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Another article by Leeds: “Further Excavations in Barrow Hills Field, Radley, Berks” with map and diagrams. What a straight line those ‘barrows’ made! Mr Leeds has a rather readable style compared to many report writers (despite the kind of dry subject matter). From volume III (1938).

“The Excavation of Cherbury Camp, 1939 – an interim report” by J S P Bradford. From Oxoniensia volume V.

An article from Oxoniensia (v8-9) by the mighty W F Grimes: “Excavations at Stanton Harcourt, Oxon., 1940.” Includes lots of maps and drawings of the quoits and other monuments.

Coflein says that this is a strongly built fort that was occupied in the Iron Age, but was also used in the late Roman period. It encloses about 7 acres and has a small earlier univallate structure inside.
This webpage gives details of the excavations in 2000.

Short article about the recently revealed alignments at the site.

A pdf file of an essay from 1929 by Duncan Colville, with photos.

Courtesy of The Archaeology Data Service.

More info about the stone, with mention of the other ancient stones of the island, including the Bodach and the Cailleach.

Some stuff about possible archaeoastronomical significance of the stone.

Aerial photo.

Aerial photo.

The broch’s outline is quite distinct in this aerial photo.

Aerial photo.

Aerial photo.

Aerial photo.

Aerial photo.

Drawing of an urn found in the Beedon Barrow (top).

This is a rather neat drawing of the urns found during excavation of the barrow in 1842. According to the information on ‘Magic’, each urn was upended over a cremation burial. The mound is about 1.3m high and would have had a view of the river to the NW.

This barrow is right next to a track in the northern half of the wood. There’s also a round barrow in the southern part of the wood at TR133536.

[sadly this link is broken and I can’t find the urn picture any more]

“Sept 1806. A large oblong Barrow was open’d in the Parish of Duntesbourne Abbots Gloucestershire; in which was found a Kistvaen containing about eight or nine Bodies of different Ages...”

Pencil / pen and ink drawings from 1806 of ‘before and after’ the excavations.

Panorama of the circle, early morning April 2003

360 degree panorama from the centre of the circle.

Some great photographs and further information on this site.

360 degree panorama of Maen Ceti – August 2004

360 degree panorama of St. Lythans – August 2004

360 degree panorama of Tinkinswood – August 2004