David Ulke

My hand holding a copy of my book, the Road to Mons Graupius

To celebrate reaching 6000 followers, I am going to give away a free copy of my book The Road to Mons Graupius, which charts my journey along a Roman road through Scotland! To enter, follow me, then like and repost this post. I will choose a winner at random on Friday 16th May... #RomanSiteSaturday

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Time Team Sutton Hoo gig 2024, Episode 2.

We’ve been watching it all again on catch up. Just at the end of series 2 as of Thursday gone.

Neon Knights

Released OTD in 1980 and rarely off my playlist. IMO the best album from the Dio era.
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Very pleased that copies of our new volume with @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social & Thomas Kiely ‘Empire & Excavation. Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus’ have arrived! Thanks to @sidestone.bsky.social 🏺

Changing Veterans' Futures through Digging up the Past: The Inspiring Story of Operation Nightingale The inspiring story of Operation Nightingale, the archaeological programme helping to change veterans’ futures through studying the past.

www.oxbowbooks.com/blog/2023/07...

Please consider getting a copy of this fantastic book. Every penny raised has been gifted by the author, Richard Osgood MBE, to SSAFA, which in turn will support many more veterans to engage in archaeology as part of their recovery process.

Thank you. 🙂

So, Maiden’s first album came out 45 years ago this week, and I bought it from Malcolm Smith who was running Lotus Records in Mill Street, Stafford at the time! (Small world, Malc!)

Playmobil archaeologists! Exercise Druid Sacrifice, RAF Valley, 2025

Recovered one of those in my village in Staffs from land beside the canal.

THE COMPASS:
is, in fact, an early Luftwaffe model AK 39 "Armbandkompass". This wrist-worn model was made by Kadlec (a Prague-based company pressed in to service by Germany)

Oberleuntnant Ulf Lawaetz was a career officer who commanded U-672 from 6 April 1943 to 18 July 1944 when he ordered it scuttled after his brush with HMS Balfour. His career can be read up on here: uboat.net/men/commande...

Amongst his many experiences are included being shot down by Adolf Galland early in the war, and being the first McIndoe "Guinea Pig". his time in service can be read here: www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/bird-...

The officer in question was at that time Wing Commander Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson ("Birdy") Birdy had been appointed to lead the Harrowbeer Spitfire Wing in June of '44. He had an exceptional and illustrious career.

My pilots of my Spitfire Wing from HARROWBEER spotted a number of dinghies. some 47 Germans were in the dinghies. LAWAETZ was picked up by own WALRUS Aircraft and then brought to my Headquarters at Harrowbeer. near PLYMOUTH.
Recieved a letter from LAWAETZ dated 4th February 1982"

after he had scuttled his U. Boat 17 miles S.E of START POINT. THE U-BOAT had been attacked and damaged by H.M.S. BALFOUR on the 19th JULY 1944. My pilots of my Spitfire Wing from HARROWBEER spotted a number of dinghies. some 47 Germans were in the dinghies.

as the hand-written provenance was a boys' own story in its own right.
The compass in question was a war trophy item, presented in perpetuity a few years back. The note reads as follows: "GERMAN U BOAT U-672
I took this Emergency German Compass from the Captain of U-672. OBERLEUTNANT. ULF. LAWAETZ,

Luftwaffe model AK 39 "Armbandkompass".

Luftwaffe model AK 39 "Armbandkompass".

RAF Museum Reserve Collection condition survey day:
We are back in the main hangars pro temp checking the vast array of items and artifacts on the shelves. Today was mainly about compasses large and small from various aircraft, and personalities.
One in particular stood out for me,

Im getting ‘Profile not found’ now. Anyone else get this when checking their page?

A cluster of oyster shells lies on a stone-paved seafloor, partially covered in sediment. A yellow triangular marker and a black-and-white measuring stick are placed nearby for scale.

New discovery: Venice lagoon reveals submerged #Roman oyster farm: In the heart of the Venetian lagoon, a submerged area has revealed a secret: a brick and wood tank containing about 300 oyster shells, dating back to the first century AD

www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...

🏺 #archaeology

Cover of EAC Guidelines 10 for the Use of Airborne Laser Scanning in Archaeology

Important new #LiDAR guidance now published by the European Archaeological Council as #EAC Guidelines 10, & freely available to download 🎉

zenodo.org/records/1460...

Good to see some Welsh examples in there too! Please share widely #ALS

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Yer just up the road from me. 🤘

On Monday our instagram account was hacked and then deleted. We received a ransom note to recover it; obviously we couldn't and wouldn't pay, and therefore lost thousands of followers. Meta support was useless. But we're BACK with a new account: @littletollerbooks. Can you follow us there and share?

The Airfix kit is a nice build. Done it a few times. 👍

Yay, Scottish Archaeological Forum has joined BlueSky

How did the after party go?

Glad you found him! I was in the throes of ordering another head! :-)