Becky Wallower
@bwallower.bsky.social
archaeology, history, environment, quirky stuff -- love London, arts, travel -- writer, organiser, modest activist/stirrer 🏺
#AdoorableThursday
The door(s) from Cheyneygates passageway to Westminster Abbey's cloisters opens to 14th C Abbots (now Dean's) Court.
The courtyard gives access to Abbot's Hall (now mainly Westminster School's dining hall), Jerusalem Chamber + Jericho Parlour and Abbot's/now Dean's quarters.
The door(s) from Cheyneygates passageway to Westminster Abbey's cloisters opens to 14th C Abbots (now Dean's) Court.
The courtyard gives access to Abbot's Hall (now mainly Westminster School's dining hall), Jerusalem Chamber + Jericho Parlour and Abbot's/now Dean's quarters.
January 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
#AdoorableThursday
The door(s) from Cheyneygates passageway to Westminster Abbey's cloisters opens to 14th C Abbots (now Dean's) Court.
The courtyard gives access to Abbot's Hall (now mainly Westminster School's dining hall), Jerusalem Chamber + Jericho Parlour and Abbot's/now Dean's quarters.
The door(s) from Cheyneygates passageway to Westminster Abbey's cloisters opens to 14th C Abbots (now Dean's) Court.
The courtyard gives access to Abbot's Hall (now mainly Westminster School's dining hall), Jerusalem Chamber + Jericho Parlour and Abbot's/now Dean's quarters.
Reposted by Becky Wallower
'Detectorist sentenced – he fraudulently claimed he found national treasure and artefacts'
Detectorist sentenced – he fraudulently claimed he found national treasure and artefacts
The 54-year-old man now finds himself with a 12-month custodial sentence suspended for two years
www.lincs.police.uk
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 AM
'Detectorist sentenced – he fraudulently claimed he found national treasure and artefacts'
Reposted by Becky Wallower
The C13th chapel (with roots reaching back to the C6th) sits cockled onto the rocks of St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire in Wales - a beacon of continuity amidst centuries of shifting tides.
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 AM
The C13th chapel (with roots reaching back to the C6th) sits cockled onto the rocks of St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire in Wales - a beacon of continuity amidst centuries of shifting tides.
Reposted by Becky Wallower
15 Jan 1559: After weeks of preparation, Elizabeth I is crowned at #Westminster #otd on the date chosen by John Dee #astrologer
January 15, 2026 at 8:17 AM
15 Jan 1559: After weeks of preparation, Elizabeth I is crowned at #Westminster #otd on the date chosen by John Dee #astrologer
Reposted by Becky Wallower
The Norfolk Carnyx: a Playmobil story in 4 parts. 🧵
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
1: Life
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
1: Life
January 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The Norfolk Carnyx: a Playmobil story in 4 parts. 🧵
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
1: Life
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social
1: Life
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A few #WindowsOnWednesday remain in ruined #medieval #WallsOnWednesday around Castello Doria, and the churches and convent above fishing village of Portovenere.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
A few #WindowsOnWednesday remain in ruined #medieval #WallsOnWednesday around Castello Doria, and the churches and convent above fishing village of Portovenere.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
A few #WindowsOnWednesday remain in ruined #medieval #WallsOnWednesday around Castello Doria, and the churches and convent above fishing village of Portovenere.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
A few #WindowsOnWednesday remain in ruined #medieval #WallsOnWednesday around Castello Doria, and the churches and convent above fishing village of Portovenere.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
Intentionally or not, they frame views up and down the Ligurian coast beyond very nicely. And Lord Byron used to meditate near here.
Reposted by Becky Wallower
Simple #TombTuesday of St Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury from 1065.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Simple #TombTuesday of St Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury from 1065.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
Reposted by Becky Wallower
As Pompeii/Port Talbot makes Art News, I ponder the hyperbole. Great potential for sure, but I do wonder whether one villa doth a city make.....
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/13/n...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/13/n...
Newly discovered Roman villa may be Welsh town's own ‘Pompeii’, archaeologists say
Found beneath the town of Port Talbot, the structure is the largest Roman villa ever found in Wales
www.theartnewspaper.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM
As Pompeii/Port Talbot makes Art News, I ponder the hyperbole. Great potential for sure, but I do wonder whether one villa doth a city make.....
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/13/n...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/13/n...
Simple #TombTuesday of St Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury from 1065.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Simple #TombTuesday of St Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury from 1065.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
Originally in 1st Cathedral at Old Sarum for 1099 burial, moved 1226 to new cathedral.
Holes allowed closer contact for pilgrims to crawl in, kiss coffin lid.
Osmund's magnificent shrine from 1457 canonization wrecked in Reformation.
Reposted by Becky Wallower
#MosaicMonday 🏺
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
January 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
#MosaicMonday 🏺
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
#MosaicMonday 🏺
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
January 12, 2026 at 6:23 PM
#MosaicMonday 🏺
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
Boar meets lion in lively if unsophisticated panel from 4-5 C AD domus in #Roman Tarentum, w rocks + trees in background.
Was on short side of large octagonal patterned floor that also featured fish/dolphin panels.
Excavated 1909, in MArTA: National Archaeological Museum Taranto
Reposted by Becky Wallower
#CastleSaturday
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
January 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
#CastleSaturday
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
#CastleSaturday
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
January 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
#CastleSaturday
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
Castel del Monte dominates Puglia's Murge plateau + visible from sea
Creation of Swabian Emperor Frederick II in 1240, using v fine materials + design.
Octagon form w 8 octagonal towers symbol of fusion of celestial+earthly power. Resistant to attack, provides control + good hawking.
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A fishy dish for #FindsFriday.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
A fishy dish for #FindsFriday.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
Reposted by Becky Wallower
Reposted by Becky Wallower
A fishy dish for #FindsFriday.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
A fishy dish for #FindsFriday.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
Often found in funerary contexts, so hypothetically for 'ritual banquets'.
This one, by artist known as 'the eyebrow painter', also features lively hornshell + mussel.
🏺
Terracotta, Magna Graecia, 310-300BC.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Matera, Basilicata.
Reposted by Becky Wallower
The door that John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, passed through on his way to being burnt at the stake on 9th February 1555. After 17 months in Fleet prison, he still refused Queen Mary's orders to recant Protestantism.
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
January 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
The door that John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, passed through on his way to being burnt at the stake on 9th February 1555. After 17 months in Fleet prison, he still refused Queen Mary's orders to recant Protestantism.
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
More coverage from Art News, and of course it's on Digging For Britain tonight if you haven't already viewed it...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/08/o...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/08/o...
‘Once-in-a lifetime’ UK Iron Age discovery may be linked to Boudicca
The hoard, uncovered by archaeologists in Norfolk, includes rare animal-headed battle trumpet
www.theartnewspaper.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
More coverage from Art News, and of course it's on Digging For Britain tonight if you haven't already viewed it...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/08/o...
www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/08/o...
The door that John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, passed through on his way to being burnt at the stake on 9th February 1555. After 17 months in Fleet prison, he still refused Queen Mary's orders to recant Protestantism.
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
January 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
The door that John Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, passed through on his way to being burnt at the stake on 9th February 1555. After 17 months in Fleet prison, he still refused Queen Mary's orders to recant Protestantism.
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
See /2 for house/street view.
#AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday
Reposted by Becky Wallower
The new Norfolk Iron Age carnyx find featured on #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is beyond spectacular, dating to that crucial period for the Iceni between Caesar’s expeditions & Boudica’s rebellion. Already my find of the decade, today is a day to worship the carnyx…
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January 7, 2026 at 9:34 AM
The new Norfolk Iron Age carnyx find featured on #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is beyond spectacular, dating to that crucial period for the Iceni between Caesar’s expeditions & Boudica’s rebellion. Already my find of the decade, today is a day to worship the carnyx…
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