Lawrence Shaw
@lawrence-shaw.bsky.social
Archaeologist. Lead Historic Environment Advisor Forestry England. Presenter of Career in Ruins and Time Team. Landscape, survey & digital archaeology. Views my own.
🎙️ New Career in Ruins episode! Derek & Lawrence chat with artist-archaeologist Dr. Rose Ferraby about art, storytelling, and community in archaeology. Don’t miss this creative, inspiring conversation! 🎧
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👉 youtu.be/jw1od0b4vL8?... #Archaeology #Podcast
October 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🎙️ New Career in Ruins episode! Derek & Lawrence chat with artist-archaeologist Dr. Rose Ferraby about art, storytelling, and community in archaeology. Don’t miss this creative, inspiring conversation! 🎧
👉 youtu.be/jw1od0b4vL8?... #Archaeology #Podcast
👉 youtu.be/jw1od0b4vL8?... #Archaeology #Podcast
We’re thrilled (and a little bit stunned!) to share that Career in Ruins has been shortlisted for the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Archaeology Achievements Awards 2025. We’re also proud just to be alongside such inspiring projects.
#Archaeology #ArchaeologyAwards #CareerInRuins #PublicArchaeology
#Archaeology #ArchaeologyAwards #CareerInRuins #PublicArchaeology
October 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We’re thrilled (and a little bit stunned!) to share that Career in Ruins has been shortlisted for the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Archaeology Achievements Awards 2025. We’re also proud just to be alongside such inspiring projects.
#Archaeology #ArchaeologyAwards #CareerInRuins #PublicArchaeology
#Archaeology #ArchaeologyAwards #CareerInRuins #PublicArchaeology
Hello Switzerland! 🇨🇭
September 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Hello Switzerland! 🇨🇭
Great to visit the Cern Abbey excavations today. And an absolute treat to have a mediaeval knife made for me out of recycled mediaeval metal from the spoil heap. Congratulations on another successful season @hugh-willmott.bsky.social
July 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Great to visit the Cern Abbey excavations today. And an absolute treat to have a mediaeval knife made for me out of recycled mediaeval metal from the spoil heap. Congratulations on another successful season @hugh-willmott.bsky.social
Great to drop into the @durotrigesdig.bsky.social open day today. Isla’s first dig, and what a high bar it has set. Lots of lovely friendly familiar faces to go along with a fascinating site 👍🙌🏼
June 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Great to drop into the @durotrigesdig.bsky.social open day today. Isla’s first dig, and what a high bar it has set. Lots of lovely friendly familiar faces to go along with a fascinating site 👍🙌🏼
Great to present at the World Archaeological Congress this morning (Theme 10 / Session 4: Digital Applications in Storytelling for Cultural Heritage) with our paper: Rooted in History. Proud to share how digital storytelling supports Forestry England’s Historic Environment Strategy. #WAC #Heritage
June 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Just had a fantastic few days excavating with Time Team at Sutton Hoo! 🏺 Thrilled to uncover new finds, learn from experts, and connect with history beneath Suffolk soil. Grateful, inspired and already counting the days until the next dig! #TimeTeam #SuttonHoo #DigLife
June 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Just had a fantastic few days excavating with Time Team at Sutton Hoo! 🏺 Thrilled to uncover new finds, learn from experts, and connect with history beneath Suffolk soil. Grateful, inspired and already counting the days until the next dig! #TimeTeam #SuttonHoo #DigLife
The beautiful Isla join our world last Thursday. Only took a week to get some cultural heritage into her new little life. First up, the local Steam Fair. 🚂
May 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The beautiful Isla join our world last Thursday. Only took a week to get some cultural heritage into her new little life. First up, the local Steam Fair. 🚂
It was a pleasure to attend the World Heritage UK 10th anniversary celebration in Westminster yesterday evening. These places matter, not just for their beauty and history, but for the stories they tell about who we are, where we’ve come from, and what we value for future generations.
May 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
It was a pleasure to attend the World Heritage UK 10th anniversary celebration in Westminster yesterday evening. These places matter, not just for their beauty and history, but for the stories they tell about who we are, where we’ve come from, and what we value for future generations.
Last month, Forestry England launched its new publication, Rooted in History. This is now available to access through our website for everyone to enjoy and consider www.forestryengland.uk/sites/defaul...
April 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Last month, Forestry England launched its new publication, Rooted in History. This is now available to access through our website for everyone to enjoy and consider www.forestryengland.uk/sites/defaul...
Hopefully it returned before you were holding the ladder?
March 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Hopefully it returned before you were holding the ladder?
A brilliant couple days with the @landscapesurvey.bsky.social still my favourite group to be a part of. Brilliant people and fascinating landscape discussions. Made all the better by a quick glimpse of the partial eclipse!
March 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A brilliant couple days with the @landscapesurvey.bsky.social still my favourite group to be a part of. Brilliant people and fascinating landscape discussions. Made all the better by a quick glimpse of the partial eclipse!
A great day out and around Bodmin yesterday with the @landscapesurvey.bsky.social group. An extremely dynamic landscape with historic china clay extraction still drastically modifying the landscape today.
March 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A great day out and around Bodmin yesterday with the @landscapesurvey.bsky.social group. An extremely dynamic landscape with historic china clay extraction still drastically modifying the landscape today.
An exciting day to share the incredible results of our excavations at Farley Moor standing stone last October www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
March 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
An exciting day to share the incredible results of our excavations at Farley Moor standing stone last October www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An incredible day in the sun at The Newt museum and reconstructed Roman villa. A perfect blend of tactile, exploration, sensory, digital and audio stimulation. 10/10 can’t recommend it enough. thanks for having AVAS along #archaeology #museum #heritage #livingheritage #digitalheritage
March 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
An incredible day in the sun at The Newt museum and reconstructed Roman villa. A perfect blend of tactile, exploration, sensory, digital and audio stimulation. 10/10 can’t recommend it enough. thanks for having AVAS along #archaeology #museum #heritage #livingheritage #digitalheritage
Last night, we launched Rooted in History at the Royal Geographical Society. It was great to share this Forestry England publication with government departments, heritage professionals, and academics, with inspiring talks from Mike Seddon, Gus Casely-Hayford, and Neil Redfern.
March 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Last night, we launched Rooted in History at the Royal Geographical Society. It was great to share this Forestry England publication with government departments, heritage professionals, and academics, with inspiring talks from Mike Seddon, Gus Casely-Hayford, and Neil Redfern.
This has been a long time in the making. So looking forward to sharing it wider on the 12th March.
February 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This has been a long time in the making. So looking forward to sharing it wider on the 12th March.
The Saturday post brings with it the perfect distraction.
February 15, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The Saturday post brings with it the perfect distraction.
See you in 2025 😁👍🇨🇦❄️
December 27, 2024 at 2:43 PM
See you in 2025 😁👍🇨🇦❄️
🎙️ New Career in Ruins episode! We chat Gladiator 2 🗡️, then dive into landscape archaeology with Professor Henry Chapman. From GIS and bog secrets 🌿 to Time Team insights, it’s a must-listen! 🎧 Explore the past in new ways—link in bio! #Archaeology #Podcast #Gladiator2 careerinruins.com?page_id=29
December 7, 2024 at 3:04 PM
🎙️ New Career in Ruins episode! We chat Gladiator 2 🗡️, then dive into landscape archaeology with Professor Henry Chapman. From GIS and bog secrets 🌿 to Time Team insights, it’s a must-listen! 🎧 Explore the past in new ways—link in bio! #Archaeology #Podcast #Gladiator2 careerinruins.com?page_id=29
Request! 🚨
What is your favourite forest/tree and heritage/archaeology fact or interest?
From folk law to physical remains. It doesn’t have to be UK centric.
What is your favourite forest/tree and heritage/archaeology fact or interest?
From folk law to physical remains. It doesn’t have to be UK centric.
November 26, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Request! 🚨
What is your favourite forest/tree and heritage/archaeology fact or interest?
From folk law to physical remains. It doesn’t have to be UK centric.
What is your favourite forest/tree and heritage/archaeology fact or interest?
From folk law to physical remains. It doesn’t have to be UK centric.
It has been an absolute pleasure working with Cat the last few years. She has helped to keep the UK chapter of @CAA_Int running smoothly and grow, and was instrumental in introducing the amazing Masters award that is now in its third year.
November 24, 2024 at 9:16 PM
It has been an absolute pleasure working with Cat the last few years. She has helped to keep the UK chapter of @CAA_Int running smoothly and grow, and was instrumental in introducing the amazing Masters award that is now in its third year.
Reconsidering my facial hair options after Dushyant Naresh’s paper at CAA UK today. A brilliant conference. Well done to all speakers and the winners of the Masters Award. What a wonderful community you all all.
November 23, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Reconsidering my facial hair options after Dushyant Naresh’s paper at CAA UK today. A brilliant conference. Well done to all speakers and the winners of the Masters Award. What a wonderful community you all all.
A really interesting talk by Andrew Hill at CAA UK yesterday, sharing his work looking at arpoaches to 3D recording of heritage trees.
November 23, 2024 at 9:33 AM
A really interesting talk by Andrew Hill at CAA UK yesterday, sharing his work looking at arpoaches to 3D recording of heritage trees.