Ian Ebbage
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The Ancient World & more recent history. Mosaics. And, of course, birds.
East Lothian.
East Lothian.
The chemise said to have been worn by Mary Queen of Scots when she was executed in 1587 #textiletuesday (at Coughton Court)
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 AM
The chemise said to have been worn by Mary Queen of Scots when she was executed in 1587 #textiletuesday (at Coughton Court)
#thicktrunktuesday on a crisp January day near Begbie in #EastLothian
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
#thicktrunktuesday on a crisp January day near Begbie in #EastLothian
No doubt about the message here, in North Leith Burial Ground #mementomorimonday
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 AM
No doubt about the message here, in North Leith Burial Ground #mementomorimonday
A Wigeon and a Gadwall hanging out at Figgate Park in Edinburgh on #mallardmonday
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 AM
A Wigeon and a Gadwall hanging out at Figgate Park in Edinburgh on #mallardmonday
A Velvet Scoter in the Firth of Forth off Prestongrange #EastLothian #SuperSeabirdSunday
January 11, 2026 at 9:21 AM
A Velvet Scoter in the Firth of Forth off Prestongrange #EastLothian #SuperSeabirdSunday
Beautiful foliage in the Chapter House of Southwell Minster #stoneworksunday
January 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Beautiful foliage in the Chapter House of Southwell Minster #stoneworksunday
King Ethelred evoked in Victorian stained-glass at Ightham Mote NT in Kent #stainedglasssunday
January 11, 2026 at 7:46 AM
King Ethelred evoked in Victorian stained-glass at Ightham Mote NT in Kent #stainedglasssunday
Ss Peter & Paul's (1730s) in the Market Place in Blandford Forum in Dorset: a Grade 1 Listed Building, though the surgeon Sir Frederick Treves thought it "ugly and only tolerable at a distance"!
#steeplesaturday
#steeplesaturday
January 10, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Ss Peter & Paul's (1730s) in the Market Place in Blandford Forum in Dorset: a Grade 1 Listed Building, though the surgeon Sir Frederick Treves thought it "ugly and only tolerable at a distance"!
#steeplesaturday
#steeplesaturday
The sarcophagus in St Cormac's Chapel on the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary: hiberno-scandinavian in the Urnes style featuring interwoven stylised animals motifs; 12c and possibly the tomb of Tadhg MacCarthaigh, the brother of the King who founded the chapel c.1134 #sarcophagussaturday
January 10, 2026 at 9:47 AM
The sarcophagus in St Cormac's Chapel on the Rock of Cashel in County Tipperary: hiberno-scandinavian in the Urnes style featuring interwoven stylised animals motifs; 12c and possibly the tomb of Tadhg MacCarthaigh, the brother of the King who founded the chapel c.1134 #sarcophagussaturday
Some period style (1906) in Oban, the home of Chalmers Highland Tweed House #shopfrontfriday
January 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Some period style (1906) in Oban, the home of Chalmers Highland Tweed House #shopfrontfriday
A Gateshead signpost in the shadow of the Tyne Bridge, which was opened in 1928 to accommodate the increase in motorised traffic, and was, at the time, the longest single-span bridge in the world #ferrousfriday #fingerpostfriday
January 9, 2026 at 7:11 AM
A Gateshead signpost in the shadow of the Tyne Bridge, which was opened in 1928 to accommodate the increase in motorised traffic, and was, at the time, the longest single-span bridge in the world #ferrousfriday #fingerpostfriday
The impressive east gates of Inverleith Park in Edinburgh, erected in 1890 as a memorial to a Scottish antiquarian, Alison Hay Dunlop #thursgate
January 8, 2026 at 7:10 AM
The impressive east gates of Inverleith Park in Edinburgh, erected in 1890 as a memorial to a Scottish antiquarian, Alison Hay Dunlop #thursgate
The entrance to St Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church in Old Cairo (aka The Hanging Church) #adoorablethursday
January 8, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The entrance to St Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church in Old Cairo (aka The Hanging Church) #adoorablethursday
A flock of Redshanks at the mouth of the River Esk in Musselburgh #wadersonwednesday
January 7, 2026 at 7:28 AM
A flock of Redshanks at the mouth of the River Esk in Musselburgh #wadersonwednesday
A wooden panel dated 1658 from the home of the Earl of Annandale in Cargen in Nithsdale in Dumfries and Galloway #woodensday (Dumfries Museum)
January 7, 2026 at 7:26 AM
A wooden panel dated 1658 from the home of the Earl of Annandale in Cargen in Nithsdale in Dumfries and Galloway #woodensday (Dumfries Museum)
The 1497 Old Palace at Hatfield House, childhood home of Elizabeth I #windowsonwednesday #wallsonwednesday
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 AM
The 1497 Old Palace at Hatfield House, childhood home of Elizabeth I #windowsonwednesday #wallsonwednesday
A sampler featuring a Mermaid, complete with comb & mirror, made 1630-1700. NB other adjacent images, eg the peacock & the butterfly, here probably reinforcing themes of vanity & transience. Montacute House NT in Somerset #tapestrytuesday
January 6, 2026 at 8:12 AM
A sampler featuring a Mermaid, complete with comb & mirror, made 1630-1700. NB other adjacent images, eg the peacock & the butterfly, here probably reinforcing themes of vanity & transience. Montacute House NT in Somerset #tapestrytuesday
#thicktrunktuesday near Haddington #EastLothian
January 6, 2026 at 7:06 AM
#thicktrunktuesday near Haddington #EastLothian
A Fieldfare recovering after colliding with one of our windows. Happily, it flew off shortly after I took this photo. Lovely to see one so close-up, but not in these circumstances.
January 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
A Fieldfare recovering after colliding with one of our windows. Happily, it flew off shortly after I took this photo. Lovely to see one so close-up, but not in these circumstances.
In Dalmeny Street in Leith #muralmonday
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 AM
In Dalmeny Street in Leith #muralmonday
Two youngsters on the River Tweed near Paxton House in Berwickshire #mallardmonday
January 5, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Two youngsters on the River Tweed near Paxton House in Berwickshire #mallardmonday
A lively relief depicting the God Amun-Re giving a scimitar to King Merenptah in celebration of his victory over invading Libyan tribes (1213-1203, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty): from El-Kom El-Ahmar & now in the new Grand Egyptian Museum #stoneworksunday #grandegyptianmuseum
January 4, 2026 at 9:09 AM
A lively relief depicting the God Amun-Re giving a scimitar to King Merenptah in celebration of his victory over invading Libyan tribes (1213-1203, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty): from El-Kom El-Ahmar & now in the new Grand Egyptian Museum #stoneworksunday #grandegyptianmuseum
Kittiwakes quite at home on the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
January 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Kittiwakes quite at home on the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle
#SuperSeabirdSunday
#SuperSeabirdSunday
Gortyna in Crete was the capital of the Roman province of Crete & Cyrene. 1) General view towards to Acropolis; 2) the Odeion. (The modern building houses the Gortyn Law Code Inscriptions from 6c BC) #romansitesaturday
January 3, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Gortyna in Crete was the capital of the Roman province of Crete & Cyrene. 1) General view towards to Acropolis; 2) the Odeion. (The modern building houses the Gortyn Law Code Inscriptions from 6c BC) #romansitesaturday