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!

#HeritageOpenDays is now in full swing, with lots of events still planned for the rest of this week. The festival is running right through until Sunday 21st September, and you can find out more about which of our places are FREE to visit by visiting: www.heritageopendays.org.uk/whats-on/sea...

#HeritageOpenDays is here to banish boredom this September, with thousands of free events and experiences celebrating the people, places, and stories that shape England’s heritage. 🧵 @nationaltrust.org.uk

Exploring the past, and the colour palette, of Wimpole Estate @nationaltrust.org.uk 🎨 As we peel back the layers on the North Lawn in search of medieval moats and bygone gardens, you can see there's much more than just shades of brown! @nattrustarch.bsky.social

We’re sharing another opportunity for you to get #OutintheField at three places in the care of the National Trust – Hindhead, Saltram and Quarry Bank. We’ve partnered with the University of Exeter to create a free, immersive app, ‘HistoryScapes’. 🧵

This is how I imagined Thomas Chicheley's medieval house back in 2000, with the help of Angus Wainwright, for an NT cartoon guide to Wimpole Hall with 'Toby the Trowel'. It'll be interesting to see what the new excavations reveal! #TobyTheTrowel #Wimpole

The return to Wimpole Estate is on! Our staff are gearing up to open the trenches today ready to uncover the stories the grounds of Wimpole have to offer. Make sure to head down and see for yourself what the team are digging up ⛏

Tomorrow Oxford Archaeology and a team of enthusiastic @nationaltrust.org.uk volunteers will be starting excavations at Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire, in search evidence for historic gardens on the north lawns. 1/3 @midsandeastnt.bsky.social

Archaeologists from the National Trust were recently #OutintheField at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire, where they revealed everyday objects from the site of a house built for Isaac Newton’s mother, in a field next to the famous apple tree which inspired some of his great scientific advances. 🧵

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.

This month in the East of England, Angus and Alicia have been #OutintheField (and meeting room!) busy delivering training to new HART (Heritage and Archaeology Ranger Team) groups that will cover Felbrigg and properties across the Essex and Suffolk Countryside and Coast.

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

*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

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! 🧵

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

During the Festival of Archaeology, National Trust Archaeologist Adrian Cox was #OutintheField undertaking an excavation at Greys Court in Oxfordshire, in partnership with volunteers from the South Oxfordshire Archaeology Group. 🧵

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

How amazing is this. This architectural stone found at Chedworth Roman Villa has an incised chequerboard! Potential evidence of Villa residents playing board games almost two thousand years ago. #Games #SummerOfPlay #RomanBritain #Finds #FindsFriday @nationaltrust.org.uk

👀 #Bodiam100 #ArchaeoFashion

We have another update from East of England archaeologist Angus, who was #OutintheField on the Oxburgh Estate in Norfolk last week, and says: “I was at Oxburgh with Dave and Ian two of the archaeological volunteers and George the Ranger, who've been investigating a ruined 18th century cascade." 🧵

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

The trail was officially launched last weekend as part of The Armitt and @nattrustarch.bsky.social’s Ambleside Roman Fort open day for the #FestivalOfArchaeology, with Rowan and @aliceeliz.bsky.social giving trail tours to the public, supported by an @ics.bsky.social public engagement grant.

As part of our theme #OutintheField, we’re sharing recent discoveries made by National Trust archaeologists and partners alongside current fieldwork. Did you know that the Sefton Coast at Formby in Lancashire contains tantalising glimpses into the lives of our hunter-gather ancestors? 🧵

A great opportunity anyone aged 16 to 21 looking to get into archaeology, designed by the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Youth Advisory Board - designed by young people, for young people!

The National Trust had a very successful day with events at Ambleside Roman Fort this Sunday and great to see such an interested turnout to take the guided tours. I hope there will be more and possibly see a bath house dig? @NationalTrust.org.uk @Nattrustarch.bsky.social #LakeDistrict

Long before the Iron Age hillfort of Crickley Hill #Gloucestershire there was an impressive Neolithic enclosure Here's an epic recreation looking West © Johnny Wall for the Crickley Hill online archive crickley.org For more of Johnny's art see johnnywall.co.uk #HillfortsWednesday

It's #HillfortsWednesday (huzzah!) Here's the ramparty goodness of Crickley Hill promontory fort #Gloucestershire @nattrustarch.bsky.social Looking NW over the Iron Age ramparts to the Neolithic enclosure beyond A gorgeous kite photo © Hamish Fenton 2011

I've had some help undertaking a condition survey of Dolbury Iron Age hillfort on the Killerton Estate today! @nattrustarch.bsky.social

The first in our posts on our 'out in the field' theme this month is from Angus, our East of England archaeologist. He says: “I had an interesting time earlier in the week when I was over at Wimpole talking to the Unit about the September dig" 🧵

And that’s a wrap! 😍 Wow, what a fantastic #FestivalofArchaeology we have had! We've had over 60 @nationaltrust.org.uk properties delivering 120 events over the last two week, ranging from guided walks and archaeology talks, to family archaeology days and live excavations.

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

Our theme for August and September is 'Out in the field' - we'll be hearing from our archaeologists who are out undertaking surveys and excavations, our HART teams undertaking condition surveys of the heritage features that we care for, and looking back at some fieldwork undertaken in recent years.

First in Yorkshire! What better way to mark #YorkshireDay than to check in with the National Trust’s smallest property, measuring no more than 80 by 60cm! 🧵

Its the last week of excavations by @wtm.uk @nattrustarch.bsky.social and Worthing Arch Soc on Highdown Hill above Worthing They've found lots of exciting prehistoric, Roman and sub Roman material Great to see the later life of this early hillfort being explored 📷 yesterday #HillfortsWednesday

Want to take part in the #FestivalofArchaeology from home? Take a listen to Roman Chariot Racing, The Prasina Stone – the latest episode of the National Trust 'Back When' Podcast. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/discover/vir...

🎉 Welcome to #FestivalOfArchaeology Youth Day! 🎉 Today is all about young voices, bold ideas, and the future of archaeology. Here’s what's coming: 🖼️ My Heritage Photography Exhibition! 🎓 Student & Early Careers Conference at 3 PM 🆕 Big News from the Youth Advisory Board 💬 And even more surprises 👀

🙏 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! 💙

Thanks to all the lovely visitors who dropped into our mini exhibition about our excavations at Columbjohn, Killerton over the weekend! We had a great time sharing our finds and discoveries with over 320 of you @nattrustarch.bsky.social #FestivalOfArchaeology

#FestivalOfArchaeology Day 11. I know I have missed @askanarchaeologist.bsky.social Day but this question is important: youtube.com/shorts/xFEXH... @nattrustarch.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @catlodge.bsky.social

An early start to #HillfortsWednesday visiting the new round of excavations at Highdown Hill West #Sussex by @wtm.uk #WorthingArchaeologicalSociety and @nattrustarch.bsky.social What a brilliant research project (and what an excellent site!)

It’s #BuckinghamshireDay, so we’re sharing a walk around West Wycombe, which takes in a variety of historic buildings and surrounding picturesque landscape 🧵 There are 55 acres of grassland, scrub and woodland on West Wycombe Hill, with views over the surrounding countryside bit.ly/3IMU5gU

It’s Norfolk Day, and to celebrate, East of England archaeologist Angus is asking "Did Nelson’s naval ancestors sail from Brancaster?" Just off the coastal path at Brancaster on the north Norfolk Coast is a bumpy field, home to local dog walkers and the odd skylark. 🧵

What a brilliant weekend - @uoearchhist.bsky.social, with help from Killerton's HART volunteers, shared the findings of the last 2 years of excavations and other fieldwork at Columbjohn with over 320 visitors at Killerton! @nationaltrust.org.uk @archaeologyuk.bsky.social #FestivalofArchaeology

And a huge thank you to all of the staff who got involved today, from the CBA to @nattrustarch.bsky.social, all of the archaeologists, volunteers, hobbyists, and everyone who asked a question. Your curiosity and passion continually inspire us. Thank you!

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!

We're signing off from the amazing fun that #AskAnArchaeologist has been today 🤩 Thanks for all your questions (you can ask us anytime, not just today!) Keep an eye on our channels for ways to get involved, especially with #FestivalofArchaeology from now until 3rd August! @nationaltrust.org.uk

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

Handing over now to James Brown, London and South East Archaeologist - in the field in Sussex for the #HighdownBigDig with Worthing Museum and Worthing Archaeology Society! #AskAnArchaeologist

Archie the Barkaeologist!! 😁🤭

What’s the best animal companion to have on site? #DigDog or #SiteCat?! #AskAnArchaeologist