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October 14, 2004
October 7, 2004
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing the North East Circle and “The Altar in the middle” as seen in the late 19th Century.
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing Silbury Hill as seen in the late 19th Century (with a shepherd thrown in for free). The slide has the date Sept. 16/95 on it.
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing the Cove as seen in the late 19th Century. On the same web site another slide shows the Cove in plan.
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing the avenue surrounded by ploughed field in the late 19th Century.
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing Adam and Eve in the late 19th Century.
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing the Cove in the late 19th Century, firmly embedded in a building!
A Shufti at Sheildon – Peter Donaldson dowses at the remains of the Sheildon stone circle
October 1, 2004
St Keverne local history website has this interesting page by Margaret Hunt,
Amazing pictures and details of the excavation carried out Oct 2003......
The fogou tunnel, when excavated, revealed a magnificent structure with walling up to 1.5 m high and a scatter of huge lintel stones lying haphazardly just above the floor level. A possible human tooth was found lying near the floor surface next to pieces of black burnished ware pottery.
September 29, 2004
59 page PDF file of excavation of cairn and wheelhouse (here called a fort). Plans are at pages 58 and 59.
September 28, 2004
September 27, 2004
A site of Ancient Stones – myths, legends, archaeology and the spiritual. This site is focuses on, but is not restricted to, the Neolithic and Bronze Ages and the magnificent monuments that those people left
September 25, 2004
A-Z of which this is a sub-trail A-Z of archaeology terms with definitions over many pages
September 21, 2004
Good overview of site types and distribution. Some interesting photographs including the large barrow atop Bache Hill.
September 20, 2004
September 19, 2004
A collection of 101 facts about Ireland’s most famous monument, the megalithic passage-tomb of Newgrange, located in the Boyne Valley in County Meath, Ireland.
September 18, 2004
Trent & Peak Archaeological Unit’s page on the log boat.
September 10, 2004
September 8, 2004
September 7, 2004
Troubles surrounding the Millennium celebrations at Mayburgh.
Mike Haigh’s article on the cairn.
September 5, 2004
31 page excavation report – PDF file
September 3, 2004
old photo showing the bank