Independent historian, FSA and FRHistS, specialising in maritime, local and house history, based in UK. Author of five books on maritime history, multiple research papers and house histories. www.ianfriel.co.uk Rep: @donaldwin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drianfriel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drianfriel.bsky.social/post/3megn3bozzc2xPart of the 'Fame' of Hoorn (lost off Poole 1631) uncovered by a storm on a beach in Studland Bay... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q3evz4yn4o09 Feb 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:5llcrbaptmf6liiwjtkratob/app.bsky.feed.post/3megn3bozzc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/drianfriel.bsky.social/post/3mdl3fdw4uk2rAnother #shipwreck uncovered by a storm, this time in New Jersey, USA. https://www.popsci.com/science/shipwreck-beach-new-jersey/29 Jan 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:5llcrbaptmf6liiwjtkratob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdl3fdw4uk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drianfriel.bsky.social/post/3mdkyee2amc2rVery interesting talk about the #Roman arena & #gladiators on 'In Our Time' this morning (BBC Radio 4). The site of the Roman amphitheatre at Chichester (West Sussex, UK) is still mostly open, marked by a large encircling bank: it was built very close to the Roman city. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qj8529 Jan 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:5llcrbaptmf6liiwjtkratob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdkyee2amc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drianfriel.bsky.social/post/3mdkxwavxoc2rGreat talk last evening by Prof Dave Parham @buarchanth.bsky.social about the Swash Channel Wreck/'Fame' of Hoorn (1631) excavation & its place in the story of UK maritime archaeology. Glad to have been part of the project & to have identified the Wreck! Free pdf of report @archaeopress.bsky.social29 Jan 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:5llcrbaptmf6liiwjtkratob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdkxwavxoc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drianfriel.bsky.social/post/3mc7phxxvtc2iOK, the Pompeii comparison may be overcooking it a bit, but this is clearly a really important discovery and I look forward to hearing more about it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgk8j1gkxelo12 Jan 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:5llcrbaptmf6liiwjtkratob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc7phxxvtc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/drianfriel.bsky.social/post/3mboas2bses2bA brief and light flurry of overnight snow in Chichester (West Sussex, UK), which hasn't seen much very much snow in recent decades.05 Jan 2026 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:5llcrbaptmf6liiwjtkratob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mboas2bses2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/drianfriel.bsky.social/post/3mbcdbuqdjk26Wishing everyone a happy and hopeful New Year!31 Dec 2025 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:5llcrbaptmf6liiwjtkratob/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbcdbuqdjk26