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Sue Dyke

@archaeoselkie.bsky.social

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Currently reconstructing #NessofBrodgar #prehistoric landscapes + human impact #environmentalarchaeology #archaeology #pollenanalysis Also likely to post #photography #history #museums #scotland with a dash of #swimming #running #dog

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Dec 31

#tombtuesday #unstan #stenness #orkney #neolithic

Grassy mound with some daffodils growing and a stone entranceway/passageway to the tomb on the right of the photo

Photo taken from inside the tomb looking down the stone passageway at a man bent over hands on ground working his way along the passage

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Dec 31

I didn’t know about the partial reconstruction 😫 Great photo 😍 Happy New Year 🎉

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Dec 24

#tombtuesday #westkennett #longbarrow #neolithic pics are front facade behind late Neolithic blocking stones, #polissoir reused inside #barrow and excavated #groovedware

Smooth area on stone inside tomb used to polish stone tools

Pottery with lines and zigzag design gouged into the clay

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Dec 15

... The meaning in Scots is 'pay attention to the small things'

Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Dec 15

A seasonally appropriate pic for #standingstonesunday #ringifbrodgar #orkney #stonecircle #standingstone #stonehenge #scottishprehistory #neolithic #bronzeage

A large standing stone in foreground with the rest of the stone circle arching away into the distance curving round to the right. Grass and heather on the ground and a layer of snow on everything

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Dec 15

I can't get the hachette link for your book to work @allysonshaw.bsky.social could you check, may just be me - was interested to find out more!

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Dec 14

In #scotland a passageway through a building is called a #pend some have very interesting nam here's one from #cupar #fife #medieval #markettown #alley

Alleyway sign on wall saying 'Tak Tent O Sma Things'

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Dec 7

Loving and learning from these great posts - terrific if you have any interest in #archaeobotany🌼🔬

Dr Matt Law @mlaw.bsky.social · Dec 7

Post number 95, and it's a great plant for winter foraging matthewlaw.wordpress.com/2024/12/07/a...

[An Archaeologist’s Guide to British Species] #95: Chickweed

In 2024, I am continuing to blog an A-Z compendium of human interactions with species in the British landscape. A list of references for information used in this series can be found here. An index …

matthewlaw.wordpress.com

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Dec 7

#standrews #westsands #fife #scottishbeach #windyday

Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Dec 1

A hidden #Fife #heritage gem near #BowofFife roundabout A91 #Mellvilledoocot a converted #windmill circa 1770, stone chamber (#icehouse ?) underneath www.jamesjones.co.uk/news-and-upd...

Lime harled doocot standing on a mound with an arched entrance to a stone underground chamber underneath. Pine trees surrounding

Lime harled doocot with open wooden door at the base and pine trees behind

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 30

A beautiful place for walking and wildlife. Also really great coffee, bakes & gifts #HarbourHouse

#ladystower #elielighthouse #elie #fife #coastalwalk #scotland #SaturdaySeascape

www.welcometofife.com/view-busines...

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 28

Yay! Way to go 👏🏻

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 28

Beautiful view! … and the rest will pass, you’ve got this ❤️

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 28

For #Adoorable Thursday this is
looking out from #stmagnuscathedral in #orkney founded 1137 - a #viking #cathedral !! Read all about it here www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/our-museums/...

Two wooden doors with ornate curling iron designs flanking an arched doorway looking out onto a street showing a blue fronted shop at the bottom of a 4 storey building. Sunlight is streaming in the doorway, lighting up the right hand door and leaving the left in shadow. This is the main entrance to St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, founded when Orkney was still part of a Norse Earldom

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 27

and you also! ❤️

Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 26

For #TombTuesday I give you the #DwarfieStane a #neolithic rock cut tomb on the island of #Hoy in #Orkney see here for more info www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/dwarfie-stane/

Boardwalk leading up to massive squarish boulder with doorway cut into right hand side

massive squarish boulder with doorway cut into the front, huge towering cliff face behind

massive squarish boulder with doorway cut into left hand side, flat grassland plain behind cliffs in distance on right hand side

Looking through doorway of rock cut Neolithic tomb - bed like structure with rock pillow on right hand side

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 26

Very sad & concerned to see this. In my 6yrs at #SkaraBrae #Orkney I had many experiences of customers using the #VisitScotland iCentre as a gateway to the islands. Visitor numbers have increased dramatically & tourist season is longer but the infrastructure to manage that isn't being matched.

The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · Nov 26

Kirkwall is set to welcome 189 cruise liners in 2025 on top of the day visitors, and independent travellers.
VisitScotland's Closure of Islands iCentres "makes absolutely no sense" theorkneynews.scot/2024/11/26/v...

VisitScotland’s Closure of Islands iCentres “makes absolutely no sense”

Highlands and Islands Labour MSP, Rhoda Grant, has contacted Scottish Ministers again calling for a freeze on any more closures of VisitScotland’s iCentres until the concerns of users, staff and un…

theorkneynews.scot

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 24

Flash back to my previous #Orkney life for #StandingStoneSunday ... This is #RingofBrodgar in sunnier times with the heather blooming. Hope you've all 'weathered' Storm Bert ok up there ❤️

Standing stones against blue sky in the distance blooming purple heather and thistles and grass in foreground with a ditch. Photo is of stone circle in Orkney called the Ring of Brodgar

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Iapetus DTP @iapetusdtp.bsky.social · Nov 20

Very grateful to Stirling University for hosting our annual Induction and Development event, and to Heather Price for organising a great line-up! A fabulous setting, in no way hindered by the fine (albeit chilly) weather.

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 22

Thanks to @iapetusdtp.bsky.social for the best start to my #PhD! #induction was exciting, affirming and fun 😁 ...met SO many awesome people & #universityofstirling #campus was such a beautiful inspirational place to begin that journey #airthreyloch #stirling

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 22

Great to see you here Holz! BSky just got an even happier place ❤️ ... Gif is so cool (and so you 😁)

Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 17

#StandingStoneSunday #RingOfBrodgar #Orkney

Silhouettes of 12 standing stones highlighted against sunset skyline. Deep blues at top through pale blue to pale orange and yellow behind the stones. The stones are part of the 3rd largest stone circle in UK and thought to be Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age in date. Their function isn't known but it's suggested as a ritual or ceremonial meeting place with the stones possibly forming an astronomical calendar scheduling agricultural seasons. The ring is set within moorland on a raised mound on the Brodgar isthmus in Orkney, Scotland and overlooks two lochs (Stenness and Harray) and the recent excavations of a monumental Neolithic complex (around 40 buildings excavated more than 60 known to exist and geophysics suggesting many more)

Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thanks Fran! I'm excited 😍

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Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 16

#Fifecoast doing a very good impression of the Caribbean 😍 - in November! … topped off by mouth watering #crepes @ Salt and Pine beach bistro saltandpine.co.uk #Tentsmuir #Fife

Sue Dyke @archaeoselkie.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thanks Adam!