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Investigating the Iron Age and Roman period in SW Britain. Bournemouth University #HillfortsWednesday Posts (mostly) by Miles Russell
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· Nov 16
Hello, we're the Durotriges Project 👋
If you're here for updates on prehistoric Dorset, archaeology info or just to look at pictures of Iron Age / Roman artefacts, we hope you'll find something of interest
#Durotriges25
⚠️ warning: may contain random references to #DoctorWho and #HypocaustGate
If you're here for updates on prehistoric Dorset, archaeology info or just to look at pictures of Iron Age / Roman artefacts, we hope you'll find something of interest
#Durotriges25
⚠️ warning: may contain random references to #DoctorWho and #HypocaustGate
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Detail of an opus signinum (pink tile and mortar) #Roman floor with black and white tesserae roundels and crosslets
Simple but effective 😍
From a 2nd century AD townhouse at Watling Court #London dug in 1978 and in the collection of London Museum (opening later this year 🤞)
📷 2021 #MosaicMonday
Simple but effective 😍
From a 2nd century AD townhouse at Watling Court #London dug in 1978 and in the collection of London Museum (opening later this year 🤞)
📷 2021 #MosaicMonday
February 16, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Detail of an opus signinum (pink tile and mortar) #Roman floor with black and white tesserae roundels and crosslets
Simple but effective 😍
From a 2nd century AD townhouse at Watling Court #London dug in 1978 and in the collection of London Museum (opening later this year 🤞)
📷 2021 #MosaicMonday
Simple but effective 😍
From a 2nd century AD townhouse at Watling Court #London dug in 1978 and in the collection of London Museum (opening later this year 🤞)
📷 2021 #MosaicMonday
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It's the Winter Olympics, so here's a mosaic of a Roman who is *definitely* skiing. ⛷️👍
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
February 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
It's the Winter Olympics, so here's a mosaic of a Roman who is *definitely* skiing. ⛷️👍
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
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For this #MosaicMonday, continuing the homage to the Withington Orpheus mosaic. Some of the animals are now excitingly on display @coriniummuseum.bsky.social, including this colourful leopard who is among those recently let out from the BM's store. 1/2
February 16, 2026 at 12:42 PM
For this #MosaicMonday, continuing the homage to the Withington Orpheus mosaic. Some of the animals are now excitingly on display @coriniummuseum.bsky.social, including this colourful leopard who is among those recently let out from the BM's store. 1/2
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#MosaicMonday takes us into the women's section of the Central Baths of #Herculaneum. This is the changeroom or #apodyterium with a splendid ribbed vault (for her pleasure) and a black and white #mosaic depicting a tentacled #triton and some marine life, all from the early C1 CE. #AncientBluesky 🏺
February 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM
#MosaicMonday takes us into the women's section of the Central Baths of #Herculaneum. This is the changeroom or #apodyterium with a splendid ribbed vault (for her pleasure) and a black and white #mosaic depicting a tentacled #triton and some marine life, all from the early C1 CE. #AncientBluesky 🏺
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It's #mosaicmonday so here's a Pegasus (just like the ones on our Coat of Arms).
Before you all come running to see this amazing 2nd century mosaic in an equally amazing medieval guild hall, it's actually on display at the Archaeological Museum of Córdoba, Spain. Just thought we should clarify.
Before you all come running to see this amazing 2nd century mosaic in an equally amazing medieval guild hall, it's actually on display at the Archaeological Museum of Córdoba, Spain. Just thought we should clarify.
February 16, 2026 at 3:30 PM
It's #mosaicmonday so here's a Pegasus (just like the ones on our Coat of Arms).
Before you all come running to see this amazing 2nd century mosaic in an equally amazing medieval guild hall, it's actually on display at the Archaeological Museum of Córdoba, Spain. Just thought we should clarify.
Before you all come running to see this amazing 2nd century mosaic in an equally amazing medieval guild hall, it's actually on display at the Archaeological Museum of Córdoba, Spain. Just thought we should clarify.
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Everyone needs a panther to go prancing with on a Monday morning. Spotted during a fab trip to the British Museum recently #MosaicMonday #BritishMuseum.
February 16, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Everyone needs a panther to go prancing with on a Monday morning. Spotted during a fab trip to the British Museum recently #MosaicMonday #BritishMuseum.
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Much that is troubling here. We lose precious context, the hoard is split up and passes into private hands. 1/ BBC News - Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds
Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Much that is troubling here. We lose precious context, the hoard is split up and passes into private hands. 1/ BBC News - Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fighting erotes (cupids) from Bignor #Roman Villa in W. Sussex. One is dressed as a retarius gladiator (net and trident) and the other as a secutor (sword and shield).
3rd/4th century
#MosaicMonday
#RomanBritain
3rd/4th century
#MosaicMonday
#RomanBritain
February 16, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Fighting erotes (cupids) from Bignor #Roman Villa in W. Sussex. One is dressed as a retarius gladiator (net and trident) and the other as a secutor (sword and shield).
3rd/4th century
#MosaicMonday
#RomanBritain
3rd/4th century
#MosaicMonday
#RomanBritain
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✨A Roman rooster ✨
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate the majesty of the rooster who is looking rather snappy in this mosaic. The provenance is unknown, though thought to be Tunisia. What can’t be overlooked is his confident pose.
#AncientRome #History #Rooster
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate the majesty of the rooster who is looking rather snappy in this mosaic. The provenance is unknown, though thought to be Tunisia. What can’t be overlooked is his confident pose.
#AncientRome #History #Rooster
February 16, 2026 at 8:28 AM
✨A Roman rooster ✨
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate the majesty of the rooster who is looking rather snappy in this mosaic. The provenance is unknown, though thought to be Tunisia. What can’t be overlooked is his confident pose.
#AncientRome #History #Rooster
This #MosaicMonday we celebrate the majesty of the rooster who is looking rather snappy in this mosaic. The provenance is unknown, though thought to be Tunisia. What can’t be overlooked is his confident pose.
#AncientRome #History #Rooster
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We are officially open from TODAY!! 10.30am-4pm daily for half term week and then open from Tuesday to Saturday. We have events, Hands on History workshops and VR available for booking, plus our ever popular crafts, kids activities & dressing up. Trimontium is calling YOU! Book now ➡️ zurl.co/3nFdL
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 AM
We are officially open from TODAY!! 10.30am-4pm daily for half term week and then open from Tuesday to Saturday. We have events, Hands on History workshops and VR available for booking, plus our ever popular crafts, kids activities & dressing up. Trimontium is calling YOU! Book now ➡️ zurl.co/3nFdL
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So disappointing.
Archaeology and history belong to us all, not just the wealthy.
Has it been studied? Conserved properly? Published?
Just depriving the rest of us of knowledge and understanding.
Archaeology and history belong to us all, not just the wealthy.
Has it been studied? Conserved properly? Published?
Just depriving the rest of us of knowledge and understanding.
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds
Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:43 AM
So disappointing.
Archaeology and history belong to us all, not just the wealthy.
Has it been studied? Conserved properly? Published?
Just depriving the rest of us of knowledge and understanding.
Archaeology and history belong to us all, not just the wealthy.
Has it been studied? Conserved properly? Published?
Just depriving the rest of us of knowledge and understanding.
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6th century mosaic of a child playing chariot racing from the Great Palace at Constantinople. Pushing wheels on sticks represents the chariot and four horses. Part of the collections at the Great Palace Mosaic Museum in Istanbul. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday
February 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM
6th century mosaic of a child playing chariot racing from the Great Palace at Constantinople. Pushing wheels on sticks represents the chariot and four horses. Part of the collections at the Great Palace Mosaic Museum in Istanbul. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday
Detail of an opus signinum (pink tile and mortar) #Roman floor with black and white tesserae roundels and crosslets
Simple but effective 😍
From a 2nd century AD townhouse at Watling Court #London dug in 1978 and in the collection of London Museum (opening later this year 🤞)
📷 2021 #MosaicMonday
Simple but effective 😍
From a 2nd century AD townhouse at Watling Court #London dug in 1978 and in the collection of London Museum (opening later this year 🤞)
📷 2021 #MosaicMonday
February 16, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Detail of an opus signinum (pink tile and mortar) #Roman floor with black and white tesserae roundels and crosslets
Simple but effective 😍
From a 2nd century AD townhouse at Watling Court #London dug in 1978 and in the collection of London Museum (opening later this year 🤞)
📷 2021 #MosaicMonday
Simple but effective 😍
From a 2nd century AD townhouse at Watling Court #London dug in 1978 and in the collection of London Museum (opening later this year 🤞)
📷 2021 #MosaicMonday
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February 15, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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I am ABSOLUTELY reading this as HARD PROOF that Romans farmed ichthyosaurs.
It is fact now. Sorry.
It is fact now. Sorry.
Ichthyosaur snout and Roman farm found in bypass dig. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ichthyosaur snout and Roman farm found in Melton bypass digs
Archaeological digs unearth a rich seam of discoveries dating back to prehistory.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I am ABSOLUTELY reading this as HARD PROOF that Romans farmed ichthyosaurs.
It is fact now. Sorry.
It is fact now. Sorry.
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*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds
Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:43 AM
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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@unibe.ch @snf-fns.ch
New from our project on the Iron Age Site of Bemersyde in the Scottish Borders
www.socantscot.org/society-fund...
New from our project on the Iron Age Site of Bemersyde in the Scottish Borders
www.socantscot.org/society-fund...
Geographies of Power and ‘Places in Between' at Iron Age Bemersyde - Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Two complimentary projects investigating a significant Iron Age site
www.socantscot.org
February 14, 2026 at 4:09 PM
@unibe.ch @snf-fns.ch
New from our project on the Iron Age Site of Bemersyde in the Scottish Borders
www.socantscot.org/society-fund...
New from our project on the Iron Age Site of Bemersyde in the Scottish Borders
www.socantscot.org/society-fund...
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#FindsFriday The stunning head of the Capel Garmon firedog, dug up from a peat bog in north Wales in 1852
A masterpiece of Late Iron Age forging & smithing, with bull's horns & plaited equine mane representing a composite animal
More here: coflein.gov.uk/en/site/800314
📷 My own, NMW St Fagans
A masterpiece of Late Iron Age forging & smithing, with bull's horns & plaited equine mane representing a composite animal
More here: coflein.gov.uk/en/site/800314
📷 My own, NMW St Fagans
February 13, 2026 at 7:38 AM
#FindsFriday The stunning head of the Capel Garmon firedog, dug up from a peat bog in north Wales in 1852
A masterpiece of Late Iron Age forging & smithing, with bull's horns & plaited equine mane representing a composite animal
More here: coflein.gov.uk/en/site/800314
📷 My own, NMW St Fagans
A masterpiece of Late Iron Age forging & smithing, with bull's horns & plaited equine mane representing a composite animal
More here: coflein.gov.uk/en/site/800314
📷 My own, NMW St Fagans
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The University Press release is really grim
Interestingly, the University of East Anglia seem more than happy to celebrate the commoditisation of hisory
www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
History professor strikes gold with remarkable Iron Age discovery
After discovering a rare hoard of Iron Age gold coins in Suffolk, Prof Tom Licence from the University of East Anglia hopes to use some of the proceeds to support local archaeological digs, following ...
www.uea.ac.uk
February 15, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The University Press release is really grim
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Historians: this is the archaeological equivalent (morally if not legally) of cutting pictures out of medieval manuscripts in a library and selling them on eBay.
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds
Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Historians: this is the archaeological equivalent (morally if not legally) of cutting pictures out of medieval manuscripts in a library and selling them on eBay.
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As usual, the hoard has been broken up - the coins are all being sold off individually too after the finder and landowner have taken one each... it's a frigging disgrace.
www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal...
www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal...
Coins and Historical Medals (4 March 2026): Auction Catalogue | Noonans Mayfair
www.noonans.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:45 AM
As usual, the hoard has been broken up - the coins are all being sold off individually too after the finder and landowner have taken one each... it's a frigging disgrace.
www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal...
www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal...
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Hey UK archaeology. Let's all just cash in our years of knowledge, understanding, professionalism, trust, integrity, stakeholder partnerships, land owner networks, Professorial privilege, university accreditation.
Buy a metal detector and make some (more) money. 🏺
Buy a metal detector and make some (more) money. 🏺
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds
Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Hey UK archaeology. Let's all just cash in our years of knowledge, understanding, professionalism, trust, integrity, stakeholder partnerships, land owner networks, Professorial privilege, university accreditation.
Buy a metal detector and make some (more) money. 🏺
Buy a metal detector and make some (more) money. 🏺
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This is what happens when 'treasure' can't be bought by a museum - the hoard has been broken up into individual auction lots & will disappear into many different hands, some overseas.
When do we start saying enough is enough??
www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
When do we start saying enough is enough??
www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
February 15, 2026 at 8:40 AM
This is what happens when 'treasure' can't be bought by a museum - the hoard has been broken up into individual auction lots & will disappear into many different hands, some overseas.
When do we start saying enough is enough??
www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺
When do we start saying enough is enough??
www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal...
#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺