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Silbury Hill (Artificial Mound)

Moat forms round ancient monument after heavy rain.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/articles/c9w3e7yrgkgo
The Eternal Posted by The Eternal
15th November 2023ce

Northamptonshire

Stanwick Lakes: Bronze Age log boat build reaches halfway point


Building Bronze Age-style log boats using replica tools and fire has revealed "how long and how much effort" it was to make prehistoric vessels.

More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-67055114
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
23rd October 2023ce

Orkney

A Neolithic Feat of Engineering


The ruins of a 5,000-year-old tomb in a construction that reflects the pinnacle of neolithic engineering in northern Britain has been unearthed in Orkney.

Fourteen articulated skeletons of men, women and children – two positioned as if they were embracing – have been found inside one of six cells or side rooms.

The tomb measures more than 15m in diameter and contains a stone structure accessed through a long passage of around seven metres. The excavation was headed by Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark, senior curator of prehistory (neolithic) at the National Museums Scotland, and Vicki Cummings, professor of neolithic archaeology at Cardiff University.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/21/a-neolithic-feat-of-engineering-orkney-dig-reveals-ruins-of-huge-tomb
moss Posted by moss
22nd October 2023ce

Carrowkeel-Keshcorran Complex

Heartbreaking' damage done to Neolithic passage tomb


Damage done to an ancient Neolithic passage tomb in Co Sligo has been strongly condemned.

Photographer Ken Williams visited the site over the weekend and took photographs of words and shapes scratched into stones at the tomb which is over 5,000 years old.

More: https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2023/1016/1411157-carrowkeel-graffiti/
ryaner Posted by ryaner
16th October 2023ce

Carn Glas, Achvraid (Chambered Cairn)

New images of 5,000-year-old Highland burial site


Scotland's longest chamber cairn burial site has been the scene of recent activity

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3gr38e61qlo
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
26th September 2023ce

Nesscliffe Hill Camp (Hillfort)

Iron Age finds of national importance found at Nesscliffe Hill dig


Nationally important evidence of Iron Age furnaces and tools have been discovered during the excavation of a hillfort.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-66890049
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
23rd September 2023ce

Stonehenge and its Environs

Stonehenge campaigners welcome Unesco's calls for amendments


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66864254
The story that just keeps on keeping on.
The Eternal Posted by The Eternal
21st September 2023ce

Stonehenge tunnel plan 'should not proceed' says Unesco


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-66843922
The Eternal Posted by The Eternal
19th September 2023ce

Lancashire

Significant artefacts found on Thornton site for homes


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-66809278
The Eternal Posted by The Eternal
18th September 2023ce

Cambridgeshire

Intact Bronze Age pot found during excavation near Ely


An intact Bronze Age pot and a previously unknown Saxon village with a large hall were among the "exceptional" finds unearthed during a dig.

More info :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-66822204
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
18th September 2023ce
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