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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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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
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⚠️ 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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How exciting - I have always wanted to see these altars, the one featuring Sol is particularly amazing!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ancient Roman altars to go on display in Edinburgh
Two Mithraic Roman altars are to be displayed as a part of an upcoming exhibition after being acquired for the nation.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
How exciting - I have always wanted to see these altars, the one featuring Sol is particularly amazing!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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#HillfortsWednesday Darnit
The iconic Brentor on the western edge of Dartmoor. Iron Age ramparts exist but the hillfort my never have been fully completed. The medieval church was begun in the C12th.
#HillfortWednesday
#Dartmoor
#HillfortWednesday
#Dartmoor
February 11, 2026 at 9:42 AM
#HillfortsWednesday Darnit
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#HillfortsWednesday #Celtic: Tre'r Ceiri is one of the most and best preserved #IronAge hillforts in Britain. The impressive dry-stone ramparts that enclose it survive to near their full height of 3.5 metres in many places. The 2.5 hectare fort contains the remains of over 150 huts.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:59 AM
#HillfortsWednesday #Celtic: Tre'r Ceiri is one of the most and best preserved #IronAge hillforts in Britain. The impressive dry-stone ramparts that enclose it survive to near their full height of 3.5 metres in many places. The 2.5 hectare fort contains the remains of over 150 huts.
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We have so many questions
We sent #CuratorRob to a professional Networking event at the Novium Museum, Chichester, yesterday and he represented the Palace by wearing a prawn hat. 🤦
February 11, 2026 at 10:51 AM
We have so many questions
Some Iron Age ramparty goodness from Abbotsbury Castle hillfort, high above the villages of West #Dorset
Here looking NW along the coast to West Bay and Bridport and SW along Chesil Beach to Weymouth and Portland
We love it here
📷 Feb 2023
Happy #HillfortsWednesday !
Here looking NW along the coast to West Bay and Bridport and SW along Chesil Beach to Weymouth and Portland
We love it here
📷 Feb 2023
Happy #HillfortsWednesday !
February 11, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Some Iron Age ramparty goodness from Abbotsbury Castle hillfort, high above the villages of West #Dorset
Here looking NW along the coast to West Bay and Bridport and SW along Chesil Beach to Weymouth and Portland
We love it here
📷 Feb 2023
Happy #HillfortsWednesday !
Here looking NW along the coast to West Bay and Bridport and SW along Chesil Beach to Weymouth and Portland
We love it here
📷 Feb 2023
Happy #HillfortsWednesday !
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February 11, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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And to do a bit of shameless self-promo, I talk all about Ingleborough (and how it is more interesting than a hillfort) in my new book: LITTLE KINGDOMS: AN A-Z OF EARLY MEDIEVAL BRITAIN
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingd...
It forms the centre of the chapter on 'Dunutinga'
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingd...
It forms the centre of the chapter on 'Dunutinga'
Little Kingdoms
Before England, Wales, and Scotland were created, before Alfred the Great and the Great Viking Army, before even a raid on Lindisfarne, the kingdoms that…
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 8:01 AM
And to do a bit of shameless self-promo, I talk all about Ingleborough (and how it is more interesting than a hillfort) in my new book: LITTLE KINGDOMS: AN A-Z OF EARLY MEDIEVAL BRITAIN
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingd...
It forms the centre of the chapter on 'Dunutinga'
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingd...
It forms the centre of the chapter on 'Dunutinga'
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Some reading:
etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/12... Walker's smashing 2022 thesis on post-Roman Cumbria
Johnson's Ingleborough: Landscape & History (2008) is a superb read too, as are his other works: New Light on the Dark Ages in North Craven (2019) and associated IAG research papers
etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/12... Walker's smashing 2022 thesis on post-Roman Cumbria
Johnson's Ingleborough: Landscape & History (2008) is a superb read too, as are his other works: New Light on the Dark Ages in North Craven (2019) and associated IAG research papers
February 11, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Some reading:
etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/12... Walker's smashing 2022 thesis on post-Roman Cumbria
Johnson's Ingleborough: Landscape & History (2008) is a superb read too, as are his other works: New Light on the Dark Ages in North Craven (2019) and associated IAG research papers
etheses.bham.ac.uk/id/eprint/12... Walker's smashing 2022 thesis on post-Roman Cumbria
Johnson's Ingleborough: Landscape & History (2008) is a superb read too, as are his other works: New Light on the Dark Ages in North Craven (2019) and associated IAG research papers
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So if it isn't a hillfort, what exactly is Ingleborough?
Thanks to the great work of David Johnson, Yvonne Luke, and the researchers at IAG www.ingleborougharchaeologygroup.org, we know it to be an important, multi-period site, with evidence from the Neolithic to the post-Roman period
Thanks to the great work of David Johnson, Yvonne Luke, and the researchers at IAG www.ingleborougharchaeologygroup.org, we know it to be an important, multi-period site, with evidence from the Neolithic to the post-Roman period
Ingleborough Archaeology Group | archaeology
The Ingleborough Archaeology Group exists to further research and understanding of our historic heritage through archival research and archaeological investigation
www.ingleborougharchaeologygroup.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 AM
So if it isn't a hillfort, what exactly is Ingleborough?
Thanks to the great work of David Johnson, Yvonne Luke, and the researchers at IAG www.ingleborougharchaeologygroup.org, we know it to be an important, multi-period site, with evidence from the Neolithic to the post-Roman period
Thanks to the great work of David Johnson, Yvonne Luke, and the researchers at IAG www.ingleborougharchaeologygroup.org, we know it to be an important, multi-period site, with evidence from the Neolithic to the post-Roman period
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Well situated and tall, offering a strategic position, it's no wonder that folk have believed Ingleborough to be a hillfort. It's even really flat on top and has a number of streams and links to springs along the slopes
The latest edition of a Shire Archaeology book even lists it as a hillfort!
The latest edition of a Shire Archaeology book even lists it as a hillfort!
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Well situated and tall, offering a strategic position, it's no wonder that folk have believed Ingleborough to be a hillfort. It's even really flat on top and has a number of streams and links to springs along the slopes
The latest edition of a Shire Archaeology book even lists it as a hillfort!
The latest edition of a Shire Archaeology book even lists it as a hillfort!
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#HillfortsWednesday & #ReliefWednesday, rolled into one, with this neat interpretation panel at Bury Ditches. Though parts of the site are plain to the eye, it can be difficult to picture the whole, given the scrub and surrounding plantation. This really helps. #Shropshire
📷 My own, from 2020
📷 My own, from 2020
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 AM
#HillfortsWednesday & #ReliefWednesday, rolled into one, with this neat interpretation panel at Bury Ditches. Though parts of the site are plain to the eye, it can be difficult to picture the whole, given the scrub and surrounding plantation. This really helps. #Shropshire
📷 My own, from 2020
📷 My own, from 2020
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#HillfortsWednesday Peace Knowe, Nr Ochiltree, Linlithgow, West Lothian
ancientmonuments.uk/125978-peace...
ancientmonuments.uk/125978-peace...
Peace Knowe,fort, Linlithgow, West Lothian
Peace Knowe,fort is a Scheduled Monument in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this ...
ancientmonuments.uk
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 AM
#HillfortsWednesday Peace Knowe, Nr Ochiltree, Linlithgow, West Lothian
ancientmonuments.uk/125978-peace...
ancientmonuments.uk/125978-peace...
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Thought I'd throw my hat into the cairn-ring of #HillfortsWednesday
But paradoxically, I want to talk about Ingleborough, a large hill (732m) in the Yorkshire Dales that, while often believed to be a hillfort, actually isn't!
But paradoxically, I want to talk about Ingleborough, a large hill (732m) in the Yorkshire Dales that, while often believed to be a hillfort, actually isn't!
February 11, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Thought I'd throw my hat into the cairn-ring of #HillfortsWednesday
But paradoxically, I want to talk about Ingleborough, a large hill (732m) in the Yorkshire Dales that, while often believed to be a hillfort, actually isn't!
But paradoxically, I want to talk about Ingleborough, a large hill (732m) in the Yorkshire Dales that, while often believed to be a hillfort, actually isn't!
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#HillfortsWednesday & Earls Hill in Shropshire looking beautiful in autumn 😍
See more Hillforts from Shropshire in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...
See more Hillforts from Shropshire in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 AM
#HillfortsWednesday & Earls Hill in Shropshire looking beautiful in autumn 😍
See more Hillforts from Shropshire in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...
See more Hillforts from Shropshire in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNjB...
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The view the other way towards Lyme Regis is stunning! What a place to ‘fort’.
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 AM
The view the other way towards Lyme Regis is stunning! What a place to ‘fort’.
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A wall around the Andorsrud hillfort in Øvre Eiker in Buskerud, Norway (Photo: Kristine Friis Jørgensen). There are c. 450 hillforts in Norway. Most Norwegian hillforts are from the Late Roman Period to the end of the Migration Period, c. 200-600. #HillfortsWednesday
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 AM
A wall around the Andorsrud hillfort in Øvre Eiker in Buskerud, Norway (Photo: Kristine Friis Jørgensen). There are c. 450 hillforts in Norway. Most Norwegian hillforts are from the Late Roman Period to the end of the Migration Period, c. 200-600. #HillfortsWednesday
An excellent thread on the curious and enigmatic Ingleborough for #HillfortsWednesday (other days are available) 👇👇👇
Thought I'd throw my hat into the cairn-ring of #HillfortsWednesday
But paradoxically, I want to talk about Ingleborough, a large hill (732m) in the Yorkshire Dales that, while often believed to be a hillfort, actually isn't!
But paradoxically, I want to talk about Ingleborough, a large hill (732m) in the Yorkshire Dales that, while often believed to be a hillfort, actually isn't!
February 11, 2026 at 8:04 AM
An excellent thread on the curious and enigmatic Ingleborough for #HillfortsWednesday (other days are available) 👇👇👇
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Finally it's #HillfortsWednesday! 🍻
Feast your eyes on this absolutely stonking Lidar of Llanmelin Wood hillfort in SE Wales 😮🤩
This overgrown & partly wooded fort rarely shows so well. The long 1930s trenches of V E Nash-Williams can be made out 🧐
Burials may indicate a mortuary function 💀🤔
Feast your eyes on this absolutely stonking Lidar of Llanmelin Wood hillfort in SE Wales 😮🤩
This overgrown & partly wooded fort rarely shows so well. The long 1930s trenches of V E Nash-Williams can be made out 🧐
Burials may indicate a mortuary function 💀🤔
February 11, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Finally it's #HillfortsWednesday! 🍻
Feast your eyes on this absolutely stonking Lidar of Llanmelin Wood hillfort in SE Wales 😮🤩
This overgrown & partly wooded fort rarely shows so well. The long 1930s trenches of V E Nash-Williams can be made out 🧐
Burials may indicate a mortuary function 💀🤔
Feast your eyes on this absolutely stonking Lidar of Llanmelin Wood hillfort in SE Wales 😮🤩
This overgrown & partly wooded fort rarely shows so well. The long 1930s trenches of V E Nash-Williams can be made out 🧐
Burials may indicate a mortuary function 💀🤔
Abbotsbury Castle is a roughly triangular multivallate Iron Age hillfort encircling 1.8ha of a limestone outcrop overlooking the Jurassic Coast betwixt Bridport and Weymouth in Dorset
We love it 😍
Here looking NE dominating the B3157 coast road
📷 © Jo and Sue Crane 2016
#HillfortsWednesday
We love it 😍
Here looking NE dominating the B3157 coast road
📷 © Jo and Sue Crane 2016
#HillfortsWednesday
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Abbotsbury Castle is a roughly triangular multivallate Iron Age hillfort encircling 1.8ha of a limestone outcrop overlooking the Jurassic Coast betwixt Bridport and Weymouth in Dorset
We love it 😍
Here looking NE dominating the B3157 coast road
📷 © Jo and Sue Crane 2016
#HillfortsWednesday
We love it 😍
Here looking NE dominating the B3157 coast road
📷 © Jo and Sue Crane 2016
#HillfortsWednesday
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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
📷 © 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
📷 © 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
📷 © 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
📷 © 9 of Cups Productions
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Come & meet a #Roman soldier on Saturday 14th February! 🛡️ 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!⚔️🏛️
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! 🛡️ 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!⚔️🏛️
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!
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On another damp, fog-bound day here in the Pennines, I thought I’d 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 🏺✨
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
On another damp, fog-bound day here in the Pennines, I thought I’d 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 🏺✨
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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...
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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 🍷
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 🍷
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 🍷
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 🍷