Mike Middleton
I work in archaeology and data science in Scotland.
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- Reposted by Mike MiddletonWe have had a fabulous start for the kickstarter for printed versions of the Rhynie big book, but we need MORE! Please support our project by buying yourself a printed copy of the Rhynie monograph! You have till 6th December to do so! www.kickstarter.com/projects/soc...
- For #HillfortsWednesday here's an old favourite, a view of the timber laced rampart at Castle Law, Abernethy under excavation. Photographed by P M Macintyre in 1898. 📸HES www.trove.scot/place/27917
- The fort of Brae Brough, on Hoy, in Orkney, is a short distance north of the famous rock stack of the Old Man of Hoy. The fort is almost a rock stack itself with a 325m vertical drop along it’s seaward side. www.trove.scot/place/1480 #HillfortsWednesday 📸 HES
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- I try to avoid politics, but criticism of the Israeli state for its genocidal milliary actions in Palestine is not antisemitic. UN experts have called it a genocide. It is a fact. We can all see this.
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- For anyone interested in Iron Age / Early Med forts in Scotland (hillfort being a non-preferred term in Scotland), I'd like to highlight this talk by Strat Halliday. Strat worked through all the forts in Scotland as part of the Hillforts Atlas and is one of the foremost experts on the subject.
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- Tynron Doon, in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, commands a spur of Auchengibbert Hill and has at least three lines of massive ramparts and ditches with ramparts standing up to 6.5m height and rock cut ditches from 7 to 15m in breadth. #HillfortsWednesday canmore.org.uk/site/65300/t... 📸 HES
- There are just 20 days left until Canmore is retired. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, or directly to the trove team at trove@hes.scot.
- Here is your periodic reminder that Canmore is soon to be switched off. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, while you still can.
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- Arbory Hill Fort, in South Lanarkshire, is one of the higher forts in Scotland. The inner stone-walled rampart has been inserted into the earlier bi-vallate fort, and the outer ramparts contain at least five entrances. #HillfortsWednesday canmore.org.uk/site/47427/a... 📸HES
- Woden Law in the Scottish Boarders is a complex Iron Age fort with multiple phases of construction and remodeling and the fort is associated with earthworks outside the fort. The fort's relationship to these remains a question to be answered. canmore.org.uk/site/58068 #HillfortsWednesday 📸HES
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- This is a really useful thread with valuable examples of differences in service. For those that can't feedback via the trove feedback form I will be screenshot posts and feeding them back to the Trove team. To help find them it would be useful if posts contained the word Trove. Thanks.
- So I think I need to do a sober thread on just how disasterously bad the new trove.scot website is, in comparison to the sites - especially Canmore - that it's replacing. tl:dr - the new site is not fit for purpose; switching off the old sites on 24 June 2025 is way way way premature.
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- Here is your periodic reminder that Canmore is soon to be switched off. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, while you still can.
- Do you use Historic Environment Scotland's data? If so you need to know that Canmore is being retired this June. Trove (www.trove.scot) is replacing it and is now online in beta. Please try it out and feedback your comments here: haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/heritage/470...
- Looking down from the rampart of Burnswalk, D&G, to the roman camp to the south of the fort. The Roman ballista platforms can be seen set in front of entrances which are wide enough for 40 people. This location on the rampart has been found to be saturated with lead shot. #HillfortsWednesday 📷my own
- Reposted by Mike MiddletonUK ARCHAEOLOGISTS Please sign this open letter to UK Archaeological associations to urge solidarity with trans archaeologists and action in light of the horrendous EHRC guidance: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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- Please welcome the NTS Archaeology team and give them a follow.
- There are now only eight weeks until Canmore is switched off. Please look at Canmore's replacement www.trove.scot and feedback your comments on functionality, using the feedback form, while you still can.
- Do you use Historic Environment Scotland's data? If so you need to know that Canmore is being retired this June. Trove (www.trove.scot) is replacing it and is now online in beta. Please try it out and feedback your comments here: haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/heritage/470...
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- To deny the existence of trans people in law is to deny the reality of life.
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- For #HillfortsWednesday here is Carnac, Moredun aka Moncrieffe Hill or Moredun Top. Located near to Perth in Scotland the fort comprises at least four phases of construction. canmore.org.uk/site/28025 📸 HES.
- I visited the extraordinary Iron Age dun site of Bonnach Mor in Argyll last week which is located on a rock platform next to an incredible basalt dyke. Here is a very quick attempt at a reconstruction to give an idea of how it may have looked. canmore.org.uk/site/22579
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