Dan Herbert

A vivid orange sunset

The last of the sun on Cardigan Bay tonight 🌞🌞

Photo in mono of a large gothic style window, looking out onto old rooftops.

Photo of wooden panels with graffiti carved in. One says POTTER 1860. Another says R. BARKER.

Photo of low-lit graffiti on wooden windowsill. An apparent date 1777 is visible.

Photo of a lot of graffiti in different hands on a windowsill. Names and dates but not easily legible.

🗃️ Happened to spend a couple of hours working in Charles Darwin's old school room today. Wooden panelling absolutely covered in children's graffiti, hope someone's done research on this!

A black & white line drawing/engraving of a pig headed trumpet raised above a spear carrying army.

For #FindsFriday this gorgeous depiction of the Deskford carnyx by Keith Henderson in Piggott’s Scotland Before History, 1958.
Found c.1816 Near Deskford, just south of the Moray coast, it dates to the later 1stC AD, deposited in a bog c.2/3rdC. Now in the National Museum of Scotland.
#CarnyxCrazy

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The Viking site and the planning battle brewing over Dublin City Council’s HQ Whenever Pat Wallace walks by Wood Quay in Dublin’s city centre, he is immediately transported back to the happiest days of his life.

Prof Aidan O’Sullivan,
“I would propose that a way of honouring [Viking Dublin dig] would be to ensure that National Museum is properly resourced in terms of staff & facilities to enable people to truly start to tell the incredible stories that are there in the collections and archives.”
Paywall

New Model Army tickets booked!
#HappyPlace

The Gutter Twins - Idle Hands [OFFICIAL VIDEO] YouTube video by Sub Pop

I've just discovered The Gutter Twins.
Why did no one tell me about this before?
youtu.be/yEUmdjgW-r0?...

NEW MODEL ARMY .. ACCORDING TO YOU YouTube video by keith lawrence

"Spring comes like a kiss upon the mouth
Soft and sweet with all the power of the earth behind....'

youtu.be/riuWXxnRTCw?...

Such a great picture this. I particularly like the bloke having a wee in the tower, the really drunk bloke being held up by the gate and the bloke at the bottom with the massive loaves of bread on the back of his horse

Brilliant

Black and white drawing of a large wooden gate with a happy Iron Age man standing to one side

And here's an excellent recreation of the Iron Age SW gate of South Cadbury hillfort © John Swogger from the 2020 article:

Hillfort gate-mechanisms by Pope, Mason, Hamilton, Rule and Swogger @royalarchinst.bsky.social

which is OPEN ACCESS 👇

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#HillfortsWednesday

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

Job Vacancy: Lecturer (Teaching) in Museum Studies The UCL Institute of Archaeology currently has a vacancy for a Lecturer (Teaching) in Museum Studies (Ref.: B03-02901).

This could be a dream job for someone out there. Plus the fact they don't advertise a salary implies you can pretty much name your price, right? 🤔

www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

We're doing it again!! ☺️
As part of the work that Tertia Barnett and I are doing with @scarf-scot.bsky.social, we'll be running another event to celebrate rock art research and launch brand-new sections of the Scottish Archaeological Research Framework.

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She's great live. Bit fed up to miss ot

I was supposed to see Rachel Newton tonight, but poor health has put a stop to that.

Scottish folk and Hold Steady is good with me

You can listen without buying though, no?

Is a good question. I don't know, that was part of my questioning I suppose

Excellent!

Selçuk EP, by Forest:Jungle Collective 3 track album

Actually yes :)

forestjunglecollective.bandcamp.com/album/sel-uk...

What's your account, Dez?

That's was my thinking.
What's your account, Tim?

Anyone here do Bandcamp?
I've just created an account and it's a bit quiet.

Unfiltered stroll

Liberating Iran: How it works

Roman mosaic depicting a grey dolphin with red beak, tail and whiskers, swimming up and out of shot

A sassy dolphin with flamboyant red feather costume vibe for #MosaicMonday

Detail from a 2nd century #Roman floor found in Fordington High Street #Dorchester 1927

Conserved by Cliveden Conservation, the cheeky chappie can today be admired in the excellent @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social

📷 Sept 2023

good morning