Hyde900 volunteers helping Dr Kevin Hayward and PCA to record medieval stone in abundance! We’re hoping to be able to add some more Abbey stones to our map: hyde900.org.uk/hyde-abbey/reuniting-the-stones #hyde900 @winchester.gov.uk @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social #hydeabbey #winchesteruk

More medieval stone processing for Hyde900 volunteers with Dr Kevin Hayward and PCA - and aided by a kind neighbour with a screwdriver just at the right time - thank you! #hyde900 @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social #hydeabbey #winchesteruk

For #FindsFriday a silver coin from a Late Iron Age site in Suffolk. It’s a rare Icenian issue from c.40–35 BC, only the 5th of its kind. The reverse shows a horse; the obverse a bust with a two-headed snake, an unknown design which adds a new thread to the story of Iron Age coinage! #Archaeology

A few tens of millions of years ago this nugget of Baltic amber bobbed across the sea to arrive on British shores. Over a thousand years ago someone picked it up and began to turn it into a bead for a necklace, before losing it on our site at Skipsea. #FindsFriday #Skipsea2025 🏺

Two baked clay spindlewhorls and a fossil sea urchin (echinoid) found together at the base of an Iron Age storage pit during #Durotriges24 📷 July 2024 What will we find at #Durotriges25? Stay tuned.. #FindsFriday #FossilFriday #FridayFinds #Archaeology #Dorset

#FindsFriday One of most evocative #Roman London finds ever: leopard as ivory knife handle. Tiny little thing <6cm long was buried 3-4 C in Southwark w 14 year old girl who originated from southern med. Inspired @carolawrence.bsky.social time travelling kids' book. 🏺 📷 @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social

This C17th onion bottle from the old Great Kitchen at Westminster School might be the one listed among the belongings of Mr Busby, a schoolmaster who died in 1653. A find that can be linked to a specific person adds an extra layer to the story, making the past feel that much closer! #FindsFriday

For #FindsFriday, this Roman pipeclay figurine of one of the Matres (mother goddesses) feels fitting to share, as this week marked World Maternal Mental Health Day. This would have been kept in a household shrine fertility and protection for fertility and protection #RomanBritain #Archaeology

For #FindsFriday we're heading way back to the Lower Palaeolithic! This flake was found during a geoarchaeological evaluation in Swanscombe, known for its early prehistoric finds. It came from Boyn Hill/Orsett Heath Gravels, so it's probably 430,000–350,000 years old! #Palaeolithic #Prehistory

What a fantastic site. Chariots, flints and Neolithic buildings. Archaeologists only a "bit bemused" also www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our Spring 2025 issue is out! In Volume 17, Number 8: Features: Findspot: The aurochs skeleton from Ewell, Surrey @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social Author, Author... London Archaeological Prize winner 2024 - Jonathan Gardner speaks to @bwallower.bsky.social #London #archaeology 🏺

Drone footage of PCA’s ongoing excavation at Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. Phase 1 is under construction, Phase 2 is revealing a Romano-British ladder enclosure. Phase 3, just beyond the fence, might uncover the settlement itself! youtu.be/LEdDdtN5EHI #archaeology #RomanBritain

This Giant Spider Conch was found recently in a Victorian context in Shadwell, near the East End docks. It may be a sailor’s souvenir or part of a collection from Jamrach’s legendary emporium of shells and strange beasts which was just down the road. #archaeology #FindsFriday (a bit early!)

This once-elegant copper-alloy mount, incised, moulded and pierced with tiny holes, came from a Romano-British pit in the Cotswolds. It was probably attached to a circular object, perhaps made of wood or leather. What could it have been? #FindsFriday #archaeology #RomanBritain

🚨REMINDER 🚨 The 'Future of Prehistory' dayschool will be on the afternoon of Saturday 5th April The day will run from 1-5.30pm, is online only and tickets are £10 for members and £20 for non members (plus Eventbrite fee). Booking and further details: www.prehistoricsociety.org/events/2025-...

The unique Trichtingen torc consists of an iron core with a silver mantel. It’s too large and too heavy for human use (6.7kg), it was rather worn by a wooden cult image. Dating 2nd/1st c. BC. On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

#FindsFriday A 3,400 year-old woollen cap from the Bronze Age! So incredibly well-preserved it wouldn’t look too out of place if worn today! Found in a man’s oak-log coffin grave at Trindhøj, Denmark, in 1861. National Museum of Denmark 📷 by me #Archaeology

For #FindsFriday, a Mesolithic tranchet axe from a site near Chichester. The site revealed evidence from the Neolithic to the Roman period, a landscape shaped and reshaped over time, with this axe as a small trace of its earliest inhabitants! #Archaeology #Mesolithic #FlintFriday #Prehistory

Something a bit different for #FindsFriday! ‘Peckham Rock’ hoax cave art with authentic-looking label, installed without permission in the British Museum in 2005, by the street artist known as #Banksy ‘Found’ 3 days later in the Roman Britain gallery! 😳 Marker pen on lump of concrete! 😁 📷 me

For #FindsFriday a silver fibula brooch from a Roman pit in Gloucestershire. The pit also yielded a copper alloy pin and wire. Verdigris from the copper clung to the brooch, making us think it was copper alloy too. But to our delight, a gentle clean with a dry brush revealed the silver beneath!

PCA has uncovered a remarkable Neolithic cremation burial, adding a crucial piece to the puzzle of Neolithic Cambridgeshire. This discovery offers new insights into early funerary practices. Read more here: www.pre-construct.com/news/neolith... #archaeology #neolithic #prehistory

For #FindsFriday on #NationalPerfumeDay, a Roman perfume bottle! The base is stamped S • V (or A). These marked phials came from imperial estates in Spain, France & Italy. Did it once hold an exotic or floral blend? We’ll never know, but smelling good never goes out of style! #Archaeology

For #FindsFriday, a 'Bartmann' jug from a Stratford site, with a bearded face inspired by the Green Man of folklore. Tomorrow (15th), Harry Platts shares PCA's excavation results at LAMAS. Visit our stall to see some of the fantastic finds! bit.ly/4issWwt

PCA Warwick have a new site in the Cotswolds which is looking promising! The team have found bone pins, a glass bead, and Romano-British pottery. The site lies on the edge of a settlement occupied from the Bronze Age to the Anglo-Saxon period, which may be the current town’s origins. #Archaeology

For #FindsFriday, an antler pick, typically used in the Neolithic period. This one from Suffolk, found with late Iron Age pottery, may have been repurposed for agriculture. Similar tools appear at hillforts like Danebury and Maiden Castle, showing continued use in the Iron Age. #archaeology

We’re Hiring: Assistant Project Manager / Project Manager – Winchester Send your CV and cover letter to Caroline Edwards ([email protected]) by 4 April 2025. More info: www.pre-construct.com/jobs/winches...

It’s World Book Day! For today only, get 20% off all our publications. Shop here: www.pre-construct.com/publications/ Use coupon code BOOKS at checkout for 20% off all books. #WorldBookDay #Archaeology #BookSale

WE'RE HIRING IN DURHAM! Fancy a career in archaeology? PCA is looking for Trainees and Archaeologists to join our Durham team! www.pre-construct.com/jobs/durham-...

We’re Hiring! PCA is recruiting Trainees, Archaeologists, Assistant Supervisors, Supervisors, and Project Officers to join our growing Cambridge team. More here: www.pre-construct.com/jobs/cambrid... [Image: PCA archaeologists spelling out ‘PCA’ on site – because teamwork is everything!]

From our wonderful @uclarchaeology.bsky.social teaching collections, a large Ficron handaxe from Dartford, Kent. Not so far away from Cuxton, Twydall & @lettyingrey.bsky.social's site of Maritime Academy. North Kent is the home ground of the Giant Handaxe people #PaPa #FindsFriday #FlintFriday 🏺🦣

Iron Age surrealism for #Findsfriday An intriguingly bizarre coin (a silver quarter stater) of the Durotriges featuring: 3 people on a boat (or a giant caterpillar) A lightning flash, a fish, a carrot and 2 whelks Erm... 🤔 © Trustees of the British Museum No: 1910,1005.17

For #FindsFriday, a medieval gunstone from the Tower of London! This rough projectile was for a cannon, its final size adjusted once the gun was known. Gunstones were vital in medieval warfare & finding one in such an iconic fortress offers a compelling glimpse into its defensive past. #archaeology

Joe Brooks gave a talk with MOLA called 'Secular and Religious History Through Time' on 50 & 120 Fenchurch Street at a seminar on collaborative work between archaeologists and architects. www.youtube.com/watch?v=prFR... Learn more about the site PCA site here: www.pre-construct.com/portfolio/fe...

A dragon egg in an Iron Age pit?! This striking septarian nodule, found in Cambridgeshire, formed millions of years ago in ancient seas. Minerals filled its cracks giving it an otherworldly look. Was it a ritual offering or just a curiosity? #FindsFriday #Archaeology #IronAge #Geology

This Roman harness mount from a site in Essex is a fitting #FindsFriday for Valentine’s Day! The heart shape might just be a design choice, but it’s a reminder that symbols we associate with love have been around for centuries. #Archaeology #RomanBritain #Valentinesday

Illustrating flint tools isn’t just about recording their shape—it helps capture the subtleties of flake scars, texture & wear that can reveal how they were made and used. This drawing shows last week’s #FindsFriday Palaeolithic handaxe. #Archaeology #Prehistory #FindsIllustration #FlintFriday

For #FindsFriday, a Lower/Middle Palaeolithic handaxe from Suffolk. The flaking is rough, but the surface is smooth as butter! Its rolled, recorticated condition hints at deep prehistory, far older than the area's usual Neolithic axe roughouts. #archaeology #palaeolithic #lithics #flintfriday

Behind the scenes at the Tower of London! Inside Byward Tower, medieval wall paintings show Archangel St Michael with scales tipped by demons, while Mary & John the Baptist stand to the left of a Crucifixion scene, later replaced by a Tudor fireplace. Thanks to HRP for making this visit possible!

This Chinese fire-breathing lion from Bermondsey Square is a very rare find! It reflects the British fascination with Chinese imports during the 18th century, when objects like this became very fashionable. Happy Chinese New Year! #Archaeology #LunarNewYear

For #FindsFriday we have two fantastic coins of Cunobelin, dating to AD 8-41! The gold coin is a Cunobelinus Wild type quarter stater with an ear of corn on one side and a horse on the other. #IronAge #Archaeology 🧵

For #FindsFriday, a head plate from an Early Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch, dating to the 6th century. It has relief decoration in the animal art style, Style I, thought to originate in Scandinavia & human face masks. These are often found in richly furnished female burials. #EarlyMedieval

Research: Re-Aligning Roman Roads in Southwark Rebecca Haslam & Ireneo Grosso @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social The Defences of Saxo-Norman and Medieval Southwark: A Reappraisal Bruce Watson Obituary: Ralph Peter John Jackson Plus book review, letter, commentary, news, and diary

This beautiful, delicate painted clay tobacco pipe bowl, modelled on the iconic Crystal Palace, is a souvenir from The Great Exhibition of 1861. It was found during investigations at St Edmund's Hall, Oxford. A wonderful find by our Warwick team! #FindsFriday #Archaeology #GreatExhibition

Former PCA employee Ellen Green has made the press with her PhD research on a bone assemblage from 2015 excavations at a PCA site in Surrey. Ellen has identified a remarkable Roman artefact: a 2,000-year-old dog’s penis bone (baculum) painted with red ochre. www.pre-construct.com/news/a-paint...

This drone footage captures millennia of evolving land use in Leicestershire! Investigations revealed Iron Age and Romano-British ditches, pits, and post structures, showing long-term agricultural activity. Nearby, a Roman villa and small town enrich the story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JDe...

This #FindsFriday is an odd one—a marble cherub’s leg. It's part of a broken funerary monument from an excavation in Westminster, to empty a medieval cellar of 20th century backfill. Angels and cherubs have long symbolised peace and joy, so it feels fitting to share this as we approach Christmas!

We’re Hiring: Roman Pottery Specialist PCA, one of UK’s largest archaeological companies, is looking for a Roman Pottery Specialist to join our London team! More here: www.pre-construct.com/jobs/london-... #RomanPottery #ArchaeologyJobs #PostExcavation

The Hove Amber Cup for #FindsFriday A beautiful and rare Bronze Age amber cup which glows when it catches the light. Carved from a single piece of Baltic amber about 3,500 years ago. Found in 1856 inside Hove Barrow, a large Bronze Age burial mound in Sussex. 📷 by me #Archaeology

For #FindsFriday a lovely Anglo-Saxon strap-end in the Winchester style with foliage & animal motifs. Excitingly, traces of fabric have survived (see close-up in comments). It was found near Winchester on a site with decapitated burials close to a similar 10th-century group discovered in the 1990s.