The house of the commanding officer with its underfloor heating dates to the Severan campaign period cAD208-211 and looks towards the later stone fort 2 which lasted until the end of Roman rule #Vindolanda #HadriansWall

I’m Looking forward to watching Graham Taylor work his pottery magic again this weekend at Vindolanda Trust #HadriansWall vindolanda.com/Event/roman-po…

The Carlisle Bath house excavations just keep on giving us some amazing finds. I’m looking forward to the dig starting again on the 11th May

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My walking commute to the site from Monday. Lambs, birdsong and the odd reused roman stone in the drystone walls #Vindolanda #HadriansWall

That’s lunch sorted

Those meant to care for the Lake District oversee its destruction this is the world we live in.

The stunning Orpheus Mosaic within the sacarium of the Littlecote Roman Villa. The mosaic was discovered in 1728 and restored in 1979. Once a family villa it became a ceremonial complex in around AD360 to Orpheus and Dionysus #Wiltshire #RomanBritain

During dry periods the remains of the Roman bridge which took #HadriansWall over the North Tyne are visible with some blocks still showing the clamp holes which held the structure together. The bridge was rebuilt several times during the life of the wall #Chestersfort …

A powerful image of empress Julia Domna wearing a wig in the Legion Exhibition. She travelled with Septimius Severus to northern Britain during his campaigns in the early 3rd century. #BritishMuseum

Two charged over Sycamore gap tree bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

What did rooks do before graveyards? St Peter and St Paul’s church #Appledore

Not long to go now, lots of rummaging in cupboards looking for my excavation kit today #Vindolanda #HadriansWall #Archaeology

The font within the church of St John the Baptist dates to the 15th century and remarkably still has fragments of pigment which would have made it so colourful when created #Inglesham #Wiltshire

The church of John the Baptist at Inglesham has its origins back in the Saxon period and was given by King John in 1205 to the monks of Beaulieu, it has remained almost unchanged since the 16th century and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust #Wiltshire

An 11th century Saxon carving of the Madonna and child with what appears to be a sundial and features the hand of god within St John the Baptist church at Inglesham #Wiltshire

A mischievous face looking out at those fleeting lives down the centuries who visited the church of St James in Avebury

Parts of the church of St James in Avebury date back into the Saxon period, within the interior is an early Norman font carved with a bishop sadly beheaded by a lock staple. A lovely note from the church wardens #Avebury #Wiltshire