National Trust Research

Avebury stone circle visitors can learn with new games Several organisations are involved in the apps, designed to help visitors get more from visits to Avebury.

At Avebury this summer, visitors can learn all about Neolithic life and the earliest archaeologists with brand new mobile phone games.
Learn more about the #LoGaCulture project, with @bournemouthuni.bsky.social and @unisouthampton.bsky.social, here ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

YouTube video by Natural England Otter Estuary – Where nature returns…

The final (in a series of six) of Natural England’s short films about the beauty of Southwest England’s protected sites in collaboration with @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social. Each film includes two short poems, written by ESI affiliate John Wedgewood Clarke.
🌿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIvg...

Over the last year we've been doing lots of work with
@uniofexeternews.bsky.social
to protect landscapes - from nature recovery and carbon storage to supporting health, food justice and heritage storytelling. Find out more at researchandinnovation.co.uk/creating-rea...

Our tiny central research team is privileged to work with so many amazing and dedicated people across the National Trust to plan, do, support and use research to help our places. Especially during this bruising time for staff, we value you and your contributions immensely.

Discovery of rare medieval music brings sounds of monks back to Devon abbey for first time in 500 years For the first time in nearly five centuries, Buckland Abbey in Devon will resonate once more with the sacred sounds of monastic music, thanks to research into a rare 15th-century manuscript and a coll...

This weekend, the Buckland Abbey team are welcoming a 600-year-old book back to the site for the first time since 1539.
NT and @exeter.ac.uk researchers have transcribed and recorded the rare music in the book, which is on loan from @britishlibrary.bsky.social.
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

University of Hull to lead major partnership addressing coastal resilience University of Hull to lead a new doctoral research partnership tackling water-related risks and building healthier more water-resilient coastal communities

🎉We're thrilled to be partnering with @universityofhull.bsky.social on their new @ukri.org Doctoral Focal Award 'Living Well with Water'. This will support 39 PhD students over the next 7 years, connecting environmental, health and arts and humanities research.
www.hull.ac.uk/work-with-us...

3. The pronunciation of scone is generational as well as regional. You're more likely to rhyme it with 'cone' if you're Gen Z or from Staffordshire, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire... or Essex.

📸NT Images / John Millar / Emily Roe

In the NT Research Team, we like our scones with a side of #NationalCreamTeaDay facts! Here are some of our favourites:
1. Queen Elizabeth II liked her scone jam first, then cream. (We're still on the fence.)
2. The first use of the phrase 'cream tea' dates from 1931 and included bread and butter.

Stoneacre in Kent. A black and white timber framed medieval building with a lawn and shrubs in the foreground.

Decorated medieval buckle

Saxon pin

Assessment of artefacts found during metal detecting in 2018 at #Stoneacre has recently been completed by finds specialist Luke Barber. Two finds of note were recorded: a mid-late Saxon conical pin & a decorated medieval buckle dating to 1390-1420 AD.

#FindsFriday #MetalDetecting #archaeology #Kent

📢Opportunity alert!
Are you a creative writer who loves #AgathaChristie? @nationaltrust.org.uk Greenway House and @exeter.ac.uk are looking for a writer to develop content for a new #HistoryScapes app trail (historyscapes.uk)
Find out more here ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

We had a great time last Friday at our PhD Students' Summer #Conference. 40 collaborative PhD students, research staff and curators came to #Heelis, the NT head office, for papers, poster presentations, networking and lunch.

Lots of great conversations and plenty of tasty food!

#phdlife

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Social Science) at University of Exeter An opportunity for an academic position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Social Science) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

📢🌍 Excited to announce that we are advertising for a Social Science Research Fellow post.
Closing date 8th July 🌍📢

This full-time post is available immediately for three years and will be based at Exeter’s Streatham campus. Hybrid working is welcome.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNN846/p...

First-of-its-kind archaeological laboratory helps the National Trust to restore rare book A rare and ornate book dating back to the 1600s has been restored and returned to public exhibition with the help of a cutting-edge archaeological facility at the University of Exeter. Embroidered wit...

A rare 1636 Prayer Book, embroidered with silver and gold thread, is back on display at Lanhydrock thanks to cutting-edge micro-CT imaging at @exeter.ac.uk's SHArD 3D lab.

You might have caught it on last week's episode of Hidden Treasures of the National Trust.

news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Home - Net Positive Centre At the Net Positive Centre, we focus on what’s possible — turning the climate challenge into an opportunity to support healthier lives and to improve the environment. Climate change is an urgent healt...

🌍🌳☀️We're proud to be partnering with @exeter.ac.uk @forestresearchuk.bsky.social and @ukhsa.bsky.social at the @ukri.org-funded Net Positive Centre for Health and Climate Solutions.
You can find out more about this pioneering research on the Centre's new website: netpositivecentre.com

North East green corridors 'will connect people with nature' Routes in Gateshead, Durham and Teesside are named by the National Trust.

People and nature need each other to thrive.

We're partnering with @newcastleuni.bsky.social on a new @ukri.org-funded project, to improve access to local green corridors in the north east and safeguard their culture and heritage for the future.

Find out more: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Are you a highly organised administrator looking for a Project Officer role? Look no further ⬇️
careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/#/...

📢We're recruiting for four new roles to support the @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social project!

Are you a PhD graduate hoping to solve the real-world challenges of biodiversity renewal? ➡️3 Postdoctoral Research Fellow posts now open careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/#/...

and...

Pioneering project will create three Green Corridors in the North East Three Green Corridors will transform urban, suburban, and rural spaces in Gateshead, Durham, and South Tees.

We're excited to work with partners including @newcastleuni.bsky.social @teessideuni.bsky.social and Durham University on a new £3m @ukri.org AHRC-funded Mission.
Green Corridors North East will transform outdoor spaces in Gateshead, Durham and South Tees.
More here ⬇️
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

View of a late medieval house with a steeply sloping roof (a ‘cat slide’ roof) with a flower garden and lawns in front of it. A small group of people carrying equipment are crossing the garden.

New podcast! NT Archaeologist Nathalie Cohen recently spoke to Dr Sam Willis from the Mariner's Mirror about the archaeological discoveries at Smallhythe Place in Kent and you can listen to the interview here: snr.org.uk/the-mariners...
#TidalTuesday ⚓️

We're pleased to share the first of this six-part video series created by our partners @exeter.ac.uk and @naturalengland.bsky.social - exploring how the @nationaltrust.org.uk and our other @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social partners are working to protect these priceless landscapes in the South West. 🌍

Sunset over Dokes Field to the north of Bodiam Castle. The sky is cloudy with hues of yellow, orange and pink over the trees on the horizon. There is a large tree in the left of the field and a small tent to the right. These roughly mark the alignment of the Roman routeway which runs through the field.

We’re excited to announce our 2nd season at #BodiamCastle with @archsoutheast.bsky.social & @uclarchaeology.bsky.social!
A huge thank you to @theromansoc.bsky.social, Society for Medieval Archaeology, MSRG, CBA South-East & Tenterden NTA for their support.
#Bodiam100 #SussexDay 🏺

Two images above one another of the same painting shown before and after conservation work, with colours and lines more prominent after conservation work. The painting shows the bridegroom, attended by five wise virgins, leans from a balcony above a hall or courtyard and addresses the five foolish virgins who appeal for admission from below; to their left is a kitchen and in the background a double colonnade, surmounted by arms with a palle, where three figures are visible; above, two rooms open from the balcony, a ballroom in the centre with dancing couples, and left, a dining room where a servant is laying a table; two musicians stand at the extreme right of the balcony.

Now how’s this for a ‘before and after’!

Watch the transformation of The Wise and Foolish Virgins by Tintoretto unfold on Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, tonight at 9pm on BBC Two - or catch up on iPlayer.

Sutton Hoo Live Q&A with the Team! | Time Team | 12th June 2025 Join us 12th June at 4pm BST on as Sir Tony Robinson returns to Sutton Hoo for a live update from the site! We will also be conducting a Q&A during this live, so we hope you have some good questions f...

@timeteam.bsky.social will be LIVE from Sutton Hoo today at 4pm, on their YouTube channel.

It's coming to the end of a month long dig at Sutton Hoo, but before they finish, Sir Tony Robinson is back on site to see how it has gone!

www.youtube.com/live/y47OMWN...

@midsandeastnt.bsky.social

'Traffic light' dog-walking zones can benefit people, dogs & environment “Traffic light” dog-walking zones in the UK can benefit people, dogs and the environment, according to a new report. An estimated 12.5 million dogs live in the UK – up by about 30% since before

Traffic light dog-walking zones can benefit people, dogs and the environment according to new research from the RENEW Project. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

@uniofexeteresi.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social

A young person with long blue hair, a maroon jacket and glasses studying a model boat at Snowshill Manor.

🥳The National Trust's third Annual Research Report is here!

Learn all about our research over the past year, and how it's helping us look after nature, beauty and history for everyone, for ever.

You can download the report from our Research Repository ⬇️
nt.iro.bl.uk/concern/repo...

Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History at University of Bristol Discover Senior Research Associate: Plants, Enslavement, and Public History jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

📢Job alert! #academiajobs #researchjobs #GLAMjobs

Our @bristoluni.bsky.social partners are looking for a Senior Research Associate specialising in environmental histories of enslavement. This role includes a 0.4 secondment to the National Trust.

Find out more ⬇️
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...

Excellent progress being made at Killerton by @uoearchhist.bsky.social, with support from @nationaltrust.org.uk HART volunteers!

If you'd like to visit, or join a guided tour, you can find out more here: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/...

Just floating here, minding everybody else's business.👀

Happy World Otter Day! 🦦

Archaeology lovers can see research in action at Killerton (near Exeter) thanks to our amazing @nattrustarch.bsky.social, the wonderful @nationaltrust.org.uk volunteers and @exeter.ac.uk.

Interested? Click the link below to book a guided tour ⬇️

📢 #job alert! #GLAMjobs #artsjobs

We're looking for two Creatives in Residence to work at Northern Irish NT houses in 2026, as part of the Historic Houses Global Crossroads project.

Find out more⬇️
Mount Stewart: treatiedspaces.com/creative-res...
Clandeboye: treatiedspaces.com/creative-res...