Is that awl you found?
A Neolithic borer / piercer, a task-specific stone tool, primarily designed to make holes in wood, hides or antler, made of flint over 5,000 years ago
Photographed as freshly excavated at Winterborne Kingston #Dorset in June
#Durotriges26 #FindsFriday #FlintFriday
A Neolithic borer / piercer, a task-specific stone tool, primarily designed to make holes in wood, hides or antler, made of flint over 5,000 years ago
Photographed as freshly excavated at Winterborne Kingston #Dorset in June
#Durotriges26 #FindsFriday #FlintFriday
July 10, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Is that awl you found?
A Neolithic borer / piercer, a task-specific stone tool, primarily designed to make holes in wood, hides or antler, made of flint over 5,000 years ago
Photographed as freshly excavated at Winterborne Kingston #Dorset in June
#Durotriges26 #FindsFriday #FlintFriday
A Neolithic borer / piercer, a task-specific stone tool, primarily designed to make holes in wood, hides or antler, made of flint over 5,000 years ago
Photographed as freshly excavated at Winterborne Kingston #Dorset in June
#Durotriges26 #FindsFriday #FlintFriday
On the last day of #Durotriges26 site packdown, Dave finishes excavating an Iron Age ditch
He records the ditch
He then does a happy dance 😊🕺
He records the ditch
He then does a happy dance 😊🕺
July 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
On the last day of #Durotriges26 site packdown, Dave finishes excavating an Iron Age ditch
He records the ditch
He then does a happy dance 😊🕺
He records the ditch
He then does a happy dance 😊🕺
Problem with your prehistoric archaeology? Let the Context Doctors sort you out!
Dani and Darko complete the stratigraphic record for #Durotriges26 on the last day of site packdown
No pit too big, no posthole too small - everything resolved 😊
Dani and Darko complete the stratigraphic record for #Durotriges26 on the last day of site packdown
No pit too big, no posthole too small - everything resolved 😊
July 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Problem with your prehistoric archaeology? Let the Context Doctors sort you out!
Dani and Darko complete the stratigraphic record for #Durotriges26 on the last day of site packdown
No pit too big, no posthole too small - everything resolved 😊
Dani and Darko complete the stratigraphic record for #Durotriges26 on the last day of site packdown
No pit too big, no posthole too small - everything resolved 😊
The #Durotriges26 dig team at the end of the final day's site briefing
A huge thank you to them and to everyone who participated and visited the dig this year
We absolutely love you guys! 👋
Hope to see you out in the field next May for #Durotriges27
Only 10 months away!
A huge thank you to them and to everyone who participated and visited the dig this year
We absolutely love you guys! 👋
Hope to see you out in the field next May for #Durotriges27
Only 10 months away!
July 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The #Durotriges26 dig team at the end of the final day's site briefing
A huge thank you to them and to everyone who participated and visited the dig this year
We absolutely love you guys! 👋
Hope to see you out in the field next May for #Durotriges27
Only 10 months away!
A huge thank you to them and to everyone who participated and visited the dig this year
We absolutely love you guys! 👋
Hope to see you out in the field next May for #Durotriges27
Only 10 months away!
A vertical aerial view of Trench T at #Durotriges26
It shows the Middle Iron Age boundary ditch (on the left), a small Roman ditch (in the middle) and multiple Iron Age roundhouse gulleys (of which 7 appear all over the trench)
There's lots to play for, then, next year in #Durotriges27 🤩👍
It shows the Middle Iron Age boundary ditch (on the left), a small Roman ditch (in the middle) and multiple Iron Age roundhouse gulleys (of which 7 appear all over the trench)
There's lots to play for, then, next year in #Durotriges27 🤩👍
July 5, 2026 at 2:46 PM
A vertical aerial view of Trench T at #Durotriges26
It shows the Middle Iron Age boundary ditch (on the left), a small Roman ditch (in the middle) and multiple Iron Age roundhouse gulleys (of which 7 appear all over the trench)
There's lots to play for, then, next year in #Durotriges27 🤩👍
It shows the Middle Iron Age boundary ditch (on the left), a small Roman ditch (in the middle) and multiple Iron Age roundhouse gulleys (of which 7 appear all over the trench)
There's lots to play for, then, next year in #Durotriges27 🤩👍
A last look down by drone to Trench S with:
Later Bronze Age / Early Iron Age features (top right)
Post medieval quarry / dew pond (largely unexcavated centre)
Iron Age pit (bottom left) and big old Iron Age boundary ditch (diagonal) surrounded by huts, marquee and spoil heaps
#Durotriges26
Later Bronze Age / Early Iron Age features (top right)
Post medieval quarry / dew pond (largely unexcavated centre)
Iron Age pit (bottom left) and big old Iron Age boundary ditch (diagonal) surrounded by huts, marquee and spoil heaps
#Durotriges26
July 5, 2026 at 11:18 AM
A last look down by drone to Trench S with:
Later Bronze Age / Early Iron Age features (top right)
Post medieval quarry / dew pond (largely unexcavated centre)
Iron Age pit (bottom left) and big old Iron Age boundary ditch (diagonal) surrounded by huts, marquee and spoil heaps
#Durotriges26
Later Bronze Age / Early Iron Age features (top right)
Post medieval quarry / dew pond (largely unexcavated centre)
Iron Age pit (bottom left) and big old Iron Age boundary ditch (diagonal) surrounded by huts, marquee and spoil heaps
#Durotriges26
As #Duropolis, the final part of the Durotriges Project (season 15), reached its finale, the Director fell to the ground and started to regenerate into Peter Davison
"It's the end, but the moment has been prepared for"
#DoctorWho / #Durotriges26
"It's the end, but the moment has been prepared for"
#DoctorWho / #Durotriges26
July 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM
As #Duropolis, the final part of the Durotriges Project (season 15), reached its finale, the Director fell to the ground and started to regenerate into Peter Davison
"It's the end, but the moment has been prepared for"
#DoctorWho / #Durotriges26
"It's the end, but the moment has been prepared for"
#DoctorWho / #Durotriges26
In the final push at the #Durotriges26 dig, all sections across the great Iron Age ditch were completed before close of play
Huzzah!
Needless to say, everyone was happy 😊
#archaeology
Huzzah!
Needless to say, everyone was happy 😊
#archaeology
July 5, 2026 at 7:05 AM
In the final push at the #Durotriges26 dig, all sections across the great Iron Age ditch were completed before close of play
Huzzah!
Needless to say, everyone was happy 😊
#archaeology
Huzzah!
Needless to say, everyone was happy 😊
#archaeology
Oubliette (from the French oublier meaning "forget")
A medieval prison pit, accessible only from the ceiling, into which prisoners were dropped and abandoned
#Durotriges26
A medieval prison pit, accessible only from the ceiling, into which prisoners were dropped and abandoned
#Durotriges26
July 4, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Oubliette (from the French oublier meaning "forget")
A medieval prison pit, accessible only from the ceiling, into which prisoners were dropped and abandoned
#Durotriges26
A medieval prison pit, accessible only from the ceiling, into which prisoners were dropped and abandoned
#Durotriges26
Last tea break behind the tool shed at #Durotriges26
July 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Last tea break behind the tool shed at #Durotriges26
Hot diggity !
The final recording of archaeological features across #Durotriges26 in the heat of a #Dorset summer afternoon
The final recording of archaeological features across #Durotriges26 in the heat of a #Dorset summer afternoon
July 4, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Hot diggity !
The final recording of archaeological features across #Durotriges26 in the heat of a #Dorset summer afternoon
The final recording of archaeological features across #Durotriges26 in the heat of a #Dorset summer afternoon
No one expects the archaeological photographer
Their chief weapon is surprise
Surprise and fear
Their two weapons are fear and surprise
And ruthless efficiency
Their three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency
And a fanatical devotion to recording
Edie in action at #Durotriges26
Their chief weapon is surprise
Surprise and fear
Their two weapons are fear and surprise
And ruthless efficiency
Their three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency
And a fanatical devotion to recording
Edie in action at #Durotriges26
July 4, 2026 at 3:47 PM
No one expects the archaeological photographer
Their chief weapon is surprise
Surprise and fear
Their two weapons are fear and surprise
And ruthless efficiency
Their three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency
And a fanatical devotion to recording
Edie in action at #Durotriges26
Their chief weapon is surprise
Surprise and fear
Their two weapons are fear and surprise
And ruthless efficiency
Their three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency
And a fanatical devotion to recording
Edie in action at #Durotriges26
Mark, Jenny and Pat completing the context recording for archaeological features in Trench T at #Durotriges26
Pippin, meanwhile, takes a little nap under her sun shade
Pippin, meanwhile, takes a little nap under her sun shade
July 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Mark, Jenny and Pat completing the context recording for archaeological features in Trench T at #Durotriges26
Pippin, meanwhile, takes a little nap under her sun shade
Pippin, meanwhile, takes a little nap under her sun shade
Meg and Jon, checking off all the ditch, pit and posthole section drawings in Trench T during the final hours of the #Durotriges26 dig
July 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Meg and Jon, checking off all the ditch, pit and posthole section drawings in Trench T during the final hours of the #Durotriges26 dig
As #Durotriges26 comes to an end, Kel has her well-trained team processing all the prehistoric pottery, animal bone and worked flint
Finds team we salute you 🫡
#Archaeology
Finds team we salute you 🫡
#Archaeology
July 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
As #Durotriges26 comes to an end, Kel has her well-trained team processing all the prehistoric pottery, animal bone and worked flint
Finds team we salute you 🫡
#Archaeology
Finds team we salute you 🫡
#Archaeology
Going back in time...
Overlying reconstruction roundhouses over drone footage of the Iron Age building platforms recorded in Trench T at #Durotriges26
Gorgeousity !! 🤩🤩
With many thanks to @derekpitman.bsky.social
#Archaeology
Overlying reconstruction roundhouses over drone footage of the Iron Age building platforms recorded in Trench T at #Durotriges26
Gorgeousity !! 🤩🤩
With many thanks to @derekpitman.bsky.social
#Archaeology
July 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Going back in time...
Overlying reconstruction roundhouses over drone footage of the Iron Age building platforms recorded in Trench T at #Durotriges26
Gorgeousity !! 🤩🤩
With many thanks to @derekpitman.bsky.social
#Archaeology
Overlying reconstruction roundhouses over drone footage of the Iron Age building platforms recorded in Trench T at #Durotriges26
Gorgeousity !! 🤩🤩
With many thanks to @derekpitman.bsky.social
#Archaeology
"Movin' to the country
Gonna dig a lot of ditches"
Really, how many?
"Millions of ditches, ditches for me. Millions of ditches, ditches for free"
#Durotriges26 #Earworm
Gonna dig a lot of ditches"
Really, how many?
"Millions of ditches, ditches for me. Millions of ditches, ditches for free"
#Durotriges26 #Earworm
July 4, 2026 at 9:44 AM
"Movin' to the country
Gonna dig a lot of ditches"
Really, how many?
"Millions of ditches, ditches for me. Millions of ditches, ditches for free"
#Durotriges26 #Earworm
Gonna dig a lot of ditches"
Really, how many?
"Millions of ditches, ditches for me. Millions of ditches, ditches for free"
#Durotriges26 #Earworm
Justin, Rachel and Beatrice have finished digging a section through the accumulated fill of a
Middle Iron Age boundary ditch at #Durotriges26
Fantastic job team! 😊👍
Middle Iron Age boundary ditch at #Durotriges26
Fantastic job team! 😊👍
July 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Justin, Rachel and Beatrice have finished digging a section through the accumulated fill of a
Middle Iron Age boundary ditch at #Durotriges26
Fantastic job team! 😊👍
Middle Iron Age boundary ditch at #Durotriges26
Fantastic job team! 😊👍
July 3, 2026 at 11:31 AM
The last morning briefing at #Durotriges26 as Jon, Megan and Darko attempt to explain what it is we've found and how this relates to next year's trench
Yes, we said next year!! 🤩
Yes, we said next year!! 🤩
July 3, 2026 at 10:23 AM
The last morning briefing at #Durotriges26 as Jon, Megan and Darko attempt to explain what it is we've found and how this relates to next year's trench
Yes, we said next year!! 🤩
Yes, we said next year!! 🤩
Same pit, different day:
The large Early Iron Age storage pit in the top of Trench S at #Durotriges26
From above (looking down)
and
From below (looking up)
The large Early Iron Age storage pit in the top of Trench S at #Durotriges26
From above (looking down)
and
From below (looking up)
July 3, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Same pit, different day:
The large Early Iron Age storage pit in the top of Trench S at #Durotriges26
From above (looking down)
and
From below (looking up)
The large Early Iron Age storage pit in the top of Trench S at #Durotriges26
From above (looking down)
and
From below (looking up)
Darko and Neil recording Iron Age ditch fill on a long hot July afternoon at Winterborne Kingston #Dorset
#Durotriges26 #Archaeology #Archeology
#Durotriges26 #Archaeology #Archeology
July 2, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Darko and Neil recording Iron Age ditch fill on a long hot July afternoon at Winterborne Kingston #Dorset
#Durotriges26 #Archaeology #Archeology
#Durotriges26 #Archaeology #Archeology
Nick and Georgie are:
a) conducting a radar survey across the post medieval quarry in Trench S at #Durotriges26 to see how extensive it is
b) vacuum cleaning the site because *it's a bit dirty*
c) praising our new overlord, the AI arachnid
a) conducting a radar survey across the post medieval quarry in Trench S at #Durotriges26 to see how extensive it is
b) vacuum cleaning the site because *it's a bit dirty*
c) praising our new overlord, the AI arachnid
July 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Nick and Georgie are:
a) conducting a radar survey across the post medieval quarry in Trench S at #Durotriges26 to see how extensive it is
b) vacuum cleaning the site because *it's a bit dirty*
c) praising our new overlord, the AI arachnid
a) conducting a radar survey across the post medieval quarry in Trench S at #Durotriges26 to see how extensive it is
b) vacuum cleaning the site because *it's a bit dirty*
c) praising our new overlord, the AI arachnid
Lucy and Marie have competed their section through the great Iron Age boundary ditch in Trench S at #Durotriges26
They are understandably very happy 😊 👍👍
They are understandably very happy 😊 👍👍
July 2, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Lucy and Marie have competed their section through the great Iron Age boundary ditch in Trench S at #Durotriges26
They are understandably very happy 😊 👍👍
They are understandably very happy 😊 👍👍
Now into the final 2 days of the #Durotriges26 dig and it's a blur of archaeological recording across both trenches in a push to get everything done
Grace, Jaz, Steve and Pat are all happy with their prehistoric features 👍
Grace, Jaz, Steve and Pat are all happy with their prehistoric features 👍
July 2, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Now into the final 2 days of the #Durotriges26 dig and it's a blur of archaeological recording across both trenches in a push to get everything done
Grace, Jaz, Steve and Pat are all happy with their prehistoric features 👍
Grace, Jaz, Steve and Pat are all happy with their prehistoric features 👍