Duncan Mackay

@theduncanmackay.bsky.social

Writer, archaeologist, wild swimmer, wild gardener. New book ECHOLANDS -A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF BOUDICA out now from @Hodderbooks.bsky.social https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/duncan-mackay/echolands/9781399714143/ Rep. Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates

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Roman Pannonian figure flagons, waiting for a place in the next replica kiln firing at @vindolandatrust.bsky.social Sat 24th of October 2026. ⚱️🏺 We'll be starting early in the morning and going on all day. Don't tell anyone but it gets more exciting later in the day #AncientBluesky #Archaeology

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Recreation of Richborough Roman coastal fort #Kent c AD 250

The fort enclosed an earlier triumphal arch

Anyone who's read Rosemary Sutcliff's 1959 novel *The Lantern Bearers* will know the arch probably became a signal tower

© Ivan Lapper 2001 (for the English Heritage guide)

#RomanFortThursday

Aerial reconstruction painting of a rectangular Roman fort with a large white marble arch at the centre and buildings, some being demolished, surrounding the triple ditches and sea to the left
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