#HillfortsWednesday with Maesbury Hillfort, just north of Shepton Mallet

#MedievalMonday & just one more from Apollonia, The Monastery of St Mary built between 1250-1270 upon the remains of an older church Now housing the museum of Apollonia, the church in the centre was partly built with spolia from the theatre

🧵3/ Stretching North west way from the above, the Stoa [B] - one of the oldest surviving portions of the site from around c4 BC & at its far end: a cistern and storage spaces - from around c3 BC #AncientSiteSunday

🧵2/ just opposite, a small Odeon - the cavea with a diametre of 15m & capacity of around 150 Built mid c2 BC #AncientSiteSunday

🧵1/ The city was founded by settlers from Corinth in around c6 BC by invitation of the local Illyrians, though perhaps its most famous monument is the Monument to Agonothetes - its pediment partially restored #AnncientSiteSunday

#AncientSiteSunday & another incredible site in Albania 🇦🇱 a short 🧵on Apollonia

🧵 #RomanSiteSaturday In the same excavations that uncovered the amphitheatre in the 1960's these bath ruins were unearthed just opposite the Rotunda c1 AD

#RomanSiteSaturday a couple more Roman sites in Durrës (🇦🇱) The ruins of the c6 AD Rotunda in what was the forum And... 🧵👇

#CastleSaturday & its the beautiful fortress of Gjirokaster🇦🇱 The whole town is gorgeous but the castle at the top is its crowning glory

#RomanSiteSaturday & the vast amphitheatre of Durrës 🇦🇱 built in c2 AD, today its sadly not in the greatest state of preservation