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County Donegal |
Hoard of the Rings - Bronze Age treasure on displayThe heaviest intact prehistoric gold hoard ever found in Ireland has gone on public display at the Donegal County Museum in Letterkenny. More: https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2019/1119/1092820-donegal-gold-hoard/ |
Posted by ryaner19th November 2019ce |
Wiltshire |
Bush Barrow dagger studs - gold analysishttps://www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/2019/11/18/bush-barrow-dagger-studs-gold-analysis/?fbclid=IwAR1GLNV8PO8NeavNneSH01aG5p1Ca9Zjtk1CCty2GNkhjtC_Ck4ee16n1eU The results are now in! Did the Bronze Age gold, found in a burial close to Stonehenge, came from Britain, Ireland or Brittany. Located close to Stonehenge, Bush Barrow is Britain's richest Bronze Age burial. The most remarkable discovery was a gold-studded dagger pommel, set with thousands of microscopic gold studs thinner than a human hair. Using a recently developed scientific technique, Dr Chris Standish of Southampton University, has identified the most likely source of the gold used to make this amazing object - answering a question that has puzzled archaeologists for decades? Dr Standish has developed a metallurgical technique that analyses the proportions of different isotopes within the lead impurities in the gold. These proportions were compared with information about gold from known sources in Ireland, Cornwall, Wales and Brittany. A single gold stud was used for the analysis using X-ray Fluorescence - a non-destructive technique. The blade of the Bush Barrow dagger is of a type found in both Brittany and Britain and gold-studded pommels have been found on both sides of the English Channel. Some archaeologists have thought that the dagger pommel was made in Brittany as more have been found in Brittany but the craft skills needed to make the dagger pommel are higher than used in any other goldwork in either Britain or France at this early date. The dagger was buried with a Chieftain who died in about 1950BC at a time when Stonehenge was at the centre of an internationally important ceremonial landscape - the sarsen stone trilithons were erected in about 2,500BC and the bluestones from Wales were placed in their final positions at the site in about 1,600BC before Stonehenge finally went out of use in about 1,500BC. Analysis undertaken 30 years ago of gold objects from burials in the Stonehenge landscape suggested that the gold used came from Ireland. Analysis by Dr Standish of gold objects found in Ireland has shown that many are made of gold from Cornwall (see this article in the Independent by David Keys) and gold from Cornwall was also used in the famous Nebra Sky Disk found in Germany and displayed at the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle (see this article about the analysis of the Sky Disk). |
Posted by tjj18th November 2019ce |
Knocknarea (Cairn(s)) |
Conservation plan required for cairn of Queen Maeve atop KnocknareaA meeting of Sligo County Council has heard there is an incredible amount of damage being done to one of the most significant historic monuments in the country, the stone cairn over Queen Maeve’s grave on the summit of Knocknarea. Sinn Fein Councillor Chris MacManus says a small number of people climb on top of the cairn while Fine Gael Councillor Sinead Maguire says people can be seen coming down the mountain carrying rocks from the cairn. A local resident in the area also told Ocean FM News recently that some people have been digging up quartz stones from around the base of the cairn. More (including a short poscast): https://www.oceanfm.ie/2019/11/12/conservation-plan-required-for-cairn-of-queen-maeve/?fbclid=IwAR1a2nXG8r302c0nimDg6CjVi-rTSgn2ZOhumlnKeEYZfIlfPttgmVOE-xA |
Posted by ryaner 13th November 2019ce |
The Rollright Stones (Stone Circle) |
Rollright Stones road widening plan criticisedshould make parking and crossing the road interesting for visitors. :( More here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-50391077?fbclid=IwAR1I-NYFLXPihYnw2F5URZczt01T4OcHD4VlUeK6nIcdve72YwyoiJuSYyg |
Posted by scubi6313th November 2019ce |
Dun Torcuill (Broch) |
North Uist Iron Age site damage investigated by policePolice are investigating a reported unauthorised excavation at an Iron Age site in the Western Isles. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-50374336 |
Posted by drewbhoy13th November 2019ce |
South Ronaldsay |
Whale bone DNA gives new clues to Iron Age Orkney lifeWhen they first unearthed the container near a broch at South Ronaldsay, archaeologists knew it was a hollowed out whale vertebra. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-50308033 |
Posted by drewbhoy 6th November 2019ce |
Battle Hill (Hillfort) |
Archaeologists return to Aberdeenshire woodland to dig into region’s prehistoryArchaeologists have returned to an Aberdeenshire woodland to uncover further secrets and shed light on what life was like for north-east peoples thousands of years ago. More info : https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeenshire/1816669/archaeologists-return-to-aberdeenshire-woodland-to-dig-into-regions-prehistory/ |
Posted by drewbhoy 5th November 2019ce |
Boyne Valley Complex |
Archaeologists say they've discovered what could be Neolithic log boats near NewgrangeThe river bed of the Boyne is being searched by archaeologists. ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE IDENTIFIED what could be Neolithic log boats as well as boulders, perhaps intended to be used in the building of Newgrange or Knowth, in the river bed of the Boyne, near to the famous monuments. More: https://jrnl.ie/4878107 |
Posted by ryaner 4th November 2019ce |
Southern England |
London Treasure - Haveringhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7595797/Huge-Bronze-Age-treasure-hoard-dating-3-000-years-offering-gods.html |
Posted by Howburn Digger21st October 2019ce |
Highland (Mainland) |
Orkney link to Pictish man buried in Highland caveHis genetics were found to be most similar to other Iron Age individuals from the Knowe of Skea in Westray in Orkney. More info : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-50095632 |
Posted by drewbhoy 19th October 2019ce |
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