A horned god with spear and shield - a local god from Roman Maryport in Cumbria. The relief is now part of the collections Senhouse Museum #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain 📸 My own.

#NES24 5th & Final season of Excavation starts at the weekend Reopening trenches 1 & 3. Watch out for updates

Ian uncovers nearly half of a Romani British pot on his first day #hillfortwednesday

Nesscliffe tree roots making use of impressive postholes carved out of bedrock #nes24

Steve found a beautiful but broken turquoise coloured bead. You can just make out the hole drill down it's middle #nes24

Shropshire Council workers helping to tame the bracken on the #nes24 hillfort's inner enclosure

Lisa drawing a patch of ancient pavement #nes24

hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk brand new Hillfort Atlas of GB & Ireland online

#hillfortswednesday we have the front gate post hole, southern inturn, inner enclosure

Roger a 1950's digger visiting Nes24 dig

Dig team #nes24 #hillfortwednesday

Nice fragment of rotary quern this morning

A drystone veneer to protect our guard chambers and entrance passageway is our aesthetic way of backfilling #nes24

#TombTuesday The sun setting over the giant glacial erratic which forms Maen Ceti or Arthur's Stone #Neolithic chambered tomb, Gower 📷 My own, April 2024

Mediterranean view across the English/Welsh border towards the mighty Breiddin #hillfort - from the high crags of Nesscliffe Hillfort Project. A great welcome from the dig team today - thank you 👍

myshrewsbury.co.uk/blog/mysteriou… thanks Katy

Awesome to visit Nesscliffe Hillfort Project Hillfort excavations this week 🤠 See our adventure on YouTube here: youtube.com/shorts/z_ioziK… Fancy a peek yourself? Head to their open day this Sunday #HillfortsWednesday #excavation #archaeology #Shropshire

#FindsFriday I was fortunate to hold a miniature 3D print of the famous 'Nessglyph' carving from Nesscliffe Hillfort Project when I visited on Tuesday - recovered from nr the hillfort guard chamber I'm going for a horned Iron Age god..🤔 Download the comic here: zenodo.org/records/109804…

Well Kenny Brophy I got stuck in and found an Iron Age rampart. Before and after pics below. Thanks to Prof Gary Lock Paul Reilly and Nesscliffe Hillfort Project for having me. Good luck on Sunday and next week!

Excellent tour of fascinating Nesscliffe Hillfort Project hillfort today, thanks to Paul Reilly and team!