Fleeting and luminous Turner skies over Anglesey this week. Looking towards Braich Côch, Rhosneigr.

This Earth Day we're asking for support to deliver real solutions to the climate crisis via #EarthRaise. All funds raised will create climate-resilient orchards in communities that need them the most.

Every donation is doubled 22-29 April: bit.ly/48OfZKJ

#CommunityOrchards @biggive.bsky.social

📍Loci: Overcoming Anxiety in Lincoln Refined Reflections: The Best of Genius Loci

📍Loci: Overcoming Anxiety in Lincoln

Wandlebury Hillfort in Cambridgeshire, England

Radiocarbon dating suggests late 8th-9th century (Viking era), when the area was a Saxon/Viking frontier. The hillfort itself has two massive banks and ditches enclose a circular area of 6.5 hectares. 📷 Bladup More: http://www.megalithi

The Wood Anemones are an indicator of ancient woodlands. So delicately beautiful, I was mesmerised by them in the late evening light at Syngefield, along the Camcor River 💕 @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @communitywetlands.bsky.social

View of Magillycuddy’s Reeks (The Kerry Mountains) from the gully on Mount Brandon, Dingle Peninsula.
(Nikon Z6ii)

Just a month to go to our CPD event ‘Opening up the map’. Spaces are limited so get in touch quickly to secure a spot!

Cover of IHTA, no. 15 Derry~Londonderry by Avril Thomas. An inset of a view of Derry City with bridge over the River Foyle and mountains in the background

We move North-West to Derry~Londonderry for our next #MapMonday. Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 15, Derry~Londonderry by Avril Thomas was published by the @ria.ie in 2005
As a plantation town, much of the town's development and redevelopment can be traced through the rich map collection.
#IHTA
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To celebrate #EarthDay2026 we are highlighting Irish people who contributed to our understanding of the natural world, starting with Ellen Hutchins. She was Ireland’s first female botanist & an expert on mosses, bryophytes and lichens, several of which are named for her. www.dib.ie/biography/hu...

Spring on Skye...

For #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday... Montiaghroe/Drumskinny alignment, Fermanagh, Ireland
Image: 2022 Infrared
#IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Infrared #B&W #Black&White #Monochrome #ClassicMono #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #Fermanagh

The Govan Stones on Sunday! A new Sunday series, featuring your favourite early medieval carved stones from the Viking Age kingdom of the Clyde Britons.

First up: The Sun Stone!

Which stone would you like to see next?

The power of art. Why does this matter?

“For this glass is not just for the believer or the in-crowd - but for ordinary people like me.”

In a world that grows more complex by the day, it’s easy to pass things like this by. Here's why we shouldn’t.

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I have been thinking about these issues in relation to the legacies of the vast TCD estates and the tenants whose labour funded the university campus drb.ie/blog/tcds-fo... and Joe they might be memorialised

The incredible double hammer beam angel roof in the Church of St. Mary & All Saints, Willingham, Cambridgeshire 🤩
Dating to the 15th century, or slightly earlier, it was relocated here in the early 17th century, probably from nearby Barnwell Priory.

I’ve used mind maps before - of particular use for mapping out indiv families in a townland, especially when they’ve all the same surname! I must admit I hadn’t thought to use them in the way shown in the book. I shall experiment.

I was lucky enough that my copy arrived promptly & it was definitely a worthwhile purchase with lots of interesting suggestions. I’m very bad about research logs but this encourages me to do better. Recording sources is so important & also detailing the reasoning behind conclusions made.

Andy Marshall’s Remarkable Anglo-Saxon Survivals You Can Still Visit www.digest.andymarsh...

Loving these reposts of older articles!

Photo of 'the cages' in Marsh's Library

Image of blue tits and kingfisher in gouache on vellum, c.1730

Page from a 16th century herbal showing hand-coloured poppies

Applications for the inaugural 'Museum Plinth Project' close this Friday 17th April. The residency offers artists a 6-month residency to engage with the collections of Marsh's Library or the National Museum. visualartists.ie/advert/open-...

Grianán of Aileach | Heritage Ireland WARNING: It should be noted that these sites are unguided and a level of care and caution should be maintained during all stages of your visit. The Office Of Public Works (OPW) will not be held respon...

#HillfortsWednesday Grianan of Aileach, Dun na nGall

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The Huygens Enigma The seventeenth century produced a large number of excellent scientific researches and mathematicians in Europe, several of whom have been elevated to the status of giants of science or even gods o…

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Abraham Ortelius and the 16th century information age. The sixteenth century saw the evolution of modern cartography emerge out of a renaissance in Ptolemaic cartography. In the second half of the century the Netherlands played a leading role in this p…

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The Huygens Enigma The seventeenth century produced a large number of excellent scientific researches and mathematicians in Europe, several of whom have been elevated to the status of giants of science or even gods o…

Dutch, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, Christiaan Huygens, was born 14 April 1629 #histsci
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Cois claddaigh trathnóna #spéirgorm

☀️ Eustace Collection: Looking through Olive's Eyes. www.digest.andymarsh...

Cover of IHTA Belfast part II, 1840 to 1900 by Stephen A. Royle, showing engraving of Beflast in the 19th century, bridge to the fore, ships, industry and a mountain in the distance

This #MapMonday we’re back in #Belfast in the second half of the 19th century
Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 17 Belfast part II 1840 to 1900 by Stephen A. Royle was published by the @ria.ie in 2007
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