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My method for making Viking Age Inset weights! The platforms have warned me a video of this length is of no interest so won't promote it, so any shares are greatly appreciated if you find it useful or interesting! #vikings #experimentalarchaeology #archaeology

Making some viking age inset weights... Note fellow specialists; objects are placed in the base of a mould and material cast onto it. Not dropped in the top, or hammered in, or rivetted on, or any other nonsense! #viking #experimentalarchaeology

One of my techniques for making viking age gaming pieces in a rapid and ad hoc manner. This leads to quite crude objects, akin to examples found on viking great army sites in Britain and Ireland. #vikings #experimentalarchaeology #archaeology

Myself and the team have clocked up a lot of hours putting this together over the last month. Come along to one of our venues and see for yourself some of the amazing evidence we have found!

Casting today at Govan; a very busy day, with some wonderful and very engaged visitors; over 1000 I hear!

The community team and myself and my graphics colleagues have been working hard to get this ready for you all, so we are excited to bring it to you! A museum whilst the field work is still live! #archaeology

We will be back at Govan in a couple of weeks time for an amazing two day event! We have a huge early medieval textiles display, weapons, and high status object of the period, and some glass bead making and casting demonstrations, alongside some have a go textile crafts and games!

What if archaeology could help tackle biodiversity loss? 🌱🏺 However the Government's Biodiversity Net Gain Scheme doesn't always consider the historic environment. Nick Overton takes us through how the past can build a better present and future: tr.ee/Better-BiodiversityNetGain

This weekend I had a go at enamelling. Not done this before, and quite surprised how easy it was! #experimentalarchaeology #crafts

I'm lucky enough to create videos as part of our work at @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social particularly on the A66 project in Cumbria. We found an amazing site which we currently believe to be an #earlymedieval farmstead. Watch the full video below! #Archaeology youtu.be/1gq8BQ7I2_A?...

Finished my Cumwhitton grave 5 Seax and sheath too; fits the evidence we have, and gaps filled in a reasonably period apropriate way! #viking #archaeology

So finished engraving this chapel for a Seax sheath; as said previously; totally made up to try and plug *probable* holes in evidence, but who knows if they looked like this? The design is trewiddle style, and motifs adapted from two regional examples which are also on my sword. #livinghistory

Sometimes to try and recreate 'the whole' living history literally ends up having to make stuff up, or risk blank holes or anachronisms. This seax and sheath has been an exercise in that. It's pretty confident in the elements, but very few actually exist and intact and secure finds! #livinghistory

Bit of progress on the Cumwhitton 5 Seax sheath and several wooden cores from my sword scabbards. I don't think I did my trigger thumb much good though!

A plan slowly coming together!

New video from myself and the team; what happens on an average day and how did some of our site team get started? #archaeology youtu.be/HCeHi8Dagow?...

Ever wondered what archaeologists actually do? ⛏️ From excavation and surveying to supervising and recording discoveries, our A66 archaeologists share what life on site is like — and the different paths that brought them into the profession. Click To Watch 👉 tr.ee/Bv8qcI @cotswoldarch.bsky.social

Lovely day sailing today! #viking #longship #norway

Last few days have been a lot of fun! #viking #longship

Gokstad #moundlife with @trixranderson.bsky.social and the crew! #vikings

That's the silver fittings finished on my type L Anglo-Saxon sword. The next stage is a final adjustment to get the fit perfect, and then final polish and then fitting it all together! #anglosaxon #earlymedieval #reenactment #sword #archaeology

Made a thing at work that amused me at least! youtube.com/shorts/3K4Yt...

A great video by Hadley on our A66 Roman sites. He spent a few days with us earlier in the year and this is the result! #archaeology youtu.be/un76Iy1MGRE?...

I helped pop together a little blog about some of our emerging archaeological finds on the A66. Long term there is a lot of potential to put some more pieces in the jigsaw puzzle with this site! In the short term; check out the links below to book a slot on the site tour this Saturday #archaeology

Making some trewiddle style silver bands from Ingleton to decorate this Anglo-Saxon sword hilt. #archaeology #anglosaxon #craf

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The latest in our series of videos on the A66. We delve into post Excavation and some of our amazing colleagues! #archaeology

Amazing insights from @pottedhistory.bsky.social here! youtu.be/-V7Hl7gKOjI?...

Great blog by Nick on some of the large numbers of rock crystal finds we have been getting on the A66 excavations! Who doesn't like a shiny rock?

Norse Bells! I have been making a new batch, so if you need more vikings AND jingle in your life, look no further! #vikings #archaeology

This was excellent!

Got to see these beauties from Halton today! Ought to be in Lancaster museum by rights, but ofc it belongs to the BM, but it is temporarily on loan to the Museum of Liverpool until the end of the month, with some other excellent highlights of early medieval hoards from the North West! #archaeology

This is too good!

Bringing the Living to Viking Death: VALHAll:A 2026 howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/02/24/b...

Welcome to the brand-new social media page for the Centre for the Study of the Viking Age! The longship has set sail for new shores as we have parted ways with X (Twitter) and are setting up camp here on Bluesky. Follow along for updates on upcoming events, new research, and all things Viking Age!

What if your daily drive was 2,000 years in the making? 🚗⏳ 🔗👉 youtu.be/eRm3akdUQGE Watch the full video now! 👀 @nationalhighways.bsky.social @cotswoldarch.bsky.social #archaeology #a66ntp #ocaarchteam #cumbria #heritage

Sneaky peak from my and @bryderiet.bsky.social talk at the Vallhall:A conference this Thursday! #vikings #reenactment

It's been a genuine privilege to work with such excellent colleagues putting this video together. I'd really appreciate you giving it a watch at some point, then we can justify making more content like this in future! #archaeology #cumbria #history

A great opportunity for artists in Cumbria to engage with our archaeological work!

Our book 'Life in the Viking Great Army' is a contender for Current Archaeology's Book of the Year... so this is a last call for the voting from me. If you'd like to put us forward, then please follow the link below - and thank you!

If you know any 16-18 year olds interested archaeology or think it might be for them; look into our free ace courses. They do a range of great activities which gives them a taster or archaeology!

Looking at some reproduction viking oval brooches I have made, and seeing the variation and also some thoughts on how they look and the significance of keeping them in circulation in the early medieval period. #viking #earlymedieval #archaeology

These 'repaired' oval brooches are almost done. I've added silver wires with others 'missing' in area, worn the gilding down, and riveted the hinge fitting 'repairs' on the back. The rivets are a mix of silver, repaired silver, and iron. Just have the pins to fit. #vikings #archaeology

Off to speak to Glasgow archaeology Society. Everyone's overnight bag looks like this right?

Our latest #A66 video on the Roman cemetery: youtu.be/z_Zq9LASTqg?...

I haven't seen the episode yet, but think this might be one of the bottles from the A66 as we recorded it before Christmas ready for a video you'll be seeing VERY soon! If not, it's a dead ringer! Keep tuned to @oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social