#HillfortsWednesday with Cranbrook Castle on the edge of Dartmoor, including (just visible) stone ramparts unusual for Devon See more in the Dartmoor episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-6...

#TilesonTuesday with the mesmeric effect of the tile floors of Winchester Cathedral

#TombTuesday with the Cordon Down Cairns, Dartmoor on a sunny May evening To see Dartmoor in the middle of winter, watch our new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-6...

#MedievalMonday with Buckfast Abbey I must say, growing up in Chichester (which has now ditched theirs in favour of lead ...boo) I am a sucker for a copper roof see more from Dartmoor in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-6...

#MosaicMonday & always nice to see the Sharsholt Villa Mosaic again at the wonderful Winchester City Museum to see more of how we've been keeping busy in winter, check the playlist >>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#MotteMonday with the Motte built inside Blackdown Rings, just south of Dartmoor See more of Dartmoor in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-6...

#MedievalMonday with Bennets Cross on Dartmoor a delightfully crooked piece of granite, probably marking a parish boundary See more of Dartmoor in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-6...

Back at Sandbanks this evening, seeing the February sun setting over Brownsea Island this used to be my favourite #sunset spot, but i'm rarely there nowadays going to try & change that this year

#StandingStoneSunday with the Cosdon Hill Stone rows see more of it in our new episode on Dartmoor >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-6...

The Shobdon Arches, an unfortunate case of some of Englands most important romanesque sculpture ripped out & left out to erode 😓 we have a lot from the Hereford School to show after a weekend rampage through the various churches don't want to post it all, but here's a short 🧵👇 #SundayStonework

#AncientSiteSunday with the round pound, Kes Tor Dartmoor One of the very few sites on Dartmoor with Iron Age archaeology, Cunliffe described how this may have been a metalworking workshop See more of Dartmoor in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-6...

#SaxonSunday with the Saxon fortifications at Lydford on the western border of Dartmoor see more from Dartmoor in our new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-6...

#StandingStoneSunday with the beautiful Assycombe stone row, Dartmoor see more from Dartmoor in our new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-6...

This snuck up on me today, every so often when i visit cathedrals i stumble on one of these installations toay it was Winchester & the sun It was pretty great, like all of these it falls apart when you get close, but it was nice at a distance #ChurchCrawling

#RomanSiteSaturday with the surviving Roman domestic structures on the western side of Bristol We have a playlist out for some of our micro adventures around the UK in winter for some easy Saturday morning viewing >>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#SteepleSaturday with St Sampsons, just over the Tamar west of Tavistock & Dartmoor, completed in 1333 See more from Dartmoor in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-6...

#CastleSaturday with Okehampton Castle, just north of Dartmoor See more of Dartmoor in our new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-6...

#RuinedPrioryFriday & since we were back exploring there this week, figured we needed a thread on Reading Abbey 🧵👇

#FindsFriday with this glorious hoard of staters at the Reading Museum, a mixture of Gallo-Belgic & Atrebatic coins, as well as this gorgeous torc catch our episode on the Hillforts of Hampshire / Wiltshire and just that whole area in general >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-I1...

#FontsOnFriday with this exquisite Hereford School example from St Mary's Church, Stottesdon see more of Shropshire in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...

#AdoorableThursday & more Hereford School work at Leominster, while this portal has been reworked you can see the distinctive Hereford School figures on the capitals See more from the Welsh Marches & Shropshire in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...

#AncientTheatreThursday with the military amphitheatre (yes there's 2) in Aquincum, now Budapest 🇭🇺 see more of Budapest in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=myjf...

#AdoorableThursday & very much enjoyed a revisit to Romsey Abbey yesterday, even through the pouring rain this portal on the southern side is particularly special

#RomanFortThursday with Ambleside, just on the shore of Windermere See more of the Lake District in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_4...

some #WindowsOnWednesday while exploring Southamptons medieval quarter today

Always love a #HengeWednesday & its Mayburgh Henge, thankfully the builders of the M6 didn't opt to flatten it so it survives along with its singular standing stone see more in our episode on visiting the lake district in January >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_4...

#HillfortsWednesday with Skelmore Heads Hillfort, just above the village of Great Urswick, Cumbria see more in our episode on visiting the lake district in January >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_4...

#ChancelArchTuesday & a very pretty Romanesque arch from St John the Baptist's Church, Hope Bagot, Shropshire See more #ChurchCrawling from Shropshire and the surrounding area in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...

Great morning at the Reading Museum & for #TilesOnTuesday these beautiful example from the Abbey Church at Reading

A great start to the day with #Sunrise just now from Bournemouth Beach

#MedievalMonday & a chance again yesterday to see the #floods lapping against the saxon ramparts of Wareham transforming the Dorset town into a near island

#MotteMonday with Halton Motte & Bailey, just north of Lancaster we caught this on our drive to scotland which you can catch here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzJR...

While we're talking the Lake district & #StandingStoneSunday ...it has to be Castlerigg Yet to make it back here but was lucky to catch this on a beautiful evening See more of the lake district in the episode >>> m.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_4...

#StandingStoneSunday The Birkrigg Stone Circle at dawn, with gorgeous views over Morcombe Bay See more of it as well as more of the Lake District in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_4...

#SaxonSunday with the beautifully crafted Tunwini cross, Great Urswick See more of it as well as more of the Lake District in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_4...

Enjoying the sunlight today by getting out into #Dorset & walking St Aldhems Head Gorgeous 🏞

#RomanSiteSaturday & i'm overdue to go and photograph the Ravenglass baths again, The light was not great for this afternoon, but the walls stand at impressive height for this bath house just outside the fort see more from the lake district in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_4...

#RomanSiteSaturday & the unforgettable Hardknott Roman fort destroyer of car gearboxes 🤪 see more from the lake district in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_4...

#CastleSaturday with Kendal Castle, Cumbria See more from the Lake District in our new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_4...

#RuinedPrioryFriday & while parts of Dore Abbey are still standing, its just a fraction of what used to be there, You can see where the nave previously continued, now only the eastern end with the Transcepts & Presbytery stand

#FontsOnFriday & what must be one of the most remarkable Romanesque fonts in England - this gorgeous Hereford School example from Castle Frome For more #ChurchCrawling in the Welsh Marches & Shropshire, watch the episode here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...

love some Aurelian Walls for #RomanFortThursday still couldn't believe on a beautiful August day with the typical crush of thousands around the Amphitheatre, *not a soul* walking around Romes mighty walls See more in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmJT...

#AncientTheatreThursday & its a big one fun opportunity to be a pedant: the 'Colosseum' was in fact the huge statue errected by Nero (no longer standing) so you can insist friends and relatives call it 'The Flavian Amphitheatre' See more of Rome in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmJT...

our Hereford School weekend also furnished us with some truly amazing doors this from St Peter & St Paul, Rock (once again yes, there is a village simply called 'Rock') for much more from Shropshire as well as Worcestershire & Herefordshire >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB... #AdoorableThursday

#Woodensday with the wonderful timbered buildings of Ledbury see more from the Welsh Marches & Shropshire in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...

#HillfortsWednesday & Earls Hill in Shropshire looking beautiful in autumn 😍 See more Hillforts from Shropshire in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...

#WindowsOnWednesday with the incredible west window at Kilpeck for more church crawling & general medieval goodness in Shropshire & the Welsh Marches check out our new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...

a while ago i said we needed a #ChancelArchTuesday not only are many of these structures beautifully decorated but often they are the oldest parts of the church to survive for example - this beautiful Hereford School example from Rock (...yes there is a Worcestershire village just called 'Rock')

Its #TympanumTuesday & having spent the weekend chasing the Hereford School around the countryside, have to resist the temptation to disgorge all of them at once this wonderful example from Ribbesford was pretty special

Having spent the weekend chasing the Hereford School (...of romanesque sculpture: ca. 900 y/a in case there's any confusion) Its been very interesting to see the stark interplay of faith & military power in Norman England many of the churches have a motte within ~50 yards 📷 Kilpeck #MotteMonday