Duncan Mackay
@theduncanmackay.bsky.social
Writer, archaeologist, wild swimmer, wild gardener. New book Echolands, A Journey in Search of Boudica out now from @Hodderbooks.bsky.social https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/duncan-mackay/echolands/9781399714143/ Rep. Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates
Pinned
This bottle of porter has a hedgehog in a top hat drinking a pint, so I’m already about as invested in this as I could be, and I haven’t even opened it yet.
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This bottle of porter has a hedgehog in a top hat drinking a pint, so I’m already about as invested in this as I could be, and I haven’t even opened it yet.
I’m not sure I can bring myself to burn a piece of kindling that looks so much like a horse.
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I’m not sure I can bring myself to burn a piece of kindling that looks so much like a horse.
Hmmm, not always a fan of these puddingy beers, but I could sink a few of these.
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hmmm, not always a fan of these puddingy beers, but I could sink a few of these.
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After some kick back for posting too many Roman pictures (not naming names @drtobydriver.bsky.social 🙄) I’ve had to post pictures of Carn Liath broch to even out the Iron Age balance.
Note to self - no more backlit selfies (🎶oooh-oooh me ears are alight🎶)
Note to self - no more backlit selfies (🎶oooh-oooh me ears are alight🎶)
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
After some kick back for posting too many Roman pictures (not naming names @drtobydriver.bsky.social 🙄) I’ve had to post pictures of Carn Liath broch to even out the Iron Age balance.
Note to self - no more backlit selfies (🎶oooh-oooh me ears are alight🎶)
Note to self - no more backlit selfies (🎶oooh-oooh me ears are alight🎶)
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I think I’m just going to keep posting pictures of decorative Roman cavalry horse chamfrons from @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social until people start blocking me.
Have some.
1/
Have some.
1/
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I think I’m just going to keep posting pictures of decorative Roman cavalry horse chamfrons from @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social until people start blocking me.
Have some.
1/
Have some.
1/
After some kick back for posting too many Roman pictures (not naming names @drtobydriver.bsky.social 🙄) I’ve had to post pictures of Carn Liath broch to even out the Iron Age balance.
Note to self - no more backlit selfies (🎶oooh-oooh me ears are alight🎶)
Note to self - no more backlit selfies (🎶oooh-oooh me ears are alight🎶)
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
After some kick back for posting too many Roman pictures (not naming names @drtobydriver.bsky.social 🙄) I’ve had to post pictures of Carn Liath broch to even out the Iron Age balance.
Note to self - no more backlit selfies (🎶oooh-oooh me ears are alight🎶)
Note to self - no more backlit selfies (🎶oooh-oooh me ears are alight🎶)
I think I’m just going to keep posting pictures of decorative Roman cavalry horse chamfrons from @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social until people start blocking me.
Have some.
1/
Have some.
1/
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I think I’m just going to keep posting pictures of decorative Roman cavalry horse chamfrons from @vindolandatrust.bsky.social and @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social until people start blocking me.
Have some.
1/
Have some.
1/
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I saw this and I thought of you @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I saw this and I thought of you @theduncanmackay.bsky.social
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#OTD in 1953 the scientific community exposed the (retrospectively) dreadful fake of Piltdown Man; what science has yet to adequately explain is the haunting, complex enigma of Piltdown Boy.
(Held in a private collection)
(Held in a private collection)
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#OTD in 1953 the scientific community exposed the (retrospectively) dreadful fake of Piltdown Man; what science has yet to adequately explain is the haunting, complex enigma of Piltdown Boy.
(Held in a private collection)
(Held in a private collection)
#OTD in 1953 the scientific community exposed the (retrospectively) dreadful fake of Piltdown Man; what science has yet to adequately explain is the haunting, complex enigma of Piltdown Boy.
(Held in a private collection)
(Held in a private collection)
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#OTD in 1953 the scientific community exposed the (retrospectively) dreadful fake of Piltdown Man; what science has yet to adequately explain is the haunting, complex enigma of Piltdown Boy.
(Held in a private collection)
(Held in a private collection)
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The Vindolanda military standard.
Dated to c. AD200-212, it may have been part of the standard of a cavalry troop, and seen service beyond the Wall in the brutal campaigns of Septimius Severus.
#FindsFriday
On display at the brilliant @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum.
Dated to c. AD200-212, it may have been part of the standard of a cavalry troop, and seen service beyond the Wall in the brutal campaigns of Septimius Severus.
#FindsFriday
On display at the brilliant @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum.
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Vindolanda military standard.
Dated to c. AD200-212, it may have been part of the standard of a cavalry troop, and seen service beyond the Wall in the brutal campaigns of Septimius Severus.
#FindsFriday
On display at the brilliant @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum.
Dated to c. AD200-212, it may have been part of the standard of a cavalry troop, and seen service beyond the Wall in the brutal campaigns of Septimius Severus.
#FindsFriday
On display at the brilliant @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum.
Reposted by Duncan Mackay
I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
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Hello folks. I've been making plaster of paris artefacts/decorations for friends.
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Hello folks. I've been making plaster of paris artefacts/decorations for friends.
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
The Vindolanda military standard.
Dated to c. AD200-212, it may have been part of the standard of a cavalry troop, and seen service beyond the Wall in the brutal campaigns of Septimius Severus.
#FindsFriday
On display at the brilliant @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum.
Dated to c. AD200-212, it may have been part of the standard of a cavalry troop, and seen service beyond the Wall in the brutal campaigns of Septimius Severus.
#FindsFriday
On display at the brilliant @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum.
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Vindolanda military standard.
Dated to c. AD200-212, it may have been part of the standard of a cavalry troop, and seen service beyond the Wall in the brutal campaigns of Septimius Severus.
#FindsFriday
On display at the brilliant @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum.
Dated to c. AD200-212, it may have been part of the standard of a cavalry troop, and seen service beyond the Wall in the brutal campaigns of Septimius Severus.
#FindsFriday
On display at the brilliant @vindolandatrust.bsky.social museum.
Reposted by Duncan Mackay
#FindsFriday looking down on a mighty spearhead, chariot fittings & tools 🥰 from the Iron Age votive lake deposit at Llyn Cerrig Bach on Ynys Môn/Anglesey - now on display in St Fagans Museum
Hear about new discoveries on 4 December at the Cambrians Xmas lecture🥳
cambrians.org.uk/cambrians-ch...
Hear about new discoveries on 4 December at the Cambrians Xmas lecture🥳
cambrians.org.uk/cambrians-ch...
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
#FindsFriday looking down on a mighty spearhead, chariot fittings & tools 🥰 from the Iron Age votive lake deposit at Llyn Cerrig Bach on Ynys Môn/Anglesey - now on display in St Fagans Museum
Hear about new discoveries on 4 December at the Cambrians Xmas lecture🥳
cambrians.org.uk/cambrians-ch...
Hear about new discoveries on 4 December at the Cambrians Xmas lecture🥳
cambrians.org.uk/cambrians-ch...
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The base of a 2,000 year old, Late Iron Age Durotrigian style Black Burnished Ware bowl from Winterborne Kingston #Dorset
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The base of a 2,000 year old, Late Iron Age Durotrigian style Black Burnished Ware bowl from Winterborne Kingston #Dorset
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
A series of squiggles were scored into the fabric prior to firing - decoration, doodle or pot-makers mark?
📷 during cleaning in June 2013
#FindsFriday
I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I saw a mouse!
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
Where?
There on the stair!
Where on the stair?
Right there!
For #FindsFriday this lovely little Roman toy or joke mouse made from a scrap of leather at marvellous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social
Reposted by Duncan Mackay
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reposted by Duncan Mackay
And for anyone who enjoyed basking in the warmth of the golden Vindolanda cavalry horse chamfron video yesterday, guess what? They’ve got a red one at @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social in Melrose!!🤩
#RomanFortThursday
#RomanFortThursday
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
And for anyone who enjoyed basking in the warmth of the golden Vindolanda cavalry horse chamfron video yesterday, guess what? They’ve got a red one at @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social in Melrose!!🤩
#RomanFortThursday
#RomanFortThursday
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On a chilly morning such as this, let’s imagine ourselves as a Hadrian’s Wall soldier starting his shift in one of the turrets, checking his section of wall, & then upwards on watch duty.
Filmed Tuesday morning, at fabulous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social before the snow!
#RomanFortThursday
Filmed Tuesday morning, at fabulous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social before the snow!
#RomanFortThursday
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
On a chilly morning such as this, let’s imagine ourselves as a Hadrian’s Wall soldier starting his shift in one of the turrets, checking his section of wall, & then upwards on watch duty.
Filmed Tuesday morning, at fabulous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social before the snow!
#RomanFortThursday
Filmed Tuesday morning, at fabulous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social before the snow!
#RomanFortThursday
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
And for anyone who enjoyed basking in the warmth of the golden Vindolanda cavalry horse chamfron video yesterday, guess what? They’ve got a red one at @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social in Melrose!!🤩
#RomanFortThursday
#RomanFortThursday
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
And for anyone who enjoyed basking in the warmth of the golden Vindolanda cavalry horse chamfron video yesterday, guess what? They’ve got a red one at @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social in Melrose!!🤩
#RomanFortThursday
#RomanFortThursday
On a chilly morning such as this, let’s imagine ourselves as a Hadrian’s Wall soldier starting his shift in one of the turrets, checking his section of wall, & then upwards on watch duty.
Filmed Tuesday morning, at fabulous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social before the snow!
#RomanFortThursday
Filmed Tuesday morning, at fabulous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social before the snow!
#RomanFortThursday
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
On a chilly morning such as this, let’s imagine ourselves as a Hadrian’s Wall soldier starting his shift in one of the turrets, checking his section of wall, & then upwards on watch duty.
Filmed Tuesday morning, at fabulous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social before the snow!
#RomanFortThursday
Filmed Tuesday morning, at fabulous @vindolandatrust.bsky.social before the snow!
#RomanFortThursday
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Always enjoy getting home from a long research trip & unpacking. Relieved to say I resisted the cynical sales drive of northern museum shops to tempt weak & foolish middle aged archaeologists into buying unnecessary Asterix Playmobil sets.
Far too long in the tooth for that 🙄
#PlaymobilInfestation
Far too long in the tooth for that 🙄
#PlaymobilInfestation
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Always enjoy getting home from a long research trip & unpacking. Relieved to say I resisted the cynical sales drive of northern museum shops to tempt weak & foolish middle aged archaeologists into buying unnecessary Asterix Playmobil sets.
Far too long in the tooth for that 🙄
#PlaymobilInfestation
Far too long in the tooth for that 🙄
#PlaymobilInfestation
Reposted by Duncan Mackay
It’s horrid & cold & barely light out there - so warm yourselves around the glow of this Roman cavalry horse chamfron at @vindolandatrust.bsky.social based on one found in the excavations. Bronze dazzling as gilt & leather smooth as caramel, this is the accessory every little pony wants this Xmas.🎄
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s horrid & cold & barely light out there - so warm yourselves around the glow of this Roman cavalry horse chamfron at @vindolandatrust.bsky.social based on one found in the excavations. Bronze dazzling as gilt & leather smooth as caramel, this is the accessory every little pony wants this Xmas.🎄