We are seeking a new Editor for the Archaeological Journal to succeed @nannonstevens.bsky.social. #archaeology #editor #journal @royalarchinst.bsky.social Please share to your networks! ✍️

A snapshot of recent history at Sutton House - as part of a fire alarm upgrade project, we have some floorboards lifted & were able to look below them. All the finds post-dated the 1980s-90s restoration, including this @nationaltrust.org.uk centenary leaflet - lost almost 30 years ago to the day!

A splendid final day for our Summer Meeting was spent exploring Kings Lynn. Huge thanks to Peter Jackson for the tours at the Minster & St Nicholas Chapel and to Lynn Museum, Stories of Lynn, St George’s Guildhall & the Fisherfolk Museum for having us to visit! 🔔🎭🐟

Six site visits for Day 4 of our Summer Meeting! We started at Warham Iron Age hillfort, then on to Binham Priory (many thanks to Matt Champion for the tour!). We then visited the intriguing North Elmham, Bircham Windmill, a Bronze Age barrow on Peddars Way & finally the spectacular Castle Rising

Day 3 - Caistor #Roman town then Norwich Castle and Cathedral! 📷 @nathaliecohen.bsky.social

Another busy day! Today we visited the ruined church at Appleton, the royal estate at Sandringham & spent the afternoon at Castle Acre, with a guided tour by our former President Jonathan Coad around the Priory and Castle, which he excavated during the 1970s. ⛪️👑🏰 @englishheritage.bsky.social

Day 1 has been brilliant! We started at the Neolithic flint mines at Grimes Graves, then on to Oxburgh Hall & spent the afternoon in Thetford. We visited the Charles Burrell Museum (AMAZING cakes), Thetford Priory, Castle & Warreners Lodge 🏰⛪️🐇 @englishheritage.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk

It’s our Summer Meeting this week & we’ll be visiting sites around Kings Lynn in Norfolk. Our programme begins tonight with a lecture in the Great Hall at Thoresby College by Dr Clive Bond, about the prehistory of Norfolk & the (in) famous site of Seahenge. 📷 Wikipedia & @nathaliecohen.bsky.social

Check out the great line up for our 2025 - 2026 lecture programme. Full details at www.royalarchinst.org/events/lectu... Lectures are held in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, at 5 p.m and on our YouTube channel.

The deadline for the Archaeological Achievement Awards has been extended, which means there’s still time to nominate! 🏆 That colleague who’s smashing it? The TikTok creator sparking a conversation? The project changing lives? Don’t let them go unrecognised! Closing noon 10/09👉 shorturl.at/6q5bx

The deepest excavation in Trench 14 recorded a large paleo channel used for drainage during the 19th & 20th centuries. Environmental sampling will help us to understand more & inform future land management. The discovery of a worked stake rounded off a very successful field season! #Bodiam100

In Freren Mead, Trenches 11 & 12 found ditches, demolition layers & in the very last hour of the dig, a post hole! Finds included large amounts of #Roman pottery & CBM, including an imbrex tile with a complete Classis Britannica stamp.

Around the castle, we explored a possible location for the watermill (we’ll be looking again for this next year) & excavated a small trench west of the castle: from Trench 15 came ceramics of medieval to Victorian date, including a lovely #medieval jug handle.

Metal detecting across Dokes Field recovered a scatter of artefacts including medieval, Tudor & Georgian coins. Most of the finds were modern & related to the use of the field for medieval re-enactment events - we have now found three replica pilgrim badges!

In Trench 9 we explored the route ways across Dokes Field & found further evidence for the road / track with more ruts & metalling, suggesting that the route was in use over a long time, perhaps beginning in the Roman period. Five Mesolithic flints were also recovered.

And just like that, Season 2 of #Bodiam100 is complete! We’ve had an amazing 3 weeks on site with around 140 participants joining us #OutInTheField. We’d like to say a huge thank you to all our volunteers & to our property colleagues for making us so welcome at Bodiam. 🏺🧵 @nationaltrust.org.uk

In need of a little more #MondayMotivation? The archaeology team at Bodiam Castle are here to provide just that! ⛏️🏺🧘‍♀️ #ArchaeologyYoga #OutInTheField #Bodiam100 @nationaltrust.org.uk

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

Season 2 of #Bodiam100 at Bodiam Castle has officially begun! Yesterday was our induction day for our volunteers to get to know the site & we started digging today! #OutInTheField #EastSussex #festivalofarchaeology 🏺🪏 @nationaltrust.org.uk @uclarchaeology.bsky.social @archsoutheast.bsky.social

🙏 A huge thank you to the @royalarchinst.bsky.social for generously sponsoring Youth Day Your support helps us shine a spotlight on young voices, fresh perspectives, and the exciting future of archaeology. Youth Day wouldn’t be possible without you! 💙

Do you have some time to volunteer for @royalarchinst.bsky.social? We are looking for an Honorary Secretary & an Honorary Treasurer, expenses paid. Please share to your networks! #archaeology 🏺

Delighted to see two of our finds from @nationaltrust.org.uk London & SE region featured here - to this list I’d also add the 1906 message in a bottle from #Knole as a favourite find! #AskAnArchaeologist @archaeologyuk.bsky.social @nattrustarch.bsky.social #Perrier

Will this be as passionate as the jam/cream first debate? #AskAnArchaeologist

It might be a little rainy but it’s all good here with the gang at #Smallhythe in #Kent for #Smallfest - come and see us! 😊 #FestivalOfArchaeology 🏺 #TenterdenMuseum @nattrustarch.bsky.social @southeastnt.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

The #FestivalOfArchaeology starts tomorrow - looking forward to: 🏺20 July #Smallhythe #SmallFest & evening lecture 🔎21 July Archaeology at #IghthamMote 🏏22 July Cricket walk at #SheffieldPark ⛏️23-25 July #Highdown Dig 👑28 July #Knole Family Day 🏰3-24 August #Bodiam100 Dig @nattrustarch.bsky.social

Exhibitions at Petworth, opportunities to explore archaeology at Knole, Hinton Ampner & Smallhythe Place & digs at Highdown, Greys Court & Bodiam - there's something for all during the #FestivalOfArchaeology! www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/whats-... @archaeologyuk.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk

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

Delighted to be able to share 3 new models by David Fletcher! They are from #Winchelsea in East Sussex: St John's Hospital, Rookery Barn & Salutation Cellar, the most elaborate of the #medieval undercrofts. Rookery: skfb.ly/pysZx St John's: skfb.ly/pysZz Salutation: skfb.ly/py86W 📷 Chris Tapley

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 have a series of events during the project, including guided tours & opportunities to meet the team, as part of the #FestivalOfArchaeology. We’re excited to learn more about the archaeology of #Bodiam & to share our discoveries – come visit us! www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex... #Bodiam100

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 🏺

@nannonstevens.bsky.social is seeking contributions for The Archaeological Journal, a peer-reviewed publication of the Royal Archaeological Institute & an annual journal dedicated to the archaeology of the British Isles & adjacent areas of Europe. Details at www.royalarchinst.org/publications...

Did you know we look after the only Grade 1 listed dog kennel in the UK? Here it is soaking up the sun at Ightham Mote in Kent. Built in 1890 by Sir Thomas Colyer-Fergusson, it housed a St Bernard called Dido. Photo: Robert Morris

Winchelsea was once one of the busiest #medieval ports in the country. Additional permissive paths to explore the area have been included as part of the Landscape Revival project & maps will be available on local information boards www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex... #NationalWalkingMonth

For #IronworkThursday, fragments of decorative ironwork from the late 19th century Ladies Pavilion at Sheffield Park Gardens, exposed during vegetation clearance. #archaeology #cricket 🏺🏏

Some very lovely treasures @cburycathedral.bsky.social in the Viewing Gallery for the ‘Eat. Sleep. Pray. Repeat’ exhibition - including the pilgrim tile excavated in the Cloister. It’s FREE to visit and you get a great view of the Cathedral too. #archaeology ⛪️🏺

Archaeologists reveal entire base of 6th century Byzantine Bromeswell bucket was found intact and contains early Anglo-Saxon cremation burial. It was discovered in the last week of a month-long excavation by Time Team in 2024, working with FAS Heritage at the National Trust site.

Great weekend in #Brighton & #Lewes for the @royalarchinst.bsky.social Spring Meeting! Huge thanks to our Meetings Secretaries for organising a fab programme & to all those caring for the places we visited for sharing their stories with us 🏰

I'm delighted to be elected to the Council of the Royal Archaeological Institute. @royalarchinst.bsky.social www.royalarchinst.org/about/officers

Fascinating lecture last night by @nathaliecohen.bsky.social, President of the Royal Archaeological Institute, on Past Women of the RAI. I wonder who bought the cabinet of curiosities at the house clearance auction in 2017?

Open 22 May – 2 July – The River’s Stomach (Songs of Empire) is a new commission from theCOLAB by artist Kate McMillan at the Strand Lane ‘Roman’ Bath in London. www.thecolab.art/kate-mcmillan #TheRiversStomach #SongsofEmpire

Splendid wisteria in Lord Sackville’s Garden at Knole!

Gorgeous new 3D @sketchfab.bsky.social models created by @artfletch.bsky.social for Ham House.

‘Stealing joy’ and heritage crime. #SycamoreGap 🌳 apple.news/AWmO-cBokTNq...

National Trust Archaeology Scotland on Bluesky - excellent! @nts-archaeology.bsky.social

On 14th May, not 13th!!

Can you put names to all these faces? These are some of the women I’ll be talking about at my first Presidential Lecture for @royalarchinst.bsky.social on 13 May at @antiquaries.bsky.social - all welcome! (As ever, I may have too many slides 🤣) www.royalarchinst.org/events/2025/... #MosaicMonday

My cat is quite pretty 🐈‍⬛💙

A #KeyToTheCastle, an archive find now back at #Bodiam - thank you to @archsoutheast.bsky.social to delivering! This is from the moat and was excavated during the 1970s. #Bodiam100 #FindsFriday @nattrustarch.bsky.social

Today we are celebrating our regional archaeologist in the East of England, Angus Wainwright, who has been working at the National Trust for 40 years! What Angus thought was going to be a temporary job, he says it is the different experiences which have kept him working for the Trust so long.