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Fires have been lit in the centre of the 4,000-year-old Nine Ladies stone circle at Stanton in Peak, Derbyshire, and a tent found nearby.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-66669485

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Posted by drewbhoy
1st September 2023ce

Emain Macha (Henge)

Navan Fort: Dig sheds new light on home of the Kings of Ulster

Perched on a hill outside Armagh city is Emain Macha - or Navan Fort.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-66514152

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Posted by drewbhoy
23rd August 2023ce

Perth and Kinross

We are building an Iron Age village by hand

Nellie Wilson works part-time weaving together hazel branches to build the walls and roof of a replica Iron Age roundhouse.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-66478550

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Posted by drewbhoy
19th August 2023ce

Worlebury (Hillfort)

Worlebury Camp hill fort to be built in Lego for exhibition Published 1 day ago

A museum is calling on Lego enthusiasts to build and pay for a replica of a historic Somerset hill fort.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-66510009

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Posted by drewbhoy
18th August 2023ce

England (Country)

New aerial photo collection from 1943/44

Just out from Historic England:
"A collection of Second World War aerial photography has been made accessible to the public for the first time.

The photographs were taken by the United States Army Air Forces Photographic Reconnaissance units stationed around England in 1943 and 1944."

https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/photographs/usaaf-collection/

Worth a look to spot ye antiquities, A quick look at the South Wonston area near Winchester (including Worthy Down camp, at the time occupied by the Royal Navy Air Service with Laurence Olivier among the staff) shows some nice marks for two of the cluster of four long barrows in the area, one of which was subsequently much reduced by the plough.

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Posted by UncleRob
17th August 2023ce

Anglesey (County)

Anglesey: Iron Age coins found declared treasure

A hoard of Iron Age gold coins have been discovered for the first time in Wales.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66471319

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Posted by drewbhoy
13th August 2023ce

The Deer Stone (Bullaun Stone)

'Lasting damage' done to Deer Stone in Glendalough

Lasting damage has been caused to the Deer Stone in Glendalough, Co Wicklow, in what appears to be an act of vandalism, according to Project Manager for HeritageMaps.ie Pat Reid.

Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Philip Boucher-Hayes, Mr Reid said he believes someone lit a fire on the stone, which caused the boulder it is carved into to crack.

More: https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2023/0809/1398883-deerstone-glendalough-wicklow/

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Posted by ryaner
9th August 2023ce

Hillside Farm (Cist)

Isles of Scilly Iron Age warrior was probably a woman

A decades-long mystery over whether an Iron Age warrior who lived on the Isles of Scilly was a man or woman has been solved.

More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-66314179

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Posted by drewbhoy
28th July 2023ce