Anne Cross

Now that I am retired, it is now such a joy to return to regular volunteering with a local group, now focussing on finds processing, as I have always at heart, considered myself as an archaeologist.

I tried to keep my hand in, volunteer digging during my children's school holidays, but my professional life took me into public service in health and education.

Thank you. As a woman who graduated in 1977, I feel "seen". At that time, field job opportunities open to me were mostly with a subsistence allowance and a tent for accommodation, which was not an option for me at the time.

We love him! He's going to celebrate our new pond, and live next to our weird world of water (the aquarium). We so enjoyed our visit to your studio.

Thank you. Looking forward to our trip.

Where can we find details of the Open studio exhibition? We will visiting Pembrokeshire at this time and would love to see your work.

Saw our first live sighting on Sunday inside the cafe at New Romney station on the steam railway line

Puffins standing around on grass with a mysterious intruder

Spot the odd one out... 🤔

#birds 🪶

Cackled so loud my husband came upstairs to see if I was ok

🙄 at @theguardian.com style guide that capitalises "Roman" but not "Iron Age"
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Exciting #ArchaeologicalFinds news!

The 4th edition of First Aid for Finds is now available as an online resource; a guide to the identification and preservation of archaeological materials on site and during post-excavation processing by Cardiff University and RESCUE.

www.firstaidforfinds.org

One day we'll find something that we were actually looking for, having to keep this look of confused incredulity on my face for 40 years is getting very tiring. As is constantly having to live with broken toes (it's the only reason we wear steel toecaps...)
@smithsonianmag.bsky.social
#archaeology

Excellent exhibition about the fort and the battle of Ambleside currently on at The Armitt museum.

London & Kent Folk, I'm bringing the Historic Building Mythbusting tour to the SE for the final time next week. I'll be in Greenwich on Wed 11 and Badlesmere (near Faversham) on Thu 12. Each show will be very different! More info & tickets:
triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mythbustingt...

Thought provoking thread for those of us who like to remove things from the earth. 👇

In addition to the lead soldier and lead 🐪, we had a nice range of interesting #Roman #pottery from our latest trench in #GreenwichPark 🌳🏛️❤️👏🏻

Square piece of orange tile, with mortar on one side

Mortared piece of #Roman tile, could be a pilae from a #hypocaust 👇🏻🏛️ on day 6...

And a possible toe print in another #Roman tile fragment from day 6? Two more weeks of discoveries to come 👍🏻🏛️👇🏻🌳❤️

Dig in full swing today in #GreenwichPark 18 volunteers, 30 @uclarchaeology.bsky.social students and 29 yr5 schoolchildren from James Wolfe primary school! Investigating the landscape around the #Roman Temple in the park 👇🏻

A Jackdaw perches on a wire, feathers wildly fluffed in all directions, staring straight ahead with wide, piercing eyes. Its intense expression and dishevelled appearance give off strong chaotic energy, completely at odds with any suggestion of calm or composure.

Monday. I'm calm. I'm composed.

I'm absolutely fine.

📷 @carlbovisnature.bsky.social

#MondayMotivation

Follow along on here and over on Instagram with #GreenArch25

A talk on the Melsonby hoard assemblage at Yorkshire Museum this MAY: www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/whats-on/eve... hear Sophie and Tom talk about the discovery, the excavation and it's context 👍🏻👇🏻

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Wait till you see the tyres!!! Showcased yesterday at #ironagedialogues 🛞🥳👍🏻

The Melsonby hoard cabinet.

Decorative Iron Age metalwork.

Decorative Iron Age metalwork.

The Melsonby hoard, or about 1-2% of it, is currently on display at the entrance of the Yorkshire Museum for fundraising to purchase the find. Stunning late Iron Age metalwork deposit, dominated by horse & vehicle fittings. Visited on Tuesday, & blown away by it!
#FindsFriday
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Fantastic definition here

Finally it's in print! A #free booklet on the #archaeology of #ShorneWoods. Almost 20 years in the making and a showcase of the amazing #volunteers at the park and their #communityarchaeology work 👏🏻👍🏻🌳❤️

‘Study of Kit’s Coty House Dolmen‘, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1796–7 | Tate ‘Study of Kit’s Coty House Dolmen‘, Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1796–7

Ahead of JMW Turner's 250th birthday tomorrow, here's his study of Kit’s Coty from 1796-7 #TombTuesday

Photo montage of building foundations at Randall Manor, Kent

Occasional 🧵 on work of #ShorneWoodsArchaeologyGroup on collection of #medieval buildings at #RandallManorKent. West of manor buildings we excavated 2006-2015. We appear to have collection of agricultural structures, finds sparse bar roof tile! 📸 shows outer wall of first and inner wall of 2nd...

Wedding stones, foxes, jackdaws and words by Jane Austen.

A fox with a barn owl and Raven.

Words by W B Yeats. Hares, stones, barn owl and a mandala.

Hares and standing stones. Words by Victor Hugo.

I love standing stones. Stories about them. How they were used. How they were created.
And return to them again and again in my work.

For the authors of the words used, please see the Alt text.

I really hope you like them.