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profaliceroberts.bsky.social
Something to brighten up the dark evenings in the New Year! Brand new #DiggingForBritain - packed full of incredible new discoveries!
December 15, 2024 at 9:56 AM
profaliceroberts.bsky.social
For your delectation tonight, we have bits of an Iron Age chariot, a lost Welsh monastery and some lovely hippo sandals! 8pm, BBC Two
#DiggingForBritain series 12
January 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
tessmachling.bsky.social
THIS 👇

#DiggingForBritain
peterreavill.bsky.social Peter Reavill @peterreavill.bsky.social · Jan 7
Q. What's the difference between a coin hoard recovered by archaeologists rather than metal detecting?

A. Context

How many organic containers (like this paper filled parcel) are lost to blind digging rather than systematic recovery?
awdorset.bsky.social Andy Whiting @awdorset.bsky.social · Jan 7
Hoard of 11th Century coins found at Sizewell C
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
theduncanmackay.bsky.social
CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX CARNYX
#DiggingForBritain tonight
theduncanmackay.bsky.social Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · Jan 7
The new Norfolk Iron Age carnyx find featured on #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is beyond spectacular, dating to that crucial period for the Iceni between Caesar’s expeditions & Boudica’s rebellion. Already my find of the decade, today is a day to worship the carnyx…
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A reproduction of the bronze boar-headed Deskford carnyx held in the air.
January 14, 2026 at 4:07 PM
megsdigs.bsky.social
#diggingforbritain Series 13 here we come! First episode on BBC2 and iPlayer on Jan 7th 9pm✨
December 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
nattrustarch.bsky.social
#DiggingforBritain returns on 7th January with a new 6-part series on BBC Two with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social, and includes two @nationaltrust.org.uk properties:

4th February - Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire
5th February - St Michael's Mount, Cornwall.

Tune in to find out more!
December 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
tessmachling.bsky.social
UTTERLY BRILLIANT!

Duncan you're a genius! ❤️

#DiggingForBritain #Archaeology #Carnyx 🏺
January 14, 2026 at 9:20 PM
tessmachling.bsky.social
iiiiitttttttttttt's CARNYX DAY!!

#Archaeology #DiggingForBritain 🏺
richardosgood.bsky.social Richard Osgood @richardosgood.bsky.social · Jan 14
Tonight it’s #diggingforbritain some come and join us with #drawingdiggingforbritain - just chose something on the programme that appeals and depict it with your artwork in whatever form you like! Some strong contenders tonight I reckon… #archaeology
A photo of a sketchbook with an illustrator an Iron Age horse bridle bit from Llyn Cerrig Bach with two black pens on the left and a paintbox of watercolour squares on the right
January 14, 2026 at 10:41 AM
richardosgood.bsky.social
Phenomenal. The Thetford Carnyx sound by @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social and seen tonight on #diggingforbritain
A sketch of the carnyx found at Thetford
January 14, 2026 at 9:21 PM
richardosgood.bsky.social
The boar’s head standard found by @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social is just so fabulous. #drawingdiggingforbritain #diggingforbritain
A sketch of the boar’s head standard from Thetford with the animal facing right
January 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
tessmachling.bsky.social
I still think there's something in this...👇

#DiggingForBritain
tessmachling.bsky.social Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · Aug 8
Turns out there's these things called Sand Spheres for zen gardens, sensory kind of things.

Anyone tried this with a Neolithic carved stone ball??

And yes, I'm serious.

Alt-text: a series of textured balls which leave intricate patterns when rolled in sand. They look like NCSBs
7 different patterned balls with dots, stripes etc. The patterns they leave in sand are underneath the balls A spiral carved modern ball, with the pattern it leaves in sand beneath A three spiralled ball with the pattern in leaves in sand beneath Five Neolithic carved balls in various patterns
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
lemoustier.bsky.social
🏺 Fab #DiggingForBritain 2026 news - there's nobody better to take on the (Iron Age) chariot reins from @profaliceroberts.bsky.social!
toriherridge.bsky.social Tori Herridge @toriherridge.bsky.social · Jun 5
Now it's official, I can tell you my totally thrilling news!

I will be presenting Digging for Britain, along with my co-presenters Meg Russell and Rosanna Price.

Dream team, and a dream come true!

Happy Friday everyone!

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Digging for Britain returns to BBC Two and iPlayer with a new presenting team
Digging for Britain set to return to BBC Two in early 2027 with a new presenting team led by Dr Tori Herridge
www.bbc.co.uk
June 5, 2026 at 3:15 PM
theduncanmackay.bsky.social
Very pleased to see #DiggingForBritain suffering its very own #PlaymobilInfestation
richardosgood.bsky.social Richard Osgood @richardosgood.bsky.social · Jan 16
Using the latest textbooks and the thoughts of the finest minds : @theduncanmackay.bsky.social we can reconstruct how the Anglesey Iron Age chariot might have looked post the Roman capture of Mona. Thanks to @profaliceroberts.bsky.social and #diggingforbritain for enabling this theory to be shared
January 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
theduncanmackay.bsky.social
The Norfolk Carnyx: a Playmobil story in 4 parts. 🧵
#DiggingForBritain
#DrawingDiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@pcaarchaeology.bsky.social

1: Life
Playmobil Cacofonix the bard blowing a miniature reproduction of the Norfolk carnyx, on a green field with other Iron Age Playmobil figures in the distance.
January 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
tessmachling.bsky.social
It's tiiiiiiii-iiime!

#DiggingForBritain
January 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
tessmachling.bsky.social
Ok folks #DiggingForBritain time!! 😊
January 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
petesavin.bsky.social
Some nice window glass corners out from the trench and the plunge pool is slowly being revealed along with fallen wall plaster. What history will be excavated today #carlisle #archaeology #HadriansWall #diggingforbritain
July 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
theduncanmackay.bsky.social
THEY FOUND ANCIENT PLAYMOBIL ON #DiggingForBritain!!!!!! This is the best episode EVER!
#PlaymobilInfestation
Tiny votive axe.
January 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
tessmachling.bsky.social
REMINDER! 👇

#DiggingForBritain
tessmachling.bsky.social Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · Jan 7
Ok. So. Serious point.

With micro excavation of a find like this we will get maximum understanding - any preserved textiles/organics will be recovered.

Samples can be taken. The exact placing will be fully understood. The fragile find will be best protected. 🧵

#Archaeology 🏺
The carnyx exposed in a block of earth.
January 14, 2026 at 9:08 PM
tessmachling.bsky.social
Prehistory!!!!!!! ❤️

#DiggingForBritain
January 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
durotrigesdig.bsky.social
You're going to need a bigger episode 🤣

#DiggingForBritain
January 7, 2026 at 8:42 AM
tessmachling.bsky.social
Dinosaurs? DINOSAURS?????

🤣🤣🤣

#DiggingForBritain #NotArchaeology
January 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
theduncanmackay.bsky.social
The new Norfolk Iron Age carnyx find featured on #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is beyond spectacular, dating to that crucial period for the Iceni between Caesar’s expeditions & Boudica’s rebellion. Already my find of the decade, today is a day to worship the carnyx…
1/…
A reproduction of the bronze boar-headed Deskford carnyx held in the air.
January 7, 2026 at 9:34 AM
theduncanmackay.bsky.social
Of course it wasn’t all votive chariots and work, work, work for Druids at Llyn Cerrig Bach, @richardosgood.bsky.social
@profaliceroberts.bsky.social
@archaedelle.bsky.social
#DiggingForBritain
#PlaymobilInfestation
Playmobil Druid fishing in a pond.
January 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
mattpope.bsky.social
A #DiggingForBritain island special is the best tv ever. Starting with something very spectacular indeed! 🏺
profaliceroberts.bsky.social Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · Jan 9
Ooh, tonight’s Digging for Britain is a LUSH one - our first ever episode focusing just on Islands! Some gorgeous sites - from Jersey in the south to Orkney in the north, and everything from Neanderthals to the Iron Age! 8pm, BBC Two. Don’t forget!
January 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM