Adam M Ibbotson 🏺
@adamibbotson.bsky.social
Author, filmmaker, and champion of pop-archaeology. Windermere, UK ⭐️ Senior Lecturer at Shap University.
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I'm aware that there was disagreement about the article by Steve Dickinson on a potential new Cumbrian Stone Circle (@adamibbotson.bsky.social). I wonder whether this is the reason that the Autumn Issue of PAST 111 has been deleted online. I am sad because we had an article on malt in this issue. 🤔
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I'm aware that there was disagreement about the article by Steve Dickinson on a potential new Cumbrian Stone Circle (@adamibbotson.bsky.social). I wonder whether this is the reason that the Autumn Issue of PAST 111 has been deleted online. I am sad because we had an article on malt in this issue. 🤔
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The Autumn Issue, Number 111 of PAST, the magazine of @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social, has been taken offline. It was there, we know this because we downloaded a copy. But now it is gone. Can anyone please explain why this has happened. Thanks.
Palaeolithic malt sugars? That's us, that is! 🥳 Just published today. With many thanks to Athgarrett Malt for the photo of that mysterious thing. Malt.
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Autumn Issue, Number 111 of PAST, the magazine of @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social, has been taken offline. It was there, we know this because we downloaded a copy. But now it is gone. Can anyone please explain why this has happened. Thanks.
I was playing with 3D analysis techniques, and found something cool. 🌟
Who wants digital crop marks? Well, this method gives you an idea of how crop marks will appear in the landscape for any subtly surviving earthworks, using only GIS and 3DsMax.. 😎
#archaeology #GIS 🏺
Who wants digital crop marks? Well, this method gives you an idea of how crop marks will appear in the landscape for any subtly surviving earthworks, using only GIS and 3DsMax.. 😎
#archaeology #GIS 🏺
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I was playing with 3D analysis techniques, and found something cool. 🌟
Who wants digital crop marks? Well, this method gives you an idea of how crop marks will appear in the landscape for any subtly surviving earthworks, using only GIS and 3DsMax.. 😎
#archaeology #GIS 🏺
Who wants digital crop marks? Well, this method gives you an idea of how crop marks will appear in the landscape for any subtly surviving earthworks, using only GIS and 3DsMax.. 😎
#archaeology #GIS 🏺
The so-called “Snake Stone”. A large fallen boulder below The Wainstones, a rocky outcrop in the North York Moors. 🤔
It has a single large piece of Neolithic rock art on it: a long line terminating in a dot. (zoom in to find it!)
#Archaeology #prehistory 🏺
It has a single large piece of Neolithic rock art on it: a long line terminating in a dot. (zoom in to find it!)
#Archaeology #prehistory 🏺
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The so-called “Snake Stone”. A large fallen boulder below The Wainstones, a rocky outcrop in the North York Moors. 🤔
It has a single large piece of Neolithic rock art on it: a long line terminating in a dot. (zoom in to find it!)
#Archaeology #prehistory 🏺
It has a single large piece of Neolithic rock art on it: a long line terminating in a dot. (zoom in to find it!)
#Archaeology #prehistory 🏺
I've read the official write-up on this apparent "recumbent stone circle in the Lake District", and I'm 99.9999% sure it's not real.
Smacks of wishful thinking, there's no evidence, and not one mention of the QUARRY it sits on... plus the rock art looks unlikely. Bad.
#archaeology #prehistory
Smacks of wishful thinking, there's no evidence, and not one mention of the QUARRY it sits on... plus the rock art looks unlikely. Bad.
#archaeology #prehistory
Side Pike: A Recumbent Stone Circle (RSC) has been recently located by Steve Dickinson in the heart of the Lake District National Park World Heritage Site. #StandingStoneSunday More...
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I've read the official write-up on this apparent "recumbent stone circle in the Lake District", and I'm 99.9999% sure it's not real.
Smacks of wishful thinking, there's no evidence, and not one mention of the QUARRY it sits on... plus the rock art looks unlikely. Bad.
#archaeology #prehistory
Smacks of wishful thinking, there's no evidence, and not one mention of the QUARRY it sits on... plus the rock art looks unlikely. Bad.
#archaeology #prehistory
🌟🌟 NEW VIDEO - OUT NOW 🌟🌟
This Roman Road Makes NO SENSE - Wade's Causeway. A big video on one of northern Englands most mysterious archaeological sites! - that may be older than Stonehenge...
LINK: youtu.be/Iq_IBU1SfUs
#YouTube #Archaeology #Prehistory
This Roman Road Makes NO SENSE - Wade's Causeway. A big video on one of northern Englands most mysterious archaeological sites! - that may be older than Stonehenge...
LINK: youtu.be/Iq_IBU1SfUs
#YouTube #Archaeology #Prehistory
This Roman Road Makes NO SENSE - Wade's Causeway
YouTube video by Adam Morgan Ibbotson
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🌟🌟 NEW VIDEO - OUT NOW 🌟🌟
This Roman Road Makes NO SENSE - Wade's Causeway. A big video on one of northern Englands most mysterious archaeological sites! - that may be older than Stonehenge...
LINK: youtu.be/Iq_IBU1SfUs
#YouTube #Archaeology #Prehistory
This Roman Road Makes NO SENSE - Wade's Causeway. A big video on one of northern Englands most mysterious archaeological sites! - that may be older than Stonehenge...
LINK: youtu.be/Iq_IBU1SfUs
#YouTube #Archaeology #Prehistory
⭐️ NEW Youtube VIDEO - OUT NOW! ⭐️
The Google Earth Moose Mystery. One of the strangest investigations in the history of modern archaeology. What was once believed to be the largest and oldest hill-figure in the world...
Check it out on my channel: youtube.com/@AdamMorganI...
#archaeology #youtube
The Google Earth Moose Mystery. One of the strangest investigations in the history of modern archaeology. What was once believed to be the largest and oldest hill-figure in the world...
Check it out on my channel: youtube.com/@AdamMorganI...
#archaeology #youtube
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
⭐️ NEW Youtube VIDEO - OUT NOW! ⭐️
The Google Earth Moose Mystery. One of the strangest investigations in the history of modern archaeology. What was once believed to be the largest and oldest hill-figure in the world...
Check it out on my channel: youtube.com/@AdamMorganI...
#archaeology #youtube
The Google Earth Moose Mystery. One of the strangest investigations in the history of modern archaeology. What was once believed to be the largest and oldest hill-figure in the world...
Check it out on my channel: youtube.com/@AdamMorganI...
#archaeology #youtube
A photo of myself at Commondale Stone Circle, in the North York Moors. What a place - completely off the beaten track! 💫
Taken on a 35mm film camera like the old school hipster I really am.
#archaeology #Yorkshire
Taken on a 35mm film camera like the old school hipster I really am.
#archaeology #Yorkshire
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A photo of myself at Commondale Stone Circle, in the North York Moors. What a place - completely off the beaten track! 💫
Taken on a 35mm film camera like the old school hipster I really am.
#archaeology #Yorkshire
Taken on a 35mm film camera like the old school hipster I really am.
#archaeology #Yorkshire
Work in progress scanning and visualising Wainstones 6 rock art. It's already different to what I thought... 🤔
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Work in progress scanning and visualising Wainstones 6 rock art. It's already different to what I thought... 🤔
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
Most detailed one I've done yet - and it's barely visible in person.
#archaeology #StandingStoneSunday
BIG ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS! 💫
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
BIG ARCHAEOLOGY NEWS! 💫
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
A new section of Hadrian’s Wall has been discovered! The furthest west bit found yet - and it is glorious! 🤩
Reported by the great WC21. Link to his full video here: youtu.be/VfVvl3A_sO4?...
#archaeology #history #Roman
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Honestly, I think I'm onto something here. 🤔
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
October 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Honestly, I think I'm onto something here. 🤔
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
Amazing new video by my good friend WC21!
Exploring what might just be a long-forgotten Roman Bridge in the Pennines! Built over in 2011, and opened by Rory Stewart no less! 🤩
LINK: youtu.be/To_0fDeXql8?...
Exploring what might just be a long-forgotten Roman Bridge in the Pennines! Built over in 2011, and opened by Rory Stewart no less! 🤩
LINK: youtu.be/To_0fDeXql8?...
Lost Roman Road. Bridge on Roman Foundation.
YouTube video by WC21 (UK) Productions Ltd
youtu.be
October 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Amazing new video by my good friend WC21!
Exploring what might just be a long-forgotten Roman Bridge in the Pennines! Built over in 2011, and opened by Rory Stewart no less! 🤩
LINK: youtu.be/To_0fDeXql8?...
Exploring what might just be a long-forgotten Roman Bridge in the Pennines! Built over in 2011, and opened by Rory Stewart no less! 🤩
LINK: youtu.be/To_0fDeXql8?...
Honestly, I think I'm onto something here. 🤔
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
October 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Honestly, I think I'm onto something here. 🤔
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
The resolution of these is incredible. You'd be able to pick up the tiniest of details, just with simple photogrammetry and a few post-processes...
Da Vinci has nothing on Adam Morgan Ibbotson.
#archaeology #3D #StandingStoneSunday
Not sure if this is a done thing - but DID YOU KNOW, you can convert photogrammetry models to GIS analyses? 🫠
i.e., you can scan the surface of rock art - then analyse it like you would a landscape. So, slope, hillshade, local relief. Seems extremely useful... 🤔
#3D #archaeoogy #prehistory 🏺
i.e., you can scan the surface of rock art - then analyse it like you would a landscape. So, slope, hillshade, local relief. Seems extremely useful... 🤔
#3D #archaeoogy #prehistory 🏺
October 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Not sure if this is a done thing - but DID YOU KNOW, you can convert photogrammetry models to GIS analyses? 🫠
i.e., you can scan the surface of rock art - then analyse it like you would a landscape. So, slope, hillshade, local relief. Seems extremely useful... 🤔
#3D #archaeoogy #prehistory 🏺
i.e., you can scan the surface of rock art - then analyse it like you would a landscape. So, slope, hillshade, local relief. Seems extremely useful... 🤔
#3D #archaeoogy #prehistory 🏺
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We've finally made it to #HillfortsWednesday 🥳🛖
Here's a reconstruction of Buckspool coastal promontory fort in south Pembrokeshire, a craggy limestone headland defended by a set of intermittent banks & packed with house platforms 😮
Excavations in 2025 revealed a wealth of Roman finds 🏺
📷 My own
Here's a reconstruction of Buckspool coastal promontory fort in south Pembrokeshire, a craggy limestone headland defended by a set of intermittent banks & packed with house platforms 😮
Excavations in 2025 revealed a wealth of Roman finds 🏺
📷 My own
October 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
We've finally made it to #HillfortsWednesday 🥳🛖
Here's a reconstruction of Buckspool coastal promontory fort in south Pembrokeshire, a craggy limestone headland defended by a set of intermittent banks & packed with house platforms 😮
Excavations in 2025 revealed a wealth of Roman finds 🏺
📷 My own
Here's a reconstruction of Buckspool coastal promontory fort in south Pembrokeshire, a craggy limestone headland defended by a set of intermittent banks & packed with house platforms 😮
Excavations in 2025 revealed a wealth of Roman finds 🏺
📷 My own
🔥 NEW VIDEO : OUT NOW 🔥
A long time in the making - it is a deep-dive into 'The Devil's Arrows' the 2nd largest standing stones in the British Isles, but bigger than Stonehenge! They're strange...
It's a hoot! Link: youtu.be/WshfMm15Jv8
#archaeology #prehistory 🏺
A long time in the making - it is a deep-dive into 'The Devil's Arrows' the 2nd largest standing stones in the British Isles, but bigger than Stonehenge! They're strange...
It's a hoot! Link: youtu.be/WshfMm15Jv8
#archaeology #prehistory 🏺
Britain's LOST Prehistoric Wonder (that's bigger than Stonehenge!)
YouTube video by Adam Morgan Ibbotson
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🔥 NEW VIDEO : OUT NOW 🔥
A long time in the making - it is a deep-dive into 'The Devil's Arrows' the 2nd largest standing stones in the British Isles, but bigger than Stonehenge! They're strange...
It's a hoot! Link: youtu.be/WshfMm15Jv8
#archaeology #prehistory 🏺
A long time in the making - it is a deep-dive into 'The Devil's Arrows' the 2nd largest standing stones in the British Isles, but bigger than Stonehenge! They're strange...
It's a hoot! Link: youtu.be/WshfMm15Jv8
#archaeology #prehistory 🏺
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Something new for #StandingStoneSunday - a little bit of artsy photogrammetry...
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
September 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Something new for #StandingStoneSunday - a little bit of artsy photogrammetry...
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
Something new for #StandingStoneSunday - a little bit of artsy photogrammetry...
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
September 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Something new for #StandingStoneSunday - a little bit of artsy photogrammetry...
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
This one of the Devil's Arrows' central stone, Yorkshire. 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles. 🤩
#archaeology #prehistory #Yorkshire
Highly recommend this YouTube documentary by Elephant Graveyard. One of the best ever made...
Perfectly describes the Joe Rogan fanbase’s slide into anti-intellectual cultism. ☠️
Link: youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
Perfectly describes the Joe Rogan fanbase’s slide into anti-intellectual cultism. ☠️
Link: youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
September 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Highly recommend this YouTube documentary by Elephant Graveyard. One of the best ever made...
Perfectly describes the Joe Rogan fanbase’s slide into anti-intellectual cultism. ☠️
Link: youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
Perfectly describes the Joe Rogan fanbase’s slide into anti-intellectual cultism. ☠️
Link: youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
A photo of a crop mark at the Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire. 🤔🤔
This may just be a 'superhenge' - a rare kind of Neolithic monument most famously found at Stonehenge: Durrington Walls.
Except this one is bigger...
#archaeology #LiDAR
This may just be a 'superhenge' - a rare kind of Neolithic monument most famously found at Stonehenge: Durrington Walls.
Except this one is bigger...
#archaeology #LiDAR
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A photo of a crop mark at the Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire. 🤔🤔
This may just be a 'superhenge' - a rare kind of Neolithic monument most famously found at Stonehenge: Durrington Walls.
Except this one is bigger...
#archaeology #LiDAR
This may just be a 'superhenge' - a rare kind of Neolithic monument most famously found at Stonehenge: Durrington Walls.
Except this one is bigger...
#archaeology #LiDAR
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The southern stone of the Devil's Arrows 👿 - the 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles.
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
September 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The southern stone of the Devil's Arrows 👿 - the 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles.
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
Fun camera game -
Guess which one of these photos was shot on a £4000 Canon camera, and which is from an Iphone... 📸🤳
💰 Guess down below, and be in for a chance to win my hand in marriage. 💰
#photography #camera #archaeology 🏺
Guess which one of these photos was shot on a £4000 Canon camera, and which is from an Iphone... 📸🤳
💰 Guess down below, and be in for a chance to win my hand in marriage. 💰
#photography #camera #archaeology 🏺
September 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Fun camera game -
Guess which one of these photos was shot on a £4000 Canon camera, and which is from an Iphone... 📸🤳
💰 Guess down below, and be in for a chance to win my hand in marriage. 💰
#photography #camera #archaeology 🏺
Guess which one of these photos was shot on a £4000 Canon camera, and which is from an Iphone... 📸🤳
💰 Guess down below, and be in for a chance to win my hand in marriage. 💰
#photography #camera #archaeology 🏺
The southern stone of the Devil's Arrows 👿 - the 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles.
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
September 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The southern stone of the Devil's Arrows 👿 - the 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles.
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...
#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺
Aerial archaeology people - I want opinions...
Natural paleochannels, or some kind of enclosure. Around 180m across, and sitting one field south of Cumbria's 3rd largest standing stone... 🤔🤔
#archaeology #LiDAR #prehistory #history 🏺
Natural paleochannels, or some kind of enclosure. Around 180m across, and sitting one field south of Cumbria's 3rd largest standing stone... 🤔🤔
#archaeology #LiDAR #prehistory #history 🏺
September 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Aerial archaeology people - I want opinions...
Natural paleochannels, or some kind of enclosure. Around 180m across, and sitting one field south of Cumbria's 3rd largest standing stone... 🤔🤔
#archaeology #LiDAR #prehistory #history 🏺
Natural paleochannels, or some kind of enclosure. Around 180m across, and sitting one field south of Cumbria's 3rd largest standing stone... 🤔🤔
#archaeology #LiDAR #prehistory #history 🏺
The YouTube algorithm is a STINKER at the moment…
Seriously, how could anyone pass on such an alluring, lovely thumbnail as this. 🤢🤮
LINK, if interested: youtu.be/IZFLAnyyTvM?...
#archaeology #YouTube #history 🏺
Seriously, how could anyone pass on such an alluring, lovely thumbnail as this. 🤢🤮
LINK, if interested: youtu.be/IZFLAnyyTvM?...
#archaeology #YouTube #history 🏺
September 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The YouTube algorithm is a STINKER at the moment…
Seriously, how could anyone pass on such an alluring, lovely thumbnail as this. 🤢🤮
LINK, if interested: youtu.be/IZFLAnyyTvM?...
#archaeology #YouTube #history 🏺
Seriously, how could anyone pass on such an alluring, lovely thumbnail as this. 🤢🤮
LINK, if interested: youtu.be/IZFLAnyyTvM?...
#archaeology #YouTube #history 🏺