1066 County, looking out to Sea, beautiful 😍

Bristol Museum staff ‘devastated’ by loss of irreplaceable collection The 600 objects from a historical collection in Bristol were of

Awful news, artefacts still outstanding, please look out for them.

Bristol Museum staff have been left "devastated" by the theft of hundreds of historic objects after one of Bristol's most important museum collections was broken into in September 2025

#HeritageCrime

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Metal detectorist stumbles on sinister 'witchcraft' note Lancashire decorator Alex Farrow made the unsettling discovery, thought to be more than a century old.

They're coming fast and furious. Here's another. Recording mentioned, but detecting at the corner of graveyards is never a good idea. Too many potentials to disturb human remains.

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Bedfordshire detectorist to sell hundreds of treasure pieces found Nettie Edmondson is auctioning off her collection of hundreds of items she has found over 20 years.

"It's not about the money" pt 2: "She is not auctioning her items for monetary reasons but hopes her finds will go to "someone who loves history"". If ONLY there were places which display old stuff to which she could give her finds so anyone "who loves history" could go and look at them for free

It's all about giving back to us .... hmmmm.

C'mon decision makers dig deep, be brave, make it ethically, morally and legally right before we haemorrhage finds to private collections.

Is it so difficult 😫

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.....the Waltham Abbey Historical Society, and private donations pulled together to buy it. (Think where that money could have gone)

Otherwise guess what folks.... it would have no doubt been sold to the highest bidder.

Alternatively it could have been donated it in the national interest 🤔

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Saxon 'Woden ring' to go on display at Epping Forest museum The finely-worked band was discovered by Dean Young, who is

Detectorist "had a funny feeling this is going in a museum".

Good job the Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant, the Headley Trust, the Essex Society for History and Archaeology, the Art Fund, the West Essex Archaeological Group .......

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Museum secures major funding to transform site A city museum has received a major investment.

Major investment secured for Booth Museum in Brighton

Brighton and Hove Museums, who run Booth, said the funding will help to “transform the museum into a hub for culture, habitat and biodiversity education”.

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Bedfordshire detectorist to sell hundreds of treasure pieces found Nettie Edmondson is auctioning off her collection of hundreds of items she has found over 20 years.

Will be sold to highest bidder - collection broken up, histories lost & disappearing into private collections, some overseas...

Issue of legacy collections - where owners or heirs don't want things, will only get more common...

#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺

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#HeritageCrime at the True Crime Museum, Hastings folks, please share.

Sadly signage was damaged, did you see or hear anything around 0400hrs 09/04, if you did please contact Sussex Police.

Surprise fossil discoveries push back the evolution of complex animals

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that life suddenly diversified during the Cambrian explosion

Whilst out on a stroll in Battle High Street, I spied this rather interesting box of Roman goodies in the window of the Doctors. These two are examples of a set from Pompeii ! Fabulous.

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Detectorist recalls thrill of finding rare medieval runic ring Rafal Wesolowski, 49, from Boston, says he knew immediately his find was something special.

Acquired in this case means OUR history held financially at ransom again !

"Detectorist" described experience as "a once-in-a-lifetime"

(Let's hope we all get that feeling when we see it in the museum, however what IF Lincoln Museum can't afford it)

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It's #FontsonFriday folks.....

We visited St John the Baptist Church, Sedlescombe, here's their C15 font, its of a plain octagonal style, the polygonal cover is thought to be C16th.

For more info: sussexparishchurches.org/church/sedle...

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With better Weather approaching here's one of our Heritage guides which looks at Archaeological Sites and #HeritageCrime

If you would like to know more please take a read here 👇

(All guides written collaboratively with experts and professionals )

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Poster for "An Evening Of Old Town History" on Thursday 30th April 2026 at Manor Barn, Bexhill Old Town. 6pm for 6.30. Tickets £10 for members of BOTPS, £12.50 for non-members. Bexhill Old Town Preservation Society.

An Evening Of Old Town History
Thursday 30th April, Manor Barn, Bexhill Old Town
"Scenes From The Old Town" - Julian Porter
"How Q Came To Bexhill
And Other Stories" - Ivor Llewelyn
"The Witch King Of Chantry Cottage
The Life And Legacy Of Alex Sanders"
- Sharon Day & Maia Honan
#Bexhill #Event

'The Archway' The view from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor this morning before sunrise.

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Giant duck besieging Bodiam Castle !

Send help .....

Oh I do like a Victorian post box

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A Fakirs sandal

Bexhill Museum has a wonderful new shoes display, this early c20th example of sandal doesn't look overly comfy ...

A fakir is a Muslim or Hindu ascetic, holy man, or wandering mendicant who renounces worldly possessions. They are often associated with Sufism.

Arrest after major fire tears through Leek's historic Big Mill The former silk mill has been derelict since 2007 and has attracted anti-social behaviour.

Arrest after the G2 Listed Big Mill in Leek Staffordshire is gutted by fire.

The BBC backgrounder reports a history of anti-social behaviour and dissatisfaction with the speed of the developer who had sought planning consent to convert the 19th century mill into flats.

I suspect fake news ..... it certainly has a story to tell though

#StaircaseSunday folks

We visited C12th St Michael's Church, Playden and spied their most interesting staircase/access lader, built in 1686. It has some interesting etching and dates, its no longer in use but still stands.

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A damaged green discoloured bronze helmet on display in a museum case together with two side fittings presented on black foam

Found in 2008, the North Bersted Late Iron Age warrior now resides in the Novium Museum Chichester

📷 March 2026

Laid to rest with a bronze *Coolus type* helmet with chin-strap connectors

This blingy piece of prehistoric PPE originally came with an elaborate crested headdress

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