Tickets are still available for Chris Hawkins talk on Lesnes Abbey 2.30-4.00 pm this Saturday at Local Studies, Central Library, Bexleyheath. #lesnesabbey #richarddeluci #abbeywood #bexleyarchives #localstudies #lbbexley

Thrilled to give you a sneak peak of the cover of our forthcoming book on #Stonehenge and #astronomy, to be published by Liverpool University Press for Historic England! #archaeology #archaeastronomy #landscape. More info here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/action/doSearc…… pic.x.com/K4hHJZ7ijN

The online Annual General Meeting of the CIfA #ForensicArchaeology Special Interest Group takes place from 11am – 12noon on 26 January. Join us as we discuss plans for the upcoming year. For more information, and to register, visit: archaeologists.net/civicrm/event/…

Tickets for the Lesnes Abbey talk this afternoon are almost sold out. Call Bexley Archives on 020 3045 3369 or email [email protected] to reserve tickets before coming, to avoid disappointment. #lesnesabbey #richarddeluci #LBofBexley #LocalStudies #BexleyArchives

🚨 We're looking for friendly & knowledgeable volunteers to deliver guided walks & talks in Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, St James’s Park & The Green Park. If you're interested in nature, heritage & wellbeing then this could be for you. Find out more 🔽 royalparks.org.uk/support/volunt…

With Sheila and Jonathan (both from Wandsworth Museum Action Group) at opening of Wandsworth Town library, which includes a new Mini Museum. Great library and a heartening event. Speeches from Alf Dubs @agoannan @sarmila_V on the contribution of libraries and refugees.

Sir John Wroth of #Blendon Hall #Bexley fought at the First Battle of Newbury 1643 and later had to mortgage his estate to pay compounding fines imposed on Royalists. But on the Restoration of Charles II in 1660 he was created a baronet. #EnglishCivilWar #LocalHistory

Our response to some recent news articles: bit.ly/PressResponseR…

Quick look at the MOLA online GIS shows a compelling, tending to mutually exclusive distribution, of Palaeolithic (West End) and Neolithic tools (The City). Investigating and explaining this will be a joy. #PalaeoLondon

Happy Imbolc 🌼 This ancient Celtic festival marks the turning towards spring. We've made it through the ten darkest weeks of the year! Legend has it that foul weather on Imbolc means winter is nearly over, while fair means we've still got weeks of winter weather to come ⛈️

There are a few places left on our lunch & learn event on 2 February run by CIfA’s Jen Parker Wooding, about the new Fieldwork Standards & Guidance for #archaeological excavation, field evaluation, and monitoring & recording. See: ow.ly/OTCR50QwMvy

Consultation on DLR extension to Barking Riverside and Thamesmead launched today. fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2024/02/05/tha… Not convinced it's: 1) What many will use given it doesn't link to Elizabeth line 2) Ever happen beyond short spur to Beckton retail parks/gasworks

Tickets are still available for the next talk at Local Studies in the Central Library, Bexleyheath on Saturday 16 March at 2.30pm when Malcolm Barr Hamilton will reveal the secrets of the borough’s many listed buildings. #listedbuildings #LocalStudies #BexleyArchives #LBofBexley

This #WorldHeritageDay2024 have you ever fancied ‘Dining like it’s 1724’. Join the Friends for an exclusive Georgian 2 course meal at Marble Hill utilising Georgian recipes! If you are a member you can book a ticket for just £30 for May 16 th at 5.30pm ➡️shorturl.at/mqsG3

Happy #WorldHeritageDay! 📷 #FarthingDowns is London's largest Scheduled Monument, recognising and protecting the remains of an extensive Iron Age field system and trackway, as well as Anglo-Saxon burial mounds dating back to the 7th Century.

The archaeology on this site is being handled by planning permission condition.

Another cracking tour today at London Wall, where my great colleague Jane Leighs and I have been encouraging City workers in! #FestivalOfArchaeology

Is it really 12 years since I took this photo?