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August 26, 2025
Both cairns, Gigha very rural place, almost NE of Scotland, with all of the cows and sheep.
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Tucked away in a corner of Hove Park in East Sussex is a big, brown and somewhat unassuming boulder.
But the story of the so-called Goldstone is far from unremarkable.
August 25, 2025
Seen from the footpath through a nearby field.
South side of the internal part of the dun looking north east.
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Looking east from the middle of the dun, the wall probably made from the dun’s stones.
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Defences both natural and man-made on the north.
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August 24, 2025
Saturday August 23rd, 2025ce. Some of the stone that’s missing.
Image credit: pce1975
Half eight in the morning of August 23rd, 2025ce.
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Kingside stone circle. Took us a while to locate as we forgot our map. There are 4 rectangular copses of conifers running West East. Circle between the first 2 from W. Park at Mayshiel farm. From the road follow the Herring Road to the first copse. Skirt the right hand side of the copse which takes you over the saddle. There are two piles of stone. One is long and wallish. Circle between. Quite lovely.
Image credit: Dave Weston
with 3d model, short video (in Dutch), pictures and further information
Mulfra Quoit, photo taken from the south-south-west on 12 April 2004.
Image credit: Chris Bond
Mulfra Quoit, photo taken from the south-west on 12 April 2004.
Image credit: Chris Bond
Mulfra Quoit, photo taken from the west-north-west on 12 April 2004.
Image credit: Chris Bond
Mulfra Quoit, photo taken from the north-north-west on 12 April 2004.
Image credit: Chris Bond
The carved HP monogram on the capstone of Mulfra Quoit. Photo taken on 12 April 2004.
Image credit: Chris Bond
with 3d model, short video (in Dutch), pictures and further information
August 23, 2025
I don’t really associate Norfolk with all things MA so being in the area decided to come and see Harpley Common. Looking at the OS map there is a cluster of Bronze Age tumuli, it’s a good spot in the landscape and the barrows would have been a prominent feature.
We started off trying to find the most northerly barrow (TF755288) as described on the MA listing which is just north of the parking spot on Peddars Way. The field where this is looks like it has been set aside and was full of bracken and hawthorn bushes; in September there was no easy sighting of the barrow.
Heading south you can easily see a fine barrow at TF759283. No obvious access into the field but easily viewed from Peddars Way and the road.
Norfolk Council had erected a good information board which had a link to a circular walk norfolk.gov.uk/media/19208/Houghton-Walking-Route/pdf/1ohoughton-walking-route.pdf?m=1701471760037 which seems to go close to a couple of the other barrow.