If you fancy getting #OutintheField, why not pick up a copy of Landmarks and Legends by Jo Woolf, a beautifully illustrated book which reveals the secrets and stories of fifty icons of Britain’s landscape, including Cheddar Gorge, Avebury, Uffington White Horse and Sutton Hoo.

Did you see the blog (I wrote with Prof Thomas Schmitt) on our conference on climate action & World Heritage? www.ourworldheritage.org/posts/world-...

We're looking for the first independent Chair of the Stonehenge & Avebury World Heritage Site Expert & Stakeholder Group. Could it be you? www.stonehengeandaveburywhs.org/new-opportun...

More isotope analysis - cattle from Wales at Stonehenge. Rather an overblown headline, but interesting new research. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Our archaeologists are no strangers to having their time #OutintheField documented for television, so if you are unable to visit one of our sites where an excavation or surveys are being undertaken, why not take an opportunity to catch up on some past episodes of #DiggingforBritain on BBC iPlayer! 🧵

*BREAKING NEWS* A chance find #OutintheField of a tooth by 7 year old Arthur, at Lizard Point, has led to the discovery of potentially the most southerly Bronze Age burial site in Britain! Click the link to learn more from NT archaeologist Jim! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @nationaltrust.org.uk

Hot, hot, hot in the @nattrustarch.bsky.social Stonehenge Landscape this morning. Among the cooling shade of those trees (Luxenborough & Full Moon plantations) lie Bronze Age Barrow cemeteries

#MondayMotivation from all of us at Bodiam Castle! #yoga #wellbeing #archaeology @nationaltrust.org.uk 🏺🧘‍♀️ #Bodiam100

We have one last surprise for #AskAnArchaeologist... To keep the discoveries flowing & to celebrate #FestivalOfArchaeology, we’re unlocking the British Archaeology archives for ONE WEEKEND ONLY - totally OPEN ACCESS! 🔓👉 shorturl.at/7uZaD Let us know what you uncover!

You might #AskAnArchaeologist "How can I get involved with archaeology at National Trust places?" How about the #FestivalofArchaeology? We have so many events happening across England, Wales and Northern Ireland until Sunday 3rd August! Check out our website for more details: bit.ly/40A0e66

Calling all curious minds! Today is #AskAnArchaeologistDay, your chance to ask anything you’ve ever wanted to know about archaeology! 📱 Join the conversation on X, BlueSky, TikTok, and Instagram, just use the hashtag #AskAnArchaeologist or ask your question in the comments to get involved.

Join us today from 10:00 #AskAnArchaeologist #FestivalofArchaeology

There will be lots of activities across the South West for #FestivalofArchaeology, from finds handling at Chedworth Roman Villa, tracing Dunster Castle's 1000 year history, exploring Agatha Christie's love for the past at Greenway to joining Time Team at Corfe Castle. Find out more: bit.ly/4eNH9TX

We are excited to be taking part in this year’s #FestivalofArchaeology, with a range of events at National Trust properties. From guided walks, to family archaeology days, to archaeology talks, to excavations, there are activities for everyone: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/whats-...

Looking for some free archaeology inspired fun this summer? Check out these locative games inspired by Avebury @nattrustarch.bsky.social logaculture.eu/news-events/...

Go on, you know you want to!

Extraordinary photos of the collapsed Stonehenge trilithon being moved, in The Sphere this weekend in 1958: "raising the column from the hole where it had remained since its collapse proved more difficult than anticipated & gave the workmen & experts several moments of anxiety" #StandingStoneSunday

Wow a new platform for us... not sure how it works so here goes....cheers

Magnificent beeches and fabulous barrows. Perfect day in the Stonehenge Landscape today @nattrustarch.bsky.social

1/3 💰 We know how important the themes of Strength and Resilience are to our heritage sector, so here are some inspiring #FunderFriday funds from the #HeritageFundingDirectory. Image: Human Henge walk for World Heritage Day 2019 at Avebury, by Restoration Trust.

Now that's what I call a garden feature #WantOne

Hurrah! Good morning BlueSky! The Society for Museum Archaeology has come to play over on the Blue Side!

🎥 An Evening with National Trust Archaeologists is now on YouTube! Explore the archaeology of Stonehenge, Saints of the North & Attingham Estate in this fascinating free talk with National Trust Archaeologists. 📺 Watch now 👉 youtu.be/lIji8vHKVKM

"Social and Genetic Relations in Neolithic Ireland: Re-evaluating Kinship" A major contribution to debates on Neolithic kinship, genetic relatedness & monuments like Newgrange. Led by Dr Neil Carlin & Dr Jessica Smyth at UCD Archaeology & international team Cambridge Arch J doi.org/10.1017/S095...

A wooden weaving tool known as a draghetto, from the Neolithic site of La Marmotta 🇮🇹 #TextileTuesday 🏺 The site is underwater, meaning organic preservation is excellent, providing a rare glimpse into the use of perishable materials by early farmers. 🔗 from 2023 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

All systems go @nattrustarch.bsky.social Avebury. The team are brushing and polishing for all they're worth. Thinking of lithohorologists everywhere at this stressful time

Not too shabby a view from my office window. Can never look out of it without wondering who's buried under those mounds #NewKingBarrows #StonehengeLandscape @nattrustarch.bsky.social

This is a brilliant listen. Jacqueline McKinley of Wessex Archaeology on today’s episode of The Life Scientific. She explains things beautifully, in an all-too a rare piece of public exposure for the importance of work in the commercial archaeology sector ☺️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Don’t forget to sign up to our free online Evening with National Trust Archaeologists, hosted by @archaeologyuk.bsky.social, on Thursday 12 March at 7pm: www.archaeologyuk.org/get-involved...

A quick #Lidar map showing the positions of #Neolithic long barrows near the Dorset Cursus, with the long barrows shown as insets. #Archaeology

Delighted to see our colleagues @n-t-s.bsky.social archaeology winning the award for Research Project of the Year 2025 @currentarchaeology.bsky.social - congratulations! 🥃🎉🏆

It would appear the Romans did do something for us

Today we're hearing from Steve Timms, who joined us in the South West last November, and is giving us an update on what he's been up to in the last few months. He says: "As the new archaeologist on the South West I have had a busy start!" 1/

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Our next @royalarchinst.bsky.social lecture will be presented by @nattrustarch.bsky.social’s own @hannahfluck.bsky.social! Join us at @antiquaries.bsky.social or online on 12 March: www.royalarchinst.org/events/2025/... #archaeology #climate

A week ago today I was surrounded by the magnificence that is Karnak. It was our second visit - but you could spend half a lifetime exploring this amazing place #egyptology

The Egyptian Antiquities Service have announced the discovery of the Tomb of Thutmose II, husband of Hatchepsut. Unfortunately, he had to deal with some flood damage....#blueskyarchaeology www.cbsnews.com/news/egypt-d...

#StandingStoneSunday In 2017, Barry Cunliffe directed me to investigate this standing stone thought to be the last of a stone circle on Little Sark. We found two of its mates repurposed as sides of a burial chamber. Rabbits and rhisomes had destroyed much, but a Bronze Age 'archer' had lain here.

We’re looking for a Business Services Co-ordinator to join our Stonehenge Landscape team. You’ll be supporting our Countryside Team, Project Manager and Archaeologist to help care for 840 hectares of the World Heritage Site. Full description and details careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_...

Are you looking for some half term inspiration? There is much fun to be had with archaeology and history themed activities at lots of National Trust properties next week! Find out more: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/whats-... @nationaltrust.bsky.social @midsandeastnt.bsky.social 📸 NT images

Lovely to have you on board for #HillfortsWednesday 😊👍

Job Opportunity! We’re looking for an Archaeologist Project Manager to project manage the testing and development of an Archaeological Research Centre concept – on the Attingham estate: careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_...

Fabulous new results from dating of human remains (mainly crania) dredged/excavated from the River Thames. 30 new radiocarbon dates! Reinforces previous findings by Richards Bradley and Schulting of overrepresentation of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age remains. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

❗️Save the date❗️ Europa Conference 2025: Landscape connectivity in Prehistory at Univ of Reading, Sat 7th June 2025. Conference honours achievements of Prof. Martin Bell, Prof of Arch Science at Univ of Reading. Call for papers now live. Info in link: www.prehistoricsociety.org/events/2025-...

National Trust will allow citizens to adopt plots of land at nature super-sites around the UK. You can choose something chalky, peaty, meadowy, or even a bit of Celtic rainforest. This land is your land. inews.co.uk/opinion/uk-n...

Crazy Stonehenge theory of the day 100 years ago was the idea it was a temple of Horus, as set out in the Western Daily Press by Ernest Sibree. Suffice to say the argument depends on dodgy etymology (from Geoffrey of Monmouth - nuff said), chronology (Horus=Apollo, who was known in Roman Britain)…

Hiding in plain sight: the Neolithic statue-menhir of St Marie de Castel #Guernsey Discovered beneath the church in 1878, this megalithic goddess now keeps watch over the cemetery, her shape echoed in those of later tombstones 📷 December 2019 #StandingStoneSunday

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