Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social Begun in 1899, the Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic record of England’s places & people.
https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history
@redheadj.bsky.social @redheadj.bsky.social
Friends of Castleshaw Roman Forts @offorts.bsky.social Set up to look after the Roman forts in the Castleshaw valley. We continue to explore the archaeology as well as encouraging visitors to this unique site.
Christopher LONG @calong.bsky.social Journalist, Editor & Foreign Correspondent | Lives in Normandy | Vernacular, church & hall-house architecture | Volunteer archaeologist | Timber & clay hall builder | Historian: C19th Chiot & Phanariot diaspora | Farmer | CIoJ <ChristopherLong.co.uk> 🦋2023
@romanbritain.bsky.social @romanbritain.bsky.social "The Britons live in such a state of independence
that they do not obey
even their own chiefs
except by their own good pleasure."
Cassius Dio
#Archaeology #History of #RomanBritain
Association for Roman Archaeology @romanarchaeouk.bsky.social The ARA is a UK charity that supports & promotes Roman history & archaeology. Members get magazines & go on tours. Interested in joining? Visit our website
http://www.associationromanarchaeology.org
helenmakesmaps @helenmakesmaps.bsky.social Cartographer, data visualizer, beans on toast defender.
helenmakesmaps.com for tutorials
James Fell @muddy-boots.bsky.social Walking and exploring the glorious north of England, and the borderlands. Works for English Heritage. All views my own. #Walking #Reading #BookSky #Northumberland #Hadrianswall and #AverageGolfing.
Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social Professor, Archaeology, University of Glasgow, the Urban Prehistorian, and Keeper of Hookland’s Stones. Glasgow’s Archaeologist in Residence (self-appointed)
Old Northern Curio @northerncurio.bsky.social 👋 Tim Lewthwaite |
Archaeology & Heritage 🏛 | Landscape & Old Northernism ⛰️ | Small Town Labour🌹 | Proud Brittunculus
Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social Director of CHAP CIC; prehistorian, flyfisher, ferroequinologist. Jack of some trades, master of none. FSA
Opinions are all my own...
www.heritageCHAP.co.uk
Tony Divey @tonydivey.bsky.social Archaeology volunteer for English Heritage and St.Albans museums. Co-curator of ‘Religion in Verulamium’ exhibition. Retired archaeology and Latin teacher with MA in Classical Archaeology. Posts will mostly be about archaeology, beer or bird watching
Mike Middleton @wulfgarthebard.bsky.social I work in archaeology and data science in Scotland.
https://journal.caa-international.org/articles/10.5334/jcaa.166
Guy Harvey (muted Starmer stan) @guyharvey70.bsky.social Out-of-date Psychiatry, Archaeology, Cycling and Climate Science. Tax wealth not work.
'Promoting individual action weakens will for and focus on political / social action'
Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social Passionate about archives, archaeology and the medieval past.
Alex Beeby @abeeby.bsky.social #Archaeologist, pottery and ceramic building materials specialist, archaeological manager, Roman enthusiast, #Lincolnshire yellowbelly, dad, liberal. Views own.
Clare Rowan @ancient-tokens.bsky.social Associate Professor in Classics at Warwick, Numismatist, Tokenista. she/her
Ste Lingard @stelingard.bsky.social History & archaeology, esp. of northern England. Alumnus @ Sheff & Brum history. Freelance researcher in heritage sector, specialising in evaluation @ www.sglingard.com. Chair @StHelensTownAFC.bsky.social.
School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester @archanchistleic.bsky.social Profiling students, staff and general amazingness of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester.
Heidi The History Mouse @thehistorymouse.bsky.social A mainly medieval mouse with a passion for history and architecture.
Historia, Caseus, Somnum!
Mark Richards @fellranger.bsky.social Pen artist, Guidebook writer & Presenter of the Countrystride.co.uk podcast
Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social Minimus sum, mus sum. (I am Minimus, I am a mouse.) I live at Vindolanda with my Roman family, and in Suffolk with Dr Helen Forte. We like to make Latin fun!
Sussex Portable Antiquities Scheme Team @sussexflo.bsky.social The Sussex PAS team records archaeological finds discovered by the public. This page is to provide a window into our work, and provide information regarding events and finds days.
Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social Archaeology, University of Cambridge | The Globe, University of Copenhagen
Ancient Proteins | Medieval Manuscripts | Proteomics and AI | 🇺🇦
David Brear 🇬🇧 @davidebb.bsky.social Tolerated by some well-known archaeologists and historians.
Iron Age, Roman, Early medieval; Late Antiquity; PAS; heritage (metal detecting, museums).
'Briefing' editor/designer.
Facebook https://tinyurl.com/3jhemcns
Glyn Coy @glyndle.bsky.social Mostly photos of Wiltshire and the odd pearl of wisdom. I've published 2 books on Wiltshire, and founded the Hidden Wiltshire website. Gen X. No drama please. https://linktr.ee/glyncoy
Brittunculus @brittunculus.bsky.social History/classics MA. Living with DPDR.
"The climate is wretched” - Tacitus
#RomanBritain
Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social Me?
Prehistory. Normans. Recently Vikings. New Model Army. Asterix. Old Gods. Arsenal. Corinthian Casuals.
University Library Buildings Development Manager.
Neurodivergent. Cursed by MECFS.
#MDANT
Cumbria Guru @cumbriaguru.com 🌄 Cumbria Guru | Sharing the best of Cumbria's attractions, hidden gems, and local culture | Your guide to exploring the Lake District and beyond ✨ www.cumbriaguru.com
Wild Indigo Artisan Design @wildindigoartisan.bsky.social Original Art Glass and Jewellery produced by myself Sarah Wilkinson. If not at my workbench I am to be found out in nature… best place 😊.
I’m also on ‘X’, Facebook & Instagram, but I’m loving being here.
www.wild-indigo.com
Adam M Ibbotson 🏺 @adamibbotson.bsky.social Author, filmmaker, and champion of pop-archaeology. Windermere, UK ⭐️ Senior Lecturer at Shap University.
National Trust for Scotland @n-t-s.bsky.social We think places that make people smile are worth caring for – support our charity so we can keep sharing them with everyone, #ForTheLoveOfScotland https://www.nts.org.uk/
Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.social A group campaigning against the closing of Redland Library in Bristol. We want to retain a library service for all communities and all areas of Bristol.
National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social Sharing information about archaeology at National Trust places across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Robin Cooper @robincooper1.bsky.social Photographer, walker and socialist living in Coniston, love France and Switzerland.
Simon Asquith @simonasquith.bsky.social University lecturer and researcher in Educational Leadership. Eden Valley, Cumbria and University of Birmingham, UK. Hills, old boats and good dog walks.
David Gould @drdavidgould.bsky.social Freelance archaeological researcher / iIllustrator - www.thedavidgould.co.uk
Did a PhD looking at medieval rabbit warrens because why not (book coming 2026 via Liverpool University Press). Makes/loves music too.
Dr Anne E Bailey @anneebailey1.bsky.social Oxford medievalist, pilgrimage enthusiast and researcher.
Member of Oxford's Faculty of History and Departmental Tutor @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social
Posting about saints, relics, shrines, & pilgrims!
Rebecca Jones @drbecjones.bsky.social Archaeologist; #Roman Frontiers; Scottish History and #Archaeology at National Museums Scotland @ntlmuseumsscotland
Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social Galloway Hoard Researcher at National Museums Scotland. Author of Crucible of Nations: Scotland from Viking Age to Medieval Kingdom and other archaeology content. https://www.nms.ac.uk/profile/dr-adrian-maldonado See also @almostarch.bsky.social
Dan Hicks @profdanhicks.bsky.social Museum Curator and Professor of Contemporary Archaeology, Oxford University • Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford • Tutor Art/Anthropology • https://linktr.ee/danhicks
Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social Heritage & conservation professional & enthusiast, usually found exploring old places 😃
Curator of Properties for English Heritage, & freelance heritage consultant.
Studying p/t for PhD in lime finishes.
Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at the University of York. Director of the Wolfson Digital Archaeology and Heritage Lab & Centre for Digital Heritage.
I post about beautiful archaeology, digital phantasmagoria and anarchist imaginaries & realities.
She/her 🏴
@fraglast.bsky.social @fraglast.bsky.social The Last Bastion
Flâneur. Photography, Archaeology, Prehistory and Outdoorsy stuff‽ Newts! Linking people and place, mostly int’ Peak
Mark Williams @mawillia.bsky.social Archaeologist / PhD Student. Interested in old stuff and wild stuff.
Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social Recent Masters degree in Archaeological Practice at Birkbeck, University of London. Volunteer at Ham House, Richmond. Here to share my love of archaeology.
Mike Gill @mikegill.bsky.social Archaeology, Neolithic, long barrows, landscape, GIS, geophysics. Community archaeology. Everton fan. Visiting Fellow Bournemouth University.
Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social Romans, Archaeology, Museums, Typos.
We're not a villa and we don't do Latin.
Chloe Brownlee-Chapman @chlonfusticate.bsky.social Mother twice, married once. Archaeologist: Enthusatic believer in the power of community. Current grey hairs no. 40 more encouraged.
🏺Uncovering Roman Carlisle coordinator. She/Her.
Past Horizons Archaeology Equipment @pasthorizons.bsky.social Archaeology Equipment Web Shop. WHS and Battiferro Trowels, Photo Scales, Drafting Film (permatrace) and much more.
https://pasthorizons.com
The Wolfson Digital Archaeology and Heritage Lab @dah-lab.bsky.social The Wolfson Digital Archaeology & Heritage Lab in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York.
https://linktr.ee/dahlab
Director: Colleen Morgan @clmorgan.bsky.social
Co-Director: James Taylor @archaeo-james.bsky.social
Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk Antiquity is a bimonthly review of world archaeology edited by Professor Robin Skeates. Please be aware that we sometimes share relevant images of human remains. https://antiquity.ac.uk/
NPicts @northernpicts.bsky.social The bluesky social media channel for the University of Aberdeen Northern Picts project @northernpicts on Facebook
All things Pictish/early medieval/Aberdeen/Scotland/Archaeology/Hilforts/Digital
Peter McKeague @peter-mckeague.bsky.social Archaeologist. Interests range from digital heritage including spatial data to bridges and associated structures (Bridge chapels etc). All views my own.
Lynn Bridgett 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @northernlass208.bsky.social Qualified Tour Guide on Hadrian's Wall for over 17 years. Italophile. All photos are my own.
SBlandfo @sblandfo.bsky.social Poet. Nature, conservation, history, archaeology, art, architecture, politics & the pleasures of reading. Doyenne of #IronworkThursday. Still #yallmasking
(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social Archaeologist. This gun's for hire on small finds. Educator. Iron Age/ early med material culture . Likes horses and old stabby pointy things. "Ain't nothin' like me - except me" (Raccoon, 2014). Usually optimistic. She/her/thon wan. Personal views only
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate racism. Servant to a Patterdale,
John @depecco.bsky.social Designer playing with archaeology
Ms Montane @taramontane.bsky.social Like if SpongeBob and Sideshow Bob spawned
Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals. Location: Halifax, England.
https://www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk
Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social Travel 🏞 History 🏛 & Jungle Music 💾
Find the history episodes & travel blog here:
https://www.youtube.com/forestjunglecollectv
Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social Investigating the Iron Age and Roman period in SW Britain. Bournemouth University #HillfortsWednesday Posts (mostly) by Miles Russell
Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social 🛩️ Aerial Archaeologist @ Royal Commission, Wales | Trustee: Cambrians & AARG | Author: HILLFORTS OF IRON AGE WALES | Prehistory | Landscape archaeology | Personal account
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-toby-driver-fsa-9394203b
Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social Associate Professor in Ancient History and Archaeology at RHUL. Multisensory Living in Ancient Rome: Power and Space in Roman Houses (Bloomsbury, 2019). Obsessed with all things Roman, oh and guinea pigs 🐹. 💙💛
Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social Architectural Photographer on a camper-van-camino. 📸🚐🏛️ 🎨
Architecture, Art, Travel, History, Place, Material Culture, Genius Loci Digest.
Links: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshall-bio/
Digest: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co
Don O'Meara @donomeara.bsky.social Archaeologist in North East England, interested in all things archaeobotany, environmental archaeology, and local history and archaeology research. Editor of Archaeologia Aeliana. President of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle.
Elizabeth Tutty @tutty352.bsky.social Interested in wildlife, the countryside and all things historic.
Brian Eversham @brianecambs.bsky.social Wildlife enthusiast, photographer, elms/lichens/beetles/molluscs/protozoa and much else. CEO of Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, occasional leader for Wildlife Travel, visiting prof., Cranfield Uni. Views my own. He/him
Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social People/Places; Spatial/Cultural Informatics; Arch/Heritage Sci; Data & Design. PhD - WIP. Views own. Digital Trustee: @DunollieOban. Advisory Board: @goodorgcic.bsky.social Director/Trustee: @archscot.bsky.social (she/her)
Joe Flatman @joeflatman.bsky.social Jack-of-all-trades culture / environment specialist peeking into old and new spaces alike all over the place. Sideline in baking. Columnist for Current Archaeology magazine.
Helen Spencer @helspencer.bsky.social Head of Research at Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. PhD in archaeological glass science. Consultant in museum and heritage collections care. Trustee at Tarbat Discovery Centre.
Interested in all things #archaeology #museums #glass #Scotland #heritage
Philolithia@bsky.social @philolithia.bsky.social Prehistoric landscapes, skyscapes, cosmology, folklore & nature. Meirionnydd #StandingStones PhD researcher Bournemouth Uni. Cymraes dw i. (She/they).
Enricharch @enricharch.bsky.social We are Enrichment Through Archaeology. We provide school workshops, manage community heritage projects and offer guided tours of the Peak District. Interested in Neolithic, museums & religion and rapidly learning about early medieval agriculture!
David Musgrove @djmusgrove.bsky.social Content director BBC History magazine; HistoryExtra web and podcast
Steve Davis @aerialandbugs.bsky.social Aerial archaeologist, lidar enthusiast, palaeoentomologist. Also sometime folkie, plantsman and real ale aficionado. Lecturer in archaeology @ UCD
Ed Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social Mostly historic buildings but also occasional landscapes of North Cumbria.
Dr Sue Oosthuizen @drsueoosthuizen.bsky.social Professor (Em.) of Medieval Archaeology, University of Cambridge.
Early #medievalEngland c400-1200CE; #commonrights & governance; #fen #watermanagement; #landscape⚱️& 🗃️. #medievalsky
Research & publications @ https://profsusanoosthuizen.wordpress.com
Pighill @pighill.bsky.social Archaeological illustrator & heritage graphic designer, Peter Lorimer.
Based in Lincolnshire. works everywhere.
Andy Whiting @awdorset.bsky.social Archaeology | Heritage | Landscapes | Museums |
Based in beautiful Dorset, UK
Work in maritime Project Mgmt.
Dr Andrew Tibbs @andrewtibbs.bsky.social Author | Romans | Archaeologist | Heritage stuff Hon Research Fellow at Aberdeen Uni | Also RomanScotland.bsky.social
Internet Archaeology @intarcheditor.bsky.social #OpenAccess peer-reviewed #digital #journal for #archaeology at University of York (UK). Posts by Judith Winters (Ed) #publication #digital #heritage 🏺
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Cat Lodge @catlodge.bsky.social Archaeologist in South West England. Dog owner, gardener, baker, walker, book lover.
Views my own.
Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social Archaeologist of borders, working on the Anglo-Cymric borderland and its folklore, digital humanist. Trustee, Offa's Dyke Association. All ops very much my own. archaeoborders.wordpress.com
Neil Hardiman @neilhardiman.bsky.social
Mark Walters @mark-walters.bsky.social Archaeologist in Wales, UK. Into: Sound & Music, Photography, Botany, Birds, Dragonflies, Palaeontology, Astronomy, Art, Ancient History, Numismatics, Gaming, Border Collies & walks in the hills
Dr Nick Snashall @drnickarchaeo.bsky.social Archaeologist. Wiltshire. Stonehenge & Avebury World Heritage Site. Lover of old stuff, and stones big & small 🏺Prehistorian. Partial to a bit of #Egyptology on the side
Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social Emeritus Professor of Viking Studies @uoncsva.bsky.social. Visiting Professor @insuhi.bsky.social, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands
Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social Hadrianophile
"omnium curiositatum explorator"
#Hadrian1900
https://followinghadrian.com/
Ann Howarth @annlhowarth.bsky.social Interests: Science, Ballroom Dancing, Theatre, Cricket and what’s going on in the world.
Nance @nancesw.bsky.social Archaeologist, birder and crafter
Kathryn Murphy @kmurphster.bsky.social Archaeologist. GIS, databases & survey. Mostly Romans, but now straying into the Early Medieval. She/Her. 🇨🇦 in 🇬🇧. Wear a mask! 😷
Views my own.
Currently Data Scientist on @remade-uor.bsky.social- D Dave Peter @dave4472.bsky.social Retired engineer. Dru yoga and Dru meditation teacher. Fascinated by the past: Scottish history, archeology, impact of technology on society. Plus art and books. Did I mention steam railways.
Nathalie Cohen @nathaliecohen.bsky.social Mum, archaeologist 🏺
Brian Kerr @jamesbriankerr.bsky.social Hiberno-Scottish Glaswegian in Surrey. Archaeologist, medieval & post-medieval, buildings, with a niche specialism in the salvage of recently-burnt royal palaces. Formerly at English Heritage and Historic England. He/him
PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social Community-driven, free, open and transparent peer-review for #preprints in #Archaeology
http://archaeo.peercommunityin.org
also @PCI_Archaeology@archaeo.social
Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social Landscape archaeologist, prehistorian, and small finds specialist. At home in the Bronze Age, but living in the deep Welsh Marches. HERO for Herefordshire Archaeology.
All views my own
Expert is Reavillnomicism
Sarah Miles @sarahmiles.bsky.social #Archaeologist Director, Community Archaeology North CIC www.cancic.com @cancic.bsky.social Prehistory, Neolithic, Bronze Age, fieldwork, landscape, community. Former publisher.
Catriona Cooper @catrionacooper.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities @cccuartshumsed Heritage, medieval buildings (castles), food, sensory pasts. Dog person.