@katebarrow
Archaeobotanist, worked for CADW and Archaeology Services, UWTSD, Lampeter. Now a carer, does a bit of embroidery. Environmental Archaeology, undergraduate degree SDUC. Post grad, University of Sheffield. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Huge news for Ceredigion & west Wales.
Imperial #Roman lead mines on Cardigan Bay were under the control of Domitian by AD 87 as confirmed by the discovery of these lead pigs
Only the 5th & 6th ingots ever found in Wales ๐ฎ
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Two Roman lead pigs on a forklift in a farmyard
This was the scene when I arrived to collect the lead pigs from the landowner in Oct 24, for safe transfer to the National Museum ๐ฎ
It's not often Roman finds are so heavy they're carried on a forklift
The pigs are extraordinary..each weighed around 85kg & had to be lifted by two people ๐ช
๐ท TD
There was a Roman lead smelting site found on Llangynfelin Island, I worked on the associated environmental remains. Archaelogia Cambrensis 161 (2012), 285-356. A very interesting site.
Le Curiasse Bouvet Ships Suite ๐ https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/520557/le-curiasse-bouvet-ships
Le Curiasse Bouvet Ships
Suite ๐ https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/520557/le-curiasse-bouvet-ships
An embroidered picture of a lake, sheep, trees and mountains, all worked with tapestry wool. Lots of French knots!
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus,
Happy St Davidโs day. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
A lot of my embroidery art is inspired by living in the Teifi Valley with the Cambrian mountains as a backdrop. #embroidery #art
A heart shaped embroidery of hills, trees, sheep a pond and a stone wall.
Happy Valentines greetings from Wales!
Embroidery no5, itโs another medieval tile design!
An embroidered interpretation of a medieval floor tile depicting a hare/rabbit in bronze metallic thread
The fourth embroidery of 2025 and the first for February, another medieval tile. Embroidery is helping me stay calm during a very stressful time.
The third embroidery of 2025 was finished last night, a design from a medieval tile.
The second embroidery of 2025 completed, inspired by Pictish imagery and illuminated manuscripts #embroidery#handembroidery
Happy Birthday ๐
Brandy a Lhasa Apso dog lies on a blanket looking very relaxed
Brandy the Lhasa says hello
Sign and share this petition to support Wales's oldest university!
Here I am hard at work c. Mid 1990s. Microscope by Cadw, jumper from B J Jones, Lampeter. Photo from an old prospectus for Archaeology at what was Saint Davidโs University College, Lampeter.
#lampeter
Here is the petition to Senedd (raised in addition to the earlier Change.org one) to raise concern at the #UWTSD proposal to remove undergraduate teaching from Lampeter in 2025. A Welsh version is available. Note the lower thresholds for review.
petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
A fragment of Roman Mosaic, found during excavations at The Brooks site, Winchester.
My one and only contribution to #MosaicMonday, from The Brooks excavation at Winchester 1988. My photo on site. I then swapped site work for a cosy archaeobotany lab!
One of my favourite embroideries
small hairy dog sat in front of a box marked archaeobotanical tweezers
And introducing Brandy, guardian of the archaeobotanical tweezers (a very important job).
Embroidered portrait of a cairn terrier
Embroidered portrait of a Shih Tzu dog
All three embroidered dog portraits
Dogs seem very popular on here, so maybe my doggy portrait embroideries will help increase my social media engagement
Embroidered hand axe!
My embroidery of the Nebra Disk
Hand embroidered red squirrel on a branch with a painted back ground
My mixed media embroidery of a red squirrel as a first post on this site.