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archaeoselkie.bsky.social
Sue Dyke
@archaeoselkie.bsky.social
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Currently reconstructing #NessofBrodgar #prehistoric landscapes + human impact #environmentalarchaeology #archaeology #pollenanalysis

Also likely to post #photography #history #museums #scotland with a dash of #swimming #running #dog
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archaeoselkie.bsky.social
#tombtuesday #unstan #stenness #orkney #neolithic
Grassy mound with some daffodils growing and a stone entranceway/passageway to the tomb on the right of the photo Photo taken from inside the tomb looking down the stone passageway at a man bent over hands on ground working his way along the passage
December 31, 2024 at 10:13 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
#tombtuesday #westkennett #longbarrow #neolithic pics are front facade behind late Neolithic blocking stones, #polissoir reused inside #barrow and excavated #groovedware
Stone entrance to Neolithic tomb Smooth area on stone inside tomb used to polish stone tools Pottery with lines and zigzag design gouged into the clay
December 24, 2024 at 12:33 PM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
A seasonally appropriate pic for #standingstonesunday #ringifbrodgar #orkney #stonecircle #standingstone #stonehenge #scottishprehistory #neolithic #bronzeage
A large standing stone in foreground with the rest of the stone circle arching away into the distance curving round to the right. Grass and heather on the ground and a layer of snow on everything
December 15, 2024 at 9:18 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
In #scotland a passageway through a building is called a #pend some have very interesting nam here's one from #cupar #fife #medieval #markettown #alley
Alleyway sign on wall saying 'Tak Tent O Sma Things'
December 14, 2024 at 1:47 PM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
Loving and learning from these great posts - terrific if you have any interest in #archaeobotany🌼🔬
December 7, 2024 at 2:45 PM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
#standrews #westsands #fife #scottishbeach #windyday
December 7, 2024 at 2:39 PM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
A hidden #Fife #heritage gem near #BowofFife roundabout A91 #Mellvilledoocot a converted #windmill circa 1770, stone chamber (#icehouse ?) underneath www.jamesjones.co.uk/news-and-upd...
Lime harled doocot standing on a mound with an arched entrance to a stone underground chamber underneath. Pine trees surrounding Lime harled doocot with open wooden door at the base and pine trees behind
December 1, 2024 at 10:57 PM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
A beautiful place for walking and wildlife. Also really great coffee, bakes & gifts #HarbourHouse

#ladystower #elielighthouse #elie #fife #coastalwalk #scotland #SaturdaySeascape

www.welcometofife.com/view-busines...
November 30, 2024 at 4:57 PM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
For #Adoorable Thursday this is
looking out from #stmagnuscathedral in #orkney founded 1137 - a #viking #cathedral !! Read all about it here www.orkneymuseums.co.uk/our-museums/...
Two wooden doors with ornate curling iron designs flanking an arched doorway looking out onto a street showing a blue fronted shop at the bottom of a 4 storey building. Sunlight is streaming in the doorway, lighting up the right hand door and leaving the left in shadow. This is the main entrance to St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, founded when Orkney was still part of a Norse Earldom
November 28, 2024 at 9:58 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
For #TombTuesday I give you the #DwarfieStane a #neolithic rock cut tomb on the island of #Hoy in #Orkney see here for more info www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/dwarfie-stane/
Boardwalk leading up to massive squarish boulder with doorway cut into right hand side massive squarish boulder with doorway cut into the front, huge towering cliff face behind massive squarish boulder with doorway cut into left hand side, flat grassland plain behind cliffs in distance on right hand side Looking through doorway of rock cut Neolithic tomb - bed like structure with rock pillow on right hand side
November 26, 2024 at 8:59 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
Very sad & concerned to see this. In my 6yrs at #SkaraBrae #Orkney I had many experiences of customers using the #VisitScotland iCentre as a gateway to the islands. Visitor numbers have increased dramatically & tourist season is longer but the infrastructure to manage that isn't being matched.
November 26, 2024 at 8:29 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
Flash back to my previous #Orkney life for #StandingStoneSunday ... This is #RingofBrodgar in sunnier times with the heather blooming. Hope you've all 'weathered' Storm Bert ok up there ❤️
Standing stones against blue sky in the distance blooming purple heather and thistles and grass in foreground with a ditch. Photo is of stone circle in Orkney called the Ring of Brodgar
November 24, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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iapetusdtp.bsky.social
Very grateful to Stirling University for hosting our annual Induction and Development event, and to Heather Price for organising a great line-up! A fabulous setting, in no way hindered by the fine (albeit chilly) weather.
Iapetus students Stirling University campus
November 20, 2024 at 7:57 PM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
Thanks to @iapetusdtp.bsky.social for the best start to my #PhD! #induction was exciting, affirming and fun 😁 ...met SO many awesome people & #universityofstirling #campus was such a beautiful inspirational place to begin that journey #airthreyloch #stirling
November 22, 2024 at 9:06 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
#StandingStoneSunday #RingOfBrodgar #Orkney
Silhouettes of 12 standing stones highlighted against sunset skyline. Deep blues at top through pale blue to pale orange and yellow behind the stones. The stones are part of the 3rd largest stone circle in UK and thought to be Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age in date. Their function isn't known but it's suggested as a ritual or ceremonial meeting place with the stones possibly forming an astronomical calendar scheduling agricultural seasons. The ring is set within moorland on a raised mound on the Brodgar isthmus in Orkney, Scotland and overlooks two lochs (Stenness and Harray) and the recent excavations of a monumental Neolithic complex (around 40 buildings excavated more than 60 known to exist and geophysics suggesting many more)
November 17, 2024 at 9:56 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
#Fifecoast doing a very good impression of the Caribbean 😍 - in November! … topped off by mouth watering #crepes @ Salt and Pine beach bistro saltandpine.co.uk #Tentsmuir #Fife
November 16, 2024 at 5:23 PM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
1st archaeological activity after Fife translocation - #TAFAC conference www.tafac.org.uk/category/con... in Perth Great wide ranging presentations- #Hillforts #Roman Towers #Dendrochronology #Communitysrchaeology …here’s the cake case at The Artisan Espresso &Wine Bar round the corner 😍
November 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
Hello BSky world! Very glad to be here. Recently translocated from #Orkney to #Fife … The adventure continues!
November 14, 2024 at 7:12 PM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
It's time to say farewell #Orkney, after 7 glorious years. The place is special, but the people make it even more so - thank you to all the friends and colleagues for the very many wonderful memories I'm taking away with me! Till we meet again ❤️
November 16, 2024 at 8:48 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
#ringofbrodgar #orkneysunset #goldenhour #autumn2024 #stonecircle #neolithic #blindedbythelight
November 16, 2024 at 8:56 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
What a fabulous location and beautiful venue the new restaurant at @deer_distillery is 😍 #Orkney #distillery #restaurantwithaview #deerness
November 16, 2024 at 8:56 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
#knowesoftrotty #bronzeage #barrows #neolithicsettlement #orkney https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/knowes-of-trotty/
November 16, 2024 at 9:04 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
Pitstop heading north #blairathollcastle #bagpipes #scottishcastle
November 16, 2024 at 9:04 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
Visiting with family to say a fond farewell to @NessofBrodgar ... Had so many formative experiences here, made so many friends, and Ness sponsorship of my current study is literally shaping the rest of my life - thank you! Last ever day to visit is tomorrow folks ❤️
November 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM
archaeoselkie.bsky.social
@TimMeek8 #limefinish found recently on #uhi student fieldtrip. This is a REALLY interesting chapel site - marked as such on Blaeu 1653 map... But also find site for part of a #pictish cross slab so may have been a chapel site from #10thcentury https://canmore.org.uk/site/3033/newark
November 16, 2024 at 9:12 AM