'Holy air encased in stone'¹ Vikings once stood here. The underground crypt underneath St Wystan's church in Repton. Probably started in the C8th as a baptistry that seemingly became a royal and saintly ossiary for Mercian kings and the king-saint Wystan. Viking Great Army members would have been in this very space in 873-4 as they overwintered at the royal abbey of the Mercians, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom destroyed by the Great Army.

📷 Dr. Tom Horne

¹Sir John Betjeman: http://www.reptonchurch.uk/Crypt.htm

Late #BronzeAge droveway in Ballingowan, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

We've highlighted the course of this wonderful landscape #archaeology feature to help you see it.

Client: Kerry County Council, 2010

Severe winter weather will be arriving this week, so it's a great time to be reminded of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists advice on how to work (and, importantly, when NOT to work) on wintry outdoor sites ➡️ ow.ly/iQty50LWwyJ

#BeSafe on site, and only travel if safe to do so.

S2️⃣ of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴 - 𝗔𝗻 #𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁, brought to you by the Red River Archaeology Group, is coming...

Until then, you can enjoy Season One: https://shows.acast.com/shindig

We're proud of our long-term involvement in Scottish archaeology and of our past work with Forestry and Land Scotland, who produced this magnificent 2014 poster detailing some of our contour planning and terrain modelling for Castle O'er, an #IronAge hillfort in south-west Scotland. Poster includes data from Historic Environment Scotland, the main image was by EM Photo and the text by Matt Ritchie | #HillfortsWednesday

FLS page: https://forestryandland.gov.scot/what-we-do/biodiversity-and-conservation/historic-environment-conservation/investigation/castle-o-er-hillfort

HES CANMORE: https://canmore.org.uk/site/67376/castle-oer

Doing well! A wonderful #MedievalMonday: a waterlogged castle well on the R581 Doneraile to Newtwopothouse Road Realignment produced a leather strap for us in 2011. Conservation revealed a circa 14th-century high-status horse harness decorated with gilded studs emblazoned with rampant lions in sinister 🐴🦁

Drawn by: Sara Nylund

Client: Cork County Council