Jon Kenny - community archaeology

20/08/2026

Back to Skipwith for more Earth Resistance. On the surface the rain has made a massive difference. But deeper down it is clearly still very dry. The field has been ploughed and harrowed ready for meadow grass. It is being rewilded! Much easier walking, although we probably cant work on Tuesday next week because of work on the adjacent woodland. Well done to the team getting two grids done in the summer rain... Some 15 degrees cooler than Mallorca, or Yorkshire a week ago come to that!

20/08/2026

Back from holiday in Mallorca... Lots to look forward to on Lump in the Ground.

Here's me rambling about it 😃 ... If you look at the YouTube video, why not Like and Subscribe! Don't be scared its only a couple of clicks!

16/08/2026

Articles popping up left right and centre. This one is back to our work with Howdenshire Archaeological Society at Snaith. A fascinating town that really gets you interested.

Can Geophysics Reveal a Lost Monastic Landscape?

15/08/2026

Looking forward to the Howdenshire Archaeological Society open day on 13th September. Posting now because my Lump in the Ground tomorrow is also about Snaith. A facinating place in so many ways!

14/08/2026

Going a bit non archaeological after our holiday. More to follow I am sure!

10/08/2026

For those of you who have had a read of Beneath the Big Sky. Me reflecting on Archaology on the Yorkshire Wolds, while listening to a folkie song. Here is the actual song. Posted on Facebook 8 years ago by Nick Rooke.

My article is at https://jkcomarc.substack.com/p/beneath-the-big-sky

https://fb.watch/IVqczD_5GA/?fs=e

09/08/2026

Ola everyone from, very sunny Pollenca in Mallorca. My latest aerticle on aubstack just launched. Thought i would zap out a quick video about it. Hope you enjoy mt atrempts to write evocatively, instead archaeology report style 🤣🤣..

Find thw article here. You can subscribe if yiu want to see more.

https://jkcomarc.substack.com/p/beneath-the-big-sky

08/08/2026

The reel version of an already launched video..

08/08/2026

Holiday archaeology has begun…

I’ve only just arrived in Pollença, Mallorca, but inevitably I’ve started wondering how this medieval town actually developed.

The Christian conquest, the Templars, an earlier Islamic landscape of scattered alquerias, a new church and a growing Christian settlement — and suddenly I’m finding myself comparing Pollença with the very different landscapes of conquest I know from the Welsh Borders.

I’ve shot a few rough minutes talking through some of the questions I’m starting to ask. No fancy editing, and I haven’t even taken the photographs yet!

This may—or may not—turn into a Lump in the Ground article. But this is how they tend to start…

03/08/2026

Over the last 20 years or so I have worked with Margaret Brearley and the history group in the village of Cawood. We have investigated the medieval home of the de Cawood family at Keesbury moated site. WE have gone out onto the common to investigate an Iron Age / mostly Romano British complex out there. But we have also started out undertaking work on the Castle Garth in Cawood. The working space and gardens of the mighty Archbishops of York. But nibbling away at my tiny brain was always the question: What did the Castle actually look like? There are two engravings that give us clues. I tried to use those to get build up a possible plan of what was going on in the Castle. I also began to feel that I should be calling it a Palace. Here is a short(ish) video about my attempts to create a reconstruction image of it using AI. It really shows that if you know what you want, this is not a straight forward task!!!!! Have a watch, if you want to read it its on Substack at:

https://jkcomarc.substack.com/p/why-does-cawood-palace-look-like