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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 4h

Did not see that coming 😳
Here's hoping

Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 5h

#HillfortsWednesday with Yarnbury Camp
No hill to speak of, just rocking a very attractive multivallate enclosure a short way down the A303 from Stonehenge

See more in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 8h

guess this is what happens when you spend this much time around you Bluesky / #HillfortsWednesday types 😁

new episode up, continuing through the Hillforts of Wiltshire but also a bit of an explainer on types of Hillfort, how they were constructed etc.
its here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 1d

too sad 😔
Always assume that something like this isn't possible, then turns out it is

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man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 2d

If you’ve always wanted to get into Iron Age hillforts, the first half of this video by @forestcollectiv.bsky.social is a really great, accessible introduction to what they are, and the varying forms the take: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

How do you build a massive Hillfort anyway?

YouTube video by Forest Archaic Collective

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 2d

#MosaicMonday & the mosaics at Rockbourne Roman Villa

See more of Ancient Hampshire & Wiltshire in our Hillforts Episodes >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 3d

Cloud Inversion at Bratton Camp
i'll never forget this one, this was an incredibly special evening

See more in the new episode, which also includes a bit of an explainer on Hillfort types & how they were constructed >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

#AncientSiteSunday

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 3d

Of all the things that have survived of Ancient Rome, the Baths of Caracalla are unbelievable in their scale, still standing at 5-6 storeys tall after 2000 years
See more of ancient Rome in the episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmJT...

#RomanSiteSaturday
🏺AncientBluesky

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 4d

#RomanSiteSaturday & Serdica: what is now Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬
contains a lot of Roman remains including this early c4 church, built in the ruins of what was formerly a baths

See more of Sofia in the episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EptH...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 4d

#RomanSiteSaturday & while Antequera 🇪🇸 is famous for its dolmens or its islamic fortress, somewhat forgotten in the north east of the town: the ruined baths of Río de la Villa

See more of Antequera in our Malaga episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGqN...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 4d

#RomanSiteSaturday & of all the ancient cities in Sicily, Termini is not one you hear about all that often but other than the fragments of an amphitheatre it also has some great spans of aqueduct surviving

See more of it in our episode on the Sicilian north coast >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms5X...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 4d

of all the Roman sites you can visit, words really fail to express the rush of seeing Aphrodisias 🇹🇷

it is an utterly extraordinary place, you can see more of it on the episode(s) roadtripping from Bodrum to Troy & back again >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESEI...

#RomanSiteSaturday
🏺AncientBluesky

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 6d

I mean i have some of that too! but yh do try to keep it light 😊

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 6d

#AncientTheatreThursday & the absolutely gorgeous theatre of Termessos 🇹🇷

Caught this on a 72hr dash between 7 Ancient Cities around Antalya which you can catch here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg-j...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 6d

#RomanFortThursday with Brecon-y-Gaer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
the lengthy shadows in the morning not doing us any favours, but a good chance to get a look at the gates & the overall square shape

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 7d

#HillfortsWednesday wil Woolbury Ring, just to the west of Winchester

See more of the Hillforts of Hampshire in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-I1...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 9d

#MosaicMonday & its the spectacular Fullerton Mars Mosaic, laid around 360 AD
now housed in the Museum of the Iron Age, Andover

See more from around Hampshire & Danebury in our new Hillforts episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-I1...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 10d

Conversely, this might be an option worth exploring >>>

www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-qk...

Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 10d

I know none of us want to talk about this but um ...when Huxley eventually makes a trip to the great mosaic floor in the sky... 😬

can we all agree to deposit him in a chalk pit with some really odd items
raising v confusing questions about c21 burial customs for some future arch dept
#DoItForHuxley

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 10d

#AncientSiteSunday with Ladle Hill, the great unfinished hillfort

See more of it & the Hillforts of Hampshire & Wiltshire in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-I1...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 10d

What a lineup! 🛖

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 11d

🧵/8
There's also this Roman stonework set in the church wall above what is now the kitchen

#RomanSiteSaturday

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 11d

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Circling back to the church, it has some great Roman fragments in there, such as this segment of mosaic floor

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#RomanSiteSaturday

Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 15d

#MosaicMonday & a lovely fragment set in the floor of St Stephen & St Tathan in Caerwent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 11d

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A few yards away some commercial premises and residential buildings
Interesting note, since the reconstruction was painted in 1958, we now believe these buildings would've been single-storey

#RomanSiteSaturday

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 11d

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In the north west of the town, the courtyard house
The earliest iteration was likely a timber structure on stone foundations from c2-3
Later rebuilt in late c3

#RomanSiteSaturday

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