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English Heritage and British Museum commission study into illegal metal detecting English Heritage and the British Museum are so alarmed they have commissioned a £100,000 study into the practice. It could lead to new legislation to combat offenders. Spotted at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/08/nmetal108.xml |
Posted by Robert Carr 10th July 2007ce Edited 10th July 2007ce |
New EH ChairLord Bruce-Lockhart to be new English Heritage Chairman DEPARTMENT FOR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT News Release (582007) issued by The Government News Network on 24 May 2007 Lord Bruce-Lockhart has been appointed Chair of English Heritage, the Government's statutory advisor on the historic environment, Culture Secretary Tessa... continues... |
Posted by tiompan24th May 2007ce Edited 24th May 2007ce |
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Some information that may be of use to TMA-ers looking at OS maps of England and Wales, from "Field Archaeology - Some Notes For Beginners Issued by the Ordnance Survey" (1963 - Fourth edition), chapter entitled "Tumuli": "Today the term tumulus is reserved for those earthen mounds either known or presumed to be covering burials. Formerly a class of larger mounds, now known to belong to early medieval castles also received this name in error ..., but now are given their correct technical description or are described as 'Mound' in the appropriate type. All piles of stones are called cairns whether their funerary character is known or not, but the use of an 'antiquity' type will mean that the Survey believes it to be sepulchral. In some very lofty situations it will be obvious that they are not graves. Where a mound has a local name which clearly indicates the belief that it is a burial place the descriptive name tumulus is not added." |
Posted by thesweetcheat20th January 2009ce Edited 20th January 2009ce |
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Early British Trackways, Moats, Mounds, Camps, and SitesA Lecture given to the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, at Hereford, September, 1921, by Alfred Watkins Download complete book in pdf format |
Posted by Chance10th July 2010ce |
Grave-mounds and their contentsGrave-mounds and their contents a manual of archaeology, as exemplified in the burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon periods by Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt Published in 1870, Groombridge (London) Download the complete book in pdf format |
Posted by Chance 25th March 2010ce |
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The Hellstone (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
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Posted by texlahoma25th May 2012ce |
Kent — News |
Bronze Age Boat Replica Fails To FloatThe band was ready, the champagne was on hand then........ More info : http://www.kentonline.co.uk/east_kent_mercury/news/2012/may/12/bronze_age_boat_replica_fails.aspx |
Posted by drewbhoy21st May 2012ce |
Battledown Camp (Hillfort) — Fieldnotes |
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Visited 5.5.12 Saw this on the map and just had to try to check it out. The Hillfort is in the eastern suburbs of Cheltenham in the Charlton Kings district. This is another of those Hillfort which is slowly but surely being swallowed up by housing. Taking the minor road north off the very busy A40 we tried to access the site from the north. However we were met by private housing with various ‘Private Road – no access’ signs. At least the Hillfort is being recognised in some of the road signs – ‘The Camp’ and ‘Battledown’. No way in from this direction. We then drove around to the south of the site which is more rural and looks a more likely access point. There is no public access across the fields but from the road I could see a row of trees in the distance which I suspect is where you would find what remains of the defences? We were heading home as Karen had to get to work so I didn’t have time to try to cross the field for a closer look – maybe next time? E.H. has nothing to report on this site. |
Posted by CARL 14th May 2012ce |
The Craddock Moor Circle (Stone Circle) — Fieldnotes |
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Craddock Moor Stone Circle 13th May 2012. Mr Hamheads directions are spot on but I'll add a couple of minor details. From the Hurlers car park at Minions take the track NW with the Hurlers stone circles on your right. Continue along and the track rises in front of you until coming to a branch to the left which you take. As this track begins to veer back to the right you will come to a low tumuli to the left edge of the track and a few yards on a rather large tyre from an earthmoving machine blocking the path. Stand on the path immediately behind the tumulus and look beyond it to Tregarrick Tor to the SW. Craddock stone circle is on a direct line to the tor about 300 yards in from the path. Not a lot to see now as many of the stones are under the turf/gorsey surface. I re-discovered the truely triangular stone which is common in many Cornish stone circles under the turf having to lift the surface layer of carpet-like turf/gorse to observe and photograph it. In the not too distant future the major bulk of this circle will be lost from sight if remedial work is not undertaken to clear the overgrown recumbant stones in the setting as the stones are gradually slipping further into the peaty/boggyish ground. Photos to follow. |
Posted by Sanctuary 14th May 2012ce |
The Ring, Cleeve Hill (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) — Fieldnotes |
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Visited 5.5.12 Access to Cleeve Hill is very easy and there are many footpaths which lead all over the site – particularly as there is a golf course over most of it! We parked in the lay by next to the telephone box on the B4632 although there is also a smaller parking area directly opposite. Much to Karen’s frustration the toilets shown on the O/S map is now closed! The lower slopes were covered in sheep and lambs and a dog was running around in a ‘playful’ mood. Although it meant no harm it was obviously worrying the sheep. As I walked up through the sheep an irate farmer came over thinking the dog was mine – which wasn’t helped when the dog ran straight over to me as if we were the best of friends! I think the farmer believed me when the dog eventually ran off into the distance! I carried on to the top of the hill (short but steep) and headed for the obelisk which has one on those metal diagrams on top which points out the various places in the distance. (You have to walk around a golfing green to reach it – hole 13 I think?) I then had a look at the Dyke before heading for the ‘Ring’. There were quite a few golfers about and although golf isn’t my thing I have to admit it is a great place to play golf. The views across to Wales are stunning – you can see for miles. (Although I am sure the wind causes havoc with the golf handicap!) As well as the golf course and its associated bunkers etc an awful lot of quarrying has taken place here in the past. I found the ‘lumps and bumps’ made it difficult to be sure I found the ‘Ring’. I had a photo with me and I know I was in the right area so I am pretty sure I found it but if I did, it isn’t much to write home about. It consists of little more than shallow earthen banks. If you weren’t looking for it specifically you would never know it was here. Although the ‘Ring’ was a disappointment it was more than made up for by that view – wow! I was planning to visit the Hillfort but time was against me and I headed back to the car. On the way down the hill I spotted an information board near one of the quarry sites. It gave information on the geological make up of the hill – types of rock to look out for etc. I can’t comment on the preservation of the Hillfort as I didn’t see it but there isn’t a lot to see of the other sites to be honest. However, the views are so fantastic I would recommend a visit for that alone. Just one warning – watch out for flying golf balls! |
Posted by CARL 14th May 2012ce |
Stonehenge and its Environs — News |
New Exhibition in London 9 MAY - 24 JUNEhttp://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/wellington-arch/exhibitions-at-the-arch/current-exhibition/ |
Posted by nix14th May 2012ce |
Hambledon (Hillfort) — News |
How Stone Age Man Invented The Art Of RavingNew scientific techniques reveal how large tribal gatherings swept Neolithic Britain. More info : http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/may/13/scientists-stone-age-boom-festivals |
Posted by drewbhoy 13th May 2012ce |
Deerleap Stones (Standing Stones) — Fieldnotes |
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Visited 8th May 2012 One of the joys of the TMA website is discovering lovely places you never knew existed, and after many years of quite regular trips down to Glastonbury and never knowing about these nearby stones until I read about them here, I took this opportunity to pay a visit. Whilst Ellen trawled the shops in Glastonbury I headed out to Wookey Hole, and following the High Street around the back of the huge car park for the caves, until it became Kennel Batch lane, I continued uphill until I saw the Ebbor Gorge National Trust carpark. Leaving the car there (although the gorge itself is definitely worth a vist, as I had a walk around it on my return to the car) I continued uphill until reaching the second signed public footpath to the left. From the stile into the field I could see the stones to my right. The two stubby stones are modest in size, but have a fantastic aspect, looking out over the Somerset levels, Glastonbury Tor being particularly prominent. The stones must be a good 50' apart, and the high meadow in which they stand is a sea of yellow dandelions today. It's lovely and peaceful here, with only the rumbling of the occasional tractor or car in the nearby lane, but you are perfectly screened here from the road and feel remote from the cares of the world. I lay my coat on the damp grass so I can stretch out in the sunshine by the stones and relax. Buzzards cry overhead, and the wind sends clouds scudding across the sky, for me this beats retail therapy any day! As I doze in the sunshine I'm awoken by a thundering roar as the ground vibrates and a dark shadow passes overhead, startled I look up to see a Hercules aircraft sweep low overhead, probably only a hundred feet above the field, affording me the opportunity to get some great shots of the low flying plane. It's been great here, worth it for the views alone, but it does still feel like a magical place, despite the fact that the stones have been messed around with in the past, and one of them is not original. As the great man JC (Julian Cope) might say, it's a 'righteous hangout'. |
Posted by Ravenfeather13th May 2012ce |
Deerleap Stones (Standing Stones) — Images |
 
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Posted by Ravenfeather 13th May 2012ce |
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