Gidleigh Common N Cairn viewed from Gidleigh Common S Cairn.
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April 17, 2026
Visited 01.04.26
Gidleigh Common S Cairn is a low mound c. 450m NNE of Scorhill Stone Circle on the E edge of Dartmoor. The round grassy cairn stands out as a green island on brown moorland. According to Historic England 1018908 it measures 0.75m high with a c. 12m diameter. Historic England states that there are traces of an inner ring of stones on the S Arc. Gidleigh Common N Cairn lies c. 25m NNE of Gidleigh Common S Cairn.
From inside the cave looking south over Loch Crinan.
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Looking north west(ish) along the small cliff face.
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Underneath the foliage there is a much damaged dry stane dyke.
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The north west part of the cairn shows how massive this cairn must have been.
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North looking south, underneath the grass some kerbs remain in place.
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The centre of the cairn, badly houked, turf and moss doing their best to hide the damage.
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April 15, 2026
Castle Ditches Iron Age Promontory Fort - PART TWO
Don’t leave home without those secateurs.....
Castle Ditches Iron Age Promontory Fort - PART ONE
Near Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan
Excavations at a scooped settlement north of Moffat in October 2024 have helped shed light on life in Southern Scotland in prehistory.
The cremated remains of an Iron Age man have been unearthed during an archaeological excavation in Dumfries and Galloway.
Burnt bone fragments were discovered during an initial dig of the Adie’s Brae settlement at Ericstane, near Moffat, in 2024.
The remains of a human settlement dating back thousands of years have been found near a castle in the south-west of Glasgow.
At least five roundhouses and a fenced enclosure that may have surrounded them were discovered during a geophysical survey carried out at Crookston Castle.
April 13, 2026
At Athgraney
Between Donard and Hollywood village, by Hollywood Glen Rd on the lands of Mr Mc Cormack is a circle of Piper’s Stones. Close to these on the north is a large granite boulder with a channel or groove cut north to south crossed in the center by another channel from east to west. This is supposed to be a sacrificial stone. “The Pipers played and the young ladies danced so merrily that fire came from somewhere and burned them ( Pipers and Dances) all up”.
(Told to me by Mrs Toomey who lived close by in a farmers house with her husband) P.S. The Blood of the Victim was supposed to flow north, south, east and west. The offerer was to face the rising sun
This extract is from Duchas.ie, the schools collection, Donard school co. Wicklow, collected by T. Moynihan
Mound 3030102 is located just a few hundred metres from “Bakken”, the world’s oldest amusement park, which dates back to 1583. The photo was taken during the winter season when the park is closed. The park is open every day during the summer season, when admission is free.
Image credit: Bjørn Houdorf
Mound with reference number 3030102 in national Danish database “Fund og fortidsminder”
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