Planning for new energy infrastructure: 2025 revisions to National Policy Statements We’re seeking views on the revised energy National Policy Statements that support decisions on major energy infrastructure.

The UK Government has published updated National Policy Statements (NPS), including EN-3 for renewable energy, crucially, it reinforces the need to assess and mitigate impacts on historic environments early in the process. #thisisarchaeology #planning www.gov.uk/government/c...

Parliamentarians Launch New Report Calling for a Radical Shift in Government’s Approach to Infrastructure Delivery — APPG for Project Delivery Parliamentarians warn that “systemic failures” in major infrastructure project delivery could “derail” the Government’s infrastructure ambitions. In a new report launched by the All-Party Parliamentar...

The APPG for Project Delivery has published its report on improving national infrastructure delivery. We welcome its recognition of heritage as a vital part of successful planning and development. #Infrastructure #thisisarchaeology www.appgprojectdelivery.org/news-and-upd...

part #3 🔍 Covers:

Transfer of developer-funded assemblages
Minimum prep standards
Part of Scotland’s Strategic Archaeology Strategy. Funded by HES.

part #2 ALGAO: Scotland, National Museums Scotland & Historic Environment Scotland have published two key docs from the Before the Museum Project, helping ensure archaeological finds are properly packed, documented & ready for museum care.

part #1 🧱 New guidance just dropped for Scotland’s archaeology sector!
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#Archaeology #Museums #Scotland #Heritage #BeforeTheMuseum #HistoricEnvironmentScotland

Screenshot of cover of Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2025-35

📣 Today HEF launches the new Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2025-35 (HSRP2), providing a clear roadmap for collaborative working to deliver a robust & resilient heritage sector. Find out more and read the plan on HEF’s website: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/hef-activiti... #HeritageResiliencePlan

Signatories include @archaeologyuk.bsky.social @algao-uk.bsky.social @socantscot.bsky.social www.babao.org.uk @antiquaries.bsky.social apabe.org.uk and universityarchaeology.co.uk

'How I helped discover hidden Bronze Age monument' George Bird suspected there was more to a single standing stone in the woods he loved exploring.

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'Unprecedented' Melsonby Iron Age hoard found by archaeologists Archaeologists say they have found more than 800 items dating back about 2,000 years.

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Job Alert - City Archaeologist (fixed term/temporary) jobs.york.gov.uk/tlive_webrec...

Archaeological Officer (NSIPs) - HER and Archives | 12 April, 2025 | Jobs and careers with Cambridgeshire County Council Jobs and careers with Cambridgeshire County Council - Cambridgeshire is facing significant pressures on land use from development, not only from housing and other development but increasingly so from ...

Job Alert - HER and Archives Archaeological Officer at Cambridgeshire County Council jobs.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/Arc...

Archaeological Officer (NSIPs) - Development Management | 12 April, 2025 | Jobs and careers with Cambridgeshire County Council Jobs and careers with Cambridgeshire County Council - Cambridgeshire is facing significant pressures on land use from development, not only from housing and other development but increasingly so from ...

Job Alert - Development Management Archaeological Officer at Cambridgeshire County Council jobs.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/jobs/job/Arc...

Senior Archaeologist (WoSAS) - GLA13280 | Glasgow | myjobscotland View details and apply for this land / property / planning & management role in Glasgow Central with Glasgow on myjobscotland

Job Alert - Senior Archaeologist at West of Scotland Archaeology Service myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/gla...

Proud to support @Heritage_NGOs #HeritageCreates report, highlighting the power of heritage in driving innovation & creativity. 🎨🏛️
Take a look at the inspiring case studies and the future of heritage-led creative innovation #HeritageCreates www.theheritagealliance.org.uk/our-work/pub...

Who knows what may lie beneath your desk 👀

Scotland risks 'wholesale loss' of heritage as archaeology cuts leave numbers at 'bare minimum' Archaeologists working for local authorities are charged with the protection of 90 per cent of Scotland’s historical and archaeological sites - but numbers of staff continue to fall.

Article out today on the risk to heritage as local authority staff see numbers drop to a bare minimum. Despite a loss of staff from 33 in 2005 to just 19, with the risk of further cuts in the future but they are responsible for roughly 90% of heritage in Scotland. tinyurl.com/hsbfwyb6

the remains of a medieval chapel built by the monks of Byland Abbey,

In the graveyard of the church of St Mary the Virgin, Ramsgill in Nidderdale lie the remains of a medieval chapel built by the monks of Byland Abbey, The structure includes two narrow lancet openings with a larger one above, framed by the chapel’s original stone coping.

How AI imagery could be used to develop fake archaeology Even before the use of AI, it was widely accepted within archaeology that visualisations of the past are highly fraught and should be treated with caution.

interesting discussion on the potential use and misuse of AI in archaeology, but is it the AI generating fake data or the person using it? uk.news.yahoo.com/ai-imagery-c...

Thanks for joining us Archie, and taking such beautiful photos 😉

Image is the front cover of the report, reading "Heritage Sector Net Zero Projects Audit"

The Historic Environment Forum (HEF)'s new report on
#heritage and #ClimateChange shows the investments required to get the sector to net zero, and illustrates some of the related evidence gaps and policy challenges. Read it here: bit.ly/3ZZ0ThK #HeritageSectorToNetZero #HistoricEnvironment

Finds Liaison Officer
Salary: £26,500 per annum
Cornwall Heritage Trust
Krowji, Redruth, Cornwall
Closing Date: 28/01/2025
www.bajr.org?p=192582

‘Failure of Roman engineering on industrial scale’: discovery of water wells in England proves trial and error ‘Astonishingly preserved’ remains in Cambridgeshire give clues to substantial Romano-British industrial settlement

‘Failure of Roman engineering on industrial scale’: discovery of water wells in England proves trial and error' #RomanBritain #History
#Archaeology👇

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@heritagealliance.bsky.social is the conduit for key dialogues between the whole #Heritage sector and Government.

Glad to have @heritagelizzie.bsky.social and @carolelsouter.bsky.social in our corner as sector champions 🦸🏻‍♀️

This is fascinating, if a little gruesome. Makes me think that Needham's fission horizon and integration of the Neo-EBA parallel communities wasn't a peaceful process. Looking forward to seeing more of the genetics!

lovely to be here. looking forward to widening our presence on Blue Sky

Image reads: "On Policy Resilience in the sector [W]e need to work together to be clear to government and other stakeholders what support we need, and make a persuasive case for how investing in heritage can benefit society as a whole. Georgie Holmes-Skelton Head of Government Affairs at National Trust #HeritageResiliencePlan"

In HEF's latest Heritage Sector Resilience interview on embedding #heritage in #policy, we spoke to @georgierose.bsky.social about her role as Head of Government Affairs at @nationaltrust.bsky.social. Read the interview online: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/policy-resil... #HistoricEnvironment

Positive news for UK natural heritage 🏞️

I feel that we are particularly lucky in Britain to have access to amazing footpaths and right of ways making it safe and easy for everyone to enjoy the wealth of wildlife and landscapes at our doorstep.

‘Something horrible’: Somerset pit reveals bronze age cannibalism Oxford analysis shows evidence of bloody massacre, with hand and feet bones chewed by human molars

🏺 Cannibalism is incredibly tricky to interpret, and I don't think available evidence here = single event "massacre". Dating could span generations, & the fact cannibalism in British BA isn't common elsewhere doesn't imply *this* case is from a violent conflict.
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Bronze Age ploughing was performed with the ard, consisting of a share, stilt, draft-pole & yoke. This was used to cross-plough at right angles to break up the soil & remove weeds. This ard from Dorney, Buckinghamshire is made from a half split log of Field Maple. From BAS-Newsletter-Autumn-2018.pdf

Chambered tomb, with one in situ megalithic lintel, on a grassy hill overlooking a small town (Hugh Town) set in a sandy isthmus with sea to either side. On the horizon are the islands of Samson and Bryher

Chambered tomb, Buzza Hill, St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly. #TombTuesday. 🧵