Our second test pit weekend in Hexham. More great enthusiasm from our test pit hosts and volunteers of all ages.

And here we are in the press! A wonderful (if wet) time was had digging the first taster-session test pits of the Community of Hexham Archaeology Project (CHAP) #archaeology #community #Northumberland www.culturednortheast.co.uk/p/community-...

Certainly encouraging public engagement in historical research, yet this @theguardian.com opinion piece, again, perpetuates an outdated notion: 🏺 #Archaeology is *not* about objects. Just digging up old stuff is of little help in understanding "the past" if contextual information is abandoned.

A great first day of test pits in #Northumberland. First outing for our new cancic.com tshirts and some proper #archaeology pointing. And proper archaeology astonishment.

Looking forward to our second weekend of test pitting in Longframlington. Lovely support from the #community for this project. #Northumberland

Do you know a curious young person with a love of archaeology? Our free #FestivalOfArchaeology Youth Archaeology Day event, on Saturday 26 July at Chester House Estate, is packed with opportunities to get hands-on with history. Book here👉 shorturl.at/gZXW1

We had a brilliant wrap-up to the first week of the fieldschool. Finished the day with some training in geophysics, a tent talk about good archaeological photography, and a final team photo. A great bunch participants, all! Cohort 2 arrives Sunday morning, and the trench is ready for them!

Officially excited by our new tshirt design. #communityarchaeology

Very pleased to announce that we are now organisational members of the Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Hello to all our new followers. Could we have been caught up in the #Vikings starter pack confusion? We are very much into Scandinavian rather than sporting Vikings. But welcome anyway!

Currently on holiday in Scotland and of course I found myself at a hillfort! Here's Craig Phadrig, west of Inverness. 1st photo - worn path is the top of the ramparts, 2nd photo - the outer slope of the ramparts. Parts of it were vitrified! #HillfortsWednesday

Whinny Hill, Northumberland. A possible BA Four Poster almost totally buried in heather. Four stones present in total. Ranging poles mark purported ‘sockets’ of ‘missing’ stones, seems unlikely unless they were very recently removed. A site in much need of scheduling and care. #standingstoneSunday

Next steps in project development - a presentation to the town council about the Community of Hexham Archaeology Project. www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/2522910...

Brilliant enthusiasm today for our planned community #archaeology project in #Hexham Next step our open meeting at the Abbey, 2June 7.30pm. All welcome!

A great morning at Hexham Farmers Market signing up volunteers for our new #communityarchaeology project. Thanks to @andyagate.bsky.social for joining us!

Channeling Avebury #StandingStoneSunday

Enigmatic in all weathers. The Devil's Arrows at Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire. #photography #StandingStoneSunday

A 7th century grave-marker reading: CATGVG C [FI]ILIVS GIDEO Cathug, son of Gideon Reused in the fabric of an 8th century church, itself destroyed in 1841 Now built into the church of Lady St Mary, Wareham #Dorset 📷 May 2025 A once standing stone for #StandingStoneSunday

Our #barkaeologist out and about. Soon to be found in the field undertaking supervisory responsibilities.

At the end of this #DodecaBakeOff Easter Monday, I wanted to share this montage of all the fabulous makes, bakes & creations! Well done everyone and thank you for giving me a smile today! You've all been wonderful! Keep fighting the good fight - We shall make what we want to make!💪 #Archaeology ⚱️

We’re back! Our traditional ‘We Three’ photo at the end of fieldwork. Best. Team. Ever. Jane Harrison @kmurphster.bsky.social @sarahmiles.bsky.social

It’s great to be back in the field again! Starting a new project with a test pit weekend. Our volunteer team working alongside new @ox.ac.uk Continuing Ed students

And so say all of us.

Not a bad spot for a test pit & lunch break! #Archaeology @cancic.bsky.social

This is why allowing open access to archaeological finds and data is so important. People learn from creating, studying and handling replicas.

Announcing our plans for a new #community #archaeology project in #Hexham

Calling young people aged 8-16yrs interested in archaeology & the heritage of the North Pennines. The new North Pennines Young Archaeologists' Club starts on Sat 12 April in Alston, Cumbria. Find out more & sign-up: buff.ly/wo1a9Og Funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund & Historic England.

Have you seen our new community archaeology website? cancic.com

Hello all! Previously the Appleton Area Archaeology Project (AAARP), we’ve just become a CIC. We run long term landscape archaeology projects embedded in local communities in Northumberland, Oxfordshire and beyond.

Here’s a splendid offer - celebrate #NUFC cup victory by getting your hands on some beautiful pottery.

#FindsFriday The Scar whale bone plaque. Discovered in a rare #Viking boat burial on the island of Sanday #Orkney. Discovered in 1985, it dates to between 875-950AD, and is on display at the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall. It is a thing of beauty. Image credit: Orkney museums as my pics are pants!

Love these. You can’t beat hand drawn plans and illustrations.

Tantalising connection between Iron Age Wales and Yorkshire, made by the great @drtobydriver.bsky.social! For an landscape archaeologist, I think this counts as #findsfriday 😅 #archaeology

#FindsFriday! In the rich graves of southwest Germany's early #medieval period, crystal objects such as spheres are frequently discovered. Crystals were believed to possess healing and protective properties, and were also used for magical purposes. 🧵 1/2 📷 by me 🏺 #archaeology

The submerged forest at Borth, Ceredigion, Wales. A woodland which flourished between the late Neolithic & Early Bronze Age 3000-2500 BC, before being inundated by sea level rise The remains are exposed following storm scours & low tides & encouraged local legends 📷 My own, Oct 2020 #FindsFriday

Beautiful.

New paper out today. It's always worth reading the original research, rather than the media spin... #Archaeology #Prehistory www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The northern end of Hambledon hillfort #Dorset @nattrustarch.bsky.social is studded with the hollows of Iron Age house platforms Air photo © Jo and Sue Crane 2016 compared with the results of a 2014 magnetometry survey by Dave Stewart for @bournemouthuni.bsky.social #HillfortsWednesday #Geofiz

Hi folks. I wanted to share my thoughts on the recently published Snettisham Hoards volumes (link to an online copy of the books is in the blog). Thank you for reading 😊 #Archaeology #Torcs #Snettisham #BritishMuseum #Gold #IronAge #Prehistory bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/12/11/t...

The document on scheduling (legal protection) of monuments & sites for Historic Environment Scotland is really valuable. It also contains this stunning image of Habchester Fort showing the impact of different landuse histories and how fragile our prehistory is. #HillfortsWednesday #AncientSky 🏺

#StandingStoneSunday Looking from Chun Castle, West Penrith towards Chun Quoit. A breathtaking landscape and skyscape. (Probably qualifies for #TombTuesday and #HillfortsWednesday too …)

Want to know what Jane Harrison, @sarahmiles.bsky.social & I have been up to in Northumberland? Listen to this podcast all about our early medieval site. Highlights include sunken feature buildings, lots of cool small finds, insitu loom weights off a burnt loom & a loom weight production site!

I'm super excited to let you know that the WallCAP WallGIS is now available on @ads-update.bsky.social! Every feature of Hadrian’s Wall has a record in the WallGIS with detailed info & spatial data, which can all be searched/viewed online! shorturl.at/FSr2z #Archaeology 🏺

What an amazing response to this podcast about our fabulous site! That we found any early Anglo-Saxon evidence at all in a pure sand site die to careful excavating and precise recording by our volunteers.

Hello all! Previously the Appleton Area Archaeology Project (AAARP), we’ve just become a CIC. We run long term landscape archaeology projects embedded in local communities in Northumberland, Oxfordshire and beyond.