Dr Toby Driver is on BlueSky

Explore 5,000 Years of Hidden History on Skomer Island – Now in 3D! A pioneering @RCAHMW drone survey, in partnership with @WTSWW, has revealed prehistoric sites—many normally off-limits to visitors. Discover more zurl.co/6qljh

New history book 📚 picked this up awhile ago in Wales but looking forward to it, precursors to castles 😃

This dramatic, if forgotten, image of Iron Age people building a timber-laced *Stone Fort in Scotland* was made by Alan Sorrell It appears in Barbara Green's 1968 book *Prehistoric Britain* We don't know if it depicts a particular hillfort but we love it 😍 #HillfortsWednesday

For more #HillfortsWednesday fun (especially concerning Woodbury hillfort #Dorset) why not pop over to our other social media platform where you'll find even more ramparty goodness 😊 Details here 👇👇👇

*30th November Deadline* Are you about to complete a Masters (or UGrad) dissertation on the archaeology/history of Wales/Marches? If so, have you heard of our #Cambrians dissertation prize? Read all about it - bit.ly/3KKRtwL #Dissertation #WALES #Marches

Never give up. Boudica 1978 v 2024. I enjoyed writing them both, but the second undeniably got better reviews. #Echolands

#TombTuesday - Incredible #Callanish, a prehistoric monument so unusual & exhilarating that it has a chambered tomb crammed into it's central circle The tall stones here are weather-beaten, mesmerising & disorientating. Just an incredible place 📷 My own, June 24

This Thursday!

Wayland’s Smithy, a 5,500 year old longbarrow, with it's entrance stones to the left. This was last week with @PaulWhitewick and @Linleys360 (Print prices: HedleyThorne.com)

🌟⭐️GIVE AWAY ⭐️🌟 Get your hands on a copy of the 2nd Edition of my book 'Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments. 🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟⭐️🌟 TO ENTER, LIKE AND REPOST THIS TWEET!! 🤩 [A winner will be randomly selected a week from now! Good luck!] #archaeology #StandingStoneSunday #giveaway

It's a stormy #StandingStoneSunday 🎉🌧️ Whenever I return home late over the Cambrian Mountains I pass my local Early Bronze Age stone pair: Buwch a'r Llo or 'Cow & Calf' 🥰 It's very likely they mark a Bronze Age metal prospector's route over the hills 📷My own, 8th Nov 2024

Fun night at the archaeological CBA achievement awards last night. Very pleased to see it come to Wales! To top it all off our fantastic Pendinas project received a highly commended award! @HenebTWA @DyfedArch @Toby_Driver1 @RC_Survey @archaeologyuk

A new painting, as yet untitled, but I was thinking of 'Monoliths'

Hello I’m now on BlueSky. @celiarichardson.bsky.social. If you’re there pls say hi and recommend accounts to follow. You know the sort of thing- tea, scones, Penelope Keith references.I’ll still be here on Twitter for anyone wanting to troll me about scones & climate denial.

Llanmelin Iron Age hillfort #Monmouthshire showing the prehistoric population racing to get inside and close the gates A recreation by the masterful Alan Sorrell, now @Museum_Cardiff Painted in 1940 when the lamps were (once more) going out all over Europe #HillfortsWednesday