54 years and a day apart this week two Early Medieval hoards were discovered in Cheshire. The Castle Esplanade hoard of Viking silver & Anglo-Saxon pennies, AD900-950 found #OTD in 1950 & the lovely Huxley Hoard of Viking arm rings, an ingot & lead fragments found in 2004, AD850-950 📸 me & NML

Finally had my summer holiday! Enjoying the last of the sun before flying back ✈️

Today & tomorrow living history reenactors from Wirhalh Skip Felagr will be bringing the Viking Age back to life at Museum of Liverpool👇 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

We’re proud of our Treasures collection. Some are currently on loan to the Museum of Liverpool's “Treasure: history unearthed” exhibition, bringing together artefacts at the British Museum and museums from Wales and the northwest of England. For more info go to www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson

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A great morning of wet sieving & owl pellet excavation at Mesolithic Lunt Meadows with our future prehistorians & zooarchaeologists from the Mersey & Dee YAC!

Reflecting on the docks after a Merseyside Archaeological Society lecture about their construction this evening!

⚠️1 week warning⚠️ Want to pick up Cúpla Focal or learn more about the history of the Irish Language? Join our Taster/History Session as part of #LIF2025 All welcome - no Irish required! ‪ 🗓️6pm, 22 October 2025 🧭Rendall Building @liverpooluni.bsky.social 🎟️FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1753116200...

My favourite type of monument!

#OTD 192 years ago the Mold cape was discovered. It is fantastic to be caring for the cape at the Museum of Liverpool until March in thanks to the British Museum. Archaeology is about people and connections, hear how the cape connects Alistair to the past👇 www.facebook.com/share/r/1BbS...

DYK: We offer a grant of £1000 every two years for the study of finds reported to findsorguk.bsky.social from #Cheshire, the results to be published in our journal. You can find out mor here: chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk/grants-and-a....

Lovely to watch the Galeón Andalucía sail into Liverpool today just outside the office!

My current favourite part of the day is saying good morning to the objects I’ve read about since I was a student, and those I’ve excavated & written about over the years, in our new exhibition at Museum of Liverpool, Treasure: History Unearthed! www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

The ever incredible Mold Cape is also there. Made from piece of gold alloy c.30mm x 30mm x 30mm, it never ceases to impress. It's been beautifully displayed by folks at #Liverpool Museum, who've got it on loan from British Museum. #Archaeology 🏺 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Treasure: History Unearthed at Museum of Liverpool is now open! www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Besides the lovely things, there's an important story about treasure legislation at the #Liverpool Museum exhibition. You can even do a quiz to rest your knowledge of Treasure law... ... 5/5 💪 Book your tickets here: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse... #Archaeology 🏺

From the Museum of Liverpool: 'Treasure: History Unearthed' will feature largest collection of archaeological treasure ever shown in the region, with finds from the North West & Wales, celebrating archaeology & the work of Portable Antiquities Scheme. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Busy afternoon preparing the Cuerdale Hoard for display with conservation colleagues! www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Lovely to head back to Mold for a day of community engagement! Looking forward to more craft and a another talk tomorrow www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/treasuring-o...

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? 🧵

Very exciting opportunity, Assistant Keeper, in Irish Antiquities Division, National Museum of Ireland www.museum.ie/en-ie/about/...

Today in the #FestivalOfArchaeology it's time for #ADayInArchaeology... ... and here's mine! ❤️ (... and if you want to write your day in archaeology, there's plenty of time!) #Archaeology 🏺 www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/i-m...

Double archaeology & two of my favourites, dolmens & Viking sculpture! Stopped off at lovely Plas Newydd and picked up a bargain at the second hand bookshop 😊 📕 🪨 #Prehistory #Vikings #YnysMôn

Gorgeous visit to @nmireland.bsky.social to see Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Ireland. Lovely illustrations & mix of objects & digital. Loved seeing the reverse of the Killamery brooch too!

Great timing as I look forward to visiting this @nmireland.bsky.social exhibition on Sunday & lovely #MonumentMonday feature this week too!

Lots of fantastic events coming up at the Museum of Liverpool as part of our archaeology exhibition Treasure: History Unearthed from curator tours & talks to Bronze Age & Viking takeover days! www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

This summer, the #FestivalOfArchaeology celebrates how archaeology connects us, not just to the past, but to ourselves, nature, and our communities. 🏺🍀 Find wellbeing events happening near you in our latest blog 👉 shorturl.at/SrA78

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

🖥️ Heneb was formed from the four Welsh Archaeological Trusts. Together we have produced Archwilio, an online searchable database containing hundreds of thousands of historic environment records. Why not search entries from your local area and see what you can discover! 👉 buff.ly/3B0okKl

Lovely to see what has been keeping me busy out ‘in the wild’! Treasure: History Unearthed, book your tickets 🎟️ & tours👇 www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

The BLADESONG PLAYTEST is live! ⚔️ Request access on Steam and join now! 🗓️ Play for free from June 26 – July 10 What will you create in Bladesong?

It will cost you $0 to repost that SCRIPTORIUM PLAYTEST IS NOW LIVE 🎉 We’ve poured our hearts into this build, and we can’t wait to see your most magnificent medieval designs ❤️ Play for free on Steam until July 10!

Archaeologists, students & volunteers, we want to hear from you! 📣 What does a typical (or not so typical) day in your work look like? Whether you’re out on site, in the lab, running events, or knee-deep in paperwork, share your story for #ADayInArchaeology 👉 shorturl.at/WlTPv

Looking forward to talking to Wigan Archarological Society this evening about archaeology in Merseyside as we take a look at some of the excavations which feature in The Archaeology of Merseyside in 20 Digs which I co-authored with @lizjstewart.bsky.social 📕

We're delighted to say that the new excavations.ie website, the national database of archaeological excavation reports in Ireland, is now live. Have a browse! With thanks to the National Monuments Service, the Dept of Housing, Local Govt & Heritage and The Wordwell Group.

Viking Swords • c.9th Century • Dublin The modern suburbs of Kilmainham and Islandbridge were once the burial grounds of Viking Dublin. It is thought that at least fifty people were buried at Kilmainham and Islandbridge. Making it one of the largest known Viking cemeteries outside Scandinavia.

Cornish tin reached the Mediterranean in the Bronze Age says dr Roberts from Durham. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

A very sad and devastating statement from the internationally known silversmith, Séamus Gill, whose studio was broken into at Easter. His entire collection & work in progress were stolen. Séamus worked with Brian Clarke and Michael Good on applying anti-clastic raising to Iron Age ribbon torcs.

Lovely visit to Lunt Meadows this afternoon for the opening of their new Learning Centre. Great to see how the project has developed since it was first excavated in 2012 #Lunt #Mesolithic

Catching up on my podcasts, interesting to learn that some round towers may have been rendered, would love to go inside one! #AmplifyArchaeology podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

Here's The Conversation piece about our new research: Ireland’s neolithic passage tombs were not just the burial place of the elite – new research theconversation.com/irelands-neo...

Lovely visit to @nmireland.bsky.social Collins Barracks especially enjoyed the Airgead gallery & the spoon garden! 🥄 🪴

Lovely stop off at the Plas Newydd dolmen! #Anglesey

It's been so great to finally talk about the Melsonby Hoard. The important message missing from some of the press is the #YorkshireMuseum needs support to secure and conserve it! 1/ www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-m...

Some fantastic designs carved in soap by our Mersey & Dee YAC who enjoyed learning about Viking sculpture & getting hands on with the Bidston stone replica, kindly funded by the Society for Museum Archaeology, & now on display in the Museum of Liverpool

Can you imagine how many fine gold wires had to be fused together to make these amazing bi-conical objects we call lock-rings. This is strip twisted wire - no draw plates required or even known in Ireland during the Late Bronze Age. Beannachtaí na Féile roimh cách ☘️