Part of the excavated rampart and ditch of the Iron Age fortifications at Stanwick in County Durham - a major trading centre and power base for the Brigantes tribe. The fortifications are some four miles in length and enclose an area of 766 acres. 📸 My own. #IronAge #Stanwick
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Hello new followers!
We are the longest-established and most ambitious Local History project yet devised.
Established in 1899, and part of @ihr.bsky.social and
@chppc.bsky.social, we aim to produce histories of every English place from the earliest time to the ever moving now.
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There's still time to register for our online AGM and Conference tomorrow, with bookings closing at midnight tonight.
The event runs from 10am until 2.15pm and is free to join via Zoom.
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Have you booked a free place yet at our 2025 online AGM and Conference on 6 December? Only eight days to go. Please share widely!
28.11.2025 10:14 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#RomanFortThursday with Birdoswald along Hadrians Wall
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The grass covered ramparts of an oval shaped Iron Age hillfort from the air, bisected by a modern, tree-lined road
It's #HillfortsWednesday !!
Here's the Iron Age enclosure of Belsar’s Hill #Cambridgeshire, remodelled as a Norman fortress in the early 1070s, before being incorporated into a field system and overlain by a road
It's still impressive however, especially from the air 🤩
📷 Bill Blake CC BY-SA 4.0
Aerial view of the Figsbury Ring, Wiltshire. Neolithic and Iron Age site with sweeping views of surrounding countryside. ©National Trust Images/John Miller
It’s #HillfortsWednesday!
Did you know that there are more than 150 hillforts, hilltop and hillslope enclosures recorded on land cared for by the National Trust?
They're amazing archaeological sites, but also real havens for nature. 🧵
Don't forget to register for our online AGM and Conference on Saturday 6 December! It's a free session and you can find out more at the link.
Please share with anyone you think would be interested.
#landscape #history #woodland #Constable #watermeadows
This month we’re sharing different ways in which you can learn more about the archaeology at the places in the care of @nationaltrust.org.uk.
As the colder, darker nights set in it can be nice to curl up with a good book, so here are some recent publications you might find interesting. 📚🧵
Hello all, the Oxfordshire History Centre is now on Bluesky!
14.11.2025 14:44 — 👍 35 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 2
Wressle Castle which was constructed in the 14th century for Sir Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, who was executed in July 1403 after taking part in a rebellion against Henry IV
The area around Howden and Selby is remarkably rich in its history and heritage but is often overlooked. That includes Wressle Castle which was constructed in the 14th century for Sir Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, who was executed in July 1403 after taking part in a
17.11.2025 07:03 — 👍 36 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
St. Thomas à Becket Church stands alone on Romney Marsh, its weathered timber and brick glowing in soft light, surrounded by flat, waterlogged fields and wide sky.
☄️Out of this world. 🔆A bit of warmth and light for the darker days.
The medieval St. Thomas Becket, Fairfield, Romney Marsh—once part of a thriving village, now isolated by time and circumstance.
Join us on Saturday 6 December, 10:00 to 14:15, for our online AGM and #Conference, where we'll explore topics including woods, land use, John Constable and watermeadows.
It's free to attend.
More details and bookings at www.landscapestudies.com/society-even...
Please share! #landscape #history
The very impressive remains of the Doune of Invernochty - a 12th century castle site of the Earls of Mar.
11.11.2025 17:51 — 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
An aerial view of the small 12th century romanesque church surrounded by a graveyard, with Kilcash Castle in the background.
A small 12th century church and a 15th-century castle at Kilcash, Tipperary.
This historic landscape is perhaps best known for the Caoineadh Cill Cáis [The Keening of Kilcash], a famous lament.
Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
09.11.2025 08:26 — 👍 99 🔁 32 💬 7 📌 13This looks like it might be really useful for anyone interested in building history and recording buildings.
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The front page of the latest newsletter of the Society for Landscape Studies
Members of the Society for Landscape Studies will have received their latest twice-yearly newsletter this week 📰
To start receiving a copy, why not join the society? Full details can be found at www.landscapestudies.com/membership/.
Please share with anyone you think would be interested.
Our Co-General Editor, @adamchapman.bsky.social, joined us in 2013.
Since then, we have published just over 40 books and Adam has edited or co-edited 37 of them.
The most recent is our 250th #BigRedBook, Westmorland volume 1.
Join us on Wednesday to learn more.
Early bird registration and bursary applications are now open for Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG) conference 2025 in lovely York: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/registrat...
22.09.2025 12:22 — 👍 18 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 1
The front cover of the latest issue of Landscape History.
With regret, we have to postpone the Peak District conference and field weekend on 27/28 September 2025 to next year. Taking place in this beautiful part of England, the 2026 programme will be exciting and varied.
If you have any questions, please contact our Events Organiser through our website.
Signes Høj: A significant, beautiful and well-preserved mound, with a great location in Ringsted, Denmark. It lies on the edge of a moraine near Tuel Å, in an area rich with other well-preserved ancient monuments, making it a notable landmark in an open landscape. It is dated to the Bronze Age.
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Wigford Down Settlement: A prehistoric hut circle settlement on Wigford Down, SW Dartmoor, consisting of two large hut circles within an irregular shaped enclosure. 📷 Bladup More: http://www.megalithi...
06.07.2025 19:19 — 👍 31 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
4 views of overgrown riverbank area sandwiched behind ASDA in Canterbury. View of river, of rear of supermarket with smoking shelter, path trodden through brambles and sewer outlet headwall into river
Behind your local supermarket another liminal jungle can exist.. brambles, happy campers, chalkstream river, fishing spots and wildlife
06.07.2025 20:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0A day of fascinating lectures at a Norfolk #Landscape History Day organised by the Norfolk Archaeological and Historical Research Group. Saturday 26 July, 10am to 5.30pm at @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social. Details can be found here > www.nahrg.org.uk/event-articl.... Please share!
07.07.2025 08:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The stone circle
Scorhill stone circle is now the common name for Gidleigh or Steep Hill stone circle near the village of Gidleigh in the north east of Dartmoor. It dates to the Bronze Age and is 27 metres in diameter.eter. It has 23 standing and 11 recumbent stones. #StandingStoneSunday
06.07.2025 03:53 — 👍 138 🔁 18 💬 1 📌 2
The cover of Landscape History Vol 46, Issue 1
The table of contents of Landscape History Vol 46, Issue 1
The latest issue of Landscape History is hot off the presses and is packed with great research! Take a look at the reverse for the table of contents. If you want to start receiving your own copy, why not become a member of the Society for Landscape Studies? Go to www.landscapestudies.com/membership/
04.07.2025 17:17 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Aerial view of a small rural village nestled in a green valley, surrounded by gently sloping hills and dry stone walls. The village consists of stone buildings and farmhouses, with patches of farmland and trees interspersed. Narrow winding paths and stone fences extend into the hilly countryside.
Morning! Who recognises this village? We love this unique view 💚
Shared with us by Robert Duckworth, who likes to visit the #YorkshireDales often and says 💬 "It’s my medicine and gives me so much joy – especially when the pressure of life gets too much" 🙌
www.lifeandtimesofayorkshirelad.com
Scenic countryside landscape with green fields, stone barns, and grazing sheep surrounded by traditional dry stone walls, with rolling hills and a forested area in the background under a partly cloudy sky
A classic #YorkshireDales view for your #SundayVibes 💚
Snapped between showers just outside #Aysgarth in #Wensleydale earlier this week - the sun hasn't completely given up on us! ⛅
📸 Wendy McDonnell
#Wensleydale #GetOutdoors #StepIntoNature #NatureTherapy #LoveTheDales
Gettlinge: A ‘skeppsättning' (ship setting), one of the many fascinating sites on the Baltic island of Öland. #StandingStoneSunday Explore more via our page.
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