From the 14th of January, Kirkleatham Museum will be hosting an exhibition, entitled Megaliths.
This collaborative exhibition, a mixture of paintings and photography, will showcase the work of Gavin Parry and Tony Galuidi, both of whom share a passion for ancient standing stones.
The exhibition will go on display from January 14th – March 8th at Kirkleatham’s stunning Bellamy Pavilion.
All of the paintings and photographs are available for sale and the artist proceeds will be donated to The Trussell Trust, which supports foodbanks throughout the UK.
For more information, please visit ? redcarcleveland.co.uk/enjoy/kirkleatham-museum/
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The Old Stones of the North Exhibition
This grindstone was found in an excavated house in the settlement of Cala Morell. Over 125 of these stones have been found across the island. They are all of the same rock type and all come from one location. This is the first one to be found in situ.
A naveta dwelling, excavated and reconstructed. One house has been fully excavated and the excavation of a second house is currently ongoing. The naveta settlement is situated on a high coastal promontory within sight of the necropolis. It’s an intriguing place, well worth a visit.
One of the caves of the necropolis. A couple of the caves have rock cut pools in front of the door. These are thought to be ritual pools. There are also rock-cut slabs inside of the caves where the bodies of the dead were prepared. Part of the preparation of the body was to remove locks of hair, some of which were dyed red, and placed into hollowed-out bones which were then placed into a small hole within the cave. The museum in Mahon has a number of these bone tubes.
The caves were occupied by hippies in the 60’s and 70’s therefore signs of occupation of the caves are recent and not prehistoric.
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New discoveries at Trefael Stone in Wales
The Trefael Stone, standing in a large rectangular field north of the village of Nevern in west Pembrokeshire, until 2010, was considered to be a standing stone, one of a number that occupy this ancient landscape. Used as a cattle rubbing stone, it measures around 1.2 m in height and over 2 m in length and has on its southern face up to 75 cupmarks.
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