Ben Potts
@benjaminsteven.bsky.social
Local Gov. Archaeology, Books, Art, Mountains. Birmingham City, Post-Punk, Films. Usually found in the Yorks, Worcs, and Pembs Tri-State area. History and Philosophy @ UWL.
A 100-year (plus) old bottle I found washed up on a gravel bank in a local beck after a flood. Beautifully embossed.
#FindsFriday
#FindsFriday
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A 100-year (plus) old bottle I found washed up on a gravel bank in a local beck after a flood. Beautifully embossed.
#FindsFriday
#FindsFriday
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#nowplaying Scales will fall by the wonderful Hen Ogledd.
I'm sure this will be a favourite at the @stoneclub.bsky.social !
youtu.be/aGMOFLgB1CU?...
I'm sure this will be a favourite at the @stoneclub.bsky.social !
youtu.be/aGMOFLgB1CU?...
Hen Ogledd - Scales will fall (Official Video)
YouTube video by Hen Ogledd
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November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
#nowplaying Scales will fall by the wonderful Hen Ogledd.
I'm sure this will be a favourite at the @stoneclub.bsky.social !
youtu.be/aGMOFLgB1CU?...
I'm sure this will be a favourite at the @stoneclub.bsky.social !
youtu.be/aGMOFLgB1CU?...
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Whenever I see this map and its lovely (and tectonically important) patterns, I always think of the first UK geological map drawn up by William Smith over many years. He should be on the back of our tenner or twenty but he died in debtors prison. An amazing man.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
William Smith (geologist) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Whenever I see this map and its lovely (and tectonically important) patterns, I always think of the first UK geological map drawn up by William Smith over many years. He should be on the back of our tenner or twenty but he died in debtors prison. An amazing man.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...
Been playing with QGIS. Loving these colours and how they show intricate geology, like the long band of magnesian limestone running from the midlands to the north. #Archaeology #Geology #Data
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Been playing with QGIS. Loving these colours and how they show intricate geology, like the long band of magnesian limestone running from the midlands to the north. #Archaeology #Geology #Data
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"... at its best, geography is one of the most radical, essential and interdisciplinary ways of understanding our world." 👍
H/t: @profkdlilley.bsky.social
H/t: @profkdlilley.bsky.social
Demian Hommel, associate professor at Oregon State University, shares how the discipline is critical to create students who think spatially and act ethically: “Geography belongs at the center of that transformation, no longer a legacy subject, but a frontline framework.”
What If Geography Is the Curriculum We Need for the Future? - EdSurge News
A student once told me, halfway through the term, “I thought this class would be about memorizing countries. But now I can’t stop seeing systems.”He ...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"... at its best, geography is one of the most radical, essential and interdisciplinary ways of understanding our world." 👍
H/t: @profkdlilley.bsky.social
H/t: @profkdlilley.bsky.social
A movie (Ok, TV film) that takes place where you are from.
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A movie (Ok, TV film) that takes place where you are from.
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Yockenthwaite stone circle (also known as the Druid's Circle) in Langstrothdale, on this day in 2021
www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2017/07/19/y...
#OnThisDay #AncientSiteSunday #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Hiking #YorkshireDales
www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2017/07/19/y...
#OnThisDay #AncientSiteSunday #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Hiking #YorkshireDales
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Yockenthwaite stone circle (also known as the Druid's Circle) in Langstrothdale, on this day in 2021
www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2017/07/19/y...
#OnThisDay #AncientSiteSunday #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Hiking #YorkshireDales
www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2017/07/19/y...
#OnThisDay #AncientSiteSunday #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Hiking #YorkshireDales
The central 'Devil's Arrow'.
This photo is from late August, when I arrived tyres burning, early morning, straight off of the A1M, en route to a Dig near Ripon.
They are truly an incredible sight and so beautifully incongruous amongst the ephemera of the modern day.
#StandingStoneSunday
This photo is from late August, when I arrived tyres burning, early morning, straight off of the A1M, en route to a Dig near Ripon.
They are truly an incredible sight and so beautifully incongruous amongst the ephemera of the modern day.
#StandingStoneSunday
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The central 'Devil's Arrow'.
This photo is from late August, when I arrived tyres burning, early morning, straight off of the A1M, en route to a Dig near Ripon.
They are truly an incredible sight and so beautifully incongruous amongst the ephemera of the modern day.
#StandingStoneSunday
This photo is from late August, when I arrived tyres burning, early morning, straight off of the A1M, en route to a Dig near Ripon.
They are truly an incredible sight and so beautifully incongruous amongst the ephemera of the modern day.
#StandingStoneSunday
November 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Now reading: Time's Anvil - England, Archaeology and the Imagination by Richard Morris.
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Now reading: Time's Anvil - England, Archaeology and the Imagination by Richard Morris.
Mani. Didn't expect that one to hit, but it has. I played shite Bass 30 years ago and wished I was half as good as he was.
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Mani. Didn't expect that one to hit, but it has. I played shite Bass 30 years ago and wished I was half as good as he was.
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US printmaker Mildred Bryant Brooks, Moods, 1935, drypoint and aquatint on paper #WomensArt
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
US printmaker Mildred Bryant Brooks, Moods, 1935, drypoint and aquatint on paper #WomensArt
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Video game w Sebald walking and reciting from his books and fighting villains along the way
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Video game w Sebald walking and reciting from his books and fighting villains along the way
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Cape Cornwall (today's edit…)
#photography #photo #photographer #art #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography #landscape #thephotohour #naturelovers #beautiful #eastcoastkin #illustration #ThePhotoHour #scape #blackandwhitephotography #classicmono
#photography #photo #photographer #art #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography #landscape #thephotohour #naturelovers #beautiful #eastcoastkin #illustration #ThePhotoHour #scape #blackandwhitephotography #classicmono
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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November 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
On a foul day weatherwise, I find myself dreaming of these skies.
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
On a foul day weatherwise, I find myself dreaming of these skies.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Dutch avant-garde painter
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Dutch avant-garde painter
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
Jacoba Heemskerck van Beest, Komposition, 1912 #womensart
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The evening light in Piet Mondrian’s 'The Tree,' (c1908) flattens the forms, and the muted tones reveal the influence of his evolving artistic philosophy. In time, he would move beyond nature reducing his art to a rectilinear grid of black on white accented with primary colours.
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The evening light in Piet Mondrian’s 'The Tree,' (c1908) flattens the forms, and the muted tones reveal the influence of his evolving artistic philosophy. In time, he would move beyond nature reducing his art to a rectilinear grid of black on white accented with primary colours.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Another Sky I Liked.
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Another Sky I Liked.
One of the huge blocks to the north-east of Long Meg. Burl mentions that some of the stones that make up the circle could not have been moved by less than '135 well-organised workers'. #StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
One of the huge blocks to the north-east of Long Meg. Burl mentions that some of the stones that make up the circle could not have been moved by less than '135 well-organised workers'. #StandingStoneSunday #Cumbria
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A few days ago I had two separate opinions given to me about this one which is waiting for some colour.
1) “Ooh it looks like finely woven thread”
2) “It looks all scratchy like it’s from some horror film but in a nice way”
I can live with both of those!
1) “Ooh it looks like finely woven thread”
2) “It looks all scratchy like it’s from some horror film but in a nice way”
I can live with both of those!
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A few days ago I had two separate opinions given to me about this one which is waiting for some colour.
1) “Ooh it looks like finely woven thread”
2) “It looks all scratchy like it’s from some horror film but in a nice way”
I can live with both of those!
1) “Ooh it looks like finely woven thread”
2) “It looks all scratchy like it’s from some horror film but in a nice way”
I can live with both of those!