An account of the Hill Fort of the Barmekyne in Aberdeenshire.
By James Skene of Rubislaw, Esquire.
Archaeologica Scotica: transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Volume 2 (1822)
An antiquarian article most notable for the super drawings of the fort.
A nice comprehensive website covering all aspects of prehistory in Penwith
An absolutely wonderful website, packed full of ancient photographs and illustrations of the prehistoric monuments of Cornwall.
My current favourite is the 1860’s photograph of Lanyon Quoit and a bloke in a stove pipe hat.
This webcam has Carmarthen in the forground and Merlin’s Hill in the distance (on the horizon to the right of the church tower). The camera is very strangely positioned, so I’m not sure if it’s been accidentally moved, or if this is the intended view.
A webpage devoted to that shamen of British teatime telly, Doctor Who. This episode was filmed around Chipping Norton using the Rollrights as a location. The episode also features druids and the Cailleach.
Professor Rumford: ‘Are you from outer space?‘
Doctor: ‘No. I’m more from what you’d call inner time.‘
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Alastair reckons this may have been embanked. Looking at his photos, he may well be right.
Apparently, these stones are the remains of a circle. If they are the same spot. The grid refs are not exactly the same, Alastair reckons SD192873.
Not much more detail than is given above, but has a link to an online map showing the position of this (apparently) lost long cairn.
A page by Roger Hulm, giving the name of the stone as ‘Cefn Llech’. Hulm includes some good directions to the stone.
Another excellent little page by local man Roger Hulm. Hulm gives a translation of ‘Maengwyngweddw’ as, ‘the stone of the white widow’, and indicates that it’s a possible allusion to the legend associated with Maen Serth.
A page by Roger Hulm, describing Maen Serth and the 12th century legend associated with it.
A virtual 360 degree view of the stones and plateau.
This informative page includes a long-distance view of the striking mountain.
A photo of the intricately decorated and burnished beaker found in the barrow in 1929. There’s also a picture of the excavators.
There used to be two barrows here but the other one was destroyed when they put in a gas pipeline.
Gilles MacBain has worked out the dates that the sun rises and set through the Devils Bit
A Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) webpage for Haw Springs Burnt Mounds.
An aerial photo of the Sarn-y-Bryn-Caled reconstruction.
About a third of the way down this page is a photograph of the reconstruction of the Sarn-y-Bryn-Caled timber circle in situ.
Photos of the cairn kerb (identified in this context as ‘stone circle’) as well as a photo of the nearby round cairn.
A slightly patchy description of the stones and some photos of them in the fog.
Cornwall information resource with features including archaeological sites, towns and villages, interactive maps, places to stay and much much more.
Article giving more details about the site and finds (including photo of someone wearing the gold disc).
Brief description of Cooper’s Hole with photos, animation and links.
