Rupert Ferguson
@druidtombraider.bsky.social
Writer, Journalist, TV Researcher, Investigative Reporter, Blogger, Sub Editor, Published Author, Film Maker, Traditional Folk Singer, Musician, Kung Fu Master, Community Activist & Mime Artist Extraordinaire. Interested in Archaeology, History & Folklore.
For #HillfortsWednesday a magnificent aerial view of Foel Drygarn Hillfort courtesy of superdove #Cymru
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
For #HillfortsWednesday a magnificent aerial view of Foel Drygarn Hillfort courtesy of superdove #Cymru
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An aerial photo of Liddington hillfort in our collectons inspired artist and archaeologist Rose Ferraby to create two prints now in our exhibition - Liddington in Winter / Summer. Different layers of paint in the print created different effects. #HillfortsWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
An aerial photo of Liddington hillfort in our collectons inspired artist and archaeologist Rose Ferraby to create two prints now in our exhibition - Liddington in Winter / Summer. Different layers of paint in the print created different effects. #HillfortsWednesday
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Runsa hillfort lies high above the Lake Mälaren in Uppland in Sweden. During the early Iron Age there was a farm inside the walls. At Runsa are the largest boat setting graves in Sweden. In the photo the excavations in 2015. #HillfortsWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Runsa hillfort lies high above the Lake Mälaren in Uppland in Sweden. During the early Iron Age there was a farm inside the walls. At Runsa are the largest boat setting graves in Sweden. In the photo the excavations in 2015. #HillfortsWednesday
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To celebrate #HillfortsWednesday, here's a fantastic recreation of the ramparts of Cadbury Castle in #Somerset under construction in the Iron Age, painted by the late great Victor Ambrus 🤩
From the cover of *Drawing Somerset's Past* published by #HistoryPress and @museumofsomerset.bsky.social
From the cover of *Drawing Somerset's Past* published by #HistoryPress and @museumofsomerset.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
To celebrate #HillfortsWednesday, here's a fantastic recreation of the ramparts of Cadbury Castle in #Somerset under construction in the Iron Age, painted by the late great Victor Ambrus 🤩
From the cover of *Drawing Somerset's Past* published by #HistoryPress and @museumofsomerset.bsky.social
From the cover of *Drawing Somerset's Past* published by #HistoryPress and @museumofsomerset.bsky.social
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The approach to Ringses Hillfort on Doddington Moor in Northumberland. The multivallate fort is Iron Age in date. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #RingsesHillfort #DoddingtonMoor #Northumberland
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The approach to Ringses Hillfort on Doddington Moor in Northumberland. The multivallate fort is Iron Age in date. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #RingsesHillfort #DoddingtonMoor #Northumberland
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Another hilltop 360 for #HillfortsWednesday, this time from Mither Tap, Bennachie, Aberdeenshire, taken 2 weeks ago. I do declare that each Scottish hillfort I ascend is windier than the last, & this was definitely windier than Eildon Hill, which was pretty windy, tbf.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Another hilltop 360 for #HillfortsWednesday, this time from Mither Tap, Bennachie, Aberdeenshire, taken 2 weeks ago. I do declare that each Scottish hillfort I ascend is windier than the last, & this was definitely windier than Eildon Hill, which was pretty windy, tbf.
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The impressive, multivallate Iron Age hillfort of Cadbury Castle encloses a roughly triangular hill above the river Yeo in #Somerset
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The impressive, multivallate Iron Age hillfort of Cadbury Castle encloses a roughly triangular hill above the river Yeo in #Somerset
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday
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For a chilly 🥶 #HillfortsWednesday I thought everyone could warm their toes on this Iron Age fire, crackling & smoking inside the Bryn Eryr roundhouse at St Fagans Museum yesterday 🥰🔥
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
For a chilly 🥶 #HillfortsWednesday I thought everyone could warm their toes on this Iron Age fire, crackling & smoking inside the Bryn Eryr roundhouse at St Fagans Museum yesterday 🥰🔥
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
For #TombTuesday the Dolmen de los Hermanos Viera in Antequera, province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain courtesy of Grez. #Archaeology #megaliths
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
For #TombTuesday the Dolmen de los Hermanos Viera in Antequera, province of Málaga, Andalusia, Spain courtesy of Grez. #Archaeology #megaliths
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Dolmen de Cal Boixadera: Burial Chamber in Cataluña #TombTuesday 📷 LaSenyussana More: http://www.megalithi...
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Dolmen de Cal Boixadera: Burial Chamber in Cataluña #TombTuesday 📷 LaSenyussana More: http://www.megalithi...
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The large slab that forms the back of Tomfat Chambered Cairn south of Inverness #TombTuesday
More wintery pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
More wintery pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The large slab that forms the back of Tomfat Chambered Cairn south of Inverness #TombTuesday
More wintery pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
More wintery pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...
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The Nereid monument was shipped from Asia minor to the @britishmuseum.bsky.social The monument was probably built for Erbinna, ruler of Lycian Xanthos in modern-day south-west Turkey. It dates to 390-380 BC. It was influenced by the Ionic temples of the Acropolis of Athens #TombTuesday
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The Nereid monument was shipped from Asia minor to the @britishmuseum.bsky.social The monument was probably built for Erbinna, ruler of Lycian Xanthos in modern-day south-west Turkey. It dates to 390-380 BC. It was influenced by the Ionic temples of the Acropolis of Athens #TombTuesday
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One of the Carrowkeel cairns for #tombTuesday last week.
The climb up and the views around make this monument to a great experience.
The climb up and the views around make this monument to a great experience.
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
One of the Carrowkeel cairns for #tombTuesday last week.
The climb up and the views around make this monument to a great experience.
The climb up and the views around make this monument to a great experience.
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Before its restoration in the 1980s the well-known passage grave of La Table des Marchands in Locmariaquer (Morbihan) was exposed due to early quarrying of the cairn. This card shows the terminal slab on the left and the passage on the right. #TombTuesday.
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Before its restoration in the 1980s the well-known passage grave of La Table des Marchands in Locmariaquer (Morbihan) was exposed due to early quarrying of the cairn. This card shows the terminal slab on the left and the passage on the right. #TombTuesday.
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Sweyne's Howes North on the Gower peninsula: tumbledown though not as ruinous as nearby Sweyne's Howes South! Was this Sweyne who came to be associated with the prehistoric burial chambers on Rhossili Down the same Viking who gave his name to Swansea (Sweyns-ey – 'Sweyne's island')? #TombTuesday
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Sweyne's Howes North on the Gower peninsula: tumbledown though not as ruinous as nearby Sweyne's Howes South! Was this Sweyne who came to be associated with the prehistoric burial chambers on Rhossili Down the same Viking who gave his name to Swansea (Sweyns-ey – 'Sweyne's island')? #TombTuesday
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November 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Part of the interior of Unstan Neolithic Chambered Cairn on Orkney. Some 30 bowl fragments were discovered during excavation which gave rise to the pottery type ‘Unstan Ware’. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Part of the interior of Unstan Neolithic Chambered Cairn on Orkney. Some 30 bowl fragments were discovered during excavation which gave rise to the pottery type ‘Unstan Ware’. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney
For #MosaicMonday Roman Mosaic pavement depicting the struggle between Dionysus and the Indians from the Villa Ruffinella in Tusculum 4th century CE courtesy of Mary Harrsch. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
For #MosaicMonday Roman Mosaic pavement depicting the struggle between Dionysus and the Indians from the Villa Ruffinella in Tusculum 4th century CE courtesy of Mary Harrsch. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology
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I took this photo at the excavation of Roman remains by Great Central Street in Leicester in 2017. #MosaicMonday
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I took this photo at the excavation of Roman remains by Great Central Street in Leicester in 2017. #MosaicMonday
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✨The Triumph of Venus✨
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate Venus in all her 4th Century CE glory! This mosaic shows Venus travelling the sea while supported by two centaur seahorses. The lowest register shows fisherman enjoying the fruits of the sea. Packed with detail, this mosaic is a feast!
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate Venus in all her 4th Century CE glory! This mosaic shows Venus travelling the sea while supported by two centaur seahorses. The lowest register shows fisherman enjoying the fruits of the sea. Packed with detail, this mosaic is a feast!
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
✨The Triumph of Venus✨
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate Venus in all her 4th Century CE glory! This mosaic shows Venus travelling the sea while supported by two centaur seahorses. The lowest register shows fisherman enjoying the fruits of the sea. Packed with detail, this mosaic is a feast!
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate Venus in all her 4th Century CE glory! This mosaic shows Venus travelling the sea while supported by two centaur seahorses. The lowest register shows fisherman enjoying the fruits of the sea. Packed with detail, this mosaic is a feast!
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Part of #Roman floor mosaic
3rd Century CE
Found 1899 - Karl-Marx-Straße/Jüdemerstraße #Trier
A lion striking a bull as its prey.
Originally 6.5 square metres in size, the surrounding pattern indicates it once would have had nine panels.
Now Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier
#MosaicMonday
3rd Century CE
Found 1899 - Karl-Marx-Straße/Jüdemerstraße #Trier
A lion striking a bull as its prey.
Originally 6.5 square metres in size, the surrounding pattern indicates it once would have had nine panels.
Now Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier
#MosaicMonday
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Part of #Roman floor mosaic
3rd Century CE
Found 1899 - Karl-Marx-Straße/Jüdemerstraße #Trier
A lion striking a bull as its prey.
Originally 6.5 square metres in size, the surrounding pattern indicates it once would have had nine panels.
Now Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier
#MosaicMonday
3rd Century CE
Found 1899 - Karl-Marx-Straße/Jüdemerstraße #Trier
A lion striking a bull as its prey.
Originally 6.5 square metres in size, the surrounding pattern indicates it once would have had nine panels.
Now Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier
#MosaicMonday
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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 7:53 AM
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
A wintry view of one of the standing stones from the Rollright Neolithic Stone Circle courtesy of nick.garrod. #StandingStoneSunday
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
A wintry view of one of the standing stones from the Rollright Neolithic Stone Circle courtesy of nick.garrod. #StandingStoneSunday
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The Menhir de la Lèque in Lussan (Gard) is 5.6m tall. It Is also known as Pierre Plantée, one of several menhirs which in tradition had grown from seeds. A chunk out of one edge is from C19 attempts to break it up. #StandingStoneSunday.
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The Menhir de la Lèque in Lussan (Gard) is 5.6m tall. It Is also known as Pierre Plantée, one of several menhirs which in tradition had grown from seeds. A chunk out of one edge is from C19 attempts to break it up. #StandingStoneSunday.
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Yockenthwaite stone circle (also known as the Druid's Circle) in Langstrothdale, on this day in 2021
www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2017/07/19/y...
#OnThisDay #AncientSiteSunday #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Hiking #YorkshireDales
www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2017/07/19/y...
#OnThisDay #AncientSiteSunday #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Hiking #YorkshireDales
November 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Yockenthwaite stone circle (also known as the Druid's Circle) in Langstrothdale, on this day in 2021
www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2017/07/19/y...
#OnThisDay #AncientSiteSunday #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Hiking #YorkshireDales
www.thenorthernantiquarian.org/2017/07/19/y...
#OnThisDay #AncientSiteSunday #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Hiking #YorkshireDales