The only reason to be on #AncientBluesky it's #HillfortsWednesday 🥳🍻 Lou Barker facing the majestic cliff castle of Gurnard's Head, west Penwith, #Cornwall. The far end is crowded with houses & dominated by a towering outcrop ⛰️😮 In the care of @nattrustarch.bsky.social 📷 Yesterday

We're delighted to be working with MJC-Associates to record the graffiti & inscriptions at Stoneacre. The house is a medieval timber-framed building, with many later alterations to the fabric, including those undertaken by Aymer Vallance, who presented the house to the National Trust in 1928.

👻🎃 It’s All Hallows Eve, or Halloween! 🎃👻 There are many ancient buildings in the care of @nationaltrust.org.uk, so it's no surprise that some come with ghost stories and the chance to discover headless phantoms, tormented souls and even one spirit with a fondness for books!

We've partnered with Essex Place Services to offer a practical, 3-day building recording course in May 2026 at Knole, focusing on the Garden Wall to create a stone-by-stone record. The course includes a tour of Lord Sackville's Private Garden: www.placeservices.co.uk/conservation... #CPD #Training

In the lead up to Halloween, there are plenty of chances to learn more about the darker side of some of the places in the care of the National Trust! 🎃 👻 Image description: The silhouette of Corfe Castle in the dawn mist ©National Trust Images/David Sellman

In his latest podcast, @sirtonyrobinson.bsky.social is digging up the secrets of Sutton Hoo. He's joined by Professor Martin Carver and Laura Howarth, Sutton Hoo's Archaeology & Engagement Manager. Listen now: rebrand.ly/SirTonyRobin... 📸: National Trust Images/James Dobson @nationaltrust.org.uk

*NEWS* We’re delighted to share that from 2026, the National Trust will take on the care & management of Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust museums, collections & properties, supported by Department for Culture, Media & Sport funding. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shrops... #industrialheritage

We're excited to be working with Wealden Archaeology Group at Scotney Castle! During October, the team has been undertaking GPR survey to learn more about the lost buildings depicted on 18th-early 19th century plans, to the west of the Old Castle. heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRec...

📣 Calling all young poets! 📣 The National Trust is partnering with the Young Poets Network to challenge you to write poems about the pasts and futures we share with nature. The challenge is for writers aged 5 to 25, based anywhere in the world.

*NEWS* #AttinghamUnearthed🏺 Recent excavations have uncovered remarkable insights into life on the fringes of #Wroxeter: archaeologists worked alongside volunteers & members of the public revealing an Iron Age roundhouse, a #Roman industrial complex & a shrine. #archaeology @nationaltrust.org.uk

Luke Jerram's Helios, a seven-metre spherical sculpture which is named after the sun god in ancient Greek mythology, will be viewable in the ruins of Fountains Abbey from 10am to 4pm, 11 and 12 October 2025. Please visit the link for more information: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/yorksh...

We've got a little update from the excavations on the lawns of the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire. Angus Wainwright, NT Archaeologist, says: "We teamed up with @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social and Cambridge Archaeology Field Group to carry out this dig in front of hundreds of visitors." 🧵

Explore the story of the 3rd Earl of Sheffield & his enduring love & patronage of #cricket, from childhood games to creating a world class cricket pitch & hosting the Australian Cricket Team in 1896 in a new exhibition at Sheffield Park, until 23 November 🏏 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex...

*NEWS* We are delighted to share that Kayleigh Hibberd has been shortlisted in the Early Career Archaeologist category #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards. The winners will be revealed on 28 November at Queen’s University Belfast. The event will be live streamed on @archaeologyuk.bsky.social's YouTube.

How’s everyone feeling?? #FridayFun

We can't wait to see and share the results!

It’s #LincolnshireDay, so we’re off to Gunby Hall to explore the site of a moated manor at the south of the Estate. Bratoft Moated Manor was the seat of the Markham family from 1409 to 1538. In 1495 the lands of Bratoft and Gunby and the moated site at Bratoft came into the family. 🧵

Find out more about some of London’s oldest pubs - including our very own George Inn - in this new article by @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social, cheers! 🍻

Lovely! Thanks for sharing, Duncan. You can find out more about the dovecote on National Trust's Heritage Records Online: heritagerecords.nationaltrust.org.uk/HBSMR/MonRec...

Big news from #OutintheField at the Walled Garden excavations at Stourhead! ⛏ The team, led by @nationaltrust.org.uk archaeologist Steve, have uncovered a 19th-century cast iron stove, sitting in its original spot - the cellar of the pine house. 🧵

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.