according to this website....
Pilsdon Pen (the name is a part Celtic name, pen being well known to all walkers in Wales as the local name there for a hill) is the highest hill of Dorset, standing 277m – that is 908 feet above the sea, 92 feet short of being a mountain!?
Another Greame C site , this one explores the myths around Roseberry and it’s well
Cool rock art site
A pretty little page about the Unstan cairn, including background information, a simple plan of the tomb, and links to high resolution photos of the tomb (including one photo of an engraving on the interior which I don’t recall seeing when we visited).
Jenny’s page shows two long shots which really give you an idea of the expanse of rock some of the carvings cover.
A panorama of Castlerigg brought to you by the venerable BBC (powered by Java, so no plug-in necessary).
This is an old Web site (superseded by something a lot more ugly and jumbled), but it’s still worth visiting. The pages on Castlerigg include some aerial photos of the circle.
English Heritage`s latest plans for the liberation of the Stonehenge landscape.......and they want to hear what you think!
circles of stone and mounds of earth in Perthshire
Circles of stone and mounds of earth in Perthshire
Circles of stone and mounds of earth in Perthshire
This page on Kemp Howe contains links to some photos of the circle, including an interesting aerial shot that gives a good idea of how the circle has been buried by the railway.
Discussions on the conflicts between modern Pagans, archaeologists, land owners and other interested parties over ancient sites.
This site has a selection of photos of the Nympsfield barrow, a diagrammatical plan of the site and (wackiest of all) Virtual Reality Panoramas. These are fun, but a bit tricky to operate. I felt nauseous after swinging around in circles a few times. You’ll need either a Java compatible browser or the RealVR plug-in to see the panoramas.
Gwytherin Page on the Celtic Inscribed Stones Project (CISP) online database.
A laser scan of one of the timbers
A wonderful laser scan of one of the walls
Article – ‘The Gypsey Race and the Great Wolds Valley Sacred Landscape‘
Penny Drayton gives an interesting account of ‘ox hides’ and prehistoric sites.
Frank E Earp’s article on the Old Stones of Nottinghamshire talks mainly of the Hemlock Stone but mentions some other local sites.
Image of one of the Dunamuck rows. Another image from the collection can be found here.
Images and description of these two cupmarked stones.
Images and description of the site.
A giant picked up this stone to trash a rival’s house with. You can still see his fingermarks in it. On the way there he slipped and dropped it, and it lies where it fell.
This site tells you everything you could wish to know about the history and folklore of the Tibblestone at its 6-ways crossroads.
Various photos illustrate Sandy’s description
