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Stonehenge Centre Gets Go-ahead
From an article published on the BBC News web site on 13th May 2009:A £25m plan to revitalise the world-renowned Stonehenge in Wiltshire, including diverting a nearby road, has been announced by the government.
Also included in the plan from the Stonehenge Programme Board are proposals for a new visitor centre at nearby Airman's Corner. Read the full article...
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Rare Amber Necklace Found
From an article published on the BBC News web site on 1st December 2008:A rare amber necklace believed to be about 4,000 years old has been uncovered in Greater Manchester.
Archaeologists made the find while excavating a cist - a type of stone-lined grave - in Mellor, Stockport.
It is the first time a necklace of this kind from the early Bronze Age has been found in north-west England.
Experts from the University of Manchester Archaeological Unit said a amber necklace was one of the ultimate status symbols of the period.
The necklace consists of dozens of pierced amber beads of various sizes, linked together on a length of fibre.
It was discovered in the cist by experts from the university and local Mellor Archaeological Trust, who said the mystery was now how the material got to the north west. Read the full article...
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Includes a detailed description of the fort, photographs, a plan and a RCAHMW report on the site.
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The full extent of a hillfort likened to an Iron Age "Millennium Stadium" has been uncovered by investigators.
Gaer Fawr hillfort at Guilsfield, near Welshpool, Powys, is effectively hidden by woodland, making it impossible to appreciate the scale of it.
Detailed survey by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales produced a computer model of the site which dates from around 800BC.
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A good little article about the Wrekin including directions and folklore.
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Iron Age Man Leaves Museum
From an article published on the BBC News web site on 28th January 2008:The remains of an Iron Age man found in a peat bog are leaving the British Museum for the first time in 17 years.
Lindow Man was found in a Cheshire marsh in 1984, nearly 2,000 years after his horrific death.
Chemicals in the bog preserved the body and researchers found his throat was slit and he was garrotted, possibly as a sacrificial victim.
Lindow Man is being moved from London to the Manchester Museum, on long-term loan, and will be displayed from April. Read the full article...
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Ancient Skeleton Goes on Display
From an article published on the BBC News web site on 7th December 2007:A 29,000-year-old skeleton is being displayed in Wales for the first time since it was discovered in a Gower cave in the 1820s.
The Red Lady of Paviland, actually the remains of a young male, is the earliest formal human burial to have been found in western Europe.
It is going on show on Saturday at the National Museum in Cardiff.
Artefacts also include a 13th Century figure of Christ, Bronze Age jewellery, a Viking sword guard and a Roman cup.
All were found at various locations throughout Wales and are brought together for the first time for the exhibition Origins: In Search of Early Wales. Read the full article...
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Future husbands would go there by night it is said and beat themselves against the protuberances unclothed in order to have beautiful children! Source: The Megaliths of Brittany, Jacques Briard (ISBN: 2-87747-063-6).
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At 9.5 metres, Kerloas Menhir is the tallest standing stone to remain erect. In the English Edition of The Megaliths of Brittany (ISBN: 2-87747-063-6) Jacques Briard states that the stone was originally over 10 metres high, but the tip was struck off during a thunder storm "some centuries ago", bits landing in a nearby farm. At it's base the menhir has two very feminine looking lumps. The stone is granite, and is thought to have been transported 3km from L'Aber Ildut.
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I rang the National Trust today to ask if it might be possible to visit the chamber. I was told that the land around it is used by Chesire County Council for childrens' outdoor activities, and is therefor out of bounds for National Trust Visitors. The argument is that it's unsafe for members of the public to be given free access to an area where children are playing!
I gather that it doesn't matter whether schools are using the land at the time of a proposed visit or not. The agreement has been entered into between the National Trust and Chesire County Council, and it is apparently inflexible. What has the world come to?!
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Reed Boat Sets off on Ocean Trip
From an article by Mark Pivac, published on the BBC News web site on 12th July 2007:A team of explorers has set sail from the US for Spain in a 12-metre-long (40ft) reed boat, hoping to spend about two months sailing across the Atlantic.
They are trying to prove that Stone Age people crossed the ocean thousands of years before Christopher Columbus in the 15th Century.
Aymara Indians in Bolivia, who still use reed boats, built the new vessel. Read the full article...
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I live in a small Welsh seaside town on the west coast. As well as being well placed for visiting the local sites, it's relatively easy to get to sites in south Wales, north Wales and the borders.
In the unlikely event that anyone wants to know more about the family, or request the use of one of the photos posted on this site, visit the following web site:
10feet.org
Some of my favourite prehistoric sites:
Avebury (England)
Calanais (Scotland)
Castlerigg (England)
Dolgamfa (Wales)
Gavrinis (France)
Kernic (France)
Pentre Ifan (Wales)
La Roche-aux-Fées (France)
Stones of Stennes (Scotland)
Wayland's Smithy (England)
Kammer x
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