Kevin Wilbraham

@KPW1453
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Archivist by trade. Passionate about archives, archaeology and the medieval past.
14th century representation of a peasant figure which was originally from the Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral. The glass can be viewed in the Stained Glass Museum which is based at Ely Cathedral. 📸 My own. #StainedGlassSunday #elycathedral
Part of the Midmar Recumbent Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire. The Bronze Age circle stands within the churchyard of Midmar Parish Church. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Aberdeenshire

“Beware the Ides of March!” 🗡️

2,070 years later, and we’re still talking about that one March 15...

Bust of Julius Caesar, dating to the 1st half of the 1st century AD, carved from Egyptian Greywacke.

On display at Altes Museum, Berlin

📷 me

Remains of the Roman amphitheater at Chester. The amphitheater could sit around 7000 spectators and was the largest in Britain. Only two fifths of the site are currently visible. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #Chester
Prehistoric cup and ring carvings at Whitehill Farm, near Faifley in West Dunbartonshire. 📸 My own. #RockArt #Prehistory #Archaeology #WestDunbartonshire
All Saints Church at Brixworth in Northamptonshire - the largest and most complete Anglo-Saxon church in the country. The original church was founded in 675 AD, with most of the present building dating from the 8th and 9th centuries. 📸 My own. #SteepleSaturday #Brixworth
The Arthurlie Cross at Barrhead in East Renfrewshire. Dating to sometime between the 9th and 11th centuries, the cross-shaft is a product of the early medieval kingdom of Strathclyde. 📸 My own #StandingStoneSunday #ArthurlieCross #Strathclyde
A lovely oil lamp from Roman Cirencester (Corinium) with its lion motif. Now part of the collections at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #Cirencester
A surviving 14th century roof boss from Elgin Cathedral in Moray - possibly a self portrait of the mason. The boss is part of the carved stones exhibition at the Cathedral. 📸 My own. #SundayStonework #ElginCathedral
Looking east onto Milecastle 39 - a fortlet on Hadrian’s Wall, located to the northeast of Once Brewed in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #HadriansWall #RomanBritain #Northumberland