Artefacts hint at earliest Neanderthals in Britain
"Archaeologists have found what they say is the earliest evidence of Neanderthals living in Britain.
Two pieces of flint unearthed at motorway works in Dartford, Kent, have now been dated to 110,000 years ago. "
Full story from the BBC -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/science_and_environment/10206677.stm
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Neanderthal genes 'survive in us'
'Many people alive today possess some Neanderthal ancestry, according to a landmark scientific study. . . The genomes of 1% to 4% of people in Eurasia come from Neanderthals.'
from the BBC -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8660940.stm
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PDF map of features revealed by aerial survey. Could be useful for answering the question 'what's this cropmark near stonehenge?'
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PDF map of the Bronze Age features of the area
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PDF map of the Neolithic features of the area
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This elongated barrow has nearly five pages devoted to it in Bateman's "Ten years diggings" book which goes into detail about the various cists and bone remains found. In cist 4 on the plan he found 'the skeleton of a young hog inside a roughly built cist' and he later notes 'we are inclined to assign the post of honour to the cist containing the hog, which was placed nearest the centre'.
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Sunset on Boxing Day 2009
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Late afternoon clouds over Harland Edge and Parkgate.
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The January full moon rising from the notch in the Fairy Stone. Pity the exposure of the stone wasn't better.
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Winter sunset behind the Fairy Stone
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360 Degree panorama taken from between the two circles (uses java applet which may cause a warning message in Internet Explorer)
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360 degree panorama from the centre of the circle.
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