A colour photograph of a river flowing (from left to right) through agricultural land. There are swans on the water, and a small island splitting the course into two. Ripples in places suggest the water is shallow. There is a tree on the far bank, and a barn beyond it. In the far distance, Pendle Hill surveys the scene, beneath low, broken cloud.

The dastardly section of the #RiverRibble that eroded away the south east corner of the fort at #Ribchester (Bremetennacum). Harrumph.

#RomanFortThursday #Lancashire

📷 My own, 2015.

Ribchester Helmet: A rare 'face mask' helmet worn by a Roman cavalry officer 1,900 years ago The helmet has been a powerful symbol of Roman Britain since it was discovered over 200 years ago.

Short illustrated article on the #Ribchester helmet www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Low stone walls bounded by a modern retaining wall with a fence on top. A path runs down the far side, beyond the fence, with a hedge beyond that. The dominant colours are greens and browns. The photo was taken from the edge of St. Wilfrid's Church graveyard.

Surviving foundations for the granaries at #RIbchester Roman Fort, #Lancashire. The central stones supported a raised floor intended to help keep the grain dry. There is evidence that the buildings were burned when the Romans abandoned the fort. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain
📷 my own, 2024

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Call-out by @lancspolice.bsky.social to assist with a missing person search in the #RibbleValley near #Ribchester.

(Library 📸)

St. Wilfrid’s Church at Ribchester in Lancashire. The main body of the church is mostly 13th century in date, while the tower dates to the late 15th century. 📸 My own. #SteepleSaturday #StWilfrids #Ribchester #Lancashire

Medieval wall painting of St. Christopher and the Christ Child from St. Wilfrid’s Church at Ribchester in Lancashire. 📷 My own. #WednesdayWallpainting #Ribchester

A photograph of a tombstone with a relief carving depicting a cavalryman running down and spearing a recumbent figure.

The tombstone of an Asturian Cavalryman, depicting him running down and impaling a local warrior, in classic 'Reiter' / 'rider' style. Found in the C19 in the River Ribble at #Ribchester. Now in the Roman Museum there. #RomanBritain #ReliefWednesday #Lancashire
📷 Mine

An expanse of grass, with two dark lines of longer grass framing a slightly raised corridor.

This sundry looking strip of grass is part of the road between #Kirkham & #Ribchester, (Margary 703) at Red Scar industrial estate, just east of #Preston, #Lancashire. It's amazing what you can find behind bus stops. #RomanBritain #RomanRoadsFriday
📷 My own, from 2015

A colour photograph of the entrance to an old, stone built pub, with a porch including four Roman columns. The nearby fort was 'Bremetenacum'. Find out more at: https://ribchestermuseum.org/museum-history/

The entrance to the White Bull Hotel, #Ribchester, w. columns likely to be from the nearby Roman fort. The pub was built early C18, at which point there was prob. ancient masonry lying around, given that a fair bit survives still. #RomanSiteSaturday #Lancashire #RomanBritain #Pubs
📷 My own.

May, a Lancashire Dialect poem by John Rawcliffe St Wilfrid’s church at Ribchester in May (Bill Boaden) May Though every month for me’s a cherm,Aw’m fain as Winter’s hed his term;For thy breath’s gradely sweet an’ we…

Though every month for me’s a cherm,
Aw’m fain as Winter’s hed his term;
For thy breath’s gradely sweet an’ werm,
        Aw like thee, May!
(May, by John Rawcliffe)
#Spring #Poetry #Lancashire #Ribchester #Blackburn
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A Roman roof tile in a museum display case.

Roman roof tile stamped "LEG XX VV": Twentieth Legion Valeria Victrix, found at #Ribchester and now in the excellent museum there. #TilesOnTuesday #RomanBritain #Lancashire
📷 My own, 2024

A colour portrait aspect photo of a stoneb doorway, blocked with smaller stones. It is a little crude, but the moulded imposts provide a degree of ornamentation. A downspout runs just to the left.

Blocked doorway in the north wall of the nave, St. Wilfrid's, #Ribchester. The church stands inside a former Roman fort and is GI Listed. #Lancashire #AdoorableThursday
📷 Mine, from 2024.

Two perforated bronze domes, looking like upturned sieves, with associated fragment. For more info, see: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1814-0705-5

Roman horse eye guards, found by a clogmaker's son in #Ribchester in 1796, along with other military metalwork. Now displayed in British Museum. (All pre mid 20thC finds in #Lancashire were made by clogmaker's children...I expect.) #FindsFriday #RomanBritain
Pic my own, from a visit in 2019.

A black and white aerial photograph, showing a church set in fields by a river. A yellow highlight forms a rectangle around it, including part of the river. Historic England Archive, EAW022384.

Aerial view of St. Wilfrid's Church, #Ribchester, from 1949. It is inside the site of Bremetenacum, a Roman fort that guarded a crossing of the Ribble. My crude highlight shows the fort's approximate extent & that the river has eroded around 1/3 of it. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Lancashire

Time Team - Series 1 Episode 2 A piece of engineering reveals how the Romans survived at the Empire's northern frontier

i keep expecting you to turn up, every time Tony Robinson mentions #Brigantia, @chrismole.bsky.social #Ribchester #RomanCamp #RomanFort #70-80AD except this is 1993 & you were probs only a nipper 😜
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#Ribchester #photography

Blocked doorway in the north wall of the nave, St. Wilfrid's, #Ribchester. The church stands inside a former Roman fort and is GI Listed. #Lancashire #AdoorableThursday #RomanFortThursday

Now we nervously await the #Swifts return and hope the renovations meet with their approval. HUUUGE thanks to our latest Swift hero, builder Martin Proctor from #Ribchester, who has set a shining example of how saving nature CAN be part of renovation works.

11 years ago I helped a #Ribchester farmer in to Higher Level Stewardship. It included an area of ancient #woodland that was sheep grazed and as such the ground flora was trashed. Thought I'd take a walk down there today in the hope it had recovered. Today was a good day! 😍💚