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Detailed 3-day weather forecast for the Cumbrian mountains, with conditions on the fells.

Photo of the howe by Paul Allison.

Since pebblesfromheaven & wolfnighthunter made amazing new (re-) discoveries at Townhead, we have separated the Townhead sites in different collections. This link brings you to the Townhead-1 site and you may easily navigate to the other sites from there. Enjoy!

A photo of the cairn, which is apparently one of the largest in Northumberland.

A photo of the carved stone from Bryn Celli Ddu, now housed in the National Museum and Galleries of Wales in Cardiff.

Details of surrounding archaeology and chariot burial from a local history group.

A photo of the hill by Pete Glastonbury, as part of his ‘Wansdyke Panoramic Tour’.

Bennachie, Hill Fort and Mither Tap

Bennachie, well worth the climb.

Mid Summer in the Hill Fort on Tap O’ Noth

Mid Summer and no sun, must be Scotland!

Interesting site on rockart in northern europe

Historic Scotland site with links and emails to various groups concerned with the protection and upkeep of rock carvings in Scotland. You can also download the Scottish Executive Policy & Guidance on carved stones.

Thomas Hardy set his short story ‘What the Shepherd Saw’ at the Devil’s Den (or the Devil’s Door, as he called it).

“To the south, in the direction of the young shepherd’s idle gaze, there rose one conspicuous object above the uniform moonlit plateau, and only one. It was a Druidical trilithon, consisting of three oblong stones in the form of a doorway, two on end, and one across as a lintel. Each stone had been worn, scratched, washed, nibbled, split, and otherwise attacked by ten thousand different weathers; but now the blocks looked shapely and little the worse for wear, so beautifully were they silvered over by the light of the moon.”

The WW1 poet Charles Hamilton Sorley (only 20 when he died) wrote this poem about Barbury Castle.

Richard Jefferies wrote about Liddington Castle in his ‘Story of My Heart’ – and you may concur with his sentiments.

“By the time I had reached the summit I had entirely forgotten the petty circumstances and the annoyances of existence. I felt myself, myself.”

Photos showing the prominent position of the cairn

Living on the Edge – pdf format with images of archeology

A Photo of Brinklow in 1910 with sheep grazing and Elm trees

TimeTrail – Warwickshire Museum
Scroll down the page to find maps, stats and a pictures

Essentially a castle web site – but gives some interesting dimensions, dates and info