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Toby with a group of people including Prof Mel Giles

Toby with a group of people including Prof Mel Giles

Reflecting on a great working weekend on Ynys Môn/Anglesey with an incredible team of people from #OpNightingale, Amgueddfa Cymru/National Museum, DIO & Manchester Uni

Well done, once again, to the brilliant @richardosgood.bsky.social for getting us all together 👌. Watch this space

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Would detailed soil sampling and geochemical analysis help identify new areas of interest ?

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Home for the next couple of days 🧙🤩

Llyn Cerrig Bach votive lake, Ynys Môn/ Anglesey

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The excavated roundhouses in bedrock

The excavated roundhouses in bedrock

The houses returfed

The houses returfed

And then it was gone...😮

The essential part of any excavation - backfilling & returfing yesterday on the #OpNightingale & @henebtwa.bsky.social exploration of conjoined roundhouses within Buckspool coastal promontory fort, south Pembrokeshire, led by @richardosgood.bsky.social

📷 My own

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A simply incredible decorated Roman jet pin for #FindsFriday, topping off the unbelievable discoveries from the Buckspool promontory fort excavations in Pembrokeshire this month 🤩🥰

#OpNightingale #DIO @rcahmwales.bsky.social @henebtwa.bsky.social

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It's a hot 🔥one for #HillfortsWednesday

Ongoing excavations of conjoined roundhouses within Buckspool coastal promontory fort (📷 Monday) continue to produce a wide range of Roman finds 😮🤔

Dig by @henebtwa.bsky.social for @richardosgood.bsky.social & #OpNightingale

📷 (C) @rcahmwales.bsky.social

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A limestone cliff coastline at sunset

A limestone cliff coastline at sunset

Back in glorious south Pembrokeshire tonight for a working week of incredible archaeology with #OpNightingale & #RCAHMW survey buddy Lou Barker

📷 The stunning coastline at Flimston, looking towards the Green Bridge of Wales 🤩

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People excavating in a line on a coastal headland

People excavating in a line on a coastal headland

That's a roundhouse wall appearing!

Achieving the lower levels of one of the promontory fort roundhouses yesterday at Buckspool fort. A great team making this collaborative dig happen led by @richardosgood.bsky.social & #OpNightingale with @henebtwa.bsky.social & @rcahmwales.bsky.social

📷 My own

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A small chapel built into coastal cliffs

A small chapel built into coastal cliffs

Seeing the day out at St Govan's Chapel, south Pembrokeshire, tonight after a day of digging on the coastal cliffs.

#OpNightingale #Pembrokeshire

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🎥 A short video to illustrate the haunting sound - played by Sgt Paul Hemingway of #OpNightingale 👏👏

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Paul with a tall Carnyx next to a lake

Paul with a tall Carnyx next to a lake

A shiny carnyx head against may blossom

A shiny carnyx head against may blossom

A Carnyx at dusk, howling over Llyn Cerrig Bach votive lake on Ynys Môn / Anglesey - very special 🐗👌

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A group of archaeologists on an airfield

A group of archaeologists on an airfield

Meeting up with a host of archaeologists at RAF Valley on Anglesey this weekend as the #OpNightingale team work to discover more of the magical Llyn Cerrig Bach votive deposit 🧙

With @richardosgood.bsky.social @archaedelle.bsky.social @theduncanmackay.bsky.social Kate Waddinton & Prof Mel Giles

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Sunset over the site of my first dig, a very special time for me and the awesome people I met.
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