Exploring the history & archaeology of the Scottish Borders. @ArchScot. @StobsCamp. @AdoptaMonument. Past @PeeblesArchSoc Secretary. @NTS_archaeology A-Team.
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Colonel Kurt Steiner (played by Michael Caine): [talking about SS-Obergruppenfuhrer] There you are. You see Hans? It's infallible. I can always tell a thorough-going b*****d when I see one.
Woo hoo. Here we go... The Eagle Has Landed, @BBCTwo at 3.20pm today. That's my afternoon sorted! 🫶
It's that time of year again... The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Pure escapism but such a great yarn! Caine, Sutherland and Pleasance. And the brilliant Robert Duvall as Colonel Radl. Tonight at 7.25pm on @BBCTwo. An annual festive #GuiltyPleasure #WW2 😁
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Getting ready for the last night of my stage tour on the social history of firearms. More dates for April next year. Thanks to everyone who's been to see it so far. @FaneProductions
Thanks to @DavidOlusoga for an amazing matinee show in Edinburgh today. #AGunThroughTime
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Archaeologists from @UofGArtsHums & @N_T_S have recovered over 100 Jacobite-era projectiles at Culloden Battlefield - fresh evidence from the last battle fought on British soil.
The Culloden dig was led by NTS's Derek Alexander & UofG's @ProfTonyPollard⛏️
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Podcast version of interview @NTS_archaeology & l gave at Culloden during recent dig. Includes our interpretation of what we think team of volunteers & archaeologists found. Think a shorter version will go out on radio this coming weekend. @UofGWarstudies bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mcfv…
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#BuiltHeritage
Neidpath Castle nr Peebles is a C14th rubble built L-plan keep with rounded corners, remodelled C16th & beyond. It also has a pit-prison 😱
It remained in the Hay family until the end of the C17th & was favoured by royalty. Mary Queen of Scots stayed in 1563 👑
ALT Photograph of Neidpath Castle taken in July 1906
ALT Photograph of Neidpath Castle on the bank of the River Tweed, near Peebles in 1937
ALT Neidpath Castle - Snow scene 1943
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1,900 years after it was abandoned by Roman soldiers, there are no above-ground remains of the fort at Easter Happrew - but what about below the soil? ⚔️
Join @aocarchaeology in the Borders to learn field survey techniques to uncover the fort's history: bit.ly/EasterHapprewSurvey
ALT Photo of a small smartphone mounted on a tripod in the wilderness
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'Once-in-a-century' discovery in Pompeii reveals gold coins, pearl earrings and a sumptuous private bathhouse
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The River Tweed is surrounded by history. Lyne Fort, strategically positioned, weaves a fascinating tapestry of Roman history. The Romans were not fond of the British weather (or prepared for it 🥶) yet, with a dusting of snow and frost, their legacy in the landscape comes alive!
ALT Lyne Fort frozen in time. Credit: Airborne Lens.
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Want to delve into the rich archaeological and documentary record to explore the military uses of Edinburgh's Holyrood Park from 1850 to 1939? 🪖
Don't miss this @HistEnvScot event with archaeologist and historian Gordon Barclay on 26 January: digitscotland.com/events/edi…
ALT Black and white photograph of several tents in front of a large hill with people in military uniforms standing around. Text reads: View from the Liverpool Scottish Camp, Edinburgh. Taken during Great European War 1914.
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The latest GUARD Archaeobite-sized story - of how a Scottish hillfort became associated with an iconic legend #hillfortswednesday #ancientscotland youtube.com/watch?v=CG5P1GZg…
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Walter Scott's 'museum for living in' has been open to visitors since 1833! 🏰✨
Abbotsford was designed to showcase Scott's huge collections of #heritagetreasures, including books, portraits, armour, weapons and curiosities.
Chuffed to have been involved in two of the projects shortlisted for @CurrentArchaeo's Research Project of the Year; @GUARD_Archaeol's Unearthing Ancient Tweeddale and @NTS_archaeology's Pioneering Spirit programme. Head to archaeology.co.uk/vote and cast your vote by 10 Feb!
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@N_T_S and @TheGlenlivet's Pioneering Spirit project has been nominated in the Best Research Project 2025 for the Current Archaeology Awards! These awards are voted for entirely by the public – cast your vote now: brnw.ch/21wPP1F
#ForTheLoveOfScotland @NTS_archaeology
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Roman Vindolanda under a winter blanket of snow…send socks! ❄️
#Vindolanda #Writingtablets #socks #Roman
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Men of the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, filmed shortly after arriving in Legnano, Italy, 1917.
Film: IWM (IWM 154)
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And finally, civilian Paul Wilhelm Stein, who was living & working in Manchester when he was interned at Stobs in May 1915, at the age of 17. A year later, he transferred to @Knockaloe1 on the Isle of Man. It has been a privilege to speak with Paul's descendants #StobsFamily #WW1
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Our next PoW is Richard Jacob (left in pic1). A musketier in the 8th Co., 185 Inf. Regt., Richard was captured at the Somme & interned at Stobs from Aug 1916-Feb 1918. I'm immensely grateful to Richard's grandson for sharing his story & for a very generous donation #StobsFamily
