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One of the larger remaining stones on Machrie moor, part of a circle known as Fingal's Cauldron, one of six standing stone circles in the vicinity. Picture credit: John Mason. #StandingStoneSunday

Looking forward to chatting about my book #AnotherEngland at the forthcoming Folkestone book festival - exploring issues of national identity, meaning & belonging feels more important than ever👇

If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes. Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

If you’re wondering why archaeologists were upset about the Lost King film, you should read this and ask yourself how you would feel if someone misrepresented your profession and professionalism in this way. I also recommend @pittsmike.bsky.social book Digging for Richard III.

🎃As Oíche Shamhna approaches @nationalmons.bsky.social and @opwireland.bsky.social urge you to #ProtectOurPast by not lighting fires🔥 at heritage sites. Help to preserve our monuments for future generations to enjoy and learn from.🎃 👉 tinyurl.com/3pn7cnkr #LeaveNoTrace #StaySafe #HappyHalloween

Wonderful to hear Sir David Attenborough talk so passionately on #BBC Radio 4 this morning about the potential 40-mile (64km) "wild" corridor that could be saved, inc., prehistoric rock carvings, if this campaign by @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social succeeds. www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-rothb...

Well thank fuck for some good news. Keep it coming.

Did u know? Queen bumblebees are looking for places to hibernate, right now: loose mud, leaf piles, plant pots or, in this case, my ceramic organic wool-filled skep. If you do accidentally disturb a sleeping beauty, just gently cover her back up again, so she can complete her winter's rest.🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🐝

Mary Concepta Lynch, an Irish nun and skilled calligrapher, who spent 16 years (1920-1936) decorating the Oratory of the Domincan Convent, Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland #womensart

Remember this, whenever someone says "alternative proteins - yuck!" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Pod of this morning’s interview on NewsTalk Breakfast on Hallowe’en excesses is now available. www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

Hi All I'm taking part in Walk 60 Miles in November to raise funds for Prostate Cancer Research UK. If your able to donate, no matter how much, I'd be eternally grateful. www.justgiving.com/page/dan-her...

Lunch time quick read is a new blog @archscot.bsky.social: "This is the first in a series of blog posts where I will take you with me as I follow in the footsteps of Audrey Henshall & other women who pioneered archaeological research into the Neolithic of the west coast of Scotland." bit.ly/3IVkxWb

Derrycunnihy is thought to have been the first place in Beara where the natural temperate rainforest was cleared for farming in the Neolithic, approx. 4000 BC. Elsewhere on the peninsula (like where I am), it didn't happen until the Bronze Age, circa 1500 BC. Only very tiny fragments now remain.

The Standing Stones of Lundie courtesy of Michael Murray. #StandingStoneSunday

A dreamy Autumn day at Stanton Drew Stone Circle, Somerset with @mikemenhirmclean.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday

This week is Climate Action Week — check out everything happening from the great new site ClimateActionWeek.ie #ClimateActionWeek #ClimateAction

Why do I hear the Jaws theme playing...? 😦🦈 #StandingStoneSunday 📍 Callanish II stone circle on the Isle of Lewis 🏺 #archaeology #scotland #landscape #photooftheday

Will this be like #Blackwater fish kill where"an investigation"is held but no accountability for wanton destruction of nature? What is needed for an Irish government to implement Citizens’ Assembly recs & enshrine protection of nature in our constitution? #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe...

An appropriate time to remind ourselves of the vital benefits of trees: www.ucc.ie/en/tree-expl... @eoinlettice.bsky.social

The Cromeleque da Portela de Mogos is a beautiful stone circle standing in a cork oak forest in Portugal's Alentejo. It's only 12km from the famous Almendres cromlech but this one is famously unknown! Take a virtual visit by video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5H3... #StandingStoneSunday

Timely reminder that if you're an assoc prof or above in history you can nominate someone for the nobel peace prize. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nobel-peace-...

You are warmly invited to The Discovery Programme’s Martin Doody Memorial Lecture 2025: "Animal Kin, Animal Others in Early Bronze Age Britain” It will be delivered by Prof Joanna Brück of @ucddublin.bsky.social Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-doo... Thurs 4 Dec 7.30pm Online Free

Just extraordinary to witness this nature-hating government sabotaging Labour’s own legacy. And for absolutely no reason: nature protection isn’t blocking development - it’s a necessary prerequisite for it (& for everything else, come to that…)

RIP Queen

Very sad to hear this, had a lovely chat with him about art and the brain for his Almanac podcast, and he became a real champion for our CúChulainn books. A fascinating, interested and kind soul, RIP a chara

#DailyMegalith #TombTuesday Coom wedge tomb, nr #Ballinskelligs #CountyKerry #RepublicofIreland (2025). Handy for the road (despite an electric fence) and in an absolutely beautiful setting with views across Ballinskelligs Bay towards Waterville. 🏺

The southern row of Les Alignements du Moulin, Sainte-Just in Brittany. Great place to visit - this stone row just one of many megalithic sites on Les Landes de Cojoux. #StandingStoneSunday

Labby Rock Portal Tomb • Sligo • c.3500BC This distinctive dolmen is a place steeped in myth and legend. Its name Labby derives from the Irish 'leaba', as it is another location where Gráinne and Diarmuid slept as they fled from Fionn mac Cumhaill. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm 🏺 #Archaeology #Folklore

Anyone who buys clothes from Tesco, M&S, Dunnes or Penneys/Primark (Dunnes in particular) should watch @rte.ie Primetime's meticulously researched expose of forced labour in cotton production in China and how it gets into Irish and UK shops. You'll find it on RTE player.

Stone row beside Lough Salt, Barnes Lower NE, Co. Donegal , Ireland. September 2025 With @drclairenolan.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday #Donegal

Barnes Lower stone pair, Co. Donegal with @mikemenhirmclean.bsky.social. If you look closely you’ll see the cup marks! #StandingStoneSunday #RockArt

The southern stone of the Devil's Arrows 👿 - the 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC... #archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺

Honoured to have contributed to this awesome volume! Well done to @justrena.bsky.social and @saveknockiveagh.bsky.social!

Here it is. The newborn book. My thanks as always to #Trivent Publishing for a beautiful job. trivent-publishing.eu/home/214-404...

Love that the @nmireland.bsky.social are at the #ploughing. Farmers are often really important custodians of heritage in Ireland, as well as knowing a huge amount about field names, local histories, & climate histories. #speirgorm

#StandingStoneSunday a tour through the Nature National Park #MolsBjerge, Jutland, Denmark. The Porskær #Megalith has a roofstone that was splittet in the middle and is one of the largest constructions in DK with in all 35 stones. 🏺 #stoneage #archaeology #bronzeage

Machrie Moor November 2011 #StandingStoneSunday

Calanish / Calanais stones - Isle of Lewis , Scotland #blueskyphotography #photography #ancient

The EU wants to roll back vital environmental protections - and they're asking for your opinion. Today is the LAST DAY to speak up before it's too late. Almost 200k of us have signed, have you? It takes only seconds to tell them to keep their Hands OFF Nature!! handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...

Right now, just a few powerful polluters are holding the whole world hostage - stopping a Plastics Treaty that could protect our health, wildlife, and planet. Join me today and speak up for a strong global policy to protect us from plastic pollution! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-08...

The remains of a passage grave, situated in the centre of Giant’s Ring henge in Northern Ireland. Although both Neolithic in date, it is believed the passage grave was constructed first & the henge built around it #TombTuesday 🏺

Measuring over 15 metres in length, the ancient tomb in Brittany known as the Dolmen de Tréal was badly damaged by 19th-century treasure hunters but restored in the 1990s. It is sometimes referred to as the Grotte-aux-Fées, the Cave of the Fairies. #TombTuesday

The northern passage grave at Meayll Hill on the Isle of Man courtesy of Otter. #TombTuesday #Archaeology

Any help sharing this much appreciated! ✊🏼 @archagainstaparth.bsky.social @a-rfa.bsky.social @blacktrowel.bsky.social @watchingbrief.bsky.social

Neolithic flint tools mined at Grimes Graves, near Thetford in Norfolk. Now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FlintFriday #BritishMuseum #GrimesGraves

Breenymore, Co Kerry, Ireland. #StandingStoneSunday

Menhir de Lestrouguy: A menhir in the flower bed of a private garden. #StandingStoneSunday On the D2 road , half way between Plozevet and Pouldreuzic. 📷 johnstone More: http://www.megalithi...