Work to start on repairing 'tired' historic Lincoln Roman arch The city council says the 3rd Century monument suffered damage during bad weather

Work to start on repairing 'tired' historic Lincoln Roman arch
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A lovely Roman mosaic showing floral motifs surrounded by a twisted guilloche border. Oh! And there's a fish! The colour scheme is white, black, grey and red.

This is where it started everyone!

Our "Floral Mosaic" was discovered in 1960 (don't ask how 😬😱). This led to 8 years of excavation during which the Palace was gradually revealed.
#MosaicMonday

Excited to listen to this and learn more about the only historic figure whose name is spelled entirely in Roman numerals.

📸 My own. 2025

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Roman floor mosaic discovered in excavations in 1910 at Caerwent, Wales.

#Archaeology #RomanBritain

Rare Roman Ingots Discovered by Metal Detectorists Declared Treasure Sometimes, finding lead rocks. For example, Welsh experts have classified two such Roman ingots recently found in Wales as national treasures.

Rare Roman Ingots Discovered by Metal Detectorists Declared Treasure
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A lovely oil lamp from Roman Cirencester (Corinium) with its lion motif. Now part of the collections at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #Cirencester

Detail from the 4th century ‘Charioteer Mosaic’ featuring a victorious charioteer and quadriga (4 horse chariot). The mosaic decorated one of the rooms at Rudston Roman Villa in East Yorkshire; now part of the collections at Hull and East Riding Museum. 📸 My own #MosaicMonday

Painting of a portrait in a roundel from a Roman mosaic possibly depicting Minerva or Mercury (or another helmet wearing deity or hero) surrounded by floral designs

Painting of a damaged Roman polychrome mosaic with floral designs

In 1903 a 4th century #Roman mosaic was uncovered at Fifehead Neville #Dorset

The central image was recorded by Mary Hartley just before souvenir hunters destroyed it 😱

The second painting © Stephen Cosh (2005) reconstructs the full floor from what was left before reburial

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LULLINGSTONE ROMAN VILLA
The mosaic from the audience chamber depicts the #mythical Bellerophon mounted on the winged Pegasus killing the Chimera.

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#RomanBritain #Archaeology

#MosaicMonday
Hunting dogs from a mosaic - Cirencester.
This mosaic was found under Dyer Street, in 1849, inspiring the creation of the first #Corinium Museum. In the centre, three #dogs converge on their prey.

#RomanBritain #Archaeology #History

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#Roman mosaic from a villa in East Coker (southwest England). The object dates to the 4th century CE. On the mosaic, we see two hunters carrying a hunted deer and a hunting dog.
#History #artwork
#Archaeology #RomanBritain

📸 My own. 2025

#MosaicMonday

Roman floor mosaic discovered in excavations in 1910 at Caerwent, Wales.

#Archaeology #RomanBritain

Large quantities of roofing tile and brick were produced by the #legion for use at the fortress.
From about AD 100, many were stamped with the legions title, official use only. The kilns were probably located near the River Usk. 📸 My own.

#FindsFriday #History #Caerleon #RomanBritain

#FrescoFriday

Painted plaster found at Caerleon fortress baths.
📷 My own.

#Archaeology #artwork #History #RomanBritain

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#Roman mosaic from a villa in East Coker (southwest England). The object dates to the 4th century CE. On the mosaic, we see two hunters carrying a hunted deer and a hunting dog.
#History #artwork
#Archaeology #RomanBritain

When the #Romans expanded their conquest of #Britain into what is now Somerset they quickly established direct control of the lead and silver #mines on the Mendips.
The Imperial mines on the Mendips exported the #lead in ingots, to the continent.
#RomanBritain 1/2 👇

At #Charterhouse there was also some kind of 'fortlet' here in the 1st century, and potentially an #amphitheatre. In a small settlement serving the #mines 2/2.

#RomanBritain #Archaeology

#RomanBritain

Segontium is a Roman fort in Caernarfon, once guarding the province of Britannia.
Open on guided tours from May–August, offering expert insight into Wales’ Roman past.

I must say, that depiction looks less like an abduction and more like a joyride…!

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A rectangular border, with floral designs at the corners to this white & green mosaic.

Shop entrance, Church Street,
Falmouth, Cornwall

A late nineteenth / early twentieth century mosaic.

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#MosaicMonday & always nice to see the Sharsholt Villa Mosaic again at the wonderful Winchester City Museum

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Black and white floor mosaic (one of many) at Fishbourne Roman Palace, at Fishbourne just west of Chichester, West Sussex, UK. Geometric shapes include large 3D shapes such as 3D boxes and other elements such as decorated crosses (all arms same length), with a two-line frame in black around the space/room within the palace. Some damage and missing tiles are evident, but it is perhaps 10 feet by 10 feet large, and the whole museum is housed in a permanent hall to protect it from the weather. There is a further room with floor mosaic remains to the top of the photo. Glass windows to the right give views of a large internal garden to this huge villa.

Having visited @romanpalace.bsky.social close to Roman city #Chichester or #NoviomagusReginorum at the weekend, I have fresh mosaic photos for #MosaicMonday!! There are some really great mosaics at this site, and clearly from the times Romans were living in Britain… can recommend the museum!!

Made some friends today…
National Museum of Scotland
@danherb10.bsky.social
@durotrigesdig.bsky.social
@theduncanmackay.bsky.social
@drtobydriver.bsky.social 🙂

In 2026, the new challenge for Roman underfloor heating aficionados is the hyper-hypocaust-hover

Can you float above pilae ?

If you think you can, call @romanpalace.bsky.social now!

#HypocaustGate

A Roman mosaic in black and white. It's a disaster. The mosaicist clearly had no real plan for what they were trying to achieved and essentially busked the entire design. It's all over the place. It's the mosaic equivalent of when you start a sentence but have no real idea what it is you're trying to say.

Woops. 😳
#MosaicMonday

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Watercolour painting of a Roman mosaic featuring an arch flanked by two square panels containing red tipped four petal flowers

Part of a lost masterpiece for #MosaicMonday

Fragment of #Roman floor depicting an arch found in #Canterbury Kent in 1758 during the construction of a cellar next to the King's Head inn

Recorded in a watercolour held by the @antiquaries.bsky.social

The fate of the mosaic is sadly unknown 🙁

Not that dissimilar (in its sequence of Aeneas, Dido and Ascanius on galloping horses) to the same hunting scene at Low Ham in Britannia. A common model? #mosaicmonday

An extract from a hand-coloured engraving of a Roman mosaic showing a bull in profile moving to the right, flanked by trees.

For this #MosaicMonday, continuing the homage to the Withington Orpheus mosaic. Some of the animals are now excitingly on display
@coriniummuseum.bsky.social but this delightful bull remains in the BM's store. 1/2

At #Charterhouse there was also some kind of 'fortlet' here in the 1st century, and potentially an #amphitheatre. In a small settlement serving the #mines 2/2.

#RomanBritain #Archaeology

When the #Romans expanded their conquest of #Britain into what is now Somerset they quickly established direct control of the lead and silver #mines on the Mendips.
The Imperial mines on the Mendips exported the #lead in ingots, to the continent.
#RomanBritain 1/2 👇