National Trust Archaeologist for Stonehenge & Avebury World Heritage Site. Lover of rocks (big and small) and all things Neolithic & Bronze Age.
Stonehenge & Avebury WHS
Joined September 2015
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🌟In the top spot in our favourite projects of 2022 countdown, it has to be our first feature-length documentary, Beyond the Stones, which celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site.🌟
📽️Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=YqTvFw-g…
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Join me on Monday 20 July for a Festival of #Archaeology walk through the Avebury landscape. And discover a world where wild creatures once roamed among chalkland streams and mega monuments shorturl.at/7PZ2U @ArchaeologyUK
ALT The Avebury Landscape viewed from the West Kennet Avenue with a standing stone in the foreground. Looking across rising ground to clumps of trees on the horizon
Delighted to welcome the new chair of the @StoneAveWHS Executive Board Sarah Nichols
stonehengeandaveburywhs.org/… @AveburyNT
Would you like to be part of our team caring for the Stonehenge Landscape?
We’re looking for a Business Services Co-ordinator to join our Stonehenge Landscape team.
You’ll be supporting our Countryside Team, Project Manager and Archaeologist to help care for 840 hectares of the World Heritage Site.
Full description and details: bit.ly/42PTXVK
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Ooh, how could I miss this beauty yesterday? It's lovely 😍
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One of my favourite sites @AveburyNT. By the time Keiller bought the site the threat posed by Marconi had already disappeared. This image shows a small part of the Neolithic enclosure & just some of the Bronze Age round barrows that surmount the hilltop @NatTrustArch
This Neolithic site was saved from destruction in the 1920s 🙌
Marconi, the wireless pioneers, planned to build a relay station on the summit. Instead, Alexander Keiller purchased the site and discovered many fascinating prehistoric artefacts. 🦴⚱️
📌 Windmill Hill, Avebury
ALT An aerial image of a Neolithic site. A large grassy field can be seen, dotted with several earthwork mounds and ditches.
👏 A massive thank you to our fabulous @nationaltrust volunteers @StoneAveWHS
On #IVD2024, we’d like to start with a thank you.
If you’ve been to Avebury, you’ll have met some of our incredible team of volunteers. They are vital to the work we do.
Thank you for every hour you donate to help support, protect, and care for this unique place. 🙌
My 9 Dec Winter Walk @AveburyNT is now sold out. But there are just a few places still available on 13th if you fancy joining me for a stroll round the world's largest prehistoric stone circle
Some very welcome sunshine at #Avebury this morning.
Want to learn more about the origins of the henge and stone circle? Join one of our Winter Walks with an Archaeologist (9 & 13 Dec).
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We've got a right royal treat in store for visitors at Corfe Castle @NatTrustArch
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A big Wiltshire welcome to our newest archaeologist
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The Knowth Macehead - a masterpiece for the ages #FlintFriday
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A tribute to Tim, now available on BBC Sounds #LastWord
𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝟰:𝟯𝟬 𝗽𝗺, @BBCRadio4's Last Word will feature a tribute to our Chairman, Tim Darvill, with his friend and colleague, Miles Russell, sharing memories. Listen live or catch up on BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024fn…
We’ve also shared Tim’s recent obituaries from the @Telegraph and @guardian, honouring his legacy in archaeology, on our website: cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/pr…
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Now that's a dig! Geoff Wainwright's Durrington Walls excavation with the post holes of the southern timber circle in the foreground #StonehengeLandscape
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I can't begin to say how desperately sad I am to hear we've lost, Tim
It is with genuine sadness that we share the news that our Chairman, Tim Darvill, has passed away from cancer at the age of 66. Tim was a founding trustee of Cotswold Archaeology in 1989 and served as Chairman for 35 years, guiding us from our early days in Cirencester to becoming one of the UK’s leading archaeological organisations.
Tim was one of the foremost archaeologists of his generation, renowned for his work on Stonehenge, cultural heritage, and advancing commercial archaeology. His leadership, vision, and unwavering passion for "doing good archaeology" made him a brilliant mentor to many, and laid the foundation for all that we have achieved and all that we aspire to be at CA.
He will be profoundly missed by all of us, and our thoughts are with his family, friends, and the countless people he has inspired.
For more on Tim’s remarkable life and contributions, please read this statement from Tim's friend and colleague, and our CEO, Neil Holbrook: cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/ti…
More info about the Cut Hill cist burial. Now in the capable hands of the Wiltshire Conservation and Museum Advisory Service le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/da…
The full lowdown on the Stonehenge altar stone bombshell on open access here nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Pleased to report all is peaceful in the post-solstice lull of the Stonehenge Landscape #HappySolstice #Stonehenge
ALT Stonehenge in the distance, looking up the Stonehenge Avenue. Against a backdrop of blue skies
Our garden team do a fabulous job here @AveburyNT. The Rosa 'Desdemona' look simply wonderful in the Manor garden #SunshineAndRoses
