Tim Daw
@timdaw.bsky.social
Worked at Stonehenge, built a Long Barrow. Peasant farmer in Wiltshire.
Pareidolia anyone?
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Pareidolia anyone?
Frosty morning at the Long Barrow
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Frosty morning at the Long Barrow
The All Cannings Long Barrow will be open on the morning of Saturday 20th December: 7:45 am - 9:00 am for visits and worship.
Sunrise is at 8.05am.
Everybody welcome of all faiths or none.
There is no pressure to take part in the Public Worship
Sunrise is at 8.05am.
Everybody welcome of all faiths or none.
There is no pressure to take part in the Public Worship
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The All Cannings Long Barrow will be open on the morning of Saturday 20th December: 7:45 am - 9:00 am for visits and worship.
Sunrise is at 8.05am.
Everybody welcome of all faiths or none.
There is no pressure to take part in the Public Worship
Sunrise is at 8.05am.
Everybody welcome of all faiths or none.
There is no pressure to take part in the Public Worship
The pits are the pits - Gaffney et al claim the Durrington Wall anomalies are neolithic features - www.sarsen.org/2025/11/the-...
The Perils of Pits: Further Research at Durrington Walls Henge (2021–2025)
Gaffney, V., Baldwin, E., Allaby, R., Bates, M., Bates, R., Finlay, A., Gaffney, C., Hansford, T., Kinnaird, T., Neubauer, W., Löcker, K., S...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The pits are the pits - Gaffney et al claim the Durrington Wall anomalies are neolithic features - www.sarsen.org/2025/11/the-...
@wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
"Stuart Piggott planning the position of a stone in the North West quadrant of the stone circle, Avebury, Wiltshire, 1936."
Is the other figure Dorothy Liddell? Guessing from images on hemburyfort.co.uk/gallery.html
"Stuart Piggott planning the position of a stone in the North West quadrant of the stone circle, Avebury, Wiltshire, 1936."
Is the other figure Dorothy Liddell? Guessing from images on hemburyfort.co.uk/gallery.html
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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"Stuart Piggott planning the position of a stone in the North West quadrant of the stone circle, Avebury, Wiltshire, 1936."
Is the other figure Dorothy Liddell? Guessing from images on hemburyfort.co.uk/gallery.html
"Stuart Piggott planning the position of a stone in the North West quadrant of the stone circle, Avebury, Wiltshire, 1936."
Is the other figure Dorothy Liddell? Guessing from images on hemburyfort.co.uk/gallery.html
Two fascinating 1918 aerial photo albums, and lots of crashed planes. Hackpen White Horse, Wiltshire. kresenkernow.org/SOAP/search/...
November 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Two fascinating 1918 aerial photo albums, and lots of crashed planes. Hackpen White Horse, Wiltshire. kresenkernow.org/SOAP/search/...
Reposted by Tim Daw
My review of Amanda Chadburn and Clive Ruggles' book Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun has been published in @royalarchinst.bsky.social Archaeological Journal. Let me know if you want to read it but don't have institutional access; I've got some free 'offprint' links: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NJ7DZ...
Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun
Published in Archaeological Journal (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My review of Amanda Chadburn and Clive Ruggles' book Stonehenge: Sighting the Sun has been published in @royalarchinst.bsky.social Archaeological Journal. Let me know if you want to read it but don't have institutional access; I've got some free 'offprint' links: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/NJ7DZ...
An archaeological failure in the Avebury WHS - action is needed.
The experimental Overton earthwork's scheduled excavation is very overdue.
www.sarsen.org/2025/11/the-...
The experimental Overton earthwork's scheduled excavation is very overdue.
www.sarsen.org/2025/11/the-...
The Overton Down Experimental Earthwork: A Stonehenge and Avebury WHS Failure.
Abstract The Overton Down Experimental Earthwork, constructed in 1960 on the chalk downs of Wiltshire, was conceived as one of a...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
An archaeological failure in the Avebury WHS - action is needed.
The experimental Overton earthwork's scheduled excavation is very overdue.
www.sarsen.org/2025/11/the-...
The experimental Overton earthwork's scheduled excavation is very overdue.
www.sarsen.org/2025/11/the-...
A pothole in the road at Avebury - probably an original stonehole still sinking.
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www.facebook.com/groups/64994...
Avebury Notice Board | The seasonal pot holes are starting to appear | Facebook
The seasonal pot holes are starting to appear! There's a nasty bugger on the South bound side as you go through Avebury (marked with a drpped pin on the sat image below). It has been reported on the.....
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November 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
A pothole in the road at Avebury - probably an original stonehole still sinking.
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www.facebook.com/groups/64994...
Plans to restore and conduct further archaeological investigations of the Marlborough Mound, the second Silbury Hill. www.sarsen.org/2025/11/plan...
Planning to Restore the Marlborough Mound
Wiltshire Council Planning Application Reference PL/2025/01126 Site Address Castle Mound, Marlborough College, Bath Road, Marlborough, SN8 ...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Plans to restore and conduct further archaeological investigations of the Marlborough Mound, the second Silbury Hill. www.sarsen.org/2025/11/plan...
Bush Barrow and the Stonehenge landscape in 1919
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Bush Barrow and the Stonehenge landscape in 1919
My friend Julian Richards is fundraising for Alabaré. Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving www.justgiving.com/page/julian-...
Julian's fundraiser for Alabaré
Help Julian Richards raise money to support Alabaré
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November 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
My friend Julian Richards is fundraising for Alabaré. Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving www.justgiving.com/page/julian-...
Two years ago today @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social announced they had the original Wiltshire Thatcher (as seen on Led Zep 4) print. Their version is in black and white but has yellow ink on it, including fingerprints so it is probable that the famous coloured version is contemporary.
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Two years ago today @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social announced they had the original Wiltshire Thatcher (as seen on Led Zep 4) print. Their version is in black and white but has yellow ink on it, including fingerprints so it is probable that the famous coloured version is contemporary.
Tis the night to turn the Devil's Stone - Shebbear, Devon, 8 pm, Hog Roast and Music
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Tis the night to turn the Devil's Stone - Shebbear, Devon, 8 pm, Hog Roast and Music
The Fremington (Devon) Clay erratic that was thought to have been ice-rafted from Scotland. Photographed and described by Taylor in 1956 - found again today. (I think it is from the Dartmoor Aureole). www.sarsen.org/2025/10/find... #StandingStoneSunday
November 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Fremington (Devon) Clay erratic that was thought to have been ice-rafted from Scotland. Photographed and described by Taylor in 1956 - found again today. (I think it is from the Dartmoor Aureole). www.sarsen.org/2025/10/find... #StandingStoneSunday
Mum and Dad's memorial stone on Rybury Camp. He had walked the dogs up there the last time I saw him 32 years ago today.
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Mum and Dad's memorial stone on Rybury Camp. He had walked the dogs up there the last time I saw him 32 years ago today.
I have found two or three Fremington Clay erratics that were last examined 70 years ago and whether the are glacial or not is still debated. (Geeky Geology Gigapoint Post ) www.sarsen.org/2025/10/find...
Finding the Fremington Clay Erratics
I have been studying the original descriptions of the erratics found in the Fremington Clays, which are very different to the nearby Coastal...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I have found two or three Fremington Clay erratics that were last examined 70 years ago and whether the are glacial or not is still debated. (Geeky Geology Gigapoint Post ) www.sarsen.org/2025/10/find...
A new study published in The Antiquaries Journal by Phil Harding offers fresh insight into how prehistoric communities may have shaped sarsen: www.sarsen.org/2025/10/new-...
New Experimental Study Sheds Light on Prehistoric Sarsen Working Techniques at Stonehenge
A new study published in The Antiquaries Journal offers fresh insight into how prehistoric communities may have shaped sarsen, the coarse-g...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A new study published in The Antiquaries Journal by Phil Harding offers fresh insight into how prehistoric communities may have shaped sarsen: www.sarsen.org/2025/10/new-...
Castilly Henge Update - www.sarsen.org/2025/10/cast...
Castilly Henge Update
Since my visit and post about the excavations at Castilly Henge the dig has been concluded and the results and finds are being analysed. T...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Castilly Henge Update - www.sarsen.org/2025/10/cast...
Charity run from Preseli to Stonehenge in aid of a very good cause, and he's collecting stones on the way. With a live tracker of his progress.
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www.sarsen.org/2025/10/char...
Charity Run from Preseli to Stonehenge
https://www.justgiving.com/page/alex-bance-10 A Salisbury runner is retracing the journey of Stonehenge’s stones in a 300-mile charity ch...
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October 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Charity run from Preseli to Stonehenge in aid of a very good cause, and he's collecting stones on the way. With a live tracker of his progress.
www.sarsen.org/2025/10/char...
www.sarsen.org/2025/10/char...
Bluestone Fragments at Silbury Hill – Resolving Provenance and Prehistoric Significance -https://www.sarsen.org/2025/10/review-bluestone-fragments-at-silbury.html
October 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Bluestone Fragments at Silbury Hill – Resolving Provenance and Prehistoric Significance -https://www.sarsen.org/2025/10/review-bluestone-fragments-at-silbury.html
Castilly Henge - or is it not a henge at all? Ground truthing with @cornwallarch.bsky.social @neiltlinford.bsky.social @olafbayer.bsky.social - Here's my take on the background
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Castilly Henge or Plen-an-gwarry?
The archaeological trenches at Castilly Henge in Luxulyan, Cornwall, are now well into their third week, with the four-week excavation pro...
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September 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Castilly Henge - or is it not a henge at all? Ground truthing with @cornwallarch.bsky.social @neiltlinford.bsky.social @olafbayer.bsky.social - Here's my take on the background
www.sarsen.org/2025/09/cast...
www.sarsen.org/2025/09/cast...