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Claire Nolan
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Researcher, archaeologist, heritage & wellbeing, social & ecocultural value of archaeology, prehistory/early history, landscape, peatlands, trees, mindfulness, ecopsychology, music…………

Web: https://ucc-ie.academia.edu/ClaireNolan
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Claire Nolan @drclairenolan.bsky.social · Sep 18
Honoured to have contributed to this awesome volume! Well done to @justrena.bsky.social and @saveknockiveagh.bsky.social!
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Just some horses hanging out at a Neolithic tomb
Spinsters Rock dolmen, Dartmoor
#TombTuesday #Dartmoor
Neolithic dolmen Spinsters Rock on Dartmoor
December 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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And for those really curious about bog bodies here is Henry's inaugural lecture on 'Bog bodies, wetland archaeology and peatland heritage' 👇
December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Randolphfield Stones under the gaze of Scotland’s finest. At Randolphfield Police Station.
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December 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Delighted to have a paper on wetlands archaeology in this global review of wetlands, with Ben Gearey and Rosie Everett
December 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂

Booking available here:
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December 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Wow, “French marine archaeologists have discovered a massive undersea wall off the coast of Brittany, dating from around 5,000 BC”.

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Huge undersea wall dating from 5000 BC found in France
The 120 metre wall was either a fish-trap or a dyke for protection against rising sea-levels, archeologists believe.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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I forgot that in 2019 I started a whole website about Ludovic Mann, #TheManntheMyth. I had plans to do a podcast & update this regularly. If this gets to 100 followers (from current total of 23!) I’ll revive it and start adding content! #LudovicMann
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The Mann the Myth
A blog and website dedicated to Ludovic McLellan Mann (1869-1955), the eccentric Glaswegian archaeologist and insurance broker.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Ooh, our podcast chat about Neolithic society in Ireland is out! Perfect for fireside listen as we approach winter solstice.
neiljackman.bsky.social Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 7d
New episode of Amplify Archaeology Podcast!

In this episode I chatted with Dr Jessica Smith, Dr Neil Carlin, and @suegreaney.bsky.social about the important recent paper that discusses Neolithic society, kinship, death, ancient DNA, and how we understand and interpret the story of the past.
An aerial view of Newgrange with the branding for Amplify Archaeology Podcast, and text that reads: 'Kinship, Culture & Death in Neolithic Ireland'
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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First new #UrbanPrehistory blog post for a while. Here, I reflect on two fake 'megaliths' I recently saw at a prog thrash metal gig in Glasgow, Blood Incantation.
'Because allusions to prehistory, however wrong or baffling, seem to be everywhere'
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Blood incantation
The most (in)famous example of heavy metal and prehistory harmonising is surely the undersized Stone’enge that is slowly lowered into the midst of guitars and spandex in the 1984 mock-rock-do…
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December 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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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
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December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The Penrhos Feilw standing stones, Holyhead, Anglesey #StandingStoneSunday
December 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Jersey's Centre Stone.
The Omphallos of the Island, a block of granite 3km from its northern outcrop at Mont Mado. Only a small cup-marl attests to use in prehistory. Maybe once part of a now-lost Dolmen.
#StandingStoneSunday
#MiddleEarth
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Matt Pope on Instagram: "Jersey's Centre Stone. The Omphallos of the Island, a block of granite 3km from its northern outcrop at Mont Mado. Now it lies tucked away on La Rue de Servais in Sion Villag...
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December 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Carnac (🇫🇷) is the site of thousands of standing stones, constructed ~7,000-years-ago #StandingStoneSunday

Radiocarbon dates indicate people added to and changed the complex over a 300 year period, painting a picture of a dynamic #megalithic landscape

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology
Several megaliths stood in a grassy field.
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Thornborough Archaeology Group 2026 Calendar now available to order. All proceeds will help fund our exciting programme of community research & activities in 2026! The land of spectacular Neolithic henges, North Yorkshire England. Pls re-post too! thornboroughag.org/2025/12/04/t...
If you are still looking for the perfect gift that celebrates our amazing local heritage, this is it. The 2026 Calendar includes stunning images of the Thornborough henges, TAG’s fieldwork, and local finds. Each purchase will go towards funding our community-based programme of research and educational events.
December 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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"A lack of contact with nature and limited knowledge about nature can reinforce each other in a negative spiral."

#Biophobia - people can fear what they don't know or understand.

Education in and about nature is vital

phys.org/news/2025-12...
New study challenges the idea of humans as innately nature-loving
Nature is a source of well-being and recovery for many people. However, research shows that there is also a growing number of individuals who experience negative emotions, such as fear, discomfort, or...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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The menhir of La Dent de Gargantua near Chablé in St-Suliac (Ille-et-Vilaine) is made from a large block of angular white quartz. It is 5m tall and 3m wide at the base of the broad face. Not sure of the source for it being the giant’s tooth! Card by ELD in Paris c.1905.
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Listen to the people - ban fox hunting!

FF, FG and SF should drop their opposition to this Bill or at least allow their TDs a free vote on this.

#BanFoxHunting
Poll suggests large majority in favour of ban on foxes getting hunted for sport
The Dáil will debate a move to ban the hunting of foxes on sporting grounds later this month.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Last chance to see? Thought provoking piece about the future of peatland archaeology

Open access and well worth a read!
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology
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December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Look, this will be a good craic and I'd love locals to come along and say hello, or throw buns up to the dais or something!

www.communities-ni.gov.uk/events/pictn...
Pict’n Mix: art and identity in Ireland and Scotland’s Iron Ages
New research of a small collection of unusual Iron Age artefacts, mostly found in the north of Ireland, has led to a re-examination of communication between Ireland and Scotland, well before the early...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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TONIGHT! Discovery Programme's Martin Doody Memorial Lecture, delivered by Prof Joanna Brück: "Animal Kin, Animal Others in Early Bronze Age Britain"

Join us on Zoom at 7.30pm. Sign up here www.eventbrite.com/e/martin-doo...

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Martin Doody Memorial Lecture 2025
The Discovery Programme's annual Martin Doody Memorial Lecture, delivered this year by Prof Joanna Brück of University College Dublin
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December 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Duncarbit Standing Stones (Abstract interpretation)
This is one of three paintings I did all of which I was unsure about so I painted over them
33" x 22" Acrylic
#Acrylic #Painting #TraditionalArt #Abstraction #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #Art #EastCoastKin
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Frederik Noack (UBC) discusses with @talknormal.co.uk the economic impact of biodiversity loss.

From declining bird populations to rising pesticide use, he outlines the cascading effects on agriculture and the environment.

🎧 Listen: cepr.org/multimedia/c...

#EconSky
Graphic promoting a VoxTalks interview with Frederik Noack titled ‘The cost of lost biodiversity’, featuring a flock of birds flying over golden reed fields, symbolising declining biodiversity.
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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malcolmnoonan.bsky.social Malcolm Noonan @malcolmnoonan.bsky.social · 16d
Using a possible three year extension to the nitrates derogation to co-design a regenerative model of agriculture that works for farm families, for nature, water and climate, rather than face the uncertainty again, would be a wise use of time by government.

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Government must use the three years wisely – time to end the uncertainty and ease our way out of nitrates derogation | Green Party
Government must use the three years wisely – time to end the uncertainty and ease our way out of nitrates derogation
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December 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Australia has recognised a fundamental truth: that *everything* depends on healthy wild ecosystems.

Time for the rest of the world to follow suit, and then ACT on it.
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Australia finally acknowledges environment underpins all else. That’s no small thing | Ken Henry
In what are dangerous times for democracies around the world, parliament’s overhaul of nature laws in the EPBC Act shows ambitious reform remains possible
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November 28, 2025 at 6:18 AM