July Miscellany
Items of Interest
Graffiti in Bad Vigaun in Salzburg, Austria
From Twitter
Excited by a invitation to look round Bramall Hall, interesting range of graffiti to record. So far the only place we have found merels. Nice daisy wheel and burn marks pic.twitter.com/FZJTF0Cfxy
— NW Historic Graffiti (@NWHistGraffiti) July 9, 2021
Welcome to #festivalofarchaeology fortnight and our exploration of #Newington past through what we see today.
How would you feel if you suddenly noticed a face staring at you from the wall of a #church? Look closely at one of the pillars in St Mary’s and you’ll see just that. pic.twitter.com/xHuOKIcx1o— NewingtonHistory (@NewingtonHG) July 17, 2021
This lady here was the grandmother of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, commander of the Tower of London during the Jack Cade Rebellion of 1460. I had words! pic.twitter.com/APcw3qENJ0
— Andrea Povey (@Richard1483) July 23, 2021
Tower door at Westonzoyland, Somerset. Narrow and despite an informative notice abut number of steps, etc, it was locked. Nice graffiti including a very clear '1779'. pic.twitter.com/bMp1dWJQwL
— Steve (@Portaspeciosa) July 29, 2021
I took this picture in the (mostly) unexplored tunnel network beneath the Western Front back in 2019.
I love it, because it really highlights that there is very little difference between the average teenager in 1915 and a teenager today.
Not all Tommies were sad dreamy poets 😆 pic.twitter.com/7qfHte29uj
— John Bull (@garius) July 13, 2021
Good session talking cathedral graffiti at Winchester today. pic.twitter.com/IOBIVKbS1z
— Steve (@Portaspeciosa) July 14, 2021
It has been A Week, so I nearly forgot to scream about these two amazing hearses in Greenspond! A wagon with adjustable pins per coffin & a sled for winter w/ hexfoils!! ❤️ #histarch #hexfoil #burialarch #greenspond pic.twitter.com/utI6hv8LNn
— Robyn S. Lacy, M.A. ⚰ (@Graveyard_arch) July 16, 2021
Have we found a wall painting of Elizabeth I? This is possibly as new discovery that has gone unnoticed 😲 The long strip of plaster between the small Chapel and the nursery has a very faded wall painting that shows a likness to Elizabeth. Can you spot it? @Historic_Houses pic.twitter.com/7HLWvrNkHD
— Harvington Hall (@HallHarvington) July 8, 2021
At Dover castle with some great graffiti left behind by French prisoners in early 18C. Took photos of all the boat scratching pic.twitter.com/vBn5aYUPBA
— Dr. Anna Brinkman-Schwartz (@annakbrinkman) July 1, 2021
I was embarrassingly excited to find these Marion marks on the door at All Saints Church, Minstead, New Forest! pic.twitter.com/BhaR7tSaeu
— Centre for Folklore, Myth and Magic. (@CentreMyth) July 4, 2021
#ConsecrationCross #TewkesburyAbbey almost missed it pic.twitter.com/pdFOIqQHWE
— Barb Drummond (@Barb_Drummond) July 4, 2021
Not intended to be a definitive last word on the subject of burn marks in historic buildings, but here are some thoughts on recent research into the subject. Commonly presented as chaotic accidents, the reality behind the marks is far more intriguing…https://t.co/BIdqrpb82B
— James Wright (@jpwarchaeology) July 8, 2021
Hand graffiti at St Mary’s Newent, Glos. pic.twitter.com/UAHrXQ3lRH
— Steve (@Portaspeciosa) July 10, 2021
Poignant footnote from my visit to @LlangollenRail today – graffiti from WW1 soldiers in the underpass at Berwyn Station before they embarked on their journey to the front. Some never came back and their names appear on the war memorial in town pic.twitter.com/0gLMQbTD4C
— Dawn Bowden (@Dawn_Bowden) July 20, 2021
The graffiti of Addaura, carved by ancient humans between 20,000-15,000 BC in late Epigravettian and early Mesolithic periods. They were found in the Addaura Cave on the northeast side of Mount Pellegrino in Palermo, Sicily.#archaeohistories pic.twitter.com/DHLd4t86Un
— Archaeo – Histories (@archeohistories) July 23, 2021