iowarchaeology.bsky.social
Isle of Wight Council Archaeology & Historic Environment Service. We manage the Isle of Wight HER and provide advice on archaeology and the historic environment
👤 Joined on 17 July 2026
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@iowarchaeology.bsky.socialThe analysis & interpretation of this glass bead and all the other beads from #MustFarm is available via open access at www.repository.cam.ac.uk/items/33bd3e...
Show PostSome of the best archaeological finds are the smallest, simplest and most personal Late Iron Age decorated bone weaving / personal grooming combs like this are among our favourites 😀 Found in Wookey Hole Caves #Somerset and now in Wells and Mendip Museum 📷 August 2026 #FindsFriday
Show Post#FindsFriday undated stone head from Ynys Môn/Anglesey, which nonetheless has unusual ear holes & what appears to be a torc carved beneath its chin - both features one would not expect in a modern carving Looks OK as an Iron Age/RB head 🧐🤔 On display at the excellent Oriel Môn 👌 📷 My own
Show PostSwimming into #FindsFriday with this gorgeously detailed bronze mermaid, dated 2nd century CE. Loving the detail of the scales on her tail, and how protectively she's holding that cornucopia 🧜🏻♀️. 📸 us at Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija, Seville #Sevilla #archaeology ##skystorians #ancientbluesky
Show PostImages of a V-shaped fish trap from Fishguard Harbour, Pembrokeshire/Sir Benfro, Wales. Fishguard is believed to have a Norse-derived name, Fiskigardr,“fish enclosure,”. 470 feet of the trap wall remain, the rest being destroyed by the 1900 rail line construction. #coastalhistory #muSEAum
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