The other thing I've been thinking about that hoard - there was no opportunity, none at all, for the heritage community, the public to intervene to stop this. 1/4 #Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is what happens when 'treasure' can't be bought by a museum - the hoard has been broken up. The Proffesor of History said he felt " a connection ", that's right such a connection you would think would result in it being donated to the museum..... oh hold on ! share.google/hUC51GlMRtsN...

This is what happens when 'treasure' can't be bought by a museum - the hoard has been broken up into individual auction lots & will disappear into many different hands, some overseas. When do we start saying enough is enough?? www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal... #Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺

Another example of OUR heritage potentially slipping away from US "if it can't be bought by Leicestershire Museum Service it'll be given back to the finder & landowner, likely to be sold, possibly exported Legally they could even melt it down 1/2 leicestershirecollections.org.uk/behind-the-s...

Keep a watchful eye out for our Post Boxes, both here in Sussex & nationally More than 110 post boxes were stolen across the country last year, police said, and a Royal Mail spokesperson said they were working with the charity Crimestoppers to help. #HeritageCrime share.google/bOguEHjsa5mP...

Another example of OUR heritage potentially slipping away from US "if it can't be bought by Leicestershire Museum Service it'll be given back to the finder & landowner, likely to be sold, possibly exported Legally they could even melt it down 1/2 leicestershirecollections.org.uk/behind-the-s...

Another one. This is a really important find - unique in fact. It has slight similarities to a torc from Moulsford (in Reading Museum) but apart from that it's a totally new type. 🧵 PLEASE SHARE, thank you #Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting leicestershirecollections.org.uk/behind-the-s...

🚨We're reopening!!! 🚨 Next week we'll be OPEN from 10am to 4pm with special activities for youngsters. 🤩🤩 Bring your kids along and we promise to get them so wound up and excited that your drive home will be a living nightmare. sussexpast.co.uk/event/februa...

One thing I really hate about how #detecting finds end up in museums is language - finds are 'saved', 'rescued' & - my pet peeve - 'acquired'. When what is actually meant is that these finds are bought, by us, from lucky lobbyists, who make an active choice not to donate for free... #Archaeology 🏺

Font astic ..... we're at All Saints Church, Herstmonceux, Sussex This is possibly a C14th font, with square bowl, shallow trefoiled panels and tracery. Fonts on Friday

🚨 We have heard that the County Archaeologist for Hampshire is being made redundant, with no plans to replace him. 🚨 If you live in Hampshire please write to your MP and Councillors. If you live elsewhere treasure and support your County Archaeologists, and stand by to protect them. 🏺

#FontsOnFriday & what must be one of the most remarkable Romanesque fonts in England - this gorgeous Hereford School example from Castle Frome For more #ChurchCrawling in the Welsh Marches & Shropshire, watch the episode here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...

Yet another example of everyone having to chip in to buy back our shared heritage.  "this once in a generation discovery" This time £74.000 was sought to pay metal detectorist and landowner for a museum to have the chance to acquire this Iron Age Hoard. 1/3 share.google/Lr0bmVeQW5qs...

Church crime prevention and #HeritageCrime being discussed here folks 👍

Couldn't be gifted in the national interest! How many more times must we all pay for our heritage! The system needs to change, if its nationally significant it should be "Mandatory" that its state owned and whisked off to a museum for us all. Must our heritage be held to financial ransom!

Have we discovered a Victorian Urine deflector ? 😱🤢 It was common practice in the C19th for these to be built on corners, alleyways, walls and close to pubs. Thats right, for those wishing to relieve themselves in public this was a preventative measure. Im glad things have got better .....

This is a moment from our very informative video about local dinosaurs, that is part of our current corridor exhibition. #Bexhill

Welcome to St James the Great, Ewhurst Green, C12th. The font is of Petworth Marble and dates from either the 12th or 13th century. There's a rather cheeky grinning head corbel to find, some rather interesting historic graffiti and many more fascinating architectural features.

"Listening to the band in the Colonnade, Bexhill-on-Sea." Postcard c.1938. #Colonnade #Bandstand #Bexhill #Sussex #Seaside #Holiday #History #1930s

From the Bexhill Observer Christmas Number 1903...

Tick tock ... look at this fantastic clock ! You're looking at the Edward VII Coronation Memorial at West Parade, Bexhill-on-Sea, built in 1904. We were lucky enough to get a look inside, what a stunning clock mechanism, to me this is art, just incredible.

The font from Wells Cathedral in Somerset which may be Anglo-Saxon in date. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #WellsCathedral

We've been to St John's Church, Piddinghoe, C12th, one of three of Sussex"s beautiful round tower Churches. We spied these fantastic sketches with dates whilst nosing around, a great piece of social history from WWII.

Lost knife belonging to WW1 soldier to be displayed at archaeology open day at the Bexhill Drill Hall, 21st February Simon Stevens, who led the excavations for ASE said: "Our excavations can only tell us so much about the men training at Cooden Camp For more info: share.google/3UI8BR2okExr...

I screamed at this for so many different reasons... #Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

I spy hedge faces ..... check out the profiles at @nationaltrust.org.uk Montacute.

We're at St Mary's Church, East Guldeford, C1505, right on the border of Sussex & Kent. This fabulous font is a C12th Sussex marble one, fancy!, so it predates the Church by 350 ish years. Where did it come from....... well, it may have come from the inundated Church at Broomhill, Camber.

This is *such* an important find & will form significant collection w/ Leekfrith Iron Age torcs & Staffs AS hoard gold as examples of gold through time. But we really REALLY shouldn't be held ransom by finders & landowners for such pieces... #Archaeology 🏺 #Torcs www.stoke.gov.uk/news/article...

Good news A 41-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods after more than 600 artefacts were taken from Bristol Museum's archive. Police said the stolen artefacts had "significant cultural value". #HeritageCrime www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Never fails to make me chuckle

Two men have been detained by police after illegally metal detecting on a scheduled ancient monument at Stamford Bridge, East Yorkshire. #HeritageCrime www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2579441...

After all the recent storms we thought a reminder on the Discovery of Weapons might be useful. If you would like to know more please take a read here 👇 (All guides written collaboratively with experts and professionals ) davidbexhill.wixsite.com/sussexheritage…

"Extract From The Morning Post & Daily Advertiser 28.1.1780. The following is an instance that the ridiculous idea of #witchcraft is not totally forgotten in this country. Two women who lived in the neighbourhood of Beck's Hill, #Sussex... supposed by the wise-heads there to be #witches..." #Bexhill

Here's All Saints and St Nicolas Church in Icklesham, grade 1 listed, dating back to the Normans & most likely Saxons, it was mentioned in King Offa's Charter of 772 This stunning Church has some amazing architecture, check out the stunning capitals www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/ickle...

Please keep your eyes peeled folks Thieves empty Dutch silver museum in early morning heist  “It is about the stories behind every mustard pot, it is history and it is cultural heritage. We are enormously disappointed and angry.” ##HeritageCrime share.google/LT1PS5agPwd5...

#HeritageCrime at Buncton Chapel of All Saints - a Grade 1 listed building set in West Sussex All the windows have been badly damaged and the light over the door has also been damaged. Credit to Sussex Crime Watch

This is ridiculous & misleading - there's often more finds located from *one* archaeological dig than entire number of annual PAS finds... ...it's just they aren't metal or bling (but are as important), but ignored by media. #Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

This makes for most important and deeply concerning reading, the figures here speak for themselves folks. This highlights the need for review and change of the hobby of metal detecting. Please share folks, this needs to be highlighted!

Ohhhhhh The Weald & Downland Living Museum, Chichester, is set to transport visitors back to the winter of 1462 with a special Living History Residency, running from 31 January to 8 February 2026, in partnership with the Black Knight Historical Living History Team. share.google/uUTYYCGDGXBz...

Here's St Laurence Church, Guestling, C11th or earlier, its believed to have Saxon origins. One thing that grabbed me was the footpaths on the east and West sides, they certainly look very well trodden and purposeful!. Sadly the Church was locked but the outside was still something to marvel at.

This rather splendid Yew Tree is in the churchyard of St Georges in Crowhurst, Sussex. It's likely this one was planted shortly after 1412 when Sir John Pelham built the present Church. Elsewhere in 1415 the English army under Henry V beat a larger French army at the Battle of Agincourt.

Campaigners 'continuing to press' for heritage lamp posts to remain in Eastbourne town centre "These historic lamp posts provide a sense of place and pride in our precinct and compliment the heritage buildings on either side. www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/people/...

Brickyard Farm, Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex c.1909. #Sidley #Bexhill #Sussex #Farm #Cats #History #1900s #Caturday

Mountfield Church Font What a fabulous font, this was carved out of a single block of stone, on the rim are staple marks used took up the font, an order given by Archbishop Boniface in 1236. The shells are a C16th century late medieval practice for updating your Norman font ! Who knew ....

Oh, thats a relief, only £3.5 million for our history! The system needs to be overhauled, where do the £'s come from! "Support will ensure that this unique and beautiful treasure is secured for the nation, so that it can be enjoyed by and inspire generations to come." share.google/VQyjkBvihcB3...

Canterbury pensioner threatens to chain himself to historic lamppost if Kent County Council tries to tear it down “These are precious, historic and much-loved features of Canterbury and should be preserved at all costs.” share.google/Sk2RORZZxldF...

Devastating news folks, please share A medieval re-enactment group has called for help after thieves stole its display equipment in an overnight burglary. "We can't do the displays. We can't do any cooking, we can't house ourselves at this point in time #HeritageCrime www.bbc.com/news/article...

Exciting! We want people to sit, pause, relax’: National Trust to open its libraries for public use “The key principle is we want people to be able to feel at home, feel relaxed and welcome,” said Tarnya Cooper, the National Trust’s cultural heritage director www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

"Winter Sport At Bexhill. These children were quick to take advantage of the first snow of winter." Bexhill Observer 13.1.1945. #Bexhill #Sussex #Winter #Weather #Snow #History #1940s #WW2

A door within a door within a door ..... welcome to Mountfield Church, built between 1080 and 1090. Further snaps and information to follow folks, a beautiful church snuck away just north of Battle.