Ian Ebbage
@ianebbage.bsky.social
The Ancient World & more recent history. Mosaics. And, of course, birds.
East Lothian.
East Lothian.
No doubt about the message here, in North Leith Burial Ground #mementomorimonday
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 AM
No doubt about the message here, in North Leith Burial Ground #mementomorimonday
A Wigeon and a Gadwall hanging out at Figgate Park in Edinburgh on #mallardmonday
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 AM
A Wigeon and a Gadwall hanging out at Figgate Park in Edinburgh on #mallardmonday
A Velvet Scoter in the Firth of Forth off Prestongrange #EastLothian #SuperSeabirdSunday
January 11, 2026 at 9:21 AM
A Velvet Scoter in the Firth of Forth off Prestongrange #EastLothian #SuperSeabirdSunday
Beautiful foliage in the Chapter House of Southwell Minster #stoneworksunday
January 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Beautiful foliage in the Chapter House of Southwell Minster #stoneworksunday
King Ethelred evoked in Victorian stained-glass at Ightham Mote NT in Kent #stainedglasssunday
January 11, 2026 at 7:46 AM
King Ethelred evoked in Victorian stained-glass at Ightham Mote NT in Kent #stainedglasssunday
Ss Peter & Paul's (1730s) in the Market Place in Blandford Forum in Dorset: a Grade 1 Listed Building, though the surgeon Sir Frederick Treves thought it "ugly and only tolerable at a distance"!
#steeplesaturday
#steeplesaturday
January 10, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Ss Peter & Paul's (1730s) in the Market Place in Blandford Forum in Dorset: a Grade 1 Listed Building, though the surgeon Sir Frederick Treves thought it "ugly and only tolerable at a distance"!
#steeplesaturday
#steeplesaturday
The sarcophagus in St Cormac's Chapel on the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary: hiberno-scandinavian in the Urnes style featuring interwoven stylised animals motifs; 12c and possibly the tomb of Tadhg MacCarthaigh, the brother of the King who founded the chapel c.1134 #sarcophagussaturday
January 10, 2026 at 9:47 AM
The sarcophagus in St Cormac's Chapel on the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary: hiberno-scandinavian in the Urnes style featuring interwoven stylised animals motifs; 12c and possibly the tomb of Tadhg MacCarthaigh, the brother of the King who founded the chapel c.1134 #sarcophagussaturday
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January 10, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Billionaires shouldn't be able to buy a bigger voice in politics. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to put a cap on how much they can donate in the #ElectionsBill
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/179420/...
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Some period style (1906) in Oban, the home of Chalmers Highland Tweed House #shopfrontfriday
January 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Some period style (1906) in Oban, the home of Chalmers Highland Tweed House #shopfrontfriday
A Gateshead signpost in the shadow of the Tyne Bridge, which was opened in 1928 to accommodate the increase in motorised traffic, and was, at the time, the longest single-span bridge in the world #ferrousfriday #fingerpostfriday
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM
A Gateshead signpost in the shadow of the Tyne Bridge, which was opened in 1928 to accommodate the increase in motorised traffic, and was, at the time, the longest single-span bridge in the world #ferrousfriday #fingerpostfriday
The impressive east gates of Inverleith Park in Edinburgh, erected in 1890 as a memorial to a Scottish antiquarian, Alison Hay Dunlop #thursgate
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 AM
The impressive east gates of Inverleith Park in Edinburgh, erected in 1890 as a memorial to a Scottish antiquarian, Alison Hay Dunlop #thursgate
The entrance to St Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church in Old Cairo (aka The Hanging Church) #adoorablethursday
January 8, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The entrance to St Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church in Old Cairo (aka The Hanging Church) #adoorablethursday
Reposted by Ian Ebbage
Well, you all know I love a carnyx…but an Iceni carnyx? Oh my giddy aunt…
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links
Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Well, you all know I love a carnyx…but an Iceni carnyx? Oh my giddy aunt…
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
A flock of Redshanks at the mouth of the River Esk in Musselburgh #wadersonwednesday
January 7, 2026 at 7:28 AM
A flock of Redshanks at the mouth of the River Esk in Musselburgh #wadersonwednesday
A wooden panel dated 1658 from the home of the Earl of Annandale in Cargen in Nithsdale in Dumfries and Galloway #woodensday (Dumfries Museum)
January 7, 2026 at 7:26 AM
A wooden panel dated 1658 from the home of the Earl of Annandale in Cargen in Nithsdale in Dumfries and Galloway #woodensday (Dumfries Museum)
The 1497 Old Palace at Hatfield House, childhood home of Elizabeth I #windowsonwednesday #wallsonwednesday
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 AM
The 1497 Old Palace at Hatfield House, childhood home of Elizabeth I #windowsonwednesday #wallsonwednesday
A sampler featuring a Mermaid, complete with comb & mirror, made 1630-1700. NB other adjacent images, eg the peacock & the butterfly, here probably reinforcing themes of vanity & transience. Montacute House NT in Somerset #tapestrytuesday
January 6, 2026 at 8:12 AM
A sampler featuring a Mermaid, complete with comb & mirror, made 1630-1700. NB other adjacent images, eg the peacock & the butterfly, here probably reinforcing themes of vanity & transience. Montacute House NT in Somerset #tapestrytuesday
#thicktrunktuesday near Haddington #EastLothian
January 6, 2026 at 7:06 AM
#thicktrunktuesday near Haddington #EastLothian
A Fieldfare recovering after colliding with one of our windows. Happily, it flew off shortly after I took this photo. Lovely to see one so close-up, but not in these circumstances.
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
A Fieldfare recovering after colliding with one of our windows. Happily, it flew off shortly after I took this photo. Lovely to see one so close-up, but not in these circumstances.
In Dalmeny Street in Leith #muralmonday
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 AM
In Dalmeny Street in Leith #muralmonday
Two youngsters on the River Tweed near Paxton House in Berwickshire #mallardmonday
January 5, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Two youngsters on the River Tweed near Paxton House in Berwickshire #mallardmonday
A lively relief depicting the God Amun-Re giving a scimitar to King Merenptah in celebration of his victory over invading Libyan tribes (1213-1203, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty): from El-Kom El-Ahmar & now in the new Grand Egyptian Museum #stoneworksunday #grandegyptianmuseum
January 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM
A lively relief depicting the God Amun-Re giving a scimitar to King Merenptah in celebration of his victory over invading Libyan tribes (1213-1203, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty): from El-Kom El-Ahmar & now in the new Grand Egyptian Museum #stoneworksunday #grandegyptianmuseum
Kittiwakes quite at home on the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
January 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Kittiwakes quite at home on the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
Gortyna in Crete was the capital of the Roman province of Crete & Cyrene. 1) General view towards to Acropolis; 2) the Odeion. (The modern building houses the Gortyn Law Code Inscriptions from 6c BC) #romansitesaturday
January 3, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Gortyna in Crete was the capital of the Roman province of Crete & Cyrene. 1) General view towards to Acropolis; 2) the Odeion. (The modern building houses the Gortyn Law Code Inscriptions from 6c BC) #romansitesaturday