Today it was my privilege to be present at the burial of Lt James Grant Allan, LCpl Gordon McPherson and 6 unidentified soldiers killed in 1915 at Loos. Superb work by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the MOD War Detectives #archaeology #veterans #firstworldwar www.gov.uk/government/n...

Our first bit of gun from the p47 excavation with @cotswoldarch.bsky.social - the top of a .50 cal machine gun. We have found lots of rounds which are safely dealt with by on-site ordnance experts Mark and Rich. Emma alone has found 11!! #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans

Superb display boards on our crash p47 crash site excavation produced by @cotswoldarch.bsky.social explaining the project mission and, most importantly, the young man we are searching for. His name is highlighted on the wall of the missing at Madingley cemetery. #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans

Footprints yesterday paw prints today! Cat prints in the 1916 concrete of the officers mess at Stow Maries aerodrome - in the setting of First World War buildings and incredible old aircraft.

In the footsteps of the Boudiccan revolt at Colchester Castle. There as a supporter of the Iceni!

And of our week 1 on the p47 dig with @cotswoldarch.bsky.social - part of one of the wheels found just before we visited the wonderful American military cemetery at Madingley to think about our pilot 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 #archaeology #veterans #wellbeing

More fascinating finds today on our p47 excavation with @cotswoldarch followed by a team visit to nearby Ridgewell commemoration Museum which keeps alive the memory of the US 🇺🇸 8th Air Force - esp the B17 crews of the 381st Bomb Group. Some incredible finds within. #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans

The glamorous world of sieving every bucket of spoil in the rain on our p47 dig with @cotswoldarch.bsky.social - this way we’ll miss nothing and get the best results. Trays filling up! #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

Dodging the storms today on our op nightingale P47 dig with @cotswoldarch.bsky.social - pieces of airframe such as this white-painted engine cowling emerge piece - Lots of inert .50 cal rounds. All being photographed and catalogued as we go. More coming! #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

Super first day as we uncover the p47 crash crater with @cotswoldarch.bsky.social and sieve through all the soil. Finds already include gun muzzle adjuster, elevator control linkage, valves and part of a wheel along with lots of the aircraft skin.

Getting to sit in a Spitfire before our excavation team (working with @cotswoldarch.bsky.social ) look for a crashed American P47 in Essex.

Re-used stones of Winchester #2. A Latin inscription from a Roman structure in the cathedral wall. ref - romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions... the Roman/Religion theme continues with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social new book in the nearby shop #roman #cathedral #winchester #archaeology 🏺

Just incredible find of a Roman jet pin found on the op nightingale excavations at Buckspool promontory fort, Castlemartin with Heneb. Equisite craft skills

Roman glass reflecting the sky and sea of Pembrokeshire- with brooches, gaming counter, whetstones, coins and more lovely to share our op nightingale dig with @henebtwa.bsky.social with @toriherridge.bsky.social and the digging for Britain crew #archaeology #Wellbeing #veterans #DiggingforBritain

Today is ‘Digging for Britain’ day (oh and a lot of other coins). The other roundhouse walls look cool too! #archaeology #veterans #wellbeing #diggingforbritain @henebtwa.bsky.social @profaliceroberts.bsky.social @toriherridge.bsky.social

Over 30 coins from site today in what now seems far from a domestic dwelling…. Added to this was the find of a pot sherd with maker’s stamp and all in all it was a splendid day! With @henebtwa.bsky.social #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans #roman

Roundhouse walls, coins, charred seeds and shells, great pot sherds and fabulous veterans. A good end to week one of the op nightingale dig with @henebtwa.bsky.social at Castlemartin. #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans 🏺

Lots of Roman pottery, querns, coins, beads, bones & now structure walls emerging on the Op Nightingale excavations at Buckspool, Castlemartin with @heneb_twa . We say farewell to our Ukrainian Warrior Dmytro too - good luck my friend. #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans #roman #Wales #pembrokeshire

Really enjoyed the excellent tour and talk today. Thank you

Today’s excitement in the Op Nightingale dig with @henebtwa.bsky.social in Pembrokeshire- a Roman brooch, part of a jet bracelet, AND the walls of the circular structures starting to make sense. #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans #roman 🏺

A super day on the op nightingale excavation at Castlemartin with @henebtwa.bsky.social for op Nightingale - quite a lot of Roman pottery, two spindle whorls, a possible cache of slingshots and two structures emerging! #archaeology #veterans #wellbeing

Amazing work in progress on #HillfortsWednesday at Buckspool coastal promontory fort in south Pembrokeshire. An excellent project by @richardosgood.bsky.social & DIO with an Op Nightingale team, working with @henebtwa.bsky.social & @rcahmwales.bsky.social 👏 Tours are ongoing until 14th August

Big thanks to Tomos - archaeologist for the Pembrokeshire national park for his excellent talk on the archaeology of the Park to our Op Nightingale veterans at Castlemartin tonight. Fascinating stuff. #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans

@timeteam.bsky.social filmed our work with Cotswold Archaeology to try to find the crew of an American B17 bomber. The results air tonight at 19:00 - a profound experience youtu.be/w7o3fVYTafs photos (c) Harvery Mills

Wonderful day at @salisburymuseum nattering about archaeology with Phil Harding & chosing 5 objects to represent Op Nightingale. They were - a Rat Island skull, archer’s wristguard from Netheravon, spear from Barrow clump, pot from Chisenbury Midden, & Otto May’s dogtag from Aldbourne. #archaeology

A reminder that tomorrow you can hear me nattering with Phil Harding on matters archaeological at Salisbury Museum as part of their archaeology festival. Also selecting 5 objects to talk about Op Nightingale but which will I chose? Come along to find out salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/fes...

As always, incredibly impressed with the endeavours of the men & women from the Army, Navy & Air Force at the recovery centre, Tedworth house who completed the mausoleum excavation, chose finds for a display cabinet, & installed a display board. Great work! #archaelogy #heritage #recovery #wellbeing

More stained glass today from the mausoleum site at Tedworth house printing a look at the surviving windows in the house itself.

Rewarding day on site with the Personnel Recovery Unit learning archaeology skills with keen volunteers in a beautiful location #archaeology #wellbeing #recovery

Prior to giving a talk on Rat island today in Southsea today a chance to visit the Royal Naval memorial by the DDay museum. Such stoic faces (and a view of Rat island itself (behind HMS Warrior) from the pier by Portsmouth station . #royalnavy #royalmarines #heritage #dday

It was lovely to see ‘A Date with the Two Cerne Giants’ on the @oxbowbooks.bsky.social stand at #IMC2025. Chapter 13 is mine! And as always the greatest of thanks to @richardosgood.bsky.social for letting me include his famous Cerne Giant image in my chapter.

#foxoftheday on the way to rat island this morning 🦊

I think I’m just going to keep posting pictures of the Gundestrup cauldron until people start blocking me. Have some. National Museum, Copenhagen.

Enjoy the magic of the Gundestrup cauldron in the National Museum Copenhagen in my inexplicably off-centre 360 walk around.

Salisbury Festival of Archaeology Sat 26 July 12:00 - 13:00 Richard Osgood in Conversation with Phil Harding 15:00 -16:00 Operation Nightingale in 5 objects. Come and see us at the beautiful museum salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/ann...

On 1 July 1916 the Battle of the Somme began. Our Op Nightingale team & Wessex Arch dug a set of practice trenches on Salisbury Plain & found this carved chalk block left behind by a soldier of the Liverpool pals. July 1 1916 went surprisingly well for them. #archaeology #somme #veterans #liverpool

Very cool indeed! Well done Mel and Adam! www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w...

Had a huge (and unexpected!) amount of fun at the Cluecapers escape room in Winchester tonight solving clues. And we escaped! Engagingly hosted by ‘Jeremiah’ - really recommended.

The king looking rather splendid in the glorious sun in #Winchester tonight! #alfredthegreat

Delighted to see that the Op Nightingale Bronze Age roundhouse built at Butser Ancient Farm is holding up really well - all the wall types seem pretty stable. #archaeology #wellbeing #veterans #bronzeage

I’m at Butser Ancient Farm tomorrow as part of their solstice weekend & am really looking forward to seeing how our Bronae Age house is holding up! How are the various wall types working? If you’re in the area come along and say hello to me & a couple of the vets #archaeology #bronzeage

Happy solstice all!

Last month in Liverpool I went looking for the Beatles - today in Winchester I actually met one and he was really rather splendid

Love these ancient crosses at Sancreed church in Cornwall - the oldest believed to be 10th Century in date. Even depicted int he church’s stained glass #cornwall #heritage

In advance of summer work on late Iron Age/Roman roundhouses in Wales - a visit to other similar sites the incredible Romano-British villages of Chysauster and Carn Euny (with Iron Age origins) in Cornwall. If our houses are half as good we’ll be happy! #archaeology #cornwall #roman #ironage

A day amongst prehistoric stones in Cornwall - the remarkable Chun quoit, and Men-al-Tol.

Idyllic tranquility in 2025 - hell on earth on 7 June 1917. These are two mine craters from the Battle of Messines - the ‘Pool of Peace’ and the Ultimo Crater. Our Alan Mather was found by archaeologists, killed on this day over 100 years ago. #firstworldwar #archaelogy #belgium

In 1944 Otto May (F Co), Richard Blake (A Co) & Carl Fenstermaker (Easy Company) 506thPIR, 101st Airborne were all about to play their part in that Day of Days.They took off on this night in readiness for DDay. Our dig team found the dog tags of all 3 men at Aldbourne, Wiltshire. They all survived

Collecting the daughter today and had a walk around. Apparently some sort of music group came from the city. They should make more of that. #Liverpool #thebeatles