The Furness Hoard was discovered by a detectorist in a field near Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria, #OTD in 2011. The Viking Age collection comprises 79 coins, 22 of which are fragments, and 13 silver ingot fragments. ©The Dock Museum

The unique Trichtingen torc consists of an iron core with a silver mantel. It’s too large and too heavy for human use (6.7kg), it was rather worn by a wooden cult image.
Dating 2nd/1st c. BC.

Photos: Landesmuseum Württemberg

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#HillfortsWednesday
Abbotsbury Castle, Dorset is a multivallate hillfort enclosing around 4.5 acres. Triangular in shape, the structure appears to display at least 2 phases of development – the initial single circuit of defences belongs to the Early Iron Age.
#Archaeology

The ‘Severan Tondo’ depicting Septimius Severus, his wife Julia Domna, and their sons Caracalla & Geta (face scratched out). Painted on wood, the imperial portrait dates to around 200 AD, and originated from Egypt. On display at the Altes Museum in Berlin. #Woodensday 📸 My own

Late 9th century wall painting fragment of an angel. It was excavated at New Minster in Winchester, and possibly came from one of the monastic buildings founded by King Alfred. Now on display Winchester Cathedral #WallpaintingWednesday #Wessex 📸 My own.

Apr 24: Feast of Ecgberht (†729), Northumbrian monk and bishop. He survived plague and helped persuade Iona to adopt the Roman Easter calculation. ©August Schwerdfeger

Ermington #Devon
Characterful heads at the base of the pulpit carved by the #Pinwill sisters for their father's church in 1889 are said to represent the sisters themselves. If so, these two are Violet and Mary, I reckon. 📸: my own #WoodcarvingWednesday

It's #HillfortsWednesday huzzah!

Here's the glorious Bronze Age round barrows and spectacular (albeit unfinished) 3.5ha Iron Age hillfort of Ladle Hill #Hampshire 😍

✈️ 📷 © Ginny Pringle for Hampshire Cultural Trust

For more see: hampshirearchaeology.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/bur…

Apr 24: Feast of the translation of Wilfrid (†709), bishop. One of the era's most colourful prelates. In one story, Archbishop Oda (†958) moved his bones from Hrypis (Ripon) to Canterbury; in another, Oswald (†992), archbishop of York, enshrined them at Ripon. ©Ripon Cathedral

Yelverton #Devon
Choir stall poppy head featuring a 'creature' and carved in the #Pinwill workshop. If this were medieval, one might think it's a caterpillar carved by someone who's never seen a caterpillar but surely not in 1915? 📸: my own #WoodcarvingWednesday

Beacon Hill in Hampshire, not the easiest hillfort to conquer! A little early for #HillfortsWednesday admittedly. hedleythorne.com

Gold snake bracelet / armlet from the Ptolemaic period. Dated c 300-250 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1988.22). metmuseum.org/art/collection…

Tower and walls of Stylos Monastery, its frescoes (now more fragmentary) from Wiegand (1899), and monastery plan by Peschlow
Stylos Monastery was founded near the cave of St. Paul the Younger in the 10th century on Mount Latmos (Beşparmak Dağları, Aydın/Muğla)
Photos taken today

Today is St George’s Day, the patron saint of England, so here is a magnificent wall painting of George fighting the dragon. From Pickering Church depicting, North Yorkshire, dating to around 1470. I shall nod to the bluebells today.

In honour of #TilesOnTuesday and #StGeorgesDay here's a sumptuous panel from Chertsey Abbey, now in the British Museum.
Before anyone corrects me, I *know* it actually depicts Richard I, but for today at least we can pretend otherwise and enjoy a masterpiece of medieval tilework!

sǣ-draca, m.n: sea-dragon. (SAE-DRAH-ka / ˈsæː-ˌdra-ka) Image: Liber de natura rerum; France (Abbaye de Saint-Amand), 13th century; Médiathèque Valenciennes MS 320, f. 114r. #OldEnglish #WOTD

#TympanumTuesday
Romanesque carving, a single block of stone for the lintel and tympanum, scene of the Ascension, the Apostles below and Christ in his mandorla supported by angels.
St Pierre et St Paul, Montceaux-l'Étoile, #SaôneEtLoire

Of the medieval murals depicting St George that have survived here in Wales, this C15th representation at St Cadoc's Church, Llancarfan, is by far the best preserved. The amount of detail we can still see is just amazing! 😍

The monastery at Gyruum (Jarrow), where Bede was to live and work, was dedicated to St Paul #OTD in 685. Among those present at the ceremony was Ecgfrith, king of the Northumbrians, a little under four weeks before his death at the Battle of Dunnichen.

Thrilled to have reached 41,000 followers on here - there is still a great classics & archaeology community on here, & it is a pleasure to continue sharing #Roman sites & artefacts to as many people as possible, & to learn from others doing the same. Thank you all!