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stephen cogbill
@coggers.bsky.social
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Retired. Interests: photography, cycling, archaeology and hiking. Not necessarily in that order🙂
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@drtobydriver.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social When the rain persists - indoors with some Welsh-leaning and considered, literary responses to the stones.🙂Not sure why only just catching up with this one, but 👍
February 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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@richardosgood.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social Really enjoyed tonight's Digging for Britain! 👍🙂 Sanctuaries on cliffs (1) Barry Cunliffe has said promontory 'forts' MAY not all be defensive (2) this 'persistent' place on Malta I happened across a few years back on hols. Fascinating.
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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#SarsenSunday @martynjb.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social Freezing cold but fun yomp over Fyfield Down on Thursday. Stukeley and companions look rather more comfortable, with coach and horses waiting for them bottom right!
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.
Mnemonic   Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. Unless a leap year is its fate, February hath twenty-eight. All the rest hath three days more, excepting January, which hath six thousand, one hundred and eighty-four. Brian Bilston
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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www.facebook.com/groups/25455... @martynjb.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social @reblambert.bsky.social Oh my!
Phil Whittle with Alexander Keiller's Hispano Suiza, Avebury, Wiltshire, 1930s | Facebook
Phil Whittle with Alexander Keiller's Hispano Suiza, Avebury, Wiltshire, 1930s
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January 22, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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writeforwellbeing.bsky.social
Happy 92nd Birthday, Tom Baker!
You're 'my Doctor' always.
#TomBaker
January 20, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Cow Tools. OMG.
Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow
Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow cognition...
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January 19, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Come hell & high water I am shoehorning this Livy quote into my WIP. It's too delicious. "The year was marred by omnious signs, fires blazed in the sky, there was a violent earthquake & a cow talked - there was a rumour that a cow had talked the previous year but nobody believed it"
January 19, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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@drtobydriver.bsky.social so, the 2027 TdF stage3 is going over the Rhigos!
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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#HillfortWednesday @richardosgood.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @drtobydriver.bsky.social Recent photos up Sidbury Hill hillfort on the Salisbury Plain Training Area. The last 2 show clearly the Bronze Age "double linear" earthwork meeting the NW corner of it.
January 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Stark and otherworldly - sunset at Mitchell’s Fold, the Bronze Age stone circle on Stapeley Hill. I got this shot at the tail end of a blizzard, when the sky took on a golden glow that made a spectacular contrast with the snow-covered landscape. It was every bit as cold as it looks. #Shropshire
January 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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Well, if it’s 31 December, it’s... yes, of course: 172nd anniversary of the dinner Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, creator of the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, gave for 21 leading academics and other VIPs inside the Iguanodon
Dinner in the Iguanodon model from the Illustrated London News: shows a huge dinosaur model with its back section missing or unfinished, with men sitting inside it. Around it stands a stage, with steps up, around which waiters are moving with trays. The whole thing stands inside a huge set of drapes, presumably on some kind of frame, as there is a chandelier hanging above the dinosaur
December 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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#Stonehenge #MidwinterSunrise @stoneclub.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social FINALLY, a completely clear sky for this morning's sunrise! Excuse the power-lines.
Stonehenge at dawn stonehenge with the first sighting of the sun and an orange glow for a sky The sun peeping out from a trilithon with some birds overhead Stonehenge The sun having risen above Stonehenge in an orange sky
December 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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archaeohawke.bsky.social
Some #Welsh terminology for the festivities ahead…

Nadolig Llawen - Merry Christmas
Cyfarchion y Tymor - Season’s Greetings
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda - Happy New Year

Uchelwydd - Mistletoe
Celyn - Holly
Gwledd - Feast

Nos Galan - New Year’s Eve

#Cymru #Christmas🎄
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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@archaeol-winscutt.bsky.social @amandachadburn.bsky.social @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social This PM's sunset from Heel Stone - the furry looking silhouette on the left🙂
December 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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@martynjb.bsky.social @richardosgood.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social This morning's dawn on the West Kennet Avenue - who knew double-yellow lines could look pretty! Some sarsens were later involved.
Looking towards the bright orange sunrise on the West Kennet avenue with Sarsen Stones on the right and fence-posts on the right
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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@weborguk.bsky.social Needs a big screen to view. Tested a light pollution filter on my camera and managed to catch a Geminid meteor near the Pleiades yesterday evening (4 secs exposure). Seems to work!
A Geminid meteor passing left to right below the Pleiades.
December 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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@stoneclub.bsky.social @englishheritage.bsky.social @archaeol-winscutt.bsky.social @martynjb.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social Stonehenge 1892 Bingley Photo (V&A). No Larkhill to get in the way!
late 19th century photo of Stonehenge looking from the centre over the Heel Stone, with no buildings on the skyline
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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thismanyyearsago.bsky.social
157 years ago, on the 9th of December 1868, the world's first traffic lights were installed outside the Palace of Westminster in London. It used semaphore arms during the day and green/red gas lamps at night. It had to be operated by a constable. It exploded on January 2nd 1869. #otd #history 🗃️
Information about the new system. Richard Mayne was the head of the Metropolitan Police. Image reproduced under creative commons licence. POLICE NOTICE. Street crossing signals. CAUTION. The Semaphore Arms lowered and by Night with a Green Light. STOP. The Semaphore Arms extended and by Night with a Red Light. By the Signal "CAUTION", all persons in charge of Vehicles and Horses are warned to pass over the Crossing with care, and due regard to the safety of Foot Passengers. The Signal "STOP", will only be displayed when it is necessary that Vehicles and Horses shall be actually stopped on each side of the Crossing to allow the passage of Persons on Foot; notice being thus given to all persons in charge of Vehicles and Horses to stop clear of the Crossing. Richard Mayne
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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@amandachadburn.bsky.social @mikegill.bsky.social @englishheritage.bsky.social @archaeol-winscutt.bsky.social @artefactual.bsky.social I came to catch the (nearly full) moonrise, but all I got was this🙁
A rainbow behind a dark and forbidding set of sarsen stones at Stonehenge.
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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surcouf.bsky.social
« Ui, bonjour, prends ma monnaie »
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
The Good Old Days   Pity the poor children of today, with their calendars stuffed with chocolates,   never to know the thrill of opening a small cardboard door and discovering behind it   a picture of a bell. Brian Bilston
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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@tessmachling.bsky.social worth a peek!
kpw1453.bsky.social Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · Nov 24
The ‘Shell Mosaic’ from Verulamium - the third largest town in Roman Britain which is situated close to modern St. Albans. The mosaic is one of 49 discovered during excavations of the site and dates to around 150 AD. The mosaic is on display at Verulamium Museum. #MosaicMonday
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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#Stonehenge #DrWhoDay Greetings from Stonehenge to all Dr Who fans (or even those little ones it scared).
Close up of the Tardis at a sunny Stonehenge this morning.
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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C.R.Ashbee’s house in Chipping Campden. #ArtsandCrafts #GuildofHandicrafts Grade 1 listed
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM