Hello I’m now on BlueSky. Celia.bsky.social. If you’re there pls say hi and recommend accounts to follow. You know the sort of thing- tea, scones, Penelope Keith references.I’ll still be here on Twitter for anyone wanting to troll me about scones & climate denial.

*30th November Deadline* Are you about to complete a Masters (or UGrad) dissertation on the archaeology/history of Wales/Marches? If so, have you heard of our #Cambrians dissertation prize? Read all about it - bit.ly/3KKRtwL #Dissertation #WALES #Marches

Llanmelin Iron Age hillfort #Monmouthshire showing the prehistoric population racing to get inside and close the gates A recreation by the masterful Alan Sorrell, now Amgueddfa Caerdydd Painted in 1940 when the lamps were (once more) going out all over Europe #HillfortsWednesday

A new painting, as yet untitled, but I was thinking of 'Monoliths'

Fun night at the archaeological CBA achievement awards last night. Very pleased to see it come to Wales! To top it all off our fantastic Pendinas project received a highly commended award! Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology Archaeoleg Dyfed Archaeology Dr Toby Driver is on BlueSky CB_Arolygu / RC_Survey ArchaeologyUK

It's a stormy #StandingStoneSunday 🎉🌧️ Whenever I return home late over the Cambrian Mountains I pass my local Early Bronze Age stone pair: Buwch a'r Llo or 'Cow & Calf' 🥰 It's very likely they mark a Bronze Age metal prospector's route over the hills 📷My own, 8th Nov 2024

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Wayland’s Smithy, a 5,500 year old longbarrow, with it's entrance stones to the left. This was last week with Paul Whitewick and Linleys (Print prices: HedleyThorne.com)

This Thursday!

#TombTuesday - Incredible #Callanish, a prehistoric monument so unusual & exhilarating that it has a chambered tomb crammed into it's central circle The tall stones here are weather-beaten, mesmerising & disorientating. Just an incredible place 📷 My own, June 24

Never give up. Boudica 1978 v 2024. I enjoyed writing them both, but the second undeniably got better reviews. #Echolands

For more #HillfortsWednesday fun (especially concerning Woodbury hillfort #Dorset) why not pop over to our other social media platform where you'll find even more ramparty goodness 😊 Details here 👇👇👇

This dramatic, if forgotten, image of Iron Age people building a timber-laced *Stone Fort in Scotland* was made by Alan Sorrell It appears in Barbara Green's 1968 book *Prehistoric Britain* We don't know if it depicts a particular hillfort but we love it 😍 #HillfortsWednesday

New history book 📚 picked this up awhile ago in Wales but looking forward to it, precursors to castles 😃