Would be an interesting discussion in my Cultural Heritage Management module. How do people think we should manage items gained through colonial horrors?

It’s a bit of a leap but the other side is less dark at times and has cookies 😉

Very pretty. What kind of site where they found near?

Two Bronze scabbard plates on display in the Ulster Museum. The plates are delicately decorated in the La Tène style, with incised symmetrical curvilinear decoration

A close up of the intricate decoration on one of the scabbard plates

Scabbard Plates • Antrim • Iron Age

These beautifully decorated bronze scabbard plates were part of an important hoard of Iron Age objects found in a bog near Ballymena, Antrim, in the 19th century.

The surface is intricately decorated in the La Tène style.

See them in the Ulster Museum, Belfast.

You pour your cereal? Wow that’s clever.

Hello! Well I had a bit of a mental down as a primary teacher. After Covid we moved to Scotland and I did a Local studies and archaeology starter course long distance via UHI. I did a project on Ardoch Roman Fort. Loved it so much I applied for my MLitt…

Ooo useful. I’ll try get my wife to follow as she’s a textile historian! Have you seen Breughel’s paintings for so much medieval costume and dress?

Awesome really nice. A bit later than I know much about. But very interesting thank you

On the front of the slab to the left of the image there is a wheel-cross with rounded and sunken arm-pits, the arcs of the wheel being embellished with Z-fret pattern. On the upper arm is the (? winged) figure of a man holding a book, with the head of a monster on either side; his hair is elaborately curled and his legs merge into triple-ribbon interlacing which also fills the surviving portions of the side-arms and the upper part of the shaft. The interlacing bifurcates in places, in Norse style, and occasionally incorporates rows of pellets. The rest of the cross is decorated with spiral patterns, a plaited knot, and a diagonal key-pattern. The carving to the left of the cross has been largely destroyed, but traces of an animal can be seen beside the upper arm. The spaces to the right of the cross are occupied by several strange beasts, and by a vertical row of three ecclesiastics, one of whom plays a harp and another a pipe, while the third is holding what appears to be a crown. At the foot there is the figure of a warrior holding a spear and a rectangular notched shield.

C.10th upright carved slab in Ardchattan Priory, Argyll. Later cut down & repurposed as a grave slab. Believed to have been moved here after the priory was founded. Possibly Norse in style. #medievalBluesky

Ha not sure I have much of that tbh

Me too. Will share what I can whilst learning 👍

Thank you excellent information 👍

I’m learning about Scotland and settlements in Iron Age. It’s amazing. Learning about all the different settlement sites such as Brochs, Wheelhouses and Roundhouses. So much fun.

Ah cool. Okay thanks 👍

You too. Is this your professional Author account?

Oooo yay exciting I am
After all just a chip off the old block

First time for posting. Last time I was on social media properly I was a classroom teacher. How my life has changed. Not sure whether archaeology and social media works well or not but I’m giving it a go! Anyone else interested in the Iron Age - specifically Scotland?

Oh wow! I wanna play 😉

Seems
Perfectly reasonable to me. You wouldn’t stop cats having dreamies would you!

Enjoyed this blog on an overlooked figure from Orkneyinga saga. In fact my only recollection of him from the saga was that he subverted Orkney's warning beacon system, making him surely one of the first hackers (or phreakers) in history. #MedievalSky

Thanks I hope there’s cookies 😉

2024’s top finds – the dog in the drain This summer, in a corner of Structure Twelve, a few eyebrows were raised when excavation revealed the partial remains of a puppy in a drain!

2024’s top finds – the dog in the drain.
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#Neolithic #Orkney #Archaeology #Excavation #NessOfBrodgar

Ridiculously thrilled to have my first journal article out - co-authored with Ruth Loggie and Prof. Gordon Noble of @northernpicts.bsky.social. Thanks so much to them both for the opportunity! The article is on new (ninth-century!) radiocarbon dates for Sueno's Stone near Forres #MedievalSky

Yes followed people to Bluesky! Hooray