Stef North-Sagrott
@archaeostef.bsky.social
Archaeologist; Senior Cultural Resources Advisor for the Historic Scotland Properties in Care
Not quite a #hillfortswednesday but in the shadow of a fort and 17th century battlefield are the Neolithic timber halls and palisade of Doon Hill.
Excavated in the 60s, in the 70s the outlines of the structures were laid out in coloured concrete - a pioneering approach inspired by the Danes
Excavated in the 60s, in the 70s the outlines of the structures were laid out in coloured concrete - a pioneering approach inspired by the Danes
January 28, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Not quite a #hillfortswednesday but in the shadow of a fort and 17th century battlefield are the Neolithic timber halls and palisade of Doon Hill.
Excavated in the 60s, in the 70s the outlines of the structures were laid out in coloured concrete - a pioneering approach inspired by the Danes
Excavated in the 60s, in the 70s the outlines of the structures were laid out in coloured concrete - a pioneering approach inspired by the Danes
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Is it about time that someone told @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social that their "Tourmaline stone axe" is actually made of cheese?
January 27, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Is it about time that someone told @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social that their "Tourmaline stone axe" is actually made of cheese?
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Made a few improvements to my online portfolio to provide more context with my reconstruction images. I'll include more paradata with the projects I post in future. With so many now questioning image authenticity because of AI, I feel it's more important than ever to declare my sources & references.
Bob Marshall: Commissioned Reconstructions
Portfolio of Commissioned Reconstruction Artworks by Bob Marshall
bobmarshall.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Made a few improvements to my online portfolio to provide more context with my reconstruction images. I'll include more paradata with the projects I post in future. With so many now questioning image authenticity because of AI, I feel it's more important than ever to declare my sources & references.
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The north gateway into Bremenium Roman fort (aka High Rochester) for #RomanFortThursday. Situated on Dere Street, for two centuries this was the most strategically important fort north of Hadrian's Wall. Its name means 'place of the roaring stream'.
January 22, 2026 at 8:16 AM
The north gateway into Bremenium Roman fort (aka High Rochester) for #RomanFortThursday. Situated on Dere Street, for two centuries this was the most strategically important fort north of Hadrian's Wall. Its name means 'place of the roaring stream'.
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WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY ✨ I nearly didn’t go out 2nite. The odds felt slim… but you’ve got to be in it to win it.
A quick check of the stats, alerts & cloud cover around 19:30 & I thought, if I can reach the Keswick Stone Circle by 20:30, there might just be a gap...then BINGO #Aurora #Northernlights
A quick check of the stats, alerts & cloud cover around 19:30 & I thought, if I can reach the Keswick Stone Circle by 20:30, there might just be a gap...then BINGO #Aurora #Northernlights
January 19, 2026 at 11:00 PM
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY ✨ I nearly didn’t go out 2nite. The odds felt slim… but you’ve got to be in it to win it.
A quick check of the stats, alerts & cloud cover around 19:30 & I thought, if I can reach the Keswick Stone Circle by 20:30, there might just be a gap...then BINGO #Aurora #Northernlights
A quick check of the stats, alerts & cloud cover around 19:30 & I thought, if I can reach the Keswick Stone Circle by 20:30, there might just be a gap...then BINGO #Aurora #Northernlights
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Everyone loves a standing stone! Sheep communing with the ancestors at the Stones of Stenness on Orkney a couple of years back. #StandingStoneSunday
January 18, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Everyone loves a standing stone! Sheep communing with the ancestors at the Stones of Stenness on Orkney a couple of years back. #StandingStoneSunday
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Jan 13: Feast of Kentigern, ‘hound-lord’, (Mungo) (c.†614), bishop of Glasgu (Glasgow), which he is said to have founded. He was a contemporary of Riderch I, king of Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock). He is thought to be the ‘Conthigirnus’ whose obit appears in the Annales Cambriae. #medievalsky
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Jan 13: Feast of Kentigern, ‘hound-lord’, (Mungo) (c.†614), bishop of Glasgu (Glasgow), which he is said to have founded. He was a contemporary of Riderch I, king of Alt Clut (Dumbarton Rock). He is thought to be the ‘Conthigirnus’ whose obit appears in the Annales Cambriae. #medievalsky
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Our next talk is on Tuesday 13/01 at 18:00 in the Usha Casera Lecture Theatre
L Teufel: “A multi-period settlement next to the River Spey”.
C Hatherley: “The Roman Villa Estate at Necton, Norfolk”
C Cockburn: “Excavation results from two possible Roman Temporary Marching Camps near Edinburgh”
L Teufel: “A multi-period settlement next to the River Spey”.
C Hatherley: “The Roman Villa Estate at Necton, Norfolk”
C Cockburn: “Excavation results from two possible Roman Temporary Marching Camps near Edinburgh”
January 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Our next talk is on Tuesday 13/01 at 18:00 in the Usha Casera Lecture Theatre
L Teufel: “A multi-period settlement next to the River Spey”.
C Hatherley: “The Roman Villa Estate at Necton, Norfolk”
C Cockburn: “Excavation results from two possible Roman Temporary Marching Camps near Edinburgh”
L Teufel: “A multi-period settlement next to the River Spey”.
C Hatherley: “The Roman Villa Estate at Necton, Norfolk”
C Cockburn: “Excavation results from two possible Roman Temporary Marching Camps near Edinburgh”
The snow allowing the faint traces of a #Roman granary building at Rough Castle to be seen
The faint outline of the granary building at Rough Castle Roman Fort on the Antonine Wall, near Falkirk. Built in around 142 AD, the fort is the second smallest on the wall, but the best preserved. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #RoughCastle #AntonineWall
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The snow allowing the faint traces of a #Roman granary building at Rough Castle to be seen
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Let's take a moment to think about all those people who chose today to announce the fact they didn't discover a carnyx. 🙏😢🥰
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Offerton Roman factory 'hidden in plain sight' on River Wear
The volunteers who discovered the Roman factory say it made whetstones used to sharpen tools.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Let's take a moment to think about all those people who chose today to announce the fact they didn't discover a carnyx. 🙏😢🥰
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A great range of topics for the remainder of the @firstmillennia.bsky.social seminar series.
Lots of Iron Age goodness, with sites, finds, hoards and a whole culture!
Lots of Iron Age goodness, with sites, finds, hoards and a whole culture!
🎉We can finally reveal our seminar programme for the rest of 2026!
📆We start next Tuesday (13/01) with the traditional unit roundup showcasing some recent commercial archaeology projects.
➡️Please note that we are now meeting in the Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre in Old College (except for March)
📆We start next Tuesday (13/01) with the traditional unit roundup showcasing some recent commercial archaeology projects.
➡️Please note that we are now meeting in the Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre in Old College (except for March)
January 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
A great range of topics for the remainder of the @firstmillennia.bsky.social seminar series.
Lots of Iron Age goodness, with sites, finds, hoards and a whole culture!
Lots of Iron Age goodness, with sites, finds, hoards and a whole culture!
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January 2, 2026 at 1:02 AM
A Hogmanay wander with pals to see the Fingask Long Barrow.
Still needs some time for the landscape to settle, and sadly the interior was gated off so we couldn't see the full majesty of its construction (see interior images in the link below)
www.stonespecialist.com/news/stone-p...
#TombTuesday
Still needs some time for the landscape to settle, and sadly the interior was gated off so we couldn't see the full majesty of its construction (see interior images in the link below)
www.stonespecialist.com/news/stone-p...
#TombTuesday
December 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A Hogmanay wander with pals to see the Fingask Long Barrow.
Still needs some time for the landscape to settle, and sadly the interior was gated off so we couldn't see the full majesty of its construction (see interior images in the link below)
www.stonespecialist.com/news/stone-p...
#TombTuesday
Still needs some time for the landscape to settle, and sadly the interior was gated off so we couldn't see the full majesty of its construction (see interior images in the link below)
www.stonespecialist.com/news/stone-p...
#TombTuesday
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains
December 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
Very nice bit of analysis. I'm guessing the mint might have been in Edinburgh Castle
"It was minted in Edinburgh, so it's the first time that we have Scottish coinage being minted in what was a core part of the Scottish kingdom."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"It was minted in Edinburgh, so it's the first time that we have Scottish coinage being minted in what was a core part of the Scottish kingdom."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Earliest coin minted in Scotland saved for the nation after 900 years
The medieval David I silver coin, discovered in a wooded area in Midlothian, has been dated to the second half of the 1130s.
www.bbc.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Very nice bit of analysis. I'm guessing the mint might have been in Edinburgh Castle
"It was minted in Edinburgh, so it's the first time that we have Scottish coinage being minted in what was a core part of the Scottish kingdom."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"It was minted in Edinburgh, so it's the first time that we have Scottish coinage being minted in what was a core part of the Scottish kingdom."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Blessed Solstice! From tomorrow the days begin to get longer again
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2023/12/the-...
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2023/12/the-...
The Winter Solstice in Historic Scotland - Historic Environment Scotland Blog
Discover some of the amazing ancient sites in Scotland that are associated with celebrating Midwinter and the Winter Solstice
blog.historicenvironment.scot
December 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Blessed Solstice! From tomorrow the days begin to get longer again
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2023/12/the-...
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2023/12/the-...
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Clubbiedean Fort: An Iron Age fortification on the shore of Clubbiedean reservoir a few km SW of Edinburgh. #HillfortsWednesday Consisting of an inner and outer rampart, each with external ditch and a possible entrance to the south. More 1/
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Clubbiedean Fort: An Iron Age fortification on the shore of Clubbiedean reservoir a few km SW of Edinburgh. #HillfortsWednesday Consisting of an inner and outer rampart, each with external ditch and a possible entrance to the south. More 1/
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Traces of Neolithic feasting, possible evidence of a Roman siege, and an amulet once thought to be imbued with supernatural power are just some of Scotland's top archaeological discoveries from 2025 🤩
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
December 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Traces of Neolithic feasting, possible evidence of a Roman siege, and an amulet once thought to be imbued with supernatural power are just some of Scotland's top archaeological discoveries from 2025 🤩
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
Dig into our list of finds spanning 6,000 years of history: www.digitscotland.com/five-of-scot...
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Two for #TombTuesday
Holm of Papay South - Chambered cairn as seen by the birds of Winter and the birds of Summer. (Holmie sheep in formation.
#Papay
#Orkney
#neolithic
Holm of Papay South - Chambered cairn as seen by the birds of Winter and the birds of Summer. (Holmie sheep in formation.
#Papay
#Orkney
#neolithic
December 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Two for #TombTuesday
Holm of Papay South - Chambered cairn as seen by the birds of Winter and the birds of Summer. (Holmie sheep in formation.
#Papay
#Orkney
#neolithic
Holm of Papay South - Chambered cairn as seen by the birds of Winter and the birds of Summer. (Holmie sheep in formation.
#Papay
#Orkney
#neolithic
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Thinking of studying for a PhD? I'd be happy to hear from anyone considering research into British or Irish prehistory, monuments, radiocarbon dating, heritage. Part-time, distance options. There are funding schemes here at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social - but be quick, deadlines are in Jan/Feb!
PhD funding | PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thinking of studying for a PhD? I'd be happy to hear from anyone considering research into British or Irish prehistory, monuments, radiocarbon dating, heritage. Part-time, distance options. There are funding schemes here at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social - but be quick, deadlines are in Jan/Feb!
Congratulations to @crookston.bsky.social
We're champions! 🏆
We had a brilliant night at the @glasgowtimes.bsky.social #GlasgowChamps awards.
For a small volunteer-led group, this award means so much. We're grateful to everyone who has supported us along the way & helped us care for & celebrate Glasgow’s castle
We had a brilliant night at the @glasgowtimes.bsky.social #GlasgowChamps awards.
For a small volunteer-led group, this award means so much. We're grateful to everyone who has supported us along the way & helped us care for & celebrate Glasgow’s castle
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Congratulations to @crookston.bsky.social
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Our next seminar is tomorrow - 2nd December with the superb @archaeonado.bsky.social on his recent research into Whithorn
6pm in the Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre
6pm in the Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre
Me, tomorrow!
How to (re)build an early medieval church: new light on the Whithorn ‘minster’ and shrine
@firstmillennia.bsky.social 18:00, Tuesday 2 Dec
Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh, Old Medical School, Teviot Place (enter via doorway 1)
How to (re)build an early medieval church: new light on the Whithorn ‘minster’ and shrine
@firstmillennia.bsky.social 18:00, Tuesday 2 Dec
Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre, University of Edinburgh, Old Medical School, Teviot Place (enter via doorway 1)
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Our next seminar is tomorrow - 2nd December with the superb @archaeonado.bsky.social on his recent research into Whithorn
6pm in the Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre
6pm in the Sydney Smith Lecture Theatre
Was a privilege to be invited to attend yesterday to the opening/reveal of the new mosaic installation in the well at Glasgow Cathedral. The project highlights the oft overlooked feature which is integral to the story of St Ketigern and Glasgow itself
More info etc www.aproxima.co.uk/the-well
More info etc www.aproxima.co.uk/the-well
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Was a privilege to be invited to attend yesterday to the opening/reveal of the new mosaic installation in the well at Glasgow Cathedral. The project highlights the oft overlooked feature which is integral to the story of St Ketigern and Glasgow itself
More info etc www.aproxima.co.uk/the-well
More info etc www.aproxima.co.uk/the-well