Durotriges Dig
@durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Investigating the Iron Age and Roman period in SW Britain. Bournemouth University #HillfortsWednesday Posts (mostly) by Miles Russell
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Durotriges Dig
@durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Β· Nov 16
Hello, we're the Durotriges Project π
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
β οΈ 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
β οΈ warning: may contain random references to #DoctorWho and #HypocaustGate
Not sure that's *mud* π¬
February 10, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Not sure that's *mud* π¬
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It is a little known fact about @durotrigesdig.bsky.social but, whenever possible, he always tries to stand at a lower level than the person he is speaking to, so he can feel like he is standing in a hypocaust...
February 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
It is a little known fact about @durotrigesdig.bsky.social but, whenever possible, he always tries to stand at a lower level than the person he is speaking to, so he can feel like he is standing in a hypocaust...
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Very pleased to have @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research on Geoffrey of Monmouth featured in the new TV series *Lost Grail* with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
See it on Sky History or stream the series on NOW TV
www.history.co.uk/shows/lost-grail-with-alice-roberts
π· Β© 9 of Cups Productions
See it on Sky History or stream the series on NOW TV
www.history.co.uk/shows/lost-grail-with-alice-roberts
π· Β© 9 of Cups Productions
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Very pleased to have @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research on Geoffrey of Monmouth featured in the new TV series *Lost Grail* with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
See it on Sky History or stream the series on NOW TV
www.history.co.uk/shows/lost-grail-with-alice-roberts
π· Β© 9 of Cups Productions
See it on Sky History or stream the series on NOW TV
www.history.co.uk/shows/lost-grail-with-alice-roberts
π· Β© 9 of Cups Productions
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Come & meet a #Roman soldier on Saturday 14th February! π‘οΈ From 10.30am to 4pm, our #Legionary will be in the #Trimontium museum showing you the kit needed & maybe even a few handy battle tactics!βοΈποΈ
Suitable for all & free with entry to the museum. A great way to start the holiday!
Suitable for all & free with entry to the museum. A great way to start the holiday!
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Come & meet a #Roman soldier on Saturday 14th February! π‘οΈ From 10.30am to 4pm, our #Legionary will be in the #Trimontium museum showing you the kit needed & maybe even a few handy battle tactics!βοΈποΈ
Suitable for all & free with entry to the museum. A great way to start the holiday!
Suitable for all & free with entry to the museum. A great way to start the holiday!
No jaunty hat indeed π
February 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
No jaunty hat indeed π
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On another damp, fog-bound day here in the Pennines, I thought Iβd share a few of the lustrous fragments of Saxon glass that I've just submitted for publication. Deposited in the early 8th century AD, they still sparkle with joy 1,300 years later πΊβ¨
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
On another damp, fog-bound day here in the Pennines, I thought Iβd share a few of the lustrous fragments of Saxon glass that I've just submitted for publication. Deposited in the early 8th century AD, they still sparkle with joy 1,300 years later πΊβ¨
We hope it doesn't π¬π¬
February 10, 2026 at 11:10 AM
We hope it doesn't π¬π¬
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And in other news, thanks to Storm Chandra, our colleagues from @bournemouthuni.bsky.social Maritime Archaeology have found a part of the Fame of Hoorn, an armed Dutch merchant ship that sank in 1631
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Timbers from 17th Century shipwreck appear on Dorset beach
Experts believe timbers found at Studland Beach form a missing piece of the Swash Channel wreck from 1631.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
And in other news, thanks to Storm Chandra, our colleagues from @bournemouthuni.bsky.social Maritime Archaeology have found a part of the Fame of Hoorn, an armed Dutch merchant ship that sank in 1631
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This museum has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people visiting it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the lack of access to hypocausts
February 10, 2026 at 6:53 AM
This museum has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people visiting it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the lack of access to hypocausts
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It's probably a bit early in the day / week to be thinking about wine...
but here's an exquisite little tessellated cantharus (wine cup) with S-shape handles
Detail from the Oceanus Mosaic found in 1931 and now in the excellent Verulamium Museum @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social
Happy #MosaicMonday π·
but here's an exquisite little tessellated cantharus (wine cup) with S-shape handles
Detail from the Oceanus Mosaic found in 1931 and now in the excellent Verulamium Museum @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social
Happy #MosaicMonday π·
February 9, 2026 at 7:43 AM
It's probably a bit early in the day / week to be thinking about wine...
but here's an exquisite little tessellated cantharus (wine cup) with S-shape handles
Detail from the Oceanus Mosaic found in 1931 and now in the excellent Verulamium Museum @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social
Happy #MosaicMonday π·
but here's an exquisite little tessellated cantharus (wine cup) with S-shape handles
Detail from the Oceanus Mosaic found in 1931 and now in the excellent Verulamium Museum @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social
Happy #MosaicMonday π·
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February 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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New paper from Adam Morley shows that some vegetation anomalies in multi-spectral satellite data correlate with geophysical data, and can be used to identify buried archaeological structures like tunnels and drains, with examples from Cornwall and Normandy.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
February 8, 2026 at 9:47 AM
New paper from Adam Morley shows that some vegetation anomalies in multi-spectral satellite data correlate with geophysical data, and can be used to identify buried archaeological structures like tunnels and drains, with examples from Cornwall and Normandy.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mmmmm *gut contents* π
February 9, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Mmmmm *gut contents* π
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Starting the week with some oatmeal? #OatmealMonday
Analysis of the gut contents of the Tollund Man, an Iron Age body from Denmark preserved in a peat bog, found his last meal was a barley porridge. Was this ordinary fare or related to ritual practices?
π doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
πΊ #Archaeology
Analysis of the gut contents of the Tollund Man, an Iron Age body from Denmark preserved in a peat bog, found his last meal was a barley porridge. Was this ordinary fare or related to ritual practices?
π doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
πΊ #Archaeology
The last meal of Tollund Man: new analyses of his gut content
The last meal of Tollund Man, a bog body from Early Iron Age Denmark, has been re-examined using new analyses of plant macrofossils, pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs, steroid markers and proteins found in his gut. Some 12β24 hours before he was killed, he ate a porridge containing barley, pale persicaria and flax, and probably some fish.
doi.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Starting the week with some oatmeal? #OatmealMonday
Analysis of the gut contents of the Tollund Man, an Iron Age body from Denmark preserved in a peat bog, found his last meal was a barley porridge. Was this ordinary fare or related to ritual practices?
π doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
πΊ #Archaeology
Analysis of the gut contents of the Tollund Man, an Iron Age body from Denmark preserved in a peat bog, found his last meal was a barley porridge. Was this ordinary fare or related to ritual practices?
π doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
πΊ #Archaeology
Surely it would need at least four π€
February 9, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Surely it would need at least four π€
Very pleased to have @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research on Geoffrey of Monmouth featured in the new TV series *Lost Grail* with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
See it on Sky History or stream the series on NOW TV
www.history.co.uk/shows/lost-grail-with-alice-roberts
π· Β© 9 of Cups Productions
See it on Sky History or stream the series on NOW TV
www.history.co.uk/shows/lost-grail-with-alice-roberts
π· Β© 9 of Cups Productions
February 9, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Very pleased to have @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research on Geoffrey of Monmouth featured in the new TV series *Lost Grail* with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
See it on Sky History or stream the series on NOW TV
www.history.co.uk/shows/lost-grail-with-alice-roberts
π· Β© 9 of Cups Productions
See it on Sky History or stream the series on NOW TV
www.history.co.uk/shows/lost-grail-with-alice-roberts
π· Β© 9 of Cups Productions
And in other news, thanks to Storm Chandra, our colleagues from @bournemouthuni.bsky.social Maritime Archaeology have found a part of the Fame of Hoorn, an armed Dutch merchant ship that sank in 1631
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Timbers from 17th Century shipwreck appear on Dorset beach
Experts believe timbers found at Studland Beach form a missing piece of the Swash Channel wreck from 1631.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 PM
And in other news, thanks to Storm Chandra, our colleagues from @bournemouthuni.bsky.social Maritime Archaeology have found a part of the Fame of Hoorn, an armed Dutch merchant ship that sank in 1631
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Archaeology
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...