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June 12, 2003
June 11, 2003
This Tinkinswood Web page contains a goodly selection of thumbnails and some background information on the site.
June 9, 2003
Photos & information.
June 8, 2003
The oval mound at Balgeeth, Ardcath has not been excavated. The mound measures 12 metres north-south and 9 metres east-west. The mound is situated on a ridge between Newgrange to the North and Fourknocks to the East.
June 6, 2003
The drums are on display in the British Museum – run up the stairs in the entrance hall and there you are.
June 5, 2003
I am adding some sites on Windover Hill, the site of the Long Man of Wilmington. These photographs were taken nearly 4 years ago and I have only just dug them up!
The landscape above the Long Man is well worth a visit for those who don’t mind shapes in the grass with no interesting rocks cluttering up the place. We don’t really do rocks in this neck of the woods.
(See the Goldstone, in Brighton, for a notable exception. The only megalith to have had a football ground named after it!)
The fact that a large Neolithic Long Barrow and a large Bronze Age Round Barrow seem to be aligned with the space on which the Long Man now stands is something that I find intriguing. While the Naturalistic figure of the Long Man could only be Roman at the very oldest, I believe there to have been something on this site for a very long time. If only we could see what were the original designs on this hill.
June 4, 2003
A legend about the Welsh giant that created the Wrekin on his way to Shrewsbury (he took a wrong turn somewhere). A second legend about the origins of the hill is also linked to from this page.
June 2, 2003
Heres a good link for those wanting to find out more about the excavation of the mysterious 29 steps.
May 28, 2003
The author of this excellent and comprehensive website went in search of the rumoured stone circle* and the hill figure – pointed in the right direction by the locals they apparently found the right spot. No sign remains of the pony/donkey but they did find some stones, of which there is a photo. They don’t look very big, but who’s to say: they could still be ancient? Does anyone else have any information about this circle?
May 27, 2003
Richard Osgood’s page on the barrow including three reasons why it’s difficult to see clearly: on the side of the road, being cut by a hedge, and lying under 1.2m of grasses. Better keep a sharp eye out.
May 26, 2003
Some info on the Winn’s Common Tumulus
May 25, 2003
Photos and information
Photos and information
May 19, 2003
Photos and information for Tigh na Ruaich stone circle.
May 16, 2003
The official Pembroke Castle Web site. Contains opening times and entrance fees. Not recommended for modem users, unless you’re especially patient.
May 15, 2003
Unusual carved megaliths found at Knowlton Henges, 2000
May 14, 2003
Anecdotes of weird experiences at Chanctonbury Ring.
May 13, 2003
List of the scheduled monuments around Bradford including most of the sites on Rombald’s Moor
May 12, 2003
General info page of stones and links to maps and ratings etc.
May 11, 2003
Includes the larger scale map I mention in my fieldnotes – which would have been useful to have before I visited
Photos and information
Photos and information
May 9, 2003
Some old photographs of the village and the stones.