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Dan Herbert

@danherb10.bsky.social

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Me? Prehistory. Normans. Recently Vikings. New Model Army. Asterix. Old Gods. Arsenal. Corinthian Casuals. University Library Buildings Development Manager. Neurodivergent. Cursed by MECFS. #MDANT

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Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 12m

Current Status: Beer Festival

Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 1h

Current Status: Stonehenge Mystik
#NottinghamBeerFestival

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 12h

Gazing in awe & wonder 😮

Inside the spectacular Little Woodbury house at @butserancientfarm.co.uk where the great soot-blackened roof stands without central posts

An incredible family house from Late Iron Age Britain

With @durotrigesdig.bsky.social
@theduncanmackay.bsky.social

📷 My own, Sept

Duncan & Miles inside a roundhouse gazing up at the roof

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 1d

Ooh! Ooh! I know this! I know this! It’s err
it’s err, Boudoo…
it’s err, Bondi….
it’s err, Boaconstric….
it’s err, Baobab….
Nah, it’s no good, it’s gone now…

Valiant testing essential general knowledge February 1974.
Strap on your spinning scythes of death, people, it’s #BoudicaFriday!
#Echolands

Valiant comic cover with a colourful depiction of Boudica in her chariot with the title Who is It?

Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 3h

#OldGods

Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 3h

Went to Woolaton Hall today but it looked like Obelix had been there before me

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Mark Knight 🍉 @markknight63.bsky.social · 1d

A slice is nice! #Fenland #FlagFenBasin #Dendrochronology

A slice through a bog oak from - clearly visible growth rings and preserved sap wood.

Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 14h

Archaeologists are the rock stars of the modern age

Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 14h

That made me laugh out loud

Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 14h

a man wearing an apron that says " ten out of ten "

ALT: a man wearing an apron that says " ten out of ten "

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Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 14h

a man wearing a black shirt and a wayne 's world hat smiles

ALT: a man wearing a black shirt and a wayne 's world hat smiles

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Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 14h

Haven't tried that one. Any good?

Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 1d

Heading up tonight. Staying with family.
Festival tomorrow

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 1d

What a joy to be taken around Pen Dinas by @tobydriver.bsky.social as the first stop on the Society of Antiques Annual Wales field trip

Photo of Toby Driver standing on a low Bronze Age barrow in the middle of Pen Dinas hillfort with views over Aberystwyth.

Photo of the path up to Pen Dinas hillfort, a green strip cut into a heather clad hill with the south gateway of the hillfort showing as a cut on the right hand side of the photo and a Wellington monument showing on the skyline. The fort was excavated in the 30s and again in 2023

Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 1d

🖤

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Pedro @pedrovankooten.bsky.social · 1d

Autumn

New Model Army - Today Is A Good Day

#newmodelarmy
#autumn
#nowplaying
#bsky.music

Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent
Hope you have a great night.
Brighton on Tues for me

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Steve H @darkhawk71.bsky.social · 1d

#ArtistFave15 day 10
#MusicChallenge

New Model Army - Wonderful Way To Go

There's been no particular order to my choices so far but after this, the next five are absolutely my top five

youtu.be/bwMaTZInxGo?...

Wonderful Way To Go - New Model Army

YouTube video by newmodelarmyofficial

Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 1d

Current Status:
Nottingham Beer Festival preparation

A photo of two spreadsheet print outs of beers and ciders

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 1d

A 7th century Pictish symbol stone discovered in 1936 during excavations at the Knowe of Burrian - a broch at Netherbrough in the Orkney Isles. Now part of the collections at Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Picts #Orkney

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 2d

Small things like grids, utility and manhole covers can make a real difference to the feel and character of a place.

Just look at the difference between the iron ones and the shitty boring plastic, cheapest value tender version here in Clonmel.

A circular cast iron water cover with ornate celtic revival decoration and the word uisce

A cast iron utility cover with E Channon & Sons ornately embossed

A subrectangular cast iron water cover with celtic revival knotwork decoration and the text Uisce Quality Irish

A boring plasticy looking modern circular cover with the words Water Uisce

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Richard Osgood @richardosgood.bsky.social · 2d

#inktober2025 9)Heavy. Never found one of these but this is a Roman Lead bar called a ‘pig’. This one made by the Deceangli in Flintshire (hence the ‘decea’ on the side) for the Emperor Vespasian (hence the impression on the top). Weighing 6827g & made in AD76. #archaeology

Sketch of a Roman lead bar called a’pig’ . With IMP. VESP. VII. written on top (linking to emperor Vespasian) and DECEA on the side denoting manufacture by the Deceangli in north wales

Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 2d

😆

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Paul Blinkhorn @paulblinkhorn.bsky.social · 2d

As it's #hillfortswednesday and I've finally managed to retrieve my summer holiday photos from my broken camera, here's Darren Camp in Ceredigion and a (very) distant view of Pen Dinas in Aberystwyth from the same spot

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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 2d

Noticed the other week that there's not nearly enough #HistoricalHotties content here on Bluesky, so am posting one of the OGs, Antinous
(amirite @emmasouthon.bsky.social )

Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 4d

Marble bust of Antinous depicted as Dionysus with a bronze vine wreath on his head.
The bust, found at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, was part of Marquis Giampietro Campana's collection and was regarded as one of his finest sculptures. Emperor Alexander II of Russia bought it in 1861 for the Hermitage.