Hilde van der Heul

Archaeologist working in the New Forest National Park 🌿 Fellow at Bournemouth Uni 📚 Time Team digger ⛏️

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

@FraserR6S @thetimeteam I was indeed! ☺️

[Giselle Király @GiselleKiraly]

We did it! 1 million views from people all around the world watching @thetimeteam and #OperationNightingale as we uncovered evidence of the famous #BandofBrothers in Aldbourne, England. Cheers!! 🍻

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

@s_jolley It was a good sandwich

[Giselle Király @GiselleKiraly]

Doing nothing tonight? Why not pour yourself a glass of wine and enjoy some #WW2 finds and #rehabilitativearchaeogy with @thetimeteam, @Tony_Robinson, and #OpN ☺️☺️

NEW | Digging Band of Brothers: Time Team Special with Tony Robinson https://t.co/ldfZiv1muZ

[Lawrence Shaw @lawrence_shaw]

A fantastic @thetimeteam special went out free to air on YouTube last night following Operation Nightingale and @richardhosgood’s investigations of the #bandofbrothers at Aldbourne. Particularly timely with the award my PhD which looked at the recording of historic tree graffiti.

[Lawrence Shaw @lawrence_shaw]

That’s a warp on an epic @thetimeteam dig this weekend at a site that is close to @derekpitman and my own hearts. So many fantastic experts looking at a great site.

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

@s_jolley @ZwhiteHistory Genuinely one of my favourite films. Huge girl crush on Lily James too 🥰

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

@CatLodge1 Oooh congrats, I saw the advert for that one and it looked amazing!

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

1940s Royal Enfield last week, 2020s Royal Enfields today. Although the latter is almost certainly going to be my next bike of choice, I think the former looks about the right size for this short-arse…

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

@FiveRapid Nice to see you!

[𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 @FiveRapid]

Great morning spent in the woods, courtesy of https://t.co/0FnKo1QXuP looking at the D-Day staging areas from 1944 and subsequent POW camp.
Met a bunch of really lovely living history folk. Very interesting chat with these AFPU chaps.

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

@STORI3D_PAST Oh I can imagine! Vindolanda is of those dream sites I’d love to work on one day

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

Did a woodland survey this afternoon. Got very excited about industrial earthworks not mentioned in records found so far. One thing led to another, and I have just been in a 2-hour rabbit hole about the archaeology of gunpowder mills. And thus another niche obsession begins. 🙈

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

After nearly a decade of it, I’m still not sure whether it’s a good or bad sign that whenever I run into Phil Harding he says “OH BLOODY HELL!” and then just starts cackling.

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

@CatLodge1 LiDAR!

[#AskAnArchaeologist Day @AskAnArchDay]

Another good question! How does archaeology inspire people's tatoos? Pictures please folks!

#AskAnArchaeologist

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

@LandscapeSurvey @ADS_Update Oh that’s brilliant, thank you for sharing the link!

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

@SeaSpitfires I could be entirely wrong of course, the ponds and sluice banks being entirely to do with cultivation water management. Looking into the archaeology of watercress beds now. Wild night.

[Hilde van der Heul @hildevanderheul]

@SeaSpitfires So the gunpowder part is just a random tangent and I have no evidence other than “WTF else were they milling here” and there being saltpetre works and a later gunpowder factory not far away. BUT definitely a mill pond + leat system in this woodland