For a brief 15 mins at Buttermere, the Sun sent shafts of #light down and back lit the tees while illuminating the slopes on their right. The still air creating a great #reflection. #fsprintmonday #appicoftheweek #photography #Landscapephotography @CanonUKandIF #LakeDistrict

Thought I best introduce myself! 👋here's a short film about my role as Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme Portable Antiquities & Treasure | Made by Rae Pearson, Digital Heritage Apprentice @SWHeritageTrust

Want to know if you find qualifies as treasure? Always ask your FLO! Here's a short film about the treasure criteria made by Rae Pearson, Digital Heritage Apprentice South West Heritage Trust

Fascinating world of ancient #glass! Roman dove-shaped vessels were used as perfume bottles. The liquid was sealed inside, and the tip of the tail or the beak had to be broken to remove the perfume. This particular example, discovered in a first-century burial at ....1/2

A little tweet just to say I am taking in treasure AND non treasure finds, with the usual 4 month return for non treasure. Please let me know if you would like to book an appointment before Christmas!

Ever wondered what us FLO's get up to with your finds? Here is a little Behind The Scenes about how we research and record your finds. Made by Rae Pearson, Digital Heritage Apprentice South West Heritage Trust

On Friday I finally got around to visiting a church that had been on my ‘must see’ list for ages now…St. Peter and St. Paul in Pickering, North Yorkshire, with its amazing mid-15th century wall paintings…and I was absolutely not disappointed! A short thread…

📢Calling all Somerset detectorists! If you have a spare 5 mins, please complete this short survey to help us learn more about the local detecting community. Thank you for your time! forms.office.com/e/9wt5h9Fjxc

Neolithic doorway and passageway at Skara Brae on Orkney. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney

Our Milton Keynes field team recently discovered a rare 𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗱-𝗮𝗻𝗱-𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 in the topsoil during excavations near Northampton! While barbed and tanged arrowheads of flint are typically linked to the 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲

Heading out to Yeovil today! #FindsDay

Have you found something you think might be an archaeological object? Come along to a Finds Day! I can take a look at your finds, give an ID and create a record for the PAS database. (Finds will be borrowed for 4 months.) For upcoming Finds Days in 2025 check the link in bio.

Found an archaeological object and want it identifying? Come along to a Finds Day! All the info about my next finds day in Taunton is here on my facebook event - fb.me/e/5LastALAq

If you haven't already seen it, check out the new archaeology room at Sidmouth Museum, complete with model hillfort of Blackbury castle! #HillfortsWednesday

Coming up this month... another #FindsDay at Frome Museum ! ~ Saturday 19th July ~ 11am to 3pm ~ appointment only! email [email protected] to book!

Roman Magna Ancient Shoes - XXL Big, big shoe news from our Magna dig! ⬇️ romanarmymuseum.com/about/roman-sh…

2,000 years old beauty. Superb Roman mosaic floor in the House of Paquius Proculus, c. 30 BC – 20 AD.

Happy Saturday! Here’s a gorgeous Pompeian wall fresco of a lush garden filled with birds, trees, shrubs, and flowering plants 🌿🌱 🌳 💚 Roman artists bringing the beauty of nature into the home 2,000 years ago! From the House of the Golden Bracelet, Pompeii. 📷 by me

Timeless humour! A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to: “I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂 Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA

Shared for #FlintFriday