A collage of images: the trimontium stone above, with the Eildon hills on the background; below: the leaderfoot viaduct and a view of the countryside with Eildon Hill North

Our first guided walk of the season returns Thursday 2 April 👣
Walk in the footsteps of the Romans—from Melrose to #Trimontium, with sweeping views of the Eildon Hills and Leaderfoot Viaduct.
Local history brought to life.


🎟️ Book your place now
zurl.co/G3rF1

#RomanScotland

Not long left to apply 👇 #DigitalHeritageJobs

Looking forward to the #CAA2026 in Vienna next week! I’ll be presenting our lab’s experiments on cultural object interaction in XR in Session 3 on Wednesday the 2nd of April at 11:10. Hope to see you there!

#FUSION project
@glasgow.ac.uk

The Melsonby Hoards: rerouting the evidence for vehicles in Iron Age Britain Our article for Antiquity provides the first overview of the Melsonby Hoards, probably the largest deposit of Iron Age metalwork ever encountered in Britain. Radiocarbon dating confirmed that the…

The Melsonby Hoards are "probably the largest deposit of Iron Age metalwork ever encountered in Britain"!

In an #AntiquityBlog, Tom Moore and Sophia Adams discuss the hoards' exciting discovery and the next steps for research and display in the Yorkshire Museum 🏺

www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

Tonight we are giving a talk to the Glasgow Archaeological Society about our work at Burnswark hillfort - the site of a likely Roman siege....despite the title, this has nothing to do with the classic 90s action movie!

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) on jobs.ac.uk!

Nice aDNA postdoc at York, working on Roman mobility: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQT035/p...

Very excited to get up and running with this one: awarded £1.5m AHRC Standard Grant for Landscapes of Catastrophe, a project examining the context and impact of the Great Irish Famine www.qub.ac.uk/schools/NBE/...

Painting of grass covered Iron Age earthworks topped with timber palisade with people congregating within the entrance way and, in the distance, dramatic white clouds in a grey sky

Happy #HillfortsWednesday!

Here's a recreation of the Iron Age double ramparts defining the west end of Hengistbury Head (once #Hampshire then #Dorset now @bcpcouncil.bsky.social)

Prehistoric trade centre and gateway to the world

A wonderful painting © Judith Dobie for the HH Visitor Centre

🚨Call for Papers
#UISPPXXIWorldCongress2026
Our session on #protourbanism in #europeanarchaeology is open for abstract submissions. Join us 31 Aug - 4 Sep in Poznan, Poland. Abstracts due 20 March
@jodarchaeology.bsky.social

Hill fort painting by Anna Dillon

Work in progress. Oil on board. Can you guess the hill fort? This will be on show at my studio in early May for Oxfordshire Artweeks.

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) at University of York Apply now for the Postdoctoral Research Associate (Ancient DNA) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

34 month PDRA position on my Roman Britannia: Mobility and Society project, based with fab project co-lead Dr Sophy Charlton at @york-bioarch.bsky.social - come join our interdisciplinary Cardiff-York team and reshape narratives of the Roman period in Britannia.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQT035/p...

Historic Environment Scotland is looking for a new Digital Documentation Officer. F/T. Permanent Role. Stirling, Scotland.

#HeritageJobs #DigitalDocumentation

Painting of two cloak wearing men with horses approaching a timber gate, with observation tower above, being opened by two shield carrying men whilst two men, a boy and a dog watch from the ramparts above

The late 5th c AD SW gate of Cadbury Castle hillfort #Somerset

Based on Leslie Alcock's 1968 excavation

Splendidly recreated with elevated platform in a painting © Peter Dennis for *British Forts in the Age of Arthur* by Angus Konstam @ospreypublishing.bsky.social 2008 🤩

#HillfortsWednesday

Two Roman lead pigs on a forklift in a farmyard

This was the scene when I arrived to collect the lead pigs from the landowner in Oct 24, for safe transfer to the National Museum 😮

It's not often Roman finds are so heavy they're carried on a forklift

The pigs are extraordinary..each weighed around 85kg & had to be lifted by two people 💪

📷 TD

forgot #HillfortsWednesday 😵‍💫

This evening I will be talking about the development of densely populated Bronze Age hillforts in Ireland and Temperate Europe for @tuatha.ie @neiljackman.bsky.social, a topic which has recieved some press after our @antiquity.ac.uk paper on Brusselstown Ring, a massive 41ha site with 600+ houses!

😂 it is quite close to the upland earthen cursus of Broomy Law, and you can see the souther terminal from the site….this is such an unusual enclosure that I would not be surprised if it was Neolithic, but then again, Iron Age people in Scotland did many strange things too!

We spent a great day yesterday on a hilltop littered with hillforts! On White Hill, south of Biggar, Scotland, there are palisades, earthen ramparts, and one of the strangest forts I've seen in a while - an 11 hectare elongated enclosure overlooking a group of possible henges #HillfortsWednesday

Come work in the research team @socantscot.bsky.social on our ScARF project!

We are looking for 3 new people to help us complete the last of the regional archaeological research frameworks for Scotland.

Closing date the 8th March 2026

#HESFunded #Archaeology #HeritageJobs #Scotland 🏺

What a great day of weather we had....no one could take poor photos working in that! Love the Polaroid's!

Fieldwork Research Associate at Newcastle University Discover an exciting academic career path as a Fieldwork Research Associate at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

Come join our Ecologies of Governance team: we have a 30 month fieldwork based PDRA advertised @newcastleuni.bsky.social as a part of our AHRC funded project. Will work at Rendelsham, Dunadd, Navan Fort, Llangorse, Milfield royal palace sites for project. Pls RT: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM271/f...

Archaeology Awards Voting - Current Archaeology Voting has now opened for the Current Archaeology Awards! Which people, projects and publications deserve recognition?

Last few days to vote in our Current Archaeology Awards 2026! Visit www.archaeology.co.uk/vote to choose the people, projects, and publications you think deserve to win this year. Voting closes on 9 February.

Museum job alert!!

Assisstant Curator Renaissance and Early Modern History at National Museums Scotland

Full time but temporary (mat leave cover)

Closes 18 Feb so don't dilly-dally

careers.nms.ac.uk/job/829206

Palaeoecology Research Fellow (Ecologies of Governance) at Queen's University Belfast An opportunity for an academic position as a Palaeoecology Research Fellow (Ecologies of Governance) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

Come join the Ecologies of Governance team, working with Andy Seaman, Duncan Wright, Rich Madgwick and me on our AHRC project. 30 month Palaeoecology postdoc to work on our five case study landscapes based at QUB - Archaeology at Queen's www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ146/p...

Toby & Tori in high Vis at the edge of a coastal blow hole

Filming for #DiggingForBritain with the brilliant @toriherridge.bsky.social on the very edge of Buckspool promontory fort, Pembrokeshire, in the heat of August last year 🌞🔥

Perfect viewing tonight for #HillfortsWednesday 🛖🥳

👉 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Our thanks to Dr Paddy Gleeson for his amazing talk on the landscapes of kingship in early medieval Ireland last night. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/live/qc6r49z....

@papgleeson.bsky.social

#IrishArchaeology
#UlsterArchaeology

Topographic map of part of the Baltinglass landscape, County Wicklow, overlaid with illustrations of prehistoric features in the landscape, such as two Bronze Age hillforts and the Sruhaun cursus, aligned with the autumn equinox sunrise.

In Neolithic Ireland, many monuments were orientated towards the summer solstice sunrise, perhaps to celebrate growth and life #CelebrateLife
Some however, align with the autumn equinox sunrise, the end of the growing cycle. Did they symbolise death?

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

The main building and tower at the University of Glasgow surrounded by trees.

Historic places are vital for mental health, according to research by @uofgussp.bsky.social, @imadgination03.bsky.social and Historic England.

Familiar historic places provide emotional stability – helping people to function and thrive in everyday life.

More: gla.ac/4qQ0CIZ

🚨 Call for Papers!
XXI UISPP Word Congress, Poznán, Poland. 31 Aug - 4 Sept 2026.

Our ( @jodarchaeology.bsky.social ) session proposal focusing on #protourbanism in #prehistoric #europe has been accepted! Register and submit your paper topic for our session here: uispp2026.syskonf.pl

Hugely excited to finally have this up 😁
Was incredibly lucky to catch up with @drtobydriver.bsky.social & have a chat about all things #Hillforts & Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

You can catch that here >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvyY...

📷 Foel Drygarn, Pembrokeshire