Guy Harvey
@guyharvey70.bsky.social
Retired Psychiatrist, Archaeology, Cycling and Climate Science. Tax wealth not work.
'Promoting individual action weakens will for and focus on political / social action'
'Promoting individual action weakens will for and focus on political / social action'
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Discovered this chilling book while browsing in the library today
September 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Discovered this chilling book while browsing in the library today
Three carved corbel faces (now retired) above a ghost door at Durham Cathedral
#StoneworkSunday
#StoneworkSunday
August 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Three carved corbel faces (now retired) above a ghost door at Durham Cathedral
#StoneworkSunday
#StoneworkSunday
All Saints, Sutton on Trent.
Am I imagining a face carved among the medieval graffiti in the porch?
Zoom in.
#medievalgraffitimonday
Am I imagining a face carved among the medieval graffiti in the porch?
Zoom in.
#medievalgraffitimonday
July 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
All Saints, Sutton on Trent.
Am I imagining a face carved among the medieval graffiti in the porch?
Zoom in.
#medievalgraffitimonday
Am I imagining a face carved among the medieval graffiti in the porch?
Zoom in.
#medievalgraffitimonday
And this is the site of Pennymuir roman fort. Some of the ramparts are preserved and the animals have done some archaeology! See the stratigraphy 😅
May 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And this is the site of Pennymuir roman fort. Some of the ramparts are preserved and the animals have done some archaeology! See the stratigraphy 😅
The green line is the route of Dere Street and the red is the site of Pennymuir roman fort.
May 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The green line is the route of Dere Street and the red is the site of Pennymuir roman fort.
Back via Buchtrig.
Thanks for sticking with this thread.
Hope you get a chance to visit this wonderful landscape yourself one day.
Thanks for sticking with this thread.
Hope you get a chance to visit this wonderful landscape yourself one day.
May 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Back via Buchtrig.
Thanks for sticking with this thread.
Hope you get a chance to visit this wonderful landscape yourself one day.
Thanks for sticking with this thread.
Hope you get a chance to visit this wonderful landscape yourself one day.
Marked on my map as simply 'fort' it is mind-blowing to stumble across it.
This is it from the south, and then from the west in the rain 6/n
This is it from the south, and then from the west in the rain 6/n
May 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Marked on my map as simply 'fort' it is mind-blowing to stumble across it.
This is it from the south, and then from the west in the rain 6/n
This is it from the south, and then from the west in the rain 6/n
Then along the valley is Moat Knowe hillfort. Thrilled to learn it is a 'citadel hillfort', like out of Lord of the Rings.
This is made up of several linked and terraced enclosures built up a steep sided outcrop.
It has an orthostat-bordered entrance track curving up from the valley floor 5/n
This is made up of several linked and terraced enclosures built up a steep sided outcrop.
It has an orthostat-bordered entrance track curving up from the valley floor 5/n
May 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Then along the valley is Moat Knowe hillfort. Thrilled to learn it is a 'citadel hillfort', like out of Lord of the Rings.
This is made up of several linked and terraced enclosures built up a steep sided outcrop.
It has an orthostat-bordered entrance track curving up from the valley floor 5/n
This is made up of several linked and terraced enclosures built up a steep sided outcrop.
It has an orthostat-bordered entrance track curving up from the valley floor 5/n
An unrelated surprise nearby is a shieling, still in use!
All the features are there.
A large ovoid enclosure high on the hills with adjacent accommodation and even livestock management.
Usually these are just outlines and lumps and bumps but this one is real
4/n
All the features are there.
A large ovoid enclosure high on the hills with adjacent accommodation and even livestock management.
Usually these are just outlines and lumps and bumps but this one is real
4/n
May 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
An unrelated surprise nearby is a shieling, still in use!
All the features are there.
A large ovoid enclosure high on the hills with adjacent accommodation and even livestock management.
Usually these are just outlines and lumps and bumps but this one is real
4/n
All the features are there.
A large ovoid enclosure high on the hills with adjacent accommodation and even livestock management.
Usually these are just outlines and lumps and bumps but this one is real
4/n
There are a lot of deep ditches on the southern side of the hillfort. Some still 2m deep to this day 3/n
May 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
There are a lot of deep ditches on the southern side of the hillfort. Some still 2m deep to this day 3/n
Nearby is Woden Law Hillfort.
Famous because it may have been used for training Roman troops in siege warfare. The Pennymuir roman fort is just across the valley along Dere Street.
Fascinating to see the Romans and Britons there together. You can walk from one to the other 3/n
Famous because it may have been used for training Roman troops in siege warfare. The Pennymuir roman fort is just across the valley along Dere Street.
Fascinating to see the Romans and Britons there together. You can walk from one to the other 3/n
May 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Nearby is Woden Law Hillfort.
Famous because it may have been used for training Roman troops in siege warfare. The Pennymuir roman fort is just across the valley along Dere Street.
Fascinating to see the Romans and Britons there together. You can walk from one to the other 3/n
Famous because it may have been used for training Roman troops in siege warfare. The Pennymuir roman fort is just across the valley along Dere Street.
Fascinating to see the Romans and Britons there together. You can walk from one to the other 3/n
Here we are on Dere Street as it comes down off the Cheviots towards the Roman stronghold of Trimontium in the Scottish Borders.
You can see the three hills on the horizon 2/n
You can see the three hills on the horizon 2/n
May 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Here we are on Dere Street as it comes down off the Cheviots towards the Roman stronghold of Trimontium in the Scottish Borders.
You can see the three hills on the horizon 2/n
You can see the three hills on the horizon 2/n
For #hillfortswednesday here's a thread about Dere Street, the early Romans and the hillforts in the north Cheviots 1/n
May 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
For #hillfortswednesday here's a thread about Dere Street, the early Romans and the hillforts in the north Cheviots 1/n
There's an ad on TV for a new reality show about lying where a bloke says he only pretends to be into cycling because he's banned from driving.
Here he is compared to a non-cyclist.
Something tells me he's definitely genuinely into bikes!
Here he is compared to a non-cyclist.
Something tells me he's definitely genuinely into bikes!
April 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
There's an ad on TV for a new reality show about lying where a bloke says he only pretends to be into cycling because he's banned from driving.
Here he is compared to a non-cyclist.
Something tells me he's definitely genuinely into bikes!
Here he is compared to a non-cyclist.
Something tells me he's definitely genuinely into bikes!
A movie that takes place where you are from
April 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A movie that takes place where you are from
I can't help thinking of this quote by Norman Cohn.
"crooks and half educated fanatics"
from this website
www.historytoday.com/archive/edit...
"crooks and half educated fanatics"
from this website
www.historytoday.com/archive/edit...
March 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I can't help thinking of this quote by Norman Cohn.
"crooks and half educated fanatics"
from this website
www.historytoday.com/archive/edit...
"crooks and half educated fanatics"
from this website
www.historytoday.com/archive/edit...
Does teaching children road safety have "the biggest impact" on reducing danger?
Or is it proper enforcement of laws on speeding, carelessness, phone use, and drugs and alcohol?
Or is it proper enforcement of laws on speeding, carelessness, phone use, and drugs and alcohol?
March 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Does teaching children road safety have "the biggest impact" on reducing danger?
Or is it proper enforcement of laws on speeding, carelessness, phone use, and drugs and alcohol?
Or is it proper enforcement of laws on speeding, carelessness, phone use, and drugs and alcohol?
You may not like this, but this is what peak pottery looks like
March 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You may not like this, but this is what peak pottery looks like
you may not like it but this what peek poetry looks like
March 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
you may not like it but this what peek poetry looks like
You may not like it, but this is what peak poetry looks like
March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
You may not like it, but this is what peak poetry looks like
7/7 End.
And how did I miss this? A rectilinear moated medieval settlement.
There's much more in this square kilometre of farmland; cairns, banks, stone alignments and possible water management features.
The Threestoneburn stone circle isn't far away either.
And how did I miss this? A rectilinear moated medieval settlement.
There's much more in this square kilometre of farmland; cairns, banks, stone alignments and possible water management features.
The Threestoneburn stone circle isn't far away either.
March 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
7/7 End.
And how did I miss this? A rectilinear moated medieval settlement.
There's much more in this square kilometre of farmland; cairns, banks, stone alignments and possible water management features.
The Threestoneburn stone circle isn't far away either.
And how did I miss this? A rectilinear moated medieval settlement.
There's much more in this square kilometre of farmland; cairns, banks, stone alignments and possible water management features.
The Threestoneburn stone circle isn't far away either.