A lovely Sunday evening walk to finish off a week of annual leave #Dorset

Sherborne Abbey swims in blue

A quite perfect morning for a walk at Hengistbury Head - lovely views of the Isle of Wight & the Needles, as well as west toward Bournemouth, Poole & Purbeck, the Iron Age defensive earthworks “the Double Dykes” and the reconstructed roundhouse #Dorset

Good Morning from the Old Gunpowder House, east of Poole Quay, at Baiter #Dorset

A beautiful afternoon over at Studland #Dorset

Good morning from a chilly but sunny Poole Quay

Rare 2,000-year-old brooch unearthed by detectorist in Puddletown, Dorset www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A pleasant evening walk around Poole Quay & old town to finish off the weekend. 📷 Custom House [1813] (with the Town Cellars and Poole Museum in the background) 📷 Old Lifeboat Station [1882] 📷 St James Church [1819] 📷 The Almshouses [C16th] & the view up Market St towards the Guildhall [1761]

This evening felt like the last throes of Summer in Poole #Dorset

DNA reveals surprise African ancestry of 6th century Worth Matravers man www.swanage.news/dna-reveals-...

'Forgotten' royal castle uncovered on Scottish isle www.bbc.com/news/article...

The country seems angry and full of hatred, the sky is dark and full of rain, so I think I’ll pop on some jazz, have an ale and read about the fascinating archaeology of Cranborne Chase this evening.

The view of the wonderful Priory from Christchurch Castle’s keep (built c.1300)

London's 700-year-old tower on stilts - “In the heart of the City of London, the medieval Tower of All Hallows Staining is now propped up on stilts as work continues beneath it on the 36-storey Fifty Fenchurch development” www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

St Mary’s church at Almer - a typical unassuming parish church sat peacefully just off the A31 but worth a visit. The church has a C13th Purbeck font and some nice Norman features including the south doorway and the three rounded mid-C12th arches of the north arcade #Dorset

The grey bleakness of British motorway service stations is somehow admirable

Friday lunchtime walk at Corfe Castle

Sherborne Abbey, nave vault

#archaeology #history #ancientbluesky #France If anyone has lost a cathedral in France, they found it! thecatholicherald.com/article/anci...

Enjoying the nice view over Poole Park and the harbour from Sea View viewpoint #Poole #Dorset

Good morning from a warm, sunny, and extremely quiet Poole Harbour shoreline #Dorset

Dig at Buckler’s Hard in the New Forest reveals slipway where Nelson's ships were made www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Steamship Shieldhall departing Poole this morning - always nice to see historic ships in the harbour. Shieldhall was built in the 1950s in the style of a 1920s steamer.

Wonderful views of Corfe Castle and the village from up on East Hill this lunchtime #Dorset

Cerne Abbey: Archaeologists unearth secrets of medieval abbey www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🏺 Obsessed with this little thing from British SW very late Iron Age/early Roman (Chettle); it's described as a strainer for wine but does anyone have evidence for actual uses for these, and other comparisons from British IA? Image:https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_2009-8006-2

Nice charity shop find today 🥰

A lovely sky over Poole this evening #Dorset

Clear views across the harbour to Corfe Castle this morning. #Poole #Dorset

The western end of Brownsea Island is one of my absolute favourite places - so peaceful, so beautiful ☀️ #Dorset

Divers find WW1 ship HMS Nottingham 109 years after it was sunk www.bbc.com/news/article...

Quiet walk out on Middlebere Heath with views across to Corfe Castle #Dorset

The Buck Moon rising and the Barfleur returning last night in Poole #Dorset

Beginning to take it for granted, but another perfect summer’s eve, this time enjoyed with a walk around Poole Park #Dorset

Want to take a quick tour of the newly discovered Iron Age roundhouse at #Durotriges25? Of course you do 😀 Sound on 👍 #Archaeology #Archeology #Dorset

Sunday evening harbour stroll #Poole #Dorset

Iron Age settlement and 'Roman villa' unearthed in Cotswolds www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nighttime wanders in Poole #Dorset

Another beautiful evening for a quayside wander in Poole #Dorset

The end of a much-needed week off, out of the office and spending a lot of it out in the Dorset countryside in some glorious weather. Both being out in nature and also partaking in two sets of archaeological fieldwork definitely helped my somewhat work-frazzled head.

These nice long midsummer evenings are just made for getting out for a nice walk - Ham Common & Lake Pier in Poole #Dorset

Happy Summer Solstice all - watching the beautiful sunset over Poole Harbour from the shoreline at Sandbanks #Dorset

A quite beautiful evening down by Poole Harbour #Dorset

The office until the weekend - it’s certainly scorchio in this part of Iron Age Dorset ☀️

Not a bad office for a Monday ☀️ #Dorset

Looking forward to much needed week out of the office - 2 days digging a post-medieval brickworks in the Valley of the Stones and then 3 days back in the Iron Age at Winterborne Kingston.

Enjoying an afternoon walk on the Stour Valley Way between Wimborne Minster and the Eye Bridge nr Pamphill (suggested crossing point of the Roman road heading towards Badbury Rings) #Dorset

Stormy skies over Poole Harbour and some ⚡️ east out to sea #Dorset

Always lovely to see a tall ship alongside Poole Quay - the replica of Nao Santa Maria (the largest of three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his 1492 voyage across the Atlantic) has arrived #Dorset

It’s St Wites Day, or Dorset Day! Here’s some lovely places in this beautiful county: 📷 Chapman’s Pool 📷 Hambledon Hill 📷 Worbarrow Bay 📷 Shute’s Lane #Dorset