled "A Plan of ye South Prospect of ye Ancient Burrough of Richmond". The plan was created by Robert Harman. It depicts the town seated on the River Swale in the North Riding of the County of York. This is an exceptionally rare large-scale plan; one source describes it as one of only two known original examples. The map is known for its intricate detail, including a bird's-eye view of the town's buildings, streets, and the prominent Richmond Castle. It is bordered by numerous coats of arms belonging to local nobility and gentry. Image: The British Library

🧵Built in the early 17th century on the north bank of the River Swale, west of Richmond, the mansion later known as Yorke House originally called The Green was sold in 1608 to Sir William Gascoigne of Sedbury. The estate later passed to Mauger Norton and, through the marriage of Mary Norton in

Sagging, deflected, and perilously close to collapse, the roof of St James’s, Llangua was in a dire state before our repair project. Now, thanks to the tireless efforts of Jones & Fraser, the roof has been brought back to a condition much closer to its original medieval form.

Alison - I too have a Rollei 35S (with a Sonnar lens) which I bought in 1980. It’s the only camera I possess but I do find the results are often very dark or over contrasted. Is this because of me, the camera or the film-stock? I notice your pix are darkish too, though very interesting. Advice…??!

Shots of Rome taken on my Rollei 35S camera with Ilford XP2 film! 🇮🇹📸

#Northumberland - A Roman fort, two Roman fortlets, two Roman camps, a section of #Roman road and a medieval settlement and chapel at Chew Green 👀

#RomanFortThursday #History
#Archaeology

"Elle est exceptionnelle par ses dimensions" : une colonne de l'époque romaine découverte à Soissons pendant des travaux Le chantier des travaux d’assainissement de Soissons est à l'arrêt. En cause, la découverte d'une colonne de l'époque romaine. Les archéologues travaillent actuellement à en savoir plus et ont déjà de...

"Elle est exceptionnelle par ses dimensions" : une colonne de l'époque romaine découverte à Soissons pendant des travaux. #Archéologie
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A small room with a window in the end wall. To the left is a day bed or couch and a chair with a cushion.There is chest under the window. On the right is a small table and washing utensils. In the foreground is a commode or close stool.

The King's Closet, Knole, Kent Situated between the Cartoon Gallery and the King's Chamber, the King's closet was a forerunner of the modern toilet, equipped with a well padded commode, mirror & pomades. It dates to the 17th century when Knole was given a suite of rooms for king James I.

#drawing

Église Saint-Sulpice de Secqueville-en-Bessin, Calvados 14 (Normandie) 🇫🇷

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The House and interiors show 18 Stafford Terrace (now Linley Sambourne House) where Anne, Lady Rosse, held the meeting to found the Victorian Society.

Metal detectorists find 2,000-year-old treasure in field The find - the first of its kind in west Wales - is incredibly rare and has been described as one of 'historical significance'

Huge news for Ceredigion & west Wales.

Imperial #Roman lead mines on Cardigan Bay were under the control of Domitian by AD 87 as confirmed by the discovery of these lead pigs

Only the 5th & 6th ingots ever found in Wales 😮

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The Pictish stone lying on its side on the ground.

A 6ft-tall Pictish stone was discovered by Moray man Wayne Miles near Elgin #OTD in 2019. It had been discarded by workers constructing the Barmuckity Business Park, and bears the symbols a notched rectangle and Z-rod beneath an eagle. #medievalsky

Lieutenant Colonel S.C. Taylor and officers of Leeds Pals Battalion stand in front of the decorated recruitment tramcar in June 1915. Over 800 recruits passed through the tram and the Leeds Pals recruited approximately 2,000 troops, the average age of recruits was 20-21. © Leeds Libraries & Information Services CC BY-NC-SA

🧵(5 posts). When war was declared on 4 August 1914, Britain’s small professional army just 120,000 men, was nowhere near large enough. Lord Kitchener called for volunteers, and thousands answered, but still more were needed. The solution was the “Pals” battalions: units 1/5

The 14th century gatehouse of Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland. The gatehouse is the only surviving part of the Premonstratensian monastery which was founded in 1137 and suppressed in 1539. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #AlnwickAbbey #Northumberland

Topcliffe Motte, known as Maiden Bower, was established by the Percy family soon after the Rising of the North in 1069. Originally a timber tower with palisade defences, it was strengthened in 1174 by Geoffrey Plantagenet, Bishop of Lincoln. Beyond the motte, partly concealed by trees on the raised bailey, lie the earthworks called Manor Hills site of a later 14th-century Percy residence. Despite a formidable five-metre ditch, the defences were overrun in 1489 when a local mob breached the site and murdered the 4th Earl of Northumberland. Image: Matthew Hatton / Topcliffe Motte, Maiden Bower. / CC BY-SA 2.0

🧵Following on from from yesterday's post about the Percy's. Maiden Bower and Cock Lodge/Manor Hills at Topcliffe were key Percy family sites in North Yorkshire, north-east of Ripon. Though the Percys, Earls of Northumberland, held greater castles further north, Topcliffe served as an 1/3

A view of the earthworks of Cock Lodge, the medieval moated manor that formed part of the Percy estates at Topcliffe. Henry Percy was likely staying here in April 1489 when he proposed that the villagers contribute to a tax for the King’s war in France. Topcliffe had previously been spared such levies because of its exposed position on routes south from Scotland. The demand provoked fury: a local mob rose up and murdered Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland. He was later buried in Beverley Minster. Image: Sheep grazing on the old earthworks, Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0

administrative centre and residence, and lay at the heart of the Percy–Neville feud. Maiden Bower was a Norman motte-and-bailey castle built on a natural rise near the River Swale and Cod Beck, surrounded by marshland. The 15-metre-high motte, unusually 2/3

This image is a LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) map showing the archaeological earthworks of Topcliffe Castle in North Yorkshire. The image highlights the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle, a type of European fortification popular after the Norman invasion. It also shows clearly the five-sided earthworks and boundary ditches of Cock Lodge a later manor house still visible today i

terraced, was defended by a ditch, bank, palisade and moat. Nearby stood Cock Lodge/Manor Hills, a larger pentagon shaped moated manor site from the Wars of the Roses, its five-sided earthworks and boundary ditches still visible today in aerial and lidar surveys. See Alts for more information 3/3

The Romanesque 'Norman Tower', Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was constructed during the tenure of Abbot Anselm (1121-48) and is now the detached bell tower of St Edmundsbury Cathedral (LH side of photo) #suffolk #architecture #history #heritage #norman #romanesque #bells #tower #photography #medieval

Drawing of a gateway formed of two round towers joined by a roof and the stone piers of a bridge with iron parapets. In the background are several buildings.

The Barbican, Sandwich, Kent. One of two surviving medieval gates at Sandwich, seen from across the bridge over the River Stour. Originally called Davis Gate, it dates from the second half of the 15th century. There is a series of blocked gun loops at ground level.

#ArchitecturalIllustration

Edmund CRouchback!

The tomb of Prince Edmund, Earl of Lancaster in Westminster Abbey. Edmund's effigy lies on top of the tomb, with an ornate wooden canopy above.

A wooden carving depicting a medieval knight mounted on a horse, set within a decorative, pointed arch. The knight is wearing armor and his hands are held in prayer.

'My noble steed'
- Coriolanus (I, 9)

Prince Edmund 'Couchback' was the second son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence.

He is buried beside the Abbey's High Altar and in the wooden canopy above his tomb, Edmund is depicted as a praying knight on horseback.

#ShakespeareSunday #Horses

The fantastic Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Harlton, Cambridgeshire still has its medieval stone screen in place, with this large apotropaic mark / daisy wheel and lots of really intricate historic graffiti 🤩