Duncan Mackay
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Writer; Archaeologist; Wild swimmer; Wild gardener. New book ECHOLANDS - A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF BOUDICA April 2023 @HodderBooks. Represented by @unitedagents
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If you haven’t picked up the Nov/Dec issue of British Archaeology magazine yet, what are you even doing? It’s got Boudica in it!!!!! And a lot more, it’s a cracking issue! ArchaeologyUK #Echolands - A Journey in Search of Boudica
Last stand of the Ninth.
One of the stunning illustrations by Roman Pisarev in the 2005 Folio edition of Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth. An unlucky unit, this would also stand in well for their defeat by Boudica in AD60
#RomanFortThursday #Echolands
The brooding Norman mound of Thetford Castle, amidst the earthworks of an Iron Age promontory fort where the Icknield Way crossed the confluence of the rivers Thet & Little Ouse in the southern lands of the Iceni. #HillfortsWednesday #Echolands #Boudica
If you like hillforts (and why wouldn't you?) then feast on these stunning recreations of the gate to Iron Age Eddisbury #Cheshire 🤩
© Kim Atkinson + © Dai Owen from the guide available for FREE download thanks to Sandstone Ridge
sandstoneridge.org.uk/about-sandston…
#HillfortsWednesday
#inktober2023 30) Rush. I’ve always been entranced by the Somerset levels. Excavation work uncovered rhe Neolithic ‘Sweet track’ meandering through the reads and marshes and a replica is close by today. Rushes adding to the atmosphere . #archaeology #prehistory
The beautiful Head of Venus mosaic at Bignor Roman Villa, today modelled by Aphrodite.
#MosaicMonday
#PlaymobilInfestation
Here's part of a gorgeous floor, depicting one of the Four Winds, from Frampton #Roman villa for #MosaicMonday 🤩
If you want to hear more about Frampton AND #Roman #Dorset , come to the Dorset Museum & Art Gallery archaeology day school on Sat 11 Nov
👇👇👇👇👇
dorsetmuseum.org/event/roman-do…
Government Arrow, Government Property.
5.795m, HM Treasury, Great George Street, Westminster. #BenchMarkMonday