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Dr Toby Driver
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🛩️ Aerial Archaeologist @ Royal Commission, Wales | Trustee: Cambrians & AARG | Author: HILLFORTS OF IRON AGE WALES | Prehistory | Landscape archaeology | Personal account

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · Nov 18
A simply extraordinary Iron Age staircase, preserved within the wall thickness of the ruinous #Broch tower at Dun Carloway, Isle of Lewis, in the Outer #Hebrides.

The sophisticated pre-Roman architecture here blew me away when I saw it this June - a real bucket-list moment

📷 My own 2024
A stone staircase built of uneven slabs winds its way up inside a dark drystone tower, with steep walls to either side
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Why was everyone in *Civilisations: Rise and Fall* dressed like they were in a 1950s Hollywood epic?

Stilicho looked like Richard Burton in *The Robe* with muscled cuirass and pointless wrist guards rather than in long sleeved tunic and big chonky brooch

Who was the historical advisor on this? 😱😱
An actor pretending to be a Roman general of the late 4th century AD wearing armour, red cloak and two swords of a much earlier period plus wrist bands which no one outside of a Hollywood movie ever wore Actor Richard Burton in the film The Robe, wearing a muscled cuirass and wrist bands, relaxes on a block of marble Stilicho, a late Roman general as depicted on an ivory panel wearing long sleeved tunic, big brooch, long sword at his belt and a spear in his right hand
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
drtobydriver.bsky.social
No better way to spend a day than at Amgueddfa Cymru/National Museum Wales St Fagans in excellent company with @archaedelle.bsky.social, @richardosgood.bsky.social & the Op Nightingale team. Thanks to all the museum staff for a memorable day 👌🍻
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
drtobydriver.bsky.social
The famous picturesque Hafod Arch above Devil's Bridge, Ceredigion 🥰

Built by Thomas Johnes of Hafod to celebrate the Jubilee of George III's accession in the early C19th, & now a notable climb for all local #cyclists

📷 My own, Saturday
A great stone arch spanning the road
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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NEWS: We’re delighted to announce that Inmos Microprocessing Factory in Newport (Richard Rogers & Partners, 1982), one of the most innovative industrial buildings of the late 20th century, has been Grade II* listed following an application by C20 and C20 Cymru.

➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/high-te...
Inmos Microprocessor Factory, Newport, Gwent – Richard Rogers and Parrtners, with engineer Anthony Hunt, 1982 Image credit: Ken Kirkwood © RSHP Archive
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
drtobydriver.bsky.social
Down the autumn backlanes from home yesterday 🍂 - good for the soul👌

📷 Near Talybont, Ceredigion, Cymru/Wales
November 24, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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After some kick back for posting too many Roman pictures (not naming names @drtobydriver.bsky.social 🙄) I’ve had to post pictures of Carn Liath broch to even out the Iron Age balance.
Note to self - no more backlit selfies (🎶oooh-oooh me ears are alight🎶)
Me, with broch and setting sun over sea behind me. A broch with sea and setting sun beyond. Stairs down through the wall of a broch Reconstruction of the interior of a broch.
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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I think I’m just going to keep posting pictures of decorative Roman cavalry horse chamfrons from @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social until people start blocking me.

Have some.

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Red leather decorated Roman cavalry horse face mask armour on chamfron. Modern mosaic of a red horse chamfron. Tan leather decorated Roman cavalry horse face mask armour on chamfron. Mosaic of a tan horse chamfron.
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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urbanprehistorian.bsky.social
A hugely popular and internationally recognised symbol of Britishness, associated with time travel & outlandish speculative fictions. And the TARDIS.
The TARDIS and Stonehenge
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
drtobydriver.bsky.social
Next Portable Antiquities day in Aberystwyth will be happening on 13th December in the National Library of Wales.

I'll be there along with the super knowledgeable @archaedelle.bsky.social 🥳

@findsorguk.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing what's been discovered in the region! 🧐
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
From Heel to Eternity on #StandingStoneSunday

Gazing down the Avenue, past the Heel Stone sarsen, to distant Stonehenge #Wiltshire, as the sun begins to set on a cold November afternoon

📷 2025
A large, irregular grey stone, encircled by a slight, grass covered circular ditch, stands to the left foreground with a series of stone uprights supporting lintels in the near distance, framed by blue sky, white clouds and setting sun
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Un vídeo con escenas da historia de Galicia e algunhas máis que non estaban no fío. Gozade como mínimo o mesmo que gocei eu facéndoo.
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Callanish #StandingStoneSunday
November 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
drtobydriver.bsky.social
Landscape of the Early Bronze Age miners..⛏️

Driving home through Cwmystwyth valley yesterday in mid Wales, below the EBA mine on Copa Hill (out of picture, above right) it never fails to impress how a few true geniuses 4500 years ago managed to spot ores in these bleak hills

Incredible🤯

📷 My own
An autumnal upland valley with a central winding river
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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À La Chapelle-des-Fougeretz (Ille-Et-Vilaine), l'Inrap a mis au jour en 2022 les vestiges d'une importante occupation gallo-romaine comprenant un vaste sanctuaire.

Vidéo complète 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=enFJ...
October 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Did not want to go for a run. Went. Rewards level: enchanted forest.
Blacktail deer doe standing in sunshine on a path between evergreen trees.
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
drtobydriver.bsky.social
Ran a 10 miler in the Elan Valley today, which was challenging, but it was a delight to come home through the great Victorian dams with the last of the autumn colours hanging on 🍂
A large stone dam with an ornate tower surrounded by bare woodland with traces of autumn colours
November 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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An intentionally destroyed #BronzeAge #sword found in a burial at Blaubeuren-Asch. Bronze Age weapons deposited in burials were often bent or hacked into pieces before placed into the grave, in this way they 'died' with the owner. Dating 9th century BC.

📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg

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Fragmented remains of a bronze sword laid out on a dark surface, its blade hacked into multiple pieces. The broken segments show long, parallel ridges characteristic of the original blade, along with sections of the hilt and guard.
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Ystum Cegid Isaf: A photo from 2024, one of a few rescued from our 'plugole' which is where where failed uploads end up. More mystery photos from the plugole here - can you identify any of them?. Situated within dry stone walling between two farmer’s fields.
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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fellranger.bsky.social
Ideal Christmas presents for lovers of Hadrian's Wall and walking in the historic landscapes of northern England.
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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cambriansarch.bsky.social
📣🎄Cambrians’ Christmas Lecture 2025 📣🎄

🧙'The Druids’ Sacrifice: Discovering Iron Age Wales on Military Land'🧙

By Richard Osgood (Senior Archaeologist, DIO)

Online via Zoom: Thursday 4th December at 7.00 pm

This is a members-only event. Why not join us?

cambrians.org.uk/cambrians-ch...
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
drtobydriver.bsky.social
Great to see the good people of Meifod Local History Society last night for a talk on the hillforts of Wales🛖

Great Comms from the organisers leading up to the talk ✔️
76 people out despite the freezing weather ✔️
Projector & laptop already sorted ✔️🥳
Biscuits & raffle ✔️

www.meifodhistorygroup.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Jackdaw dawn, Ceredigion
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
The base of a 2,000 year old, Late Iron Age Durotrigian style Black Burnished Ware bowl from Winterborne Kingston #Dorset

A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?

📷 during cleaning in June 2013

#FindsFriday
The base of a black prehistoric pottery vessel, held in the red nail varnished hands of an archaeologist, showing an area of decoration, comprising a series of squiggles, scored into the fabric prior to firing
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
drtobydriver.bsky.social
#FindsFriday looking down on a mighty spearhead, chariot fittings & tools 🥰 from the Iron Age votive lake deposit at Llyn Cerrig Bach on Ynys Môn/Anglesey - now on display in St Fagans Museum

Hear about new discoveries on 4 December at the Cambrians Xmas lecture🥳

cambrians.org.uk/cambrians-ch...
An array of iron and bronze finds in a white museum case
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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RIP Mani. Here's a poster from the time the Stone Roses played Aberystwyth...
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM