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Sheriffside (Hillfort) |
Gearing Up For Second Dig At SheriffsideMore details of a second archaeological dig in April. More info : http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/aroundthecountry/articles/2012/01/19/422482-gearing-up-for-second-dig-at-sheriffside |
Posted by drewbhoy19th January 2012ce |
Avebury & the Marlborough Downs (Region) |
EXHIBITION: Landscape with Stones: paintings and woodcuts by Nick SchleeAn exhibition of oil paintings and woodcuts by British landscape artist Nick Schlee, focusing on Avebury and the Ridgeway. This new exhibition features some of Nick Schlee's most bold and vivid work portraying the ancient monument of Avebury and the nearby Ridgeway. 80 year old Nick says of the exhibition: "More than half of the pictures in the exhibition feature those mysterious ancient stones that mean little to most of us, but must have meant a great deal to our forebears. Painting them, without being able to share the feelings they engendered for the people who erected them, is a problem. I can only describe their outside appearance. The spirit within is closed to me. It is as if I were recording the skin of a peach without any idea of its taste, its texture and delicious succulence. We are probably all aware of the difficulties and dedication that went into bringing these stones to where they stand today. This is what, to my mind, contributes to making them so unnerving. Their presence disturbs me in the same way the purposeful ditches of Avebury disturb me. When I paint their portraits, from close up or afar, I am trying to find a place for them in the powerful rhythms, space and colour of the natural landscape. The result is that they take on the role of rugged, weather-battered statues. Because I find it impossible to find an understanding of them that matches my own experience I deliberately inject a febrile nervous energy into my drawing of them. I hope that in this way I will convey to viewers the former power they held for early inhabitants of the area. I tremble. But at what I am not sure. In contrast, the vast panoramas along the Ridgeway move me more directly. Here I feel more confident that I do not miss anything important. What I see of the rolling landscape with its sky and clumps of trees resonates powerfully in way that reaches inside me today as they must have always done to others over the centuries. I use heightened colour and emphasised rhythmic line in my paintings to try make sure that those looking at them share the excitement the Wiltshire landscape creates in me." Although this is the first time Nick's work has been exhibited at the Museum, he has had many solo exhibitions, including at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Gallery 27 in London and the West Berkshire Museum. He has also participated in many group exhibitions including Templeton College, Oxford and the Modern Artists Gallery. His work is held in public collections, including the City of London Guildhall Gallery, the Wessex Collection at Longleat House and Southampton City Art Gallery. More information about the artist and his work can be found on his website -www.nickschlee.co.uk/ *Exhibition runs from 14 January to 2 September 2012.*Cost: Usual Admission Charges Apply http://www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk/events/index.php?Action=2&thID=692&prev=1 G x |
Posted by goffik17th January 2012ce |
Badbury Rings (Hillfort) |
Soup & StarsThe National Trust have organized an evening of Stargazing live in this week of activity from the BBC. The event will take place on Saturday 21st January 2012. "Come and enjoy a wonderful evening of Stargazing on the beautiful Iron Age hillfort of Badbury Rings. Soup will be on offer as well as enthusiastic support from local astronomers." http://www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo/activity/soup-stars/occurrence/45367 |
Posted by texlahoma16th January 2012ce |
Old Sarum (Hillfort) |
Old Sarum: Life in the Iron Age and BeyondMembers' Only Event - £30.00 Date: Fri 2 Mar Property: Old Sarum Time: AM tour - 10.00 to 12.00/PM tour 13.00 to 15.00 Suitable for: Adults Go back in time and join archaeologist, writer and broadcaster Julian Richards for a special tour of Old Sarum Castle. Discover what life was like for the people who occupied this ancient site; how they lived and how they survived through the Iron Ages and beyond. Includes refreshments. http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/events/old-sarum-life-in-the-iron-age-and-beyond-os-2-mar |
Posted by Chance15th January 2012ce |
News |
Jan-RAM 2012Do it http://rockartuk.wordpress.com/ |
Posted by fitzcoraldo14th January 2012ce |
Beaghmore (Stone Circle) |
Stargazing at ancient Beaghmore stone circlesTHE ancient megalithic site of Beaghmore near Cookstown is to become a unique observatory with a day of free BBC Stargazing. http://www.midulstermail.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/stargazing_at_ancient_beaghmore_stone_circles_1_3401321 Astronomers from Armagh Observatory and archaeologists from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) will be hosting the Stargazing Live Universe Awareness (UNAWE) activities at the fascinating Beaghmore Stone Circles regarded as the best Dark-Sky site in Northern Ireland. The event which will also run at An Creagan is to be held on Wednesday 18th January 2012. This is an international astronomy outreach programme funded by the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme. You don't need any experience or equipment to give astronomy a go! Also involved are Cookstown and Omagh District Councils and the aim of the project is to inspire young people to develop an interest in science and technology. Claire Foley, Senior Inspector of Built Heritage at the NIEA, said "It is great to be part of this joint approach to our shared heritage." Mark Bailey, Director of the Observatory, said: "Astronomy captures the imagination of children, young and old, as well as others young at heart. A view of the stars and of our Milky Way on a clear night from a Dark-Sky site such as Beaghmore can be an awe-inspiring, sometimes life-changing experience." In the morning, schoolchildren will undertake a series of astronomy and science-based activities at An Creagán, including those that illustrate the lives of the people that built the stone circles at Beaghmore, in those early times. There will also be activities to illustrate the scale of our Solar System, and a fascinating shadow theatre provided by EU-UNAWE presenters from the world-famous Arcetri Observatory in Florence, Italy. Later, children, their parents and everyone else are invited to a free Stargazing LIVE event at Beaghmore. This will take place from approximately 3.30pm to 5.00pm - weather permitting. Participants can travel from An Creagán by free bus or make their own way to the Beaghmore Stone Circles to watch the Sun going down. Living History enactors will greet them and demonstrate Bronze Age weapons and artefacts technology, including food and agriculture, highlighting possible reasons for the need to use astronomy and the science behind the circles' original purpose. There will also be opportunities to view the stones at sunset and observe the bright planets Venus and Jupiter, both visible as evening "stars" after sunset, and other stars. Don't worry if the weather's bad, as there will be an alternative Living History programme, a slide show illustrating the night sky from this special Dark-Sky site, and the EU-UNAWE presentation "Virginia and Galileo Galilei: A Sky Full of Discoveries". The last part of the event, from 8.00pm to 9.30pm, comprises two public lectures, the first by Claire Foley (NIEA) entitled "Stone Circles and the Bronze Age Perception of the Skies", and the second by Mark Bailey (Armagh Observatory) entitled "Comets and Cometary Concepts in History: Identifying the Celestial Connection". Following these illustrated talks will be observing from the grounds of An Creagán if clear. Those wishing to attend these events should obtain FREE tickets by contacting Mrs Aileen McKee at the Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh; Tel: 028-3752-2928; e-mail: ambn@arm.ac.uk. |
Posted by moss10th January 2012ce |
Wiltshire |
Chippenham exhibition to explore pre-historyA winter exhibition of artwork inspired by the pre-history of Wiltshire titled The Past is Another Country will be showcased at Chippenham's Museum and Heritage Centre early next year. The exhibition will include the ideas and inspirations of six different artists who are members of the Elementals Art Group, with the project being as much about the process of developing an idea as the finished artwork. Elemental, which includes Jenny Ford, Jan Knight, Julia Leyden, Christine Shorney, Josephine Sumner and Charlotte Sainsbury, studied archival maps and diagrams, artefacts in museums and photographic aerial views of the landscape from which they distilled their own personal and emotional responses. Ms Leyden said: "We've been working on the project for a few years. We started the group in 2006 but wanted to do something with a theme because there could be so many different views. "We're all Wiltshire-based and wanted to do something pre-Wiltshire. We ended up looking at the Bronze Age. "Jenny, Jan and Josephine were really interested in the stone circles, so spent hours walking and looking and sketching. "We enjoyed this project so much that we've started a new one on pathways and routes in Wiltshire." The exhibition will run from Monday, January 9, until Tuesday, April 10, and includes paintings, printmaking, and a 12-verse illustrated poem reflecting each artist's take on the project. Melissa Barnett, curator of Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre, said: "This is the first time we've had an exhibition of this nature and it is of wonderful quality." The heritage centre will also be displaying archaeological artefacts as complementary material to the projects http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/towns/chippenhamheadlines/9443062.Chippenham_exhibition_to_explore_pre_history/ |
Posted by scubi6331st December 2011ce |
Wade's Stone (South) (Standing Stone / Menhir) |
Wade's Stone re-erectedhttp://www.heritageandhistory.com/contents1a/2011/11/wade%E2%80%99s-stone-stands-proud-on-the-north-york-moors/?doing_wp_cron=1325281002 |
Posted by fitzcoraldo 30th December 2011ce |
Stonehenge and its Environs |
Stonehenge: Closure of A344 near monument to go ahead.Plans to close a main road running past Stonehenge are to go ahead. English Heritage wants to stop traffic from travelling close to the stones and "restore the dignity" of the World Heritage Site by closing the A344. The road from the A303 at Stonehenge Bottom to west of the visitor centre has already been approved for closure. Now, following a public inquiry, Wiltshire Council has approved an independent inspector's report to close the remaining section of road. In June 2010 the council granted planning permission for a new visitors centre at Airman's Corner, 1.5 miles (2km) west of Stonehenge. And in November, roads minister Mike Penning approved plans to close an 879m (2,884ft) section of the A344 from its junction with the A303 at Stonehenge Bottom with a stopping up order. Now the council has approved a traffic regulation order (TRO) for the remainder of the A344 to Airman's Corner. But proposals to close a number of byways around the ancient monument were refused. Druid leader King Arthur Pendragon said the inspector's recommendations and resulting council decision had "erred on the side of common sense". "I invited the inspector to recommend a modification to the order be made in that should the stopping up order be placed on the lower section of the A344 the remaining section of the metalled road be restricted by a traffic regulation order as requested. "And he recommended that the proposed TRO be made with modification to the A344 only, leaving the byways in the World Heritage Site still open to all traffic, as they have been." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-16352307 |
Posted by The Eternal30th December 2011ce |
Aberdeenshire |
Garioch HeritageOn the 4th January at 7.30pm the Garioch Heritage Society have Colin Harris speaking about Dunnydeer (hillfort, stone circle etc) and Wardhouse (ancient settlement, cairns, RSCs) in the Neolithic. Venue - Acorn Centre, Inverurie. (Hopefully the bhoy will make it and report back) |
Posted by drewbhoy 30th December 2011ce |
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