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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 21d

Our Trustees met on site this morning for a tour led by Trustee Sarah Semple, a wander around Maelmin with Trustee Roger Miket, and—in the afternoon—sat down for a proper meeting. The future of #Yeavering is in good hands! Stay tuned for exciting news out of Yeavering in the months to come.

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 22d

The TillVAS Archaeology group came and visited our site today. Thanks for the visit! We’re in the last days of the 2025 #Yeavering dig and are readying for tomorrow’s Trustees meeting.

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 26d

We’re reaching the excavation’s final days. Though it’s damp on site, nothing dampens our spirits! Here’s Annabelle, an @arcdurham student, who faithfully helps lead👟 tours of site ☔️ rain or ☀️ shine. She—and all at #Yeavering right now—make our site & its stories come to life. Thanks, Annabelle! 👏😊

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · 28d

🌈 #Yeavering

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Sep 8

In between the hours excavating, the @arcdurham students at #Yeavering have been enjoying some early medieval games… and donuts 🍩! (Don’t worry - the donuts aren’t 7th-century 😉)

Catch our daily site tour tomorrow at 3pm. #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #Northumberland #DUArchaeology

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Sep 7

It’s the #Yeavering team’s day off. 😊 What better way to spend it than to head over to Holy Island & check in on the 10th (final) year of the DU/DV dig! Dr David Petts @arcdurham talks the team through the reopened trenches. We’ve been so lucky to have both digs run concurrently for a few years!

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Yeavering excavation team will be taking a well-earned rest tomorrow (Sunday, 7 September). Today’s site tour is at 3pm as usual. See you there!

#DUArchaeology #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #northumbria #edwin

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Sep 3

It’s raining cats🐱 & dogs 🐶 out there! Archaeologists are hearty folk but trenches this wet mean super slippery surfaces.

We’ve cancelled our @gefrintrust site tour for today but will be back at #Yeavering to deliver the usual 3pm tour tomorrow (Thurs, 4 September). Stay dry! ☔️ 💦

Image: @adgefrin

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 29

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 29

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 29

Amy (PhD researcher at Durham) and Brian (Associate Professor at Eastern Washington University & Durham grad) are hard at work cleaning back the trenches here at #Yeavering. What might they find today? Free site tours run daily at 3pm from now until 18 September. #Northumbria #GefrinTrust

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 28

Rain or shine, there’s big smiles all around from the Yeavering crew! #YeaveringExcavation #Northumbria #earlymedieval #GefrinTrust #DUArchaeology

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 27

Jane also snapped a picture of flowers left by a couple in honour of parents who loved this place. A great reminder of the indelible mark that #Yeavering and its landscape have left on so many. What’re your memories of Yeavering?

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 27

One of our Trustees, Jane, stopped by the excavation site this afternoon. The skies look a bit foreboding but the smile on Roger's face tells us that the archaeology is as bright and exciting as usual! #Yeavering

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 26

The 2025 Yeavering excavation has commenced with the relocation of the grandstand! Stay tuned for lots more from the trenches. We can't wait to see what the team gets up to! #YeaveringExcavation #Northumberland #DUArchaeology #GefrinTrust

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 26

To celebrate the start of the 2025 excavation season, we've just released the Gefrin Trust's recent conversation with Professor Sarah Semple. Read on for more! gefrintrust.org/conversation...

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 23

Professor Sarah Semple (Durham University) and team are readying to lay out the trenches at Yeavering for another fantastic season of fieldwork. We can’t wait to see what they get up to! #Yeavering #DurhamArchaeology #GefrinTrust

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 12

Want to learn more about Brian Hope-Taylor’s mid 20th-century excavations at #Yeavering? Have a listen to Roger Miket (Trustee, Gefrin Trust) & Prof Ian Ralston’s (Edinburgh) 2024 Society of Antiquaries of London lecture on Hope-Taylor’s years in Northumberland:

www.youtube.com/live/WC8E69M...

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 8

Listening to an epic rendition of Beowulf in the glow of the grandstand. #FestivalofArchaeology #Yeavering #Beowulf #Northumbria

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 6

On Friday night #TheGefrinTrust, along with our partners #AdGefrin and @arcdurham.bsky.social, lit up the contours of Edwin's palace and grandstand. For the first time in over a millennium, the structures' footprints could be seen against the dramatic backdrop of Yeavering Bell. (Image: A. Jansen)

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 4

We’re still buzzing from our 2025 Festival of Archaeology at Yeavering! Hear from Charlotte and Liam, two of our historical reenactors on site. #festivalofarchaeology #yeavering #adgefrin #northumbria

www.instagram.com/reel/DM7b5bN...

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · Aug 3

The ‘Ripon Jewel’ which was found close to Ripon Cathedral in 1976. Stylistically, it probably dates to the seventh century, and can be viewed in the cathedral treasury. 📷 My own. #SaxonSunday #RiponCathedral

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 2

We’ve had a fantastic 2025 Festival of Archaeology at Yeavering. Thank you to all those who came out to site, to learn and share. Particular thanks to our collaborators @arcdurham @adgefrin @aclereenactment. We’re already planning for next year! #FestivalofArchaeology #Yeavering #Northumbria

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 2

We’ll be highlighting the stories of our Trustees, including Roger Miket, over the next few months. Stay tuned! #GefrinTrust #Yeavering #Northumbria

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The Gefrin Trust @gefrintrust.bsky.social · Aug 2

We’re here at Yeavering until 4pm! Both the sunshine and Saxons are out in full force! #Yeavering #FestivalofArchaeology #Northumbria

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