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My watercolour painting of the stone circle at Comrie in Perthshire, once thought to be a potential site for the Battle of Mons Graupius. #StandingStoneSunday The original artwork is now for sale along with other works on my Etsy shop here: www.etsy.com/shop/MySearc...

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Mel C's 'If That Were Me' is surely worth an honourable mention: 'I couldn't live without my phone/ And you don't even have a home' 😢

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All cold in the green on the Emerald Isle stands this small clasping stone in its field. One of my earlier linocuts, featuring the so-called Janus figure on Boa Island, Co Fermanagh for #StandingStoneSunday. Available at www.mythicalbritain.co.uk

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Harold’s Stones, Trellech. A distinctive alignment of 3 stones once thought to commemorate Harold II’s victory over the Welsh (but erected much, much earlier), or rumoured to be tossed by mythical Jack o’ Kent from the nearby Skirrid during a trial of strength with the devil. #StandingStoneSunday

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My watercolour painting of the stone circle at Comrie in Perthshire, once thought to be a potential site for the Battle of Mons Graupius. #StandingStoneSunday The original artwork is now for sale along with other works on my Etsy shop here: www.etsy.com/shop/MySearc...

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#RomanSiteSaturday Timgad was a #Roman city in the Aurès Mountains of #Algeria. It was founded by the Roman Emperor Trajan around 100 AD. The full name of the #city was Colonia Marciana Ulpia Traiana Thamugadi. #Trajan named the city in commemoration of his family #Archaeology #History

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Roman baths with a sea view - these are the ruins of the Roman baths at Hogolo near Lannion in Brittany, France. Constructed in the 1st and 2nd centuries and abandoned in the 3rd century, they were rediscovered under a sand dune in 1892. #RomanSiteSaturday

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⚠️ Durotriges Dig OPEN DAY ⚠️ Sunday 29 June 10-4.30 Free Parking (private land) at North West Farm Winterborne Kingston DT11 9AT Dig is 20 mins walk (but minibuses are available too) Guided tours plus Big Dig Brewhouse, cafe, ice cream + chips!! See you there? #Durotriges25

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Roman baths with a sea view - these are the ruins of the Roman baths at Hogolo near Lannion in Brittany, France. Constructed in the 1st and 2nd centuries and abandoned in the 3rd century, they were rediscovered under a sand dune in 1892. #RomanSiteSaturday

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If you go to a crossroads with a black chicken at midnight, you will become a werewolf. But you will only be a werewolf for eight years. The same Flemish folktale says that the exact ritual is also used to sell your soul to the devil, but the devil keeps your soul for eternity. #FolkyFriday

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Just thought of another one - I smiled at Lionel Blair once on Upper Street. He smiled back with a nod of the head and walked on.

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I once sold some postcards to Morrissey. I was very excited about it then, not so much now...

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The 19thC font at St Andrew's, Corbridge sits underneath a stonking and incredibly impressive tower arch. Roman in origin, it was supposedly resited in its entirety from Corstopitum, a nearby abandoned fort. #FontsOnFriday

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A Roman leather boot from Vindolanda #FindsFriday

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#RomanFortThursday #Isca #Caerleon 'The century of Rufinius Primus, from the 3rd Cohort (built this)'. Found at the #amphitheatre near the fort in Caerleon. 📸My own. #Roman #RomanArchaeology #Wales #romanbritain #History

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A selection of the original artworks from my book The Road to Mons Graupius, including this watercolours of Innerpeffray Library @innerpeffray.bsky.social, are now available on my Etsy shop here: www.etsy.com/shop/MySearc...

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The ramparts of Rough Castle Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland for #RomanFortThursday. Located not far from Falkirk, it may be one of the smallest forts on the Wall, but it is also the best preserved.

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A selection of the original artworks from my book The Road to Mons Graupius, including this watercolours of Innerpeffray Library @innerpeffray.bsky.social, are now available on my Etsy shop here: www.etsy.com/shop/MySearc...

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#RomanFortThursday Near Lockerbie lies #Birrens -Blatobulgium- a Roman fort built cAD80, like Trimontium. It was a cultural crossroads, with altars to Brigantia & Ricagambeda. Just 6 miles away #Burnswark Hill— the site of a Roman siege on a native hillfort, likely involving troops from Birrens.⚔️

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During the 5th to 7th centuries, the island fortress of Tintagel was the stronghold of post-Roman Cornish rulers. Memories of Tintagel’s past glories inspired many legends, and in the 12th century, Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote that King Arthur was conceived here. #FolkloreThursday

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'Every year during June, people come together to mark the diversity & richness that Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities bring. To celebrate Comrie Library will host local author & storyteller Jess Smith who will share a few stories from her latest book Button Bog' #GRTHM25 #GRTHM

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A fairly intact Roman doorway between rooms in the spectacular bathhouse at Chesters Roman fort 🤩 #RomanFortThursday #AdoorableThursday 📷 My own, last month

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The ramparts of Rough Castle Roman fort on the Antonine Wall in Scotland for #RomanFortThursday. Located not far from Falkirk, it may be one of the smallest forts on the Wall, but it is also the best preserved.

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The Roman fort at Lyne lies west of Peebles in the Scottish Borders. It lies along the road between the main Roman forts at Trimontium and Castledykes. It dates to the late Antonine period in the late second century AD and was only occupied for a few years. #RomanFortThursday

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A 2,000 year-old Roman silver wine cup from Pompeii. Decorated in relief with olive branches. From the House of Menander. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology

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📷 Studio Photograph of an Ottoman Child, Istanbul, 1887 #Child #Childhood #History

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It's #HillfortsWednesday - huzzah 😊 Here's the multivallate 3 hectare Iron Age marvel of Pilsdon Pen @nattrustarch.bsky.social #Dorset looking SE in 2017 With entrances at the N, SE and SW and with a great big square medieval rabbit warren in the middle Glorious 🤩 📷 © Jo and Sue Crane

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And it is now sold!

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Carreg Sampson, Abercastle, Pembrokeshire - the capstone profile appears similar to the outline of nearby Strumble Head. #tombtuesday

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This is my watercolour of the magnificent Roche-aux-Fées (Fairy Rock), an ancient tomb in Brittany that was long believed to have been built by supernatural beings. #TombTuesday And the original artwork is now for sale along with other works on my Etsy shop here: www.etsy.com/shop/MySearc...

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This week's 'baffled archaeologists' story...(to be fair, this one is quite baffling!)

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This doesn't look very Roman to me...what does everyone else reckon?

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