Andrew Burn

We know it is hard but the work is valued

Fantastic, currently the site of a major redevelopment at York Station Gateway. This view will change but the early water tower will remain.

Kirkham Priory Gatehouse, North Yorkshire. Set by the River Derwent, on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds, the priory was established as a house of Augustinian canons in 1120 by Walter l'Espec, Lord of Helmsley. The gatehouse was built c1290-5. There are sculptures of St George and the Dragon to the left and David and Goliath to the right. Above the arch are sculptures of Christ in a pointed oval recess with St Bartholomew to the left and St Philip to the right. the armorials represent noble benefactors, including de Ros, Scrope, de Forz, Fitz Ralph and Espec. The style of the tracery is often referred to as 'Kentish' and is uncommon in northern England.

Kirkham Priory Gatehouse, North Yorkshire. The priory was a house of Augustinian canons in 1120 founded by Walter l'Espec, Lord of Helmsley. The gatehouse was built c1290-5.

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Open moorland, lightly dusted with snow, under clear blue skies with a low winter sun casting long shadows

After what feels like 6 weeks of gloom and toddler induced illness I finally managed to see some sky yesterday

A rock outcrop on the edge of heather and bracken moorland, under blue skies overlooking a cloud filled valley

A rock outcrop on the edge of heather and bracken moorland, under blue skies overlooking a cloud filled valley

A view of heather and bracken moorland, under blue skies overlooking a cloud filled valley

A rock outcrop on the edge of heather and bracken moorland, under blue skies overlooking a cloud filled valley

Glorious day on Ilkley Moor once I escaped the fog bound valleys.

One of my favourite sites in my patch!

Colour photo of the view from inside a grotto at Stourhead, looking out over the lake to a swathe of autumnal trees and a little of the grey sky above. The dark, rocky grotto opening frames the scene.

Time for a reminder!

Your research may be super interesting and I may really enjoy reading your latest paper, thank you for posting.

But if you post with a genAI image or no Alt Text to your photos/illustrations, I won’t be re-posting.

Pay an artist, take 30 minutes to prep Alt Text. It’s easy.

Banks and ditches of a Roman Camp, in low winter sun with a light covering if snow, under blue skies with winter grass showing green through the white snow.

Earthworks of a Roman Camp, in low winter sun with a light covering if snow, under blue skies with winter grass showing green through the white snow.

Banks and ditches of a Roman Camp, in low winter sun with a light covering if snow, under blue skies with winter grass showing green through the white snow.

Banks and ditches of a Roman Camp, in low winter sun with a light covering if snow, under blue skies with winter grass showing green through the white snow.

More sun, snow and earthworks

Snow covered earthworks in low winter sun at Cawthorn Roman Camps. Grass shows through as the melt begins under clear blue skies.

Time for a break from emails

A snow covered path winding through green undergrowth and sparsley covered trees under blue sky. A low winter sun casts long shadows.

Perfect start to 2026

Persistence of place does not equal 600 houses at the same time.

A view through sparse trees, across a green valley to a distant village. Gloomy grey winter skies overhead.

A wider shot of a view across a green valley, through sparse trees under grey skies.

The earthworks of cropton castle, undulating under brown/green winter grass, with a back drop of trees and under grey winter skies

An afternoon stroll across Cropton Castle in the winter Murk.

The Yorkshire Dales Access Hub is a one‑stop online resource designed to make the outdoors more accessible - helping people with a wide range of disabilities plan their perfect visit to the National Park.

👉 https://accesshub.yorkshiredales.org.uk/

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What if I give him a white jacket and red trousers? 🤔

Hope you had a relaxing Christmas!

A small boy exploring grass and Heather covered earthworks, with a back drop of windblown trees ans cloudy skies

Grass and Heather covered bank and ditch on the corner of a Roman camp. Under cloudy skies

Three banks covered wirh grass and Bilberry under bluey clouds and with a back drop of trees.

My traditional Christmas morning dog walk. Today exploring Cawthorne Camps.
Toddler for scale (yes @earthworkbec.bsky.social I forgot a ranging pole 😂)

Hope everyone has a lovely break, however they spend it.

This is really common, in the days of the Royal Commission, especially during WW2 and immediately afterwards, resources were spread thin. Msny buildings weren't accessible and rural monuments often misplotted geographically. That said the original listing/scheduling cards are a gold mine of info

Perhaps Stonehenge filed a copyright infringement lawsuit?

Just realised that its 20 years to the day since a sloe gin fuelled winter solstice finds washing and processing session, at the National Museums Liverpool excavations at Lathom Lancashire.

Where has that time gone!??

Disability campaigner Debbie North sits on a sturdy, all‑terrain mobility scooter positioned in front of a wooden gate designed for wheelchair‑friendly access. The scooter has a large, contoured seat, a wide handlebar, and a TGA logo on the front panel. Beside the gate stands another person wearing outdoor clothing, including a dark jacket embroidered with a National Park logo. The gate itself is part of a well‑maintained access point, with metal latches and a blue accessibility marker fixed to the adjacent wooden post. To the right, an old dry‑stone wall covered in patches of green moss runs alongside the path. Beyond the gate, rolling green fields stretch into the distance, with gentle hills rising under a pale sky. The scene conveys outdoor accessibility, inclusive countryside infrastructure, and a welcoming rural landscape.

The Yorkshire Dales Access Hub is a one‑stop online resource designed to make the outdoors more accessible - helping people with a wide range of disabilities plan their perfect visit to the National Park.

👉 Explore more: https://accesshub.yorkshiredales.org.uk/

Archaeology Isn’t Failing the Public But It Is Underserving Them A brief exploration of the findings of the Trowel and Error Project

Some post TAG thoughts on public benefits in archaeology and the results of the Trowel and Error project.

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Continuing the long held tradition of waking up to an Ashes series defeat with a stinking cold. Its definitely Christmas time...

small hours big time a night with fog after a day with fog headtorch full beam on a parish boundary original murk stepper - giving it some Grendel Lincolnshire - cloaked - a little light in the marshes

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A dramatic, cloudy landscape of rolling hills & winding paths. Limited palette of browns, olive green, greys & warm white to highlight the route through the valley, touches of light in the otherwise grey-blue sky & reflected off rocks & boggy ground.

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A double rainbow set against light grey skies and above brown ans yellow moorland. The photographers shadow can be seen in the foreground

A day when work is to be enjoyed and remembered

Enjoying petrifying London folk with a hearty unsolicited northern hello on my dog walk today

'To the End of the Land', a text & audio collaboration between Martin Heslop & Helen Tookey, in pamphlet and CD editions.

There's still time to order from us for Christmas delivery to Sheffield addresses (postcodes S1-S17), and we're happy to gift-wrap books, if you like, at no extra cost. Orders received by 23 December will be delivered - by hand, on foot - on or before 24 December.
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Excuse all my typos, it's been a very long day 😂

Autumnal trees in low winter sun with orange and yellow leaves

Medieval banks and ditches with green grass covering seen through the glassless stone window of a castle

A grey stoneslab with prehistoric cup and ring rock art in brown brushed Heather moorland under blue cloudy skies

A brick and glass post modern chrich with a curved roof and detached Bell tower under blue cloud filled skies with bare winter trees and green laws surrounding it.

A busy couple of months, withnlittle tome to post, so here are some autumn/winter highlights of my work wanderings.

This session was my favourite of the whole week. Really thought provoking and entertaining at the same time. (I am bias though as Harold used to be my undergraduate lecturer and I work with Rachel!)

A really useful few days at @tag2025york.bsky.social

Interesting and creative sessions, useful conversations with old friends and new, all resulting in a whirring brain today!