An article from Oxoniensia (v8-9) by the mighty W F Grimes: “Excavations at Stanton Harcourt, Oxon., 1940.” Includes lots of maps and drawings of the quoits and other monuments.
Rhiannon
Coflein says that this is a strongly built fort that was occupied in the Iron Age, but was also used in the late Roman period. It encloses about 7 acres and has a small earlier univallate structure inside.
This webpage gives details of the excavations in 2000.
Short article about the recently revealed alignments at the site.
Drawing of an urn found in the Beedon Barrow (top).
This is a rather neat drawing of the urns found during excavation of the barrow in 1842. According to the information on ‘Magic’, each urn was upended over a cremation burial. The mound is about 1.3m high and would have had a view of the river to the NW.
This barrow is right next to a track in the northern half of the wood. There’s also a round barrow in the southern part of the wood at TR133536.
[sadly this link is broken and I can’t find the urn picture any more]
“Sept 1806. A large oblong Barrow was open’d in the Parish of Duntesbourne Abbots Gloucestershire; in which was found a Kistvaen containing about eight or nine Bodies of different Ages...”
Pencil / pen and ink drawings from 1806 of ‘before and after’ the excavations.
Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society.
Searchable contents lists, with some articles online.
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol 107 (1975/6)
A large document with many illustrations which surely must tell you almost everything there is to know about ‘The Stones of Stenness, Orkney’.
Stuart Piggott’s 1940s excavations at Cairnpapple – the document has some beautifully drawn plans.
Scroll down a little to see three Edwardian gentlemen posing casually amongst the stones.
The webpage includes many other interesting old photographs of sites on the mainland. Part of ‘Cornovia – a Cornish Sourcebook’.
A Description of the Encampments on the Hill of Burnswork. From Archaeologica Scotica: transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, volume 1 (1792), and complete with quaint f-shaped s’s.
Lovely Iron Age glass bead found on the slopes of Birdlip Hill.
Various photos of the 1930s excavations, and the Iron Age finds.
Various items from a Bronze Age metalwork hoard found on the Hill.
Say hello to two of the original residents.
There are also some illustrations of the excavation here.
A crackly (and presumably well-travelled) shale bead found by Witts in the 1881 excavation.
Also, a leaf shaped arrowhead
cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/collections/img.asp?Url=1/1978-703.jpg
a sherd of late Neolithic pottery with tyre track pattern
cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/collections/img.asp?Url=1/1978-697-1.jpg
and a 1913 drawing of the barrow by Edward Burrow, which makes it look noble and intact with its stones, not the disaster described by Jane.
cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/collections/img.asp?Url=1/1923-4-15.jpg
An interesting photo by Witts himself, of the 1880 excavation. Also see
cheltenhammuseum.org.uk/Collections/img.asp?Url=1/1996-261-1-2.jpg
A pdf about the excavation of the barrow, from the Transactions of the
Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1938, with photos and plans.
Stukeley’s illustration of the Devil’s Den: “The Kist-Vaen in Clatford Bottom”. One of a number of views of the site in ‘Abury – A Temple of the British Druids’ (1743), online courtesy of Lithop.
Stukeley’s take on WK Longbarrow – as he puts it, fit for an Archdruid.
Part of ‘Abury – A Temple of the British Druids’ (1743) online courtesy of Lithop.
Stukeley’s illustration of the Millbarrow. Online as part of ‘Abury – A Temple of the British Druids’ (1743) courtesy of Lithop.
An almost surreal illustration of Silbury, from Stukeley’s ‘Abury – A Temple of the British Druids’. Online at Lithop’s excellent website.
“A prospect of Silbury hill from the spring head of the Kennet River 13 May 1724”. Stukeley’s illustration from ‘Abury – A Temple of the British Druids’ (1743).
Online at Lithop’s website.
Prospect of the Cove Abury 10 July 1723. – drawing by Stukeley in his ‘Abury – A temple of the British druids’ of 1743.
Online at Lithop’s comprehensive website.
About a third of the way down this link you can read the council’s reasoning behind granting the planning application for the burial site at Cothiemuir Wood.
Information about the excavation and contents of the barrow.
With delicious photos here.
Links to information and photos of ancient monuments in the county.
Historical maps of County Clare.
This hillfort is on accessible land (under the CRoW act), and when it was surveyed it was found that there was “a previously unknown Neolithic stone setting approximately 300m north-west of the hillfort. The setting comprises two upright and four fallen stones set in a roughly rectangular pattern. These monuments are currently thought to be unique to Exmoor and are seen as part of the late Neolithic/early Bronze Age ceremonial landscape of the moor. ”
Details of the ‘virtual reality’ project, and links to opening hours, pictures and other information.
Welbourn Tekh wonders if visions of angels on the mountain derive from the ‘brocken spectre’ illusion..
Four of the five (Neolithic?) cairns here have chambers. There are three photos online here.
(not to be confused with the Morfa Bychan near Porthmadog)
‘Beacon Hill Woods – an archaeological survey 2002-2003’ by Mark Corney.
A photo of Wallbury Dells in 1899 (the road that follows the curve of the earthworks and into the fort is called ‘Dell Lane’).
It seems there are photos online, though they look rather old. How are the barrows faring today?
A view from on high of the neat site, courtesy of the ‘Hi-Spy’ camera.
A enlightening view from the ‘Hi-Spy’ camera.
An enlightening kind of aerial view from the ‘Hi-Spy’ camera.
Some druidical musings about Bronze age articles found on Roseberry.
Archaeologica Scotica: transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Volume 4 (1857)
On some of the Stone Circles and Cairns
in the Neighbourhood of Inverness, by George Anderson.
A positively antique article (with plans) from:
Archaeologica Scotica: transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Volume 3 (1831)
An account of the Hill Fort of the Barmekyne in Aberdeenshire.
By James Skene of Rubislaw, Esquire.
Archaeologica Scotica: transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Volume 2 (1822)
An antiquarian article most notable for the super drawings of the fort.
This informative page includes a long-distance view of the striking mountain.
A photo of the intricately decorated and burnished beaker found in the barrow in 1929. There’s also a picture of the excavators.
There used to be two barrows here but the other one was destroyed when they put in a gas pipeline.
Article giving more details about the site and finds (including photo of someone wearing the gold disc).
Brief description of Cooper’s Hole with photos, animation and links.
Stukeley’s map of the ‘snakey’ avenues going through Avebury, and the various monuments around.
From ‘Avebury – A Temple of the British Druids’ courtesy of Lithops’ excellent website.
A plate of the King Stone, from ‘Abury – A temple of the British Druids’ by Stukeley, courtesy of Lithops’ excellent website.
Plates of the Rollrights from ‘Abury – A temple of the British Druids’ by Stukeley, at Lithops’ excellent website.
also
avebury-web.co.uk/plates/plate2.html
Photo of the hillfort from afar.