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@hccstonea & @StoneaStory had a speaker at @TEDx Peterborough. The talk was based on how archaeology, history & heritage shapes our future, & was based on #stoneacamp.
#hccprojectscic #hccprojects #hccstonea #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum #archaeology #history #heritage #community
An amazing image of the French Army’s wine stock during WW1, available before the Battle of Gallipoli, 1915, on Lemnos Island, Aegean Sea, during the Dardanelles Campaign
#ww1 #history #ww1history #dardanelles #hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum #hccprojectscic
A scene in June of Stonea Camp, Cambridgeshire. Looking north. Our office for the afternoon.
#stoneacamp #stoneacampinsummer #sheepatstoneacamp #hccstonea #hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum #ruralcambridgeshire #wimblington #fenland #fens #localheritage #fenstourism #Iceni
It’s VE Day, the day Allied forces announced the surrender of Germany, bringing WW2 to a close in Europe.
The military surrender was 1st signed May 7, a modified doc was signed on May 8 in Berlin.
Celebrations erupted throughout Britain.
#ww2 #veday #hccprojects #hccvirtualmuseum
This is the oldest door in Britain, @ Westminster Abbey. Dated, 1050s, in the reign of Edward the Confessor who built the Abbey. In 1245 Henry lll rebuilt the Abbey & moved the door inside the new building, it’s still used after 900 years. #hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum
I'm raising money for 100 Poems in 100 Days.. Click to Donate https://t.co/MUBYPM8i6q. Please support & circulate. Thank you. #hccstonea #stoneacamp #hccprojects #100poemsin100days
Goddess Minerva, set in bezel of hollow gold ring, dated 1st C AD, intended 2 bring Minerva’s protection. Cut from chalcedony, similar 2 emerald, prized by the Romans. The relief style is unusual for a ring.
J. Paul Getty Museum, New York.
#hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum
Torc made from gold alloy, dates to 1st C BC, found in Suffolk.
View @ British Museum.
Imagine Prasutagus & Boudicca @ Stonea Camp wearing fine torcs, in the 1st C AD? #ironage #torcs #ironagetorcs #celts #iceni #boudicca #prasutagus #stoneacamp #hccprojects #hccvirtualmuseum
11,000 year old, engraved shale, Star Carr Pendant, is the oldest example of Mesolithic art in Britain!
3mm thick, 31mm x 35mm. The series of lines may represent a tree, map, leaf or tally marks. Available to view at the Yorkshire Museum.
#hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum
Watch how the borders within Europe changed over 1,000 years, with this excellent video interpretation. #hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum
https://t.co/LPUZIs6Vwh
Iceni coin, “SVB ESVPRASTO ESICO FECIT” - “under Esuprastus Esico made (this)" - Latin. It’s believed Esuprastus was Prasutagus, & Esuprastus is a compound name, "Esu-" derived from god Esus = “lord", "Prasto-" meaning "under Lord Prasto-". #hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum
Thick woollen cloaks helped to keep the winter weather at bay, making them very popular with Roman Britons & they were an important British export for centuries. In 796 AD Charlemagne wrote to Offa about them. #wollencloak #romanbritain #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum #hccprojects
We may not be able to go abroad this year due to COVID? More time at this wonderful place over summer it is then! How shall I cope?
#stoneacamp #iceni #boudicca #lowestlyingironagehillfort #wimblington #cambridgeshirefens #localhistory #hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum
Walking in the footsteps of Boudicca, the peacefulness of Stonea Camp.
#stoneacamp #ironagehillfort #cambridgeshirefens #fenland #peacefulness #boudicca #ironage #iceni #romanbritain #romaninvasion #lowestlyingironagehillfort #hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum
Winifred Maxwell, Countess of Nithsdale, smuggled her husband out of the Tower of London on 23rd Feb 1716 disguised as a woman, the day before his execution date. They spent the rest of their lives in Rome together!
#hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum #jacobiteuprising
Happy Pancake Day! Greek physician & writer Galen, who moved to Rome in 162AD wrote a recipe & described how to flip a pancake, in his book, ‘On the Capacities of Food.’ Can you imagine Romans eating pancakes at Stonea? #hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum #romanlifestyle
On this day in 1974, after Pebble Mill at One, we first heard these words: “Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a little girl and her name was Emily, and she had a shop...”.
Happy birthday 🎈 Bagpuss 🙂
#OTD #Bagpuss #happybirthday #hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum
February is associated with, ice, rain & mud in the northern hemisphere, sometimes called ‘February fill dyke’.
Painting @ Birmingham Museum, called, ‘February Fill Dyke,’ Benjamin Williams Leader, 1881.
#february #februaryfilldyke #winter #hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum
#Boadicea is believed to be the mediaeval monkish equivalent of a typo. Tacitus wrote Boudicca with 2 cs. Boudicca may derive from the Gaelic Boudega 'She who Brings Victory.' #stoneacamp #hccstonea #hccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum #historywithhccprojects #boudicca
Sir Isaac Newton was born OTD @ Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincs, cared for by the National Trust.
Important discoveries re light & gravity were made here & the famous apple tree is in the garden.
#OTD #sirissacnewton #historywithhccprojects #hccprojectsvirtualmuseum #hccprojects
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