Hefin Meara
@hefinmeara.bsky.social
Archaeologist. Diver. Runner. Nerd.
Historic England has commissioned @msdsmarine.bsky.social to undertake a review of physical dive trails on England’s protected wreck sites. We would like to hear from divers and boat skippers about your use of dive trails. Complete the short survey here: forms.office.com/e/uhsVFGQiyQ
November 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Historic England has commissioned @msdsmarine.bsky.social to undertake a review of physical dive trails on England’s protected wreck sites. We would like to hear from divers and boat skippers about your use of dive trails. Complete the short survey here: forms.office.com/e/uhsVFGQiyQ
JOB ALERT! Historic England is looking for a Marine Archaeological Project Officer (Marine Planner). Closing date 7 December 2025 app.beapplied.com/apply/ddfvme... #Maritime #Underwater #Archaeology
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
JOB ALERT! Historic England is looking for a Marine Archaeological Project Officer (Marine Planner). Closing date 7 December 2025 app.beapplied.com/apply/ddfvme... #Maritime #Underwater #Archaeology
In Tavistock today to talk about #ProtectedWreck dive trails at the Devon & Cornwall Archaeological Societies joint symposium
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In Tavistock today to talk about #ProtectedWreck dive trails at the Devon & Cornwall Archaeological Societies joint symposium
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A #Roman #ship was found in 1910 on the site of the County Hall, on the south bank of the River #Thames opposite #Westminster, #London. The ship had been abandoned at the edge of the River.
The construction of the ship is dated to about 300 AD.
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
The construction of the ship is dated to about 300 AD.
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
October 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
A #Roman #ship was found in 1910 on the site of the County Hall, on the south bank of the River #Thames opposite #Westminster, #London. The ship had been abandoned at the edge of the River.
The construction of the ship is dated to about 300 AD.
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
The construction of the ship is dated to about 300 AD.
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
I enjoyed taking part in the session on Inventorying Underwater Cultural Heritage at #IKUWA8 yesterday. Good to showcase work by HE colleagues to enhance and update the National Marine Heritage Record. historicengland.org.uk/research/sup...
October 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I enjoyed taking part in the session on Inventorying Underwater Cultural Heritage at #IKUWA8 yesterday. Good to showcase work by HE colleagues to enhance and update the National Marine Heritage Record. historicengland.org.uk/research/sup...
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Great talk by Affiliated Volunteers - Monitoring and Protecting Our Underwater Cultural Heritage - Hefin Meara
@hefinmeara.bsky.social
#ikuwa8 #maritimearchaeology #maritimeheritage #coastalhistory
@hefinmeara.bsky.social
#ikuwa8 #maritimearchaeology #maritimeheritage #coastalhistory
October 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Great talk by Affiliated Volunteers - Monitoring and Protecting Our Underwater Cultural Heritage - Hefin Meara
@hefinmeara.bsky.social
#ikuwa8 #maritimearchaeology #maritimeheritage #coastalhistory
@hefinmeara.bsky.social
#ikuwa8 #maritimearchaeology #maritimeheritage #coastalhistory
Good to speak at #IKUWA8 today about the essential role played by volunteer Licensees in monitoring and protecting underwater cultural heritage in England. This short film by Michael Pitts and @msdsmarine.bsky.social showcases the work of volunteers over the last 50 years - youtu.be/2LRUziYK__I?...
October 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Good to speak at #IKUWA8 today about the essential role played by volunteer Licensees in monitoring and protecting underwater cultural heritage in England. This short film by Michael Pitts and @msdsmarine.bsky.social showcases the work of volunteers over the last 50 years - youtu.be/2LRUziYK__I?...
October 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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We’re incredibly excited, our mapping platform is GO! It gathers evidence of coastal change by recording locals’ memories, postcards & holiday snaps – things which aren’t usually part of official climate change conversations.
Join us to explore the impact of climate change cim.mola.org.uk/map #NLHF
Join us to explore the impact of climate change cim.mola.org.uk/map #NLHF
September 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We’re incredibly excited, our mapping platform is GO! It gathers evidence of coastal change by recording locals’ memories, postcards & holiday snaps – things which aren’t usually part of official climate change conversations.
Join us to explore the impact of climate change cim.mola.org.uk/map #NLHF
Join us to explore the impact of climate change cim.mola.org.uk/map #NLHF
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The Heritage Centre has launched a Heritage Open Call to fund ambitious, high-impact projects that support our heritage key themes and the Foundation’s strategy. 📣
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025
More information on how to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025
More information on how to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
September 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Heritage Centre has launched a Heritage Open Call to fund ambitious, high-impact projects that support our heritage key themes and the Foundation’s strategy. 📣
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025
More information on how to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: 24 November 2025
More information on how to apply 🔗 hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/get-involved...
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With the anniversary of one of Filey Bay's worst tragedies approaching, we revisit the night a Hull trawler was battered beneath the towering cliffs of Flamborough Head. #MaritimeHistory #Hull #Fishing
Battered Beneath Speeton Cliffs, the loss of the Trawler Skegness
Eleven Hull men lost during a fierce gale in Filey Bay
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September 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
With the anniversary of one of Filey Bay's worst tragedies approaching, we revisit the night a Hull trawler was battered beneath the towering cliffs of Flamborough Head. #MaritimeHistory #Hull #Fishing
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Historic Environment Scotland have just published published Conserving our Underwater Heritage. Non statutory guidance note. www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and...
Conserving our Underwater Heritage | Historic Environment Scotland
This guidance is about conserving underwater heritage around the coasts of Scotland and in freshwater environments such as lochs and rivers.
www.historicenvironment.scot
August 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Historic Environment Scotland have just published published Conserving our Underwater Heritage. Non statutory guidance note. www.historicenvironment.scot/archives-and...
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Jobs klaxon! Closing 7th September - Technical Manager and Marine Data Analyst posts for our MDE Heritage Accelerator project, funded by The Crown Estate OWEC Programme. historicengland.org.uk/advice/plann...
Accelerating Clean Energy Offshore | Historic England
historicengland.org.uk
August 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jobs klaxon! Closing 7th September - Technical Manager and Marine Data Analyst posts for our MDE Heritage Accelerator project, funded by The Crown Estate OWEC Programme. historicengland.org.uk/advice/plann...
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German High Seas Fleet scuttles at Scapa FLow, Orkney 1919 and Swedish East Indian Company Queen of Sweden lost off Shetland 1745 both to become Historic Marine Protected Areas www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Special legal protection announced for Orkney shipwreck sites
The 52-strong German High Seas fleet was deliberately sunk by its crews in 1919 when its commander thought peace talks had failed.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
German High Seas Fleet scuttles at Scapa FLow, Orkney 1919 and Swedish East Indian Company Queen of Sweden lost off Shetland 1745 both to become Historic Marine Protected Areas www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Crumbling shells, melting ice – and a wildlife boom: what recreating Scott’s Antarctic trip reveals about our seas today www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Crumbling shells, melting ice – and a wildlife boom: what recreating Scott’s Antarctic trip reveals about our seas today
A new polar expedition compared samples with those collected more than a century ago by by Scott, along with voyages led by Shackleton and Borchgrevink
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Crumbling shells, melting ice – and a wildlife boom: what recreating Scott’s Antarctic trip reveals about our seas today www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📣Call for submissions!📣
Our BAR specialist sub-series Cultural Studies in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology is open for submissions! 🏺🌊
Interested in publishing your research on maritime or underwater archaeology? Read more about the sub-series here, or contact [email protected]!
Our BAR specialist sub-series Cultural Studies in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology is open for submissions! 🏺🌊
Interested in publishing your research on maritime or underwater archaeology? Read more about the sub-series here, or contact [email protected]!
August 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📣Call for submissions!📣
Our BAR specialist sub-series Cultural Studies in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology is open for submissions! 🏺🌊
Interested in publishing your research on maritime or underwater archaeology? Read more about the sub-series here, or contact [email protected]!
Our BAR specialist sub-series Cultural Studies in Maritime and Underwater Archaeology is open for submissions! 🏺🌊
Interested in publishing your research on maritime or underwater archaeology? Read more about the sub-series here, or contact [email protected]!
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The YouTube version of the latest History Hit doc on the Northumberland has just been released. A great balance of the history and archaeology of the ship and the need to do much more while it is exposed on the Goodwin Sands. #NavalHistory #Archaeology youtu.be/UsWFfv6-jiM?...
Diving For English Warship Sunk in 1703 Storm
YouTube video by History Hit
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August 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The YouTube version of the latest History Hit doc on the Northumberland has just been released. A great balance of the history and archaeology of the ship and the need to do much more while it is exposed on the Goodwin Sands. #NavalHistory #Archaeology youtu.be/UsWFfv6-jiM?...
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The Langdon Bay Wreck.
The remains of a Middle Bronze Age vessel and cargo were identified in Langdon Bay, Kent, in 1974.
The wreck consist ed of Middle Bronze Age artefacts, including tools & weapons made in France. These items have been dated to 1100 BCE. Over 350 artefacts have been recovered.
The remains of a Middle Bronze Age vessel and cargo were identified in Langdon Bay, Kent, in 1974.
The wreck consist ed of Middle Bronze Age artefacts, including tools & weapons made in France. These items have been dated to 1100 BCE. Over 350 artefacts have been recovered.
August 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Langdon Bay Wreck.
The remains of a Middle Bronze Age vessel and cargo were identified in Langdon Bay, Kent, in 1974.
The wreck consist ed of Middle Bronze Age artefacts, including tools & weapons made in France. These items have been dated to 1100 BCE. Over 350 artefacts have been recovered.
The remains of a Middle Bronze Age vessel and cargo were identified in Langdon Bay, Kent, in 1974.
The wreck consist ed of Middle Bronze Age artefacts, including tools & weapons made in France. These items have been dated to 1100 BCE. Over 350 artefacts have been recovered.
Sign up now for 'Offshore development: shaping the legacy for marine archaeology'.
CIfA Marine Archaeology SIG online day conference, Thursday 27 November 2025.
www.archaeologists.net/civicrm/even...
#Archaeology #MaritimeArchaeology #MaritimeHistory
CIfA Marine Archaeology SIG online day conference, Thursday 27 November 2025.
www.archaeologists.net/civicrm/even...
#Archaeology #MaritimeArchaeology #MaritimeHistory
August 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Sign up now for 'Offshore development: shaping the legacy for marine archaeology'.
CIfA Marine Archaeology SIG online day conference, Thursday 27 November 2025.
www.archaeologists.net/civicrm/even...
#Archaeology #MaritimeArchaeology #MaritimeHistory
CIfA Marine Archaeology SIG online day conference, Thursday 27 November 2025.
www.archaeologists.net/civicrm/even...
#Archaeology #MaritimeArchaeology #MaritimeHistory
English warship sunk in 1703 gives up its secrets three centuries on. Great piece in the Guardian about the Historic England funded survey of the Northumberland #ProtectedWreck with @msdsmarine.bsky.social & @danpascoe79.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
English warship sunk in 1703 storm gives up its secrets three centuries on
Archaeologists in race to study HMS Northumberland as shifting sands expose part of well-preserved wreck
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
English warship sunk in 1703 gives up its secrets three centuries on. Great piece in the Guardian about the Historic England funded survey of the Northumberland #ProtectedWreck with @msdsmarine.bsky.social & @danpascoe79.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Excellent news! Big congratulations to the SWMAG team for winning Community Archaeology Project of the Year for their ongoing investigation of the Salcombe #ProtectedWreck sites #MaritimeArchaeology #MaritimeHistory
Last but not least... 🏆
Congratulations to South West Maritime Archaeology Group, Community Archaeology Project of the Year
For 30 years, SWMAG has been diving into the past, investigating wrecks, training volunteers, supporting wellbeing, & more. 👉 shorturl.at/FJEQu
Congratulations to South West Maritime Archaeology Group, Community Archaeology Project of the Year
For 30 years, SWMAG has been diving into the past, investigating wrecks, training volunteers, supporting wellbeing, & more. 👉 shorturl.at/FJEQu
July 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Excellent news! Big congratulations to the SWMAG team for winning Community Archaeology Project of the Year for their ongoing investigation of the Salcombe #ProtectedWreck sites #MaritimeArchaeology #MaritimeHistory
The London Shipwreck: After Hours - Tonight at Southend Museum. Uncover the secrets salvaged from Southend's most mysterious wreck in 'The London Shipwreck: Her Final Voyage', with curator Jools McCusker Maxwell. www.southendmuseums.co.uk/event-detail... #MaritimeArchaeology #NavalHistory
The London Shipwreck: After Hours | Southend Museums
Discover the amazing artefacts salvaged from the London shipwreck in our newest exhibition, after hours at Southend Central Museum.
www.southendmuseums.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The London Shipwreck: After Hours - Tonight at Southend Museum. Uncover the secrets salvaged from Southend's most mysterious wreck in 'The London Shipwreck: Her Final Voyage', with curator Jools McCusker Maxwell. www.southendmuseums.co.uk/event-detail... #MaritimeArchaeology #NavalHistory