Earlier neolithic flint arrowheads scraper and knife found in association with the long house, now in Buxton museum
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Close up of two of the late neolithic early bronze age arrow heads in Buxton Museum
Bronze dagger in Buxton museum which caused a green stain on the lower jaw of the skull Stubob posted previously.
Late neolithic / early bronze age Cinerary Urn and Pygmy cup now in Buxton museum. Recovered during excavation by W. J. Andrew in 1908 (thanks HER)
The skull found in Grin Low is now on display in the buildings in front of Poole’s Cavern... Found when they built the tower apparently.
This is a new facebook group purely to discuss Peak District Prehistory. Its to show off sites we’ve been to, help for sites we can’t find and to organise meet ups! If you live nearby or regularly visit the region, feel free to join...
A sneak preview of hillfortsfromsupermarketcarparks.wordpress.com. This is Castle Naze from Morrisons in Chapel en le Frith.
Excavations by Salt and Ward found romano-british remains of at least 4 people. One skeleton found with an iron spearhead in stone lined grave near the front. Artefacts now to be found in Buxton museum.
See “Derbyshire Cavemen” by Cliffe for more cavey type facts.
The Combs Moss massive from ladder hill. Castle Naze is at the end of the leftmost spur.
Taken from ladder hill, august 2013. The main glacial ditch is on the left hand side of the hill.
[visited 27/07/13] Standing alone in the centre of a field on the edge of Rostrevor, this stone is pretty much unknown by locals. We stopped at the gate at first, parking up and then just peering at the stone like onlookers to some private event, then rushing on as we had family to visit. The next day however I made sure we had ten minutes as we went past it so shinned over the gate and had a close look.
This is a decent enough stone coming just up to chest height. I had presumed it would be edge on to the direction of the valley but it’s weird cross section meant it was hard to identify any meaningful potential alignment. Its not hard to see why it is located here though, the views are great and the stone is at the start of a pass which leads up and through the Mournes.
Access is fairly easy, just a gate climb and a short walk across a grassy field from the nearest road. The OS Mournes 50k map isn’t exactly clear as to it’s location, until you realise the marker is some distance from the text saying standing stone in the field towards town from the cemetery on Kilbroney Road.
[visited 28/07/13] Unfortunately I only got to the edge of the field for this one. The large herd of cows and bulls, if the very clear keep out notice was to be believed, blocked my path to the stone. It looks to be a bigun though, over head height and standing proud on a knoll. I suspect the views over Carlingford Lough are pretty good.
Curiously an old photo shows the stone to be encased over half way up with a mound. My limited viewpoint hinted that a lot of that has gone, but a closer look is definitely needed.
Access isn’t possible without the farmers assistance, unless you are some kinda freaky cow whisperer.
[visited 28/07/13] To be brutally honest, I thought I hadn’t found this and had just snapped a picture of an amazing modern garden ornament. Upon reflection I really wish that was the case. The modernness of the house just makes the whole thing even sadder.
Access is great, though the houseowner might complain if you park your car next to it.
Rainbow over the North East Circle and Avenue.
No way I was attempting to give this beauty a hug.
Looking over the hollow which Stubob suspects is a lime kiln on top of Tideslow.
[24/2/13] Well this is a whopper! Completely and utterly trashed however with none of the chambers obvious especially if as Stubub intimates, the large stones on top are the remains of a lime kiln. Don’t let that stop you visiting though, the views are immense in 300+ degrees making most of the northern part of the limestone plateau visible.
Access is best from the road to the West via a field then open access footpath along the edge of Tideslow Rake. You then need to leave the open access area to get to the other side of the wood.
Presentation from Megalithic Portal Live event at the Bullring 30/7/2011 of Kirsty Whitalls Archaeology Bsc dissertation regarding the barrow at the bullring, including resistivity survey results which were “not diagnostic of a barrow”. Interestingly her magnetic survey also had issues (see link for EH geofizz survey at bullring)...
[visited 30/6/12] I tried to find this before, just following Stu’s instructions on here and failed, giving up after an hour or so. This time I was better armed with an 8 figure grid ref and a GPS which got me to within 10 metres of the stone, a quick search of the vicinity then proving fruitful! As it turns out I got witin 50 metres last time and decided against trying yet another last group of trees. If I had persisted I probably would have found it last time. Stu’s instructions are basically sound, I’d clarify them by adding what I thought first time was the wide peat gulley wasn’t, the gulley we want being closer to Birchen Edge just before the land starts to climb again.
The stone isn’t very imoressive but worth a look if you are up here. It looks like it was perhaps part of a larger piece and has been broken off. The carvings are visible but quite weather worn.
Access is possible from a few directions, the North-East being perhaps most accessible though I haven’t approached from that direction.
A huge area of land which was swallowed up into the North Sea thousands of years ago has been recreated and put on display by scientists.
Doggerland was an area between Northern Scotland, Denmark and the Channel Islands. It was believed to have been home to tens of thousands of people before it disappeared underwater. Now its history has been pieced together by artefacts recovered from the seabed and displayed in London. The 15-year-project has involved St Andrews, Dundee and Aberdeen universities.
The results are on display at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London until 8 July.
sse.royalsociety.org/2012/exhibits/drowned-landscapes/
more at
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-18687504
[visited 26/5/12] Faced with a choice of locations for a picnic with the only criteria for choice being close to Manchester Airport, I picked Alderly Edge. Unfortunately as we were accompanied by an 18month old who walks at a speed slightly faster than a tortoise, the only prehistory I got to see was this stone. I’ll be back on my own I suspect to see the mines.
Sadly like Ravenfeather I’m just not feeling this stone. Superficially it looks like a fallen stone, but look closer and it seems much more like a bit of bedrock. It could be a large diamond shape with a large protusion or its a large protusion from the bedrock...
Access is very easy and wheelchair friendly, just keep right and on the main paths as you come out of the national trust carpark.