Known prehistoric monuments in churchyards

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tjj T
tjj Aug 9, 2013 18:09:24

Yesterday, purely by chance, I had a chat to an archaeologist (may have been a student) from Cranfield University who doing some geophysing/mapping in the churchyard at Ogbourne St Andrew in Wiltshire. He said it was unusual for a Bronze Age mound/barrow to survive in such close proximity to a Saxon/Norman church and there are only about 12 examples of this in the country. The barrow/mound is actually in the small churchyard but hidden by trees.

I know about Rudston monolith in east Yorkshire but was wondering if anyone knows where the others are - would like to include Ireland in that question.

Apologies in advance if this is a bit obvious and has been already discussed (I think not recently).

C cerrig
cerrig Aug 9, 2013 18:34:41
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Llanwrtll near Rhyader has a standing stone by the entrance. Don't know of any barrows though.

T tiompan
tiompan Aug 9, 2013 18:39:05
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Midmar Kirk http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/190/midmar_kirk.html
Boho /Reyfad (not the main panel )http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6480/reyfad.html
Killadeas possible .http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2439/killadeas.html
Innerleithen :http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4940/innerleithen_parish_church.html

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 9, 2013 19:36:56
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There are a few stones in Welsh churchyards, but many a dubiously prehistoric.

Here's a few:

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/119/ysbyty_cynfyn.html

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6996/llangernyw_yew_and_standing_stones.html

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/14257/st_cadfans_churchyard_tywyn.html

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/135/four_stones_of_gwytherin.html

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/7127/corwen_cross.html

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/8407/maen_twrog.html

R ryaner
ryaner Aug 9, 2013 20:17:31
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Tara

T tjj
tjj Aug 9, 2013 20:42:16
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Thanks to all, seems a lot to be going on with there - and Stanton Drew of course as well. I think maybe the person I spoke might have been talking about barrows only - I don't know of anywhere (apart from the one at Ogbourne St Andrew) where a church has been built alongside a barrow.
Lots of places where the church 'may' have been built on top of an ancient burial site.

D drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 9, 2013 23:29:00
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Midmar, Marnoch, Leochel Cushnie, St Wallchs, Kinellar up here.

R ryaner
ryaner Aug 10, 2013 11:49:53
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The graveyard at Bobsville in Co. Meath, just south of the Loughcrew complex. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/9050/bobsville.html is on a mound that is suspiciously like a passage grave/barrow. The presence of the cup-marked stone makes it even more suspicious. I suspect them old christians were up to summat there.

H Howburn Digger
Howburn Digger Aug 10, 2013 11:59:15
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Arbroath Eastern cemetery. The coffins kept falling into a souterrain under the burial lairs.

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/35545/details/arbroath+eastern+cemetery/

H Howburn Digger
Howburn Digger Aug 10, 2013 16:01:14
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There is this caged beauty at Glencorse Kirk.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/2478/glencorse.html

Here is is on Google Maps Street View.

http://goo.gl/maps/jrk3C

H Howburn Digger
Howburn Digger Aug 10, 2013 16:06:01
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http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-6UFC5F

T TheStandingStone
TheStandingStone Aug 12, 2013 20:40:38
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Killeencormac in Co. Kildare may be a passage tomb.

http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/1654/killeen_cormac_passage_tomb.htm

M mascot
mascot Aug 13, 2013 07:54:56
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Also standing stone at Spiital of Glenshee church in Scotland

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2804/old_kirk_spittal_of_glenshee.html