April Miscellany
Items of Interest
Bronze Age slab found in France in oldest 3D Map in Europe
From Twitter
One of the most fascinating bits of graffiti I've ever seen.
On a corridor in @LancCastle:'John Bailey. Committed…1741 by Brindle RS [possibly Society for the Reformation of Manners] For Kissing' then a tulip [representing a penis] and a fiddle [fiddling]. pic.twitter.com/BZ5LCAkZlS
— Dan Snow (@thehistoryguy) April 15, 2021
Noticed these carvings for the first time yesterday on the south side of Winchester Cathedral pic.twitter.com/gw0tBk7zAY
— Dr Dan Spencer (@GunpowderDan) April 18, 2021
Help! A friend has found this renovating her new house. It was hidden inside a fireplace, house is around 150 years old. Any idea what it is? pic.twitter.com/BXrgiOconk
— Helen Carr ???? (@HelenhCarr) April 18, 2021
Some of the earlier memorial graffiti and one of the many much later faces. Nanny's cave . Kinver Edge. More about the caves and cave houses of Kinver Edge can be found in this written by Edmund Simons: https://t.co/9kQmNW7JOP pic.twitter.com/TMUTYj72Im
— hubertscat (@hubertscat) April 19, 2021
Found this earlier among a lot of broken slate that had been used for rubble in the garden. Grid scored into it, names down the left and numbers. Scoring for a children’s game? From surnames (Hughes, Jones, Williams) from Wales perhaps? Anyone have any ideas? pic.twitter.com/8fwZsUmQzN
— Matthew Willis (@NavalAirHistory) April 21, 2021
…in the greasy marks on monuments that people have touched time and time again, out of devotion or mindlessness, or simply because they like the way it feels. You see it in the graffiti, some holy, some irreverent, some the symbols of a bygone age that we can’t reach.
— Friendless Churches (@friendschurches) April 24, 2021
The Cocidius carving on the Otterburn ranges. Roman aged carving depicting a local war god that was coopted by Roman soldiers serving in the north of Britain. The carving is next to a spring and overlooks a valley.#archaeology #romanbritain #cocidius pic.twitter.com/klX24RBL5Z
— Alex – Storm of Steel Wargaming (@SoSwargaming) April 18, 2021
Humpday face #Wednesday #midweek pic.twitter.com/71VL9KXeRg
— Duxford St Johns (@DuxfordStJohns) April 21, 2021
Medieval scratch dial, wall paintings & misc graffiti (plus bonus butterflies!) at Little Kimble Church, Bucks. pic.twitter.com/RUwThqzIH4
— Dr Lily Hawker-Yates (@gwenofmonmouth) April 27, 2021