In my non archaeology life I'm a massive folklore fan and love creating needle felt sculpture based on Welsh mythology

Rethinking my Mari Llwyd from last year to give her more strength and support with a stronger wire frame. Still need to get the make time down if going to produce to sell but loving her development. Folk horror meets cottage core vibes 🤣 #FolkloreFriday #MariLlwyd #needlefelt

Bangor University Archives holds a collection of papers of massive significance to Wales especially North Wales. In a typically short sighted move the university is looking to cut services. Please read and sign this petition to make them reconsider www.change.org/p/save-your-...

After a much longer than planned break our new updated website is back online! Massive thank you to Tanya at TW Designs for the amazing job they have done xxx www.crarchaeology.co.uk

Bedd ye Afanc long cairn taken back in 2011. Really fascinating site in very boggy landscape. coflein.gov.uk/en/site/3040... #TombTuesday #archaeology #neolithic

Heads up for an upcoming conference examining the lives and legacies of women in Earth sciences - be fantastic to meet some of you lovely people there #archaeology #palaeontology #earthsciences www.reachequality.org/events?fbcli...

Got to love a sign that doesn't mess about - totally know what you are getting with this one 😂. #archaeology

#StandingStoneSunday #archaeology Merry Maidens stone circle, Cornwall. I loved how this monument has worn pathways letting you trace how people move around the monument. Into the middle, around the stone circuit and two lines through

Tomorrow at 6pm UK/1pm EST, join @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social and myself for a livestream discussion: "Crisis at UK universities. Lessons from Save Sheffield Archaeology" youtube.com/live/-PICWDM...

Fabulous new results from dating of human remains (mainly crania) dredged/excavated from the River Thames. 30 new radiocarbon dates! Reinforces previous findings by Richards Bradley and Schulting of overrepresentation of Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age remains. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#FindsFriday Another post medieval artefact this week - an eighteenth century lead trade token from near Caernarfon, North Wales.

Well. "Cardiff University has £506m in unrestricted reserves, which has increased by more than 50% in a year." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hillforts-... Free talk by Professor Ian Ralston on Thursday 13th February - Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL

I'll be giving a talk on Tues 20 Feb, 6:30pm, at RSPB South Stack Cafe, on "The Towers of Ynys Cybi: The lighthouses and tower windmills of Holy Island". All welcome! To book a place visit cafficybi200225.eventbrite.co.uk

Looking forward to seeing this exhibition, which opens at Oriel Môn, Llangefni, tomorrow! You can read more about the windmills of Anglesey on my website: www.anglesey-history.co.uk/windmills/

The parallels are there because it was the same project. Obliterating any and all evidence for non- Christian matrilineal societies, be it in prehistory or in Africa.

Still a little bit of time left to vote for us in the Current Archaeology rescue project of the year award for our excavation at Beaumaris, Anglesey. We massively appreciate any support archaeology.co.uk/awards/rescu...

Separating out my work and personal account, so here we go for our first #FindsFriday - partial rim of a late nineteen century teacup recovered from a housing terrace demolished during the 1960's slum clearances in Holyhead. Some lovely glimpses of working class life from the mid 1800s to mid 1900s