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Part of William Long’s ‘Abury’ article on Silbury Hill

Maud Edith Cunnington CBE (née Pegge) (24 September 1869–28 February 1951), was a Welsh-born archaeologist, most famous for her pioneering work on the prehistoric sites of Wessex.

Woodhenge and The Sanctuary were bought by Maud and Ben Cunnington and given to the nation.

Stuart Ernest Piggott CBE (28 May 1910–23 September 1996) was a British archaeologist most well known for his work on prehistoric Wessex.

Wikipedia listing for the man who gave us all a chance to glimpse the world of the ancestors........

Follow the links on this page for more of the team.

This site is mostly in Spanish, but does have some information in English.

Artist pencil drawing and information including:

Chun is derived from the Cornish ‘chy-an-woone’, meaning house on the downs.

On a Cromlech-tumulus called Lugbury, near Littleton Drew. By John Thurnam, M.D., F.S.A.

You can now read Thurman’s article from 1857 at Google Books, where it is scanned in as part of the Wiltshire Archaeology and Natural History Magazine. It’s on p164. There’s also a drawing of the barrow from 1821, which appears to show two upright stones at the far end of the barrow. Maybe this is an elaboration of the engraver’s – 1821 was when Colt Hoare excavated the site. You can’t have five stones in ‘three stone field’ can you??

This page could be useful for figuring out local placenames.
Another part of Helena Kennedy’s website promotes local studies in schools (including using real historical Cheshire placenames to devise new folklore) – and to keep the old dialect alive. She also has links to her paintings of various prehistoric sites.

John Piper’s collage of the hill, from 1938.

Certain rules and restrictions that apply to public access to Stonehenge

An aerial photo of the site- an Iron Age enclosure and two Bronze Age barrows can be seen cutting into the bright chalk.

Another page shows some Iron Age coins found at the site. They’re from the first half of the first century BC:
canterburytrust.co.uk/schools/gallery/gall05a.htm

More details in this document:
canterburytrust.co.uk/annreps/pdfs/2001/003.pdf

In Italian only (Oct 07) but with other languages including English “coming soon”.

I’m surprised a story like this hasn’t been made into a film. William Lowdes abandoned his young wife and child, remarried illegally, and went off on a crime spree round the country. He got so good at stealing the mail, he got the nickname ‘The Postmaster’. Eventually they caught up with him and in 1791 he was hanged at Gallows Hill in Boughton (now known as ‘Barrel Well Hill’). His body was taken to hang from a gibbet on Helsby Hill (no doubt because of the smell), but according to Joseph Hemingway’s ‘History of the City of Chester’ (1831) “the gibbet pole was in a short time after cut down by some people in the neighbourhood, and was not again erected.” Just something gruesome to think about when you visit the fort.

A Description of the Deverel Barrow, Opened A.D. 1825: by William Augustus Miles.

The beginning of this pamphet consists of a  fantastic amount of waffle. But then it gets better when he actually gets started on describing the excavation – and at the end are some nice drawings of the urns.

It’s followed by a description of the “coal money” found at Kimmeridge – round carved pieces of the Kimmeridge shale, from the coast south of here.

Anthony Weirs take on Labbamologga

Heritage Malta
A wonderful site with details of tickets prices, opening time of monuments and museums and lots more.
if you are planning on visiting the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (WHICH SHOULD BE TOP OF YOUR LIST!) you should think about booking before you travel to Malta. The booking details are here
www.heritagemaltashop.com
Enquires for booking can be sent to
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