Lovely after-work bike ride, along the Montgomery Canal near our office in #Welshpool. You can see Beacon Ring - an Iron Age #hillfort - in the distance.
I should really be finishing the book about our excavations there but sometimes it’s good to have a break!
This stone #window is a small fragment of #medieval #architecture surviving in the walled port town of #Chepstow.
Almost hidden in the side wall, this medieval feature was retained when this town house was rebuilt in the 1700s.
Cultural heritage workers and institutions are being specifically targeted by Russian troops, Ukrainian museum professionals have said: https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2022/04/russian-troops-targeting-cultural-workers-and-looting-collections/ #archaeology #culture #art #heritage #museums #ukraine
A bit more by way of #introduction.
My #archaeology career has taken me along some interesting paths - focussing #historical #medieval and #urban archaeology. Interested in archaeological #practice and #ethics. Currently CEO of an archaeological charity in #Wales.
I also volunteer as #Trustee of a leading independent #museum in the English midlands, and as a Trustee of an #environmental #charity in Wales.
Hello!
I am an archaeologist who is interested in using the past in the present to create social and environmental benefits for the future.
Curious to explore a different approach to social media.
Cultural heritage • archaeology • landscape • environment •
#archaeology #history #heritage #museums #environment #climate #deforestation #cycling #Wales #Shropshire