A Survey of Monuments of Archaeological and Historical Interest in the Barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare by William Gerrard Ryan
This part of the thesis discusses the various types of monuments of archaeological and historical interest that were noted in the Barony of Bunratty Lower, Co. Clare. Each type of site is examined in turn, under the headings: distribution, features, dating and related sites in Ireland.
STONES AS LEY INDICATORS – Ian Taylor
An interesting study of the Wheeldale Stones
This area is an MOD live range.
The pdf is produced by Defence Estates and contains details of access days in the danger areas plus a freephone access answer machine detailing the firing program 7 days in advance.
mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/0172A69E-2D99-4DA9-BB70-E25C86B441D8/0/Warcop301106.pdf
If you can’t download the pdf, the number is 0800 7835181
“The Crick barrow is also a rare example of monument that may support the link between cup-marked stones and solar observation. Such a relationship has been suspected at prehistoric sites in Scotland and Ireland, but they are insufficient in number to reach any positive conclusion on this point. Cup-marked stones are uncommon in Wales and few round barrows have been excavated in Gwent county, so there are currently no similar sites available for comparison. Similar sites might be revealed during the course of future excavations, but in their absence it appears that, hidden beneath the mound at Crick, we find further evidence that significant seasonal days were recognised and revered during the British Bronze Age some 3,500 years ago.”
View from the site of the Neolithic Forest
Some details of the circle and a sketch by Hayman Rooke
Some Account of the Brimham Rocks in Yorkshire
In a Letter to the Rev. Mr. Norris, Secretary
By Hayman Rooke Esq.
Read at the Society of Antiquaries, May 25th 1786
The Stonehenge Landscape; A Personal View.
A downloadable report from Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports (SAIR).
Includes a topographical and geophysiscal survey of the barrow.
A BBC website with a number of 360 degree views from Roseberry.
Tees archaeology’s description of the area and its archaeology.
“The earliest evidence of human activity on Teesside.”
A brief summary of the excavation work at Highcliff Nab.
The 1996 excavation report can be purchased from Tees Archaeology.
A local history website which also includes the Great Ayton Community Archaeology Project
A nice website from the local Archaeology Unit
Details of the site plus an excellent aerial photograph.
The excellent Yorkshire Dales National Park Authorities Out of Oblivion website Contains – a description of the cave and its archaeology, location details, Public transport details and accessibility information.
“Caithness is well-known for its spectacular prehistoric monuments, but few of us are as familiar with the remarkable
archives that relate to some of them. From the mid-19th century its Neolithic chambered tombs and Iron Age brochs attracted a who’s who of Scottish antiquarians and scholars, and the county was amongst the first to be surveyed by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS 1911). This was in itself a remarkable piece of work, documented in a journal written by Alexander Curle, the first Secretary of the Commission, who visited the majority of the 597 monuments then known between May and September 1910 (RCAHMS MS/36/2). Since that survey, the Royal Commission has carried out relatively little archaeological work in Caithness, so an approach in 2003 by the Caithness Archaeological Trust to carry out a survey of the landscape around Loch of Yarrows and Loch Watenan presented an exciting opportunity....”
A wonderful article published in 1862 written by that all round good egg J .Y. Simpson, M.D., F.R.S.E. Knight of the Royal Order of St. Olaf of Norway, Lately Vice-President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Member of the Archæological Societies of Athens, Nassau, Copenhagen, etc. Honorary Professor of Antiquities to the Royal Scottish Academy, and Professor of Medicine and Midwifery in the University of Edinburgh.
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The Cat-Stane, Edinburghshire:is it not The Tombstone of the Grandfather of Hengist and Horsa?
The Gayles gallery which includes a very sexy moist photo of stone D4
A nice comprehensive website covering all aspects of prehistory in Penwith
An absolutely wonderful website, packed full of ancient photographs and illustrations of the prehistoric monuments of Cornwall.
My current favourite is the 1860’s photograph of Lanyon Quoit and a bloke in a stove pipe hat.
A webpage devoted to that shamen of British teatime telly, Doctor Who. This episode was filmed around Chipping Norton using the Rollrights as a location. The episode also features druids and the Cailleach.
Professor Rumford: ‘Are you from outer space?‘
Doctor: ‘No. I’m more from what you’d call inner time.‘
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A Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) webpage for Haw Springs Burnt Mounds.
BBC Cumbria’s Long Meg Page including the folklore of the witches, Wordsworths ” The monument commonly called Long Meg” and a 360 degree panorama of the stones
YDNPA’s Stoney Raise webpage containing a description of the cairn and a couple of photographs including a lovely aerial view.
The YDNPA website with a description and photgraph of the site....“Originally described as a stone circle, this is now thought to be an enclosed cremation cemetery of Bronze Age date”.
The YDNPA webpage for Burton Moor including a lovely aerial photograph of the settlement.
“The articles presented here contain a complete record of the prehistoric monuments of northern Clare which were surveyed, described and illustrated by Thomas J. Westropp. The articles were originally published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland between 1896 and 1916”.
Kenneth Brophys 1999 article for British Archaeology.
Although the article is on cursus monuments in general there a quite a few references to the Cleaven Dyke, which he describes as “one of the most awe-inspiring surviving relics of Neolithic monumentality left to us today”.
Details of Headlands Excavation of the Cairn including illustrations of ‘that’ cist cover.
Novembers Issue of PAST No.51
“The Loughcrew Project is studying in detail the wider environs of Slieve na Calliagh. The project developed from Elizabeth Twohig’s interest in Corinne Roughley’s doctoral research use of aerial photogrammetry to study the location of megalithic monuments in the Carnac region of Brittany and how it might be applied to Loughcrew”.
A wonderful resource describing itself as
“An electronic compendium of matters past and present connected with The Isle Of Man”
Mannagh vow cliaghtey cliaghtey, nee cliaghtey coe.
“If custom be not indulged with custom, custom will weep.”
The Full title is “FIRST REPORT OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL COMMISSIONERS ON THE PRE-HISTORIC MONUMENTS AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES OF THE ISLE OF MAN”
This wonderful report covers Circle on Meayll,Cremation, Cronk-Howe Mooar, Standing Stones, Tumuli, Keeylls, Treeins, and Ancient Cemeteries, Fortifications, Giant’s Grave, Sculptured Stones, Flint Flakes, Arrow-heads, and other Relics.
A Nice article from Current Archaeology on the excavation of the cairn.
Tees Archaeologys Submerged forest page
A nice little webpage on the rocks and the carvings which also features a beautiful old photograph of what appears to be a gentlemens outing.
“A significant group of rock art sites has recently been recognised on private Land within an area not previously known to possess rock art.
Rock surfaces with cups, enclosures, cups and grooved enclosures and a single concentric ring figure are currently being recorded.
T.C. Laurie July 2003”
The site contains information on the archaeological excavation being carried out by the University of Bradford in collaboration with the Shetland Amenity Trust on a site in the south of the mainland. Currently it is up to date to the end of the 1998 season.
Northumbria National Park Authorities Community Archaeology website.
Includes a downloadable newsletter, News, Events and activities and volunteer oportunities.
Northumberland National Parks details of the Harehaugh Long Cairn excavation including an interim excavation report from Durham University.
A beautiful aerial shot of Yarnbury castle in the snow
A brief description of the axe factory and the surrounding area
A nice downloadable pamphlet entitled ‘Legions, Legends & Lawlessness’.
It’s basically a guided walk around the Ridley Common and Sewingshields area. It includes a map and some bits and bobs of local folklore.
Check out the July 05 issue of the newsletter, Past, for the paper.
The archaeoastronomy of six stone rows, one avenue and two stone pairs are located within the South Wales region comprising Glamorgan, Gwent (Monmouthshire) and Brecknockshire (south Powys).
A description of the henge with directions and a nice aerial photograph.
The Yorkshire Dales National Parks Out of Oblivion website.
A description of Maiden Castle and a lovely aerial photograph.
Tees Archaeology’s Street House page. A general description of the Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments found at Street House
New Lyke Wake Club is a complete crossing of the North Yorkshire moors along their main east-west watershed between the Stone at grid reference 470994 and the Trig point at 971012, a distance of approximately 40 miles. Every person who completes a crossing of the Lyke Wake Walk on foot within a period of 24 hours and who reports it to the Club within 28 days, is eligible for membership. There is no membership fee. Female members are titled Witch and males are titled Dirger.