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St Mary’s Church, Winchfield, Hampshire. Built in 1150 as a shrine for the benefits of the monks at Chertsey Abbey. The tower, nave & chancel all date from this period & contain the most beautiful Romanesque architecture including the tower, chancel & entrance arches #MedievalMonday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Quarry Wood “Oppidum”, Kent. Much of the SW side has been destroyed by quarrying, exposing pottery & bone from the early C1st AD. A lot is still to be learnt about the site but a pre conquest hub controlling the local iron smelting industry has been suggested. #HillfortsWednesday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The western facade of St Peter’s Cathedral, Bremen, Germany. The Romanesque towers were constructed in the first half of the C13th. Both towers suffered significant structural damage in the C17th, not being fully restored until the late C19th. #SteepleSaturday #AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Surviving wall painting at the Casa dei Vettii in Pompeii. #FrescoFriday #AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Entrance through the military fortifications known as the Gosport Lines at Priddy’s Hard, north of Gosport, Hants. Defences were created on both the Gosport & Portsmouth sides of Portsmouth Harbour in the mid C18th to protect the important naval dockyard. #AdoorableThursday #AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The north facade of the Chapel of Nine Altars at Fountains Abbey, N Yorks. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years, becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England. The chapel was added the C13th to improve light from the east & increase space #WindowsOnWednesday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The Neolithic chambered tomb of Cairn Gavrinis nestled on the tiny island of Gavrinis, off the south coast of Brittany. The monument is famous for it’s unique decoration, which is considered some of the best in Europe #TombTuesday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The medieval church of Saint Mary the Virgin is the oldest church in Gosport, dating from the C12th, however it was extensively modified in 1874. The church was expanded in 1968 and then rebuilt in 1992 after a fire. #MedievalMonday

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Unusually not a church for this week’s #SteepleSaturday. Nicholson Hall was built in 1909 in tribute to yacht designer Benjamin Nicholson. It exterior is distinctively Art Nouveau & it is believed the timber interior may have built by Camper and Nicholson workers

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Wall Paintings at St Botolph’s, Hardham, W Sussex. This scene depicts the Annunciation to Mary & is the only one in the church with an inscription. #FrescoFriday

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The Independent Evangelical church now known as Grace Church, situated on Church Street, Seaview, Isle of Wight, was built in 1854 as Beulah Free Church #AdoorableThursday

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This round-headed window with a head formed from a single stone probably dates to the C12th. 📍 St Mary’s Church, Horsham, West Sussex #WindowsonWednesday

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One of six Bronze Age round barrows, collectively known as Old Kings Barrows, Kings Barrow Ridge, near Stonehenge #TombTuesday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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All that remains of the Stokes Bay branch line near Gosport, Hampshire. The line was intended to give easy access from trains to steamers at Stokes Bay pier across to the Isle of Wight. The line closed to passengers in 1915, when the Admiralty requisitioned the pier & station

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Gosport Road stationed opened in 1865 to serve the newly established Newtown area of Gosport. It was never well used & closed to passengers in 1915. The station buildings were demolished in the 1930s and little trace now remains.

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St. Mary’s Church, Alverstoke, Hants. First mention in 1122, it was then entirely rebuilt in 1632. Much rework took place in the C19th with the expansion of naval presence in and around Gosport. #steeplesaturday

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This week my employer of 17 years English Heritage announced 200 jobs lost, and my Alma mater Cardiff Uni announced 400 jobs lost. The planning system that protects our heritage and provides thousands of archaeology jobs is at risk, and Higher Education is in free fall more generally #ThisIsFine

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St Mark’s Church tower, Horsham, W. Sussex #AdoorableThursday #NoContextDoors

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C11th, early Norman windows in St. Botolph’s Church, Hardham, W. Sussex #WindowsOnWednesday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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I hold my hand up to the poor photo… Hidden in the undergrowth here is Shrub's Wood Long Barrow. Situated in Hastingleigh, Kent, the barrow is 40m long, between 17 to 20m in breadth. Surrounded by a ditch, it is 1 of a group of 3 long barrows in the Stour Valley. #TombTuesday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Portchester Castle is situated within the Roman fort of Portus Adurni. The keep was probably built in the late C11th. In anticipation of a French invasion during the first quarter of the C14th, Edward II spent £1,100 repairing and reinforcing the defences #MedievalMonday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Recoleta, Buenos Aires, was built as part of the Franciscan monastery, completed in 1732. It is the 2nd oldest church in Buenos Aires & has served as a parish church following the expulsion of the Franciscans in 1821. #SteepleSaturday

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The C15th octagonal font at St. Mary’s Church, Horsham, W. Sussex. Each side of the shallow bowl of the font has a quatrefoil containing a rosette. The arcaded stem is presumed to be C19th. #FontsonFriday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The Beacon (part of Leigh Park country estate in Hants) was built in 1830 using stone from the recently demolished Purbrook House. 8 doric style columns support a domed roof. It’s said George Staunton had a flag flying from the flagpole when he was in residence #stoneworksunday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The beautiful Romanesque western towers of Southwell Minster (now Cathedral) date to the 1st half of the C12th. The pyramidal spires, while an original feature, were replaced in 1880 following a fire. Photo taken from the top of the central Norman tower #SteepleSaturday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The C15th octagonal font in St Botolph’s Church in Hardham, W. Sussex, built in the Perpendicular Gothic style #FontsonFriday #AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Pleased to share that I have been accepted to study for an #Archaeology PhD (part time) at the Uni of the Southampton starting next month. I will be researching land use development & landscape persistence on the South Coast Plain. Nervous & excited at the same time!

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Did you know that every fort along Hadrian's Wall has a record (& associated GIS shapefiles) in the WallCAP WallGIS available on @ads-update.bsky.social? Search the database & explore the map here archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/col... for #RomanFortThursday #AncientSky #Archaeology 🏺

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Blocked up C19th doorway (with interesting drainpipe installation) set within the India Arms alleyway in Gosport. The building was originally a tailors. Gosport has many interesting historic alleyways; more can be read about them here: democracy.gosport.gov.uk/documents/s5... #AdoorableThursday

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The cloisters at Durham Cathedral were built to the late C12th then remodelled in the C15th. The tracery was later renovated in the 1760s. More recently they were used as a filming location for the first 2 Harry Potter movies #WindowsOnWednesday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The Saint-Michel tumulus near Carnac in Brittany is the largest grave mound in continental Europe. The tumulus was built during the 5th millennium BC. Explored in 1862, researchers found a central vault containing axes, pearls, flint tools & sillimanite #tombtuesday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Bodiam Castle, E, Sussex. Growing up just over the border in Kent, this C14th moated castle was probably my most frequently visited castle both as a child & as an adult. It is also my favourite - Straight out of a fairytale. #MedievalMonday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Following on from yesterday’s #steeplesaturday of St Mary’s Church in Horsham. Here is an interior view of the east window for #stainedglasssunday… The glass is early C19th, the original having been destroyed in a storm prior to 1770 AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Horsham, W Sussex, is the oldest building in the town, dating back to 1247 & is of Early English style. Norman remains of this church are to be found in the tower, west door & north-west wall. #SteepleSaturday

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The C12th wall paintings in St Botolph’s Church in Hardham, West Sussex are some of the best preserved in the country. This one depicts The Flight to Egypt from the Gospel of Matthew. #FrescoFriday #Medieval

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Entrance to the Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere (The Lombard Institute Academy of Science & Letters) in Milan, an Italian academy founded by Napoleon in 1797. It moved from Bologna to its current location in 1810. #AdoorableThursday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The west window of The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Bath (commonly known as Bath Abbey) was originally constructed in 1520. Above the window are carvings of angels and to either side long stone ladders with angels climbing up them. #WindowsonWednesday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Situated within the Avebury World Heritage Site, West Kennet Long Barrow is one of the best preserved in Britain. Built c.3650 BC, it housed the remains of c.50 individuals before the chambers were blocked. #TombTuesday #Neolithic #Avebury AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The original St Michael's Church at Glastonbury was destroyed by an earthquake in 1275. It was replaced in the C14th, incorporating the foundations of the previous building. This survived until 1539 when all except for the tower was demolished in the Dissolution. #MedievalMonday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The beautiful little church of St Botolph’s in Hardham, Sussex is C11th in origin, having been built just before or just after the Norman conquest. Early windows can be seen in both the chancel & nave. It sits along Stane Street, the Roman road from London to Chichester #SaxonSunday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The only visible surviving piece of the Roman city wall in Winchester is situated along the Weirs, just south of City Bridge. Originally the wall encircled an area of 144 acres. #RomanSiteSaturday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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St Nicholas Church in West Worldham, Hampshire, still has its original C13th south doorway. #AdoorableThursday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Whiteshute Lane once connected the settlement at Bushfield to the centre of Winchester. It is now disconnected from the city by the railway. #HollowayWednesday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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Texas Barrows, nr Winchester. These 2 Bronze Age bowl barrows are located in a field to the SW of Winchester. Both burial mounds are heavily overgrown & are hard to immediately recognise. One even has the injustice of a telegraph pole protruding from its banks. #TombTuesday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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