An entry from Ancient Stones, an online database that covers most of the standing stones, stone circles and other stones found in South East Scotland. Each entry includes details, directions, photograph, folklore, parking and field notes on each location.
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May 6, 2005
An entry from Ancient Stones, an online database that covers most of the standing stones, stone circles and other stones found in South East Scotland. Each entry includes details, directions, photograph, folklore, parking and field notes on each location.
An entry from Ancient Stones, an online database that covers most of the standing stones, stone circles and other stones found in South East Scotland. Each entry includes details, directions, photograph, folklore, parking and field notes on each location.
See also entry 008.
An entry from Ancient Stones, an online database that covers most of the standing stones, stone circles and other stones found in South East Scotland. Each entry includes details, directions, photograph, folklore, parking and field notes on each location.
An entry from Ancient Stones, an online database that covers most of the standing stones, stone circles and other stones found in South East Scotland. Each entry includes details, directions, photograph, folklore, parking and field notes on each location.
An entry from Ancient Stones, an online database that covers most of the standing stones, stone circles and other stones found in South East Scotland. Each entry includes details, directions, photograph, folklore, parking and field notes on each location.
This site is listed in the Other Sites section.
April 28, 2005
David Staveley’s article on the yew forest and the folklore of the area.
April 25, 2005
A great site (put together by a local) packed with interesting info on Hollingbury.
April 24, 2005
A page from CastleUK.net, giving information on the site, though a visit is all one should need to doubt that anyone would bother building any sort of castle that could fit on the top of the site!
April 19, 2005
Summary of the excavation of one of the aforementioned cists on Cataclews Point near Constantine Bay.
Summary of excavation and finds at Harlyn Bay Prehistoric Burial Ground (near Constantine Bay)
April 18, 2005
A whole load of pages, showing all 14 panels discovered so far.
A bunch of photos of the outcrop and it’s carvings
A bunch of images of the portable rock art embedded in the bridge foundations.
April 15, 2005
Orkney Islands Council will be gradually putting online guides and walks for all areas of Orkney. So far walks in West Mainland, Stronsay and Sanday can be viewed/downloaded.
April 13, 2005
Brief description of Allt Chrysal from the Barra webpage.
Pats excellent website with a description of this (as Danby High Moor) and many other monuments
April 11, 2005
Summary of finds at Offham Hill excavation – password required
April 5, 2005
PSAS articles
This link takes you to the PSAS volume index.
Volumes 34 to 39 inclusive contain articles on RSCs which, despite their age, are almost indispensible.
They comprise a six-part survey by Fred Coles of (probably) all the stone circles in Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire including fine ground plans and stone measurements in each case.
Many site entries have excellent drawings of the stones (not so good on human figures though!) and, of course, it is always interesting to hear what the writer has to say about the circles based on the local knowledge around at the start of the last century.
Volume 102 has an article by Burl on RSCs including grid references on 74 definite and 18 probable RSC sites.
These PSAS references are all PDF articles, many of them very long.
Other web sites
Megalithics at megalithics.com/scotland.htm has some good movie panoramas of RSCs including some of the lesser well known ones.
This Aberdeen University site abdn.ac.uk/~lib266/stones/main.htm#index
has wide coverage of RSCs and other sites. Especially good on directions
A concise history of Alton Priors by John Chandler, which points out among other things
- that the Ridgeway passes ludicrously close by (check out a 1:25000 OS map),
- the reasons for there being two churches almost next to each other,
- and that the bumps in the field are probably the remains of the village which has since shrunk (not barrows, I’m afraid, as notjamesbond suggests above)
April 3, 2005
Some nice photos of Cerrig yr Wyn plus grid references etc.
April 1, 2005
Page from the Countryside Alliance’s own website, bragging about the vandalism, including a picture of it taking place.
17/8/05 UPDATE: They seem to have removed the picture. What a shame...
2/8/06 UPDATE: It’s back again. Maybe they think the heat is off now...
5/7/07 UPDATE: And it’s gone again
March 28, 2005
March 24, 2005
Photo of two axes found at Cwm Mawr / Corndon Hill.