Interesting article in the ‘Post Hole’ relating to recent (2013) excavations at Hendraburnick: theposthole.org/read/article/298
Extensive rock art has been found, along with several datable finds from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.
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“Remains of a prehistoric enclosure have been discovered by archaeologists in Truro, Cornwall.
It is understood the enclosure was built during the early Neolithic period (3800 BC to 3600 BC).
Archaeologists say it was built at the same time as Carn Brea, a tor enclosure near Redruth.
The team will now take samples to verify the date of the enclosure, before re-burying the site, in line with national guidelines.”
A 21 acre plot of land that adjoins the Tinkinswood chamber is up for auction. The new owner will be responsible for replacing fencing and access stiles to the land within 4 weeks of ownership.
More details: hrt.webhoster.co.uk/AuctionProperty/25%20lot%2019.htm#L
Campaigners are rejoicing after controversial plans to extend a quarry near an ancient monument in North Yorkshire were rejected by councillors.
A new project aims to increase people’s awareness, knowledge and appreciation of the amazing landscape between Weymouth and Dorchester.
It is being launched on November 5 by the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty team which hopes the project will appeal to everyone who enjoys the countryside, including artists, photographers and amateur historians.
Among outstanding features of the area are the strange `lumps and bumps’ which litter the skyline between Broadmayne and Hardy’s Monument – and which few realise are round barrows that have been there 4,000 years.
See thisisdorset.net/dorset/weymouth/news/WEYMOUTH_NEWS_NEWS3.html for details.
Sexual Britain?
Cathy Tuck went on a 30,000-mile trek around Britain finding hundreds of sexually symbolic landmarks, buildings and gardens for her book Landscapes and Desire.
From phallic ancient standing stones to womb-like burial chambers, her odyssey of the sexual takes in sites dating back more than 5,000 years and explodes the myth that Britain is a sexually repressed nation.
See the third story down on this page for more...
Who put the stones up? We did!
THE first analysis of DNA passed from father to son across the UK has shattered the Anglocentric view of early British history, it emerged yesterday.
For decades, historians have believed that successive waves of invaders, such as the Anglo-Saxons, drove out the indigenous population of the British Isles, labelled Celts, pushing them to the fringes of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
However, work by a team of scientists on the Y chromosome, which is passed from father to son, has shown the native tribes left their genetic stamp throughout the UK and not only in the “Celtic fringe”.
According to a post from Andy Norfolk on the Stones Mailing List, Gun Rith is to be re-erected sometime at the end of May.
Good News.