Hut Circle NG80604 77131 – possible entrance on the south east.
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November 28, 2025
Hut Circle NG80604 77131 – the much added stonework to the south wall.
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Hut Circle NG80604 77131 – possible hearth, the walls have been added to throughout the centuries.
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Hut Circle NG80604 77131 – the east side.
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Hut Circle NG80604 77131 – the north side.
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Hut Circle NG80604 77131 – circular structure next the hut circle.
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The discovery of a series of huge Neolithic pits have been confirmed at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site after initial research a few years ago.
The massive pits at Durrington Walls in Wiltshire are set at regular intervals, ten metres in diameter and more than five metres deep.
November 27, 2025
Described as a ring-barrow on the modern os map, although i think this must be a mistake, (still likely a barrow i.m.o tho), here’s the os description: KD028-002---- : Barrow – ring-barrow : CURRAGH (Ballysax East ED)
Description: A small earthen mound (H. c. 2.3m – 3m; upper surface diam. c. 5m) is badly damaged by heavy vehicle traffic at N and S. Traces of a possible outer bank are visible at the NE. (O’Riordáin 1950, 276: Site V; scaled section NE-SW Plate XXVII)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
References: Ó Ríordáin 1950, S.P. 1950 Excavation of some earthworks on the Curragh, Co. Kildare. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 53 C 2, 249-77.
Six-Inch First edition: ‘Crockaun‘
Six-Inch Latest edition: ‘Crockaun‘
ITM Coordinates: 677613 , 710539
Latitude and Longitude: 53.139716 , -6.839986
The brownstown “arteficial mound” which in my opinion, is most likely a mound barrow of sorts, considerring its proximity to other bronze age burial mounds in the area and its general shape aligning with the that class of monument, on a frosty november morning
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Cambridge University Press article on recent excavations on Brusselstown Hill.
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Archaeologists are to resume digging at the Ness of Brodgar on Orkney after 3D radar technology discovered an “extraordinary” object which has yet to be identified.
November 26, 2025
The Scottish government has approved the introduction of an entry fee for the first time at one of the Western Isles’ most popular and ancient sites.
This circle is in a magnificent spot atop a small hill roughly equidistant between Mither Tap and Tap o’Noth. So no wonder the Picts marked an already ancient stone, they must’ve loved this place as a prominent point between two forts, especially ift hey used beacons. I figure an ancient track went past it, and it was probably quite the highway back in the day.
It’s a real shame that a bunch of heathens has tried so hard to blow up the recumbent, it looks a bit sad now, all angular at the ends and yet still unbroken in spirit. Ritchie was already commenting on this attempted idiocy in 1909, so it’s not recent damage. I would blame the ancient landowner but Welfare mentions shepherds who used the recumbent as the back of an almighty fireplace for boiling tar!? I really don’t know why you would do that at the top if a hill, but the stones still standing in the RSC do bear black marks :(
The fallen stones at the circle are a blend of field collection, a possible inner cairn and probably a few fallen orthostats. As my pix show, there’s a stone in the ground halfway between the circle and the outliers, plus another possible outlier at the edge of the trees. The pinky sunset was lush!
Wow it’s bloomin amazing. It’s huge!! The ceiling is composed of massive hunks of pink granite. This was no fridge, don’t make me laugh. This was a supercool hidey hole for giants playing hide and seek. That much is obvious.
Parking is bad, if that’s because the Brownies have cultivated a former layby on the other side of the road then shame on the Brownies, I hope they grow up to realise the error of their ways. But the souterrain itself is just wonderful. I could even stand up at the end! Which put my head amongst the resident flies, an unexpected pleasure in late November.
What a great site! Someone has driven into the big sign which adds a welcome air of comedy.
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In the field containing the RSC, about halfway between the fence and the circle is a stone poking out of the ground which certainly could be another outlier (part of an avenue?). The two standing outliers are directly behind me..
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Another possible outlier stone lying at the edge of the trees near to the two ones still standing
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Such a wonderful site, apologies for the finger top right. I hadn’t noticed the potential to hold water on the top surface of the recumbent before (or I had and then forgotten). A nice feature, kinda looks like a pair of eyes.
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