A long and fascinating article on the Lansdown Plateau and its’ barrows by Mike Williams.
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Blog on identification.
Interesting observations on the work of sculptor Keir Smith.
A description of this area – Garrick Moor
Latest news on the protection of these caves.
News courtesy of ‘Standing with Stones’ website.
‘A later Prehistoric style fort formed by strong ramparts cut across the narrow neck of a long and straggling cliff-girt promontory.‘
Cornwall is blessed with a long and fascinating history. Although visitors are often drawn to the county by the so called ‘Poldark effect’ many more are also seeking out our enigmatic prehistoric monuments. Elizabeth Dale investigates the hidden threat to this precious heritage.
Earlier this year the TimeSeekers volunteer clearance group highlighted three or four stone circles on Bodmin Moor that could benefit from a vegetation clearance and general tidy up. The twin circles on Emblance Downs were two such circles, so, after gaining the necessary approval from the Landowner, Natural England and Historic England, we were set to commence our work on the 21st August.
The Rudston cursus group consists of four cursuses stretching along the bottom and sides of the Great Wold Valley. At least one end of each of the monument are to be found on the elevated chalk ridges which surround Rudston. The valley contains the Gypsey Race, one of the rare streams across the chalklands, and two of the cursuses (A and C) cross this stream. The Rudston group contains an unparalleled concentration of cursus monuments. Cursus A is the southern most of the group. The southern end of the cursus survives as an earthwork and the remainder is visible on air photographs as two parallel ditches. The cursus is 2700 metres long by circa 58 metres, it tapers to 41 metres at the south terminal. Cursus A is the only one of the group where both ends are visible, both of the terminals are square in plan. The earthwork was excavated in the mid 19th century by Greenwell and showed what appeared to be a round barrow raised upon the surface of a long mound. This excavation produced six burials (two with Beakers), only one of which Greenwell considered to be primary, and a considerable amount of pottery. These burials were inserted into the south end of the cursus monument in the early bronze age. Greenwell also found sherds of earlier Neolithic pottery, along with worked flint and animal bones on the ground surface beneath the bank of the cursus. A second excavation across the west ditch in 1958 recovered 24 small pieces of Beaker pottery from the bottom 18 inches of the ditch fill, excluding the primary fill, and 4 larger pieces from the primary fill. There is evidence to suggest that the ditch was recut at this point explaining the presence of the later pottery.
Known as one of the most evocative archaeological sites in Britain, the 5,000-year old monument was once constructed to protect and pay respect to the remains of ancestors. It is the only site in Wales that has a solar alignment, where the sun casts a beam of light into the monument on the summer solstice.
Rock art and a goddess combined in this beautiful spot, sad that the effigy has been allowed to shrivel away in the museum. A real cailleach story perhaps?
Dr.Steve Sherlock on Teeside Oldest House, which is Neolithic....
Archaeology at its best with children being introduced to their local sites...
Stone Circle, Hob’s Heap and the Coal Mines of Harland Moor Pt. 1.
Leskernick Stone Circles and Stone Row Clearance
Clearing both North and South Circles and the stone row. Clearance to be interpreted as stated here..
“the aim of the clearance would be to bring the hidden parts of the circles and stone row ‘back to life’ by sympathetically removing the vegetation and turf ‘carpet’ off the stones without damage taking place and without any soil being removed below the exposed top surfaces”
“The language of these things was established in the early 20th Century when we were fighting a lot of wars: hillforts, guard chambers,” Gale says, a little ruefully. “We’re stuck with these terms. But I think they were much more complicated than just being military or defensive.”
A fascinating history of Silbury over the years.
Loughton I/A fort
Ambresbury Bank I/A fort
Wimbledon I/A fort
Grim’s Ditch
St.Ann’s Hill I/A fort
Uphall Camp I/A fort
Caesar’s Camp Keston I/A fort
The first in a new series highlighting Cornwall’s megalithic masterpieces. One: Boscawen-un Stone Circle. Roy Goutte.
This autumn Plas Glyn-y-Weddw is delighted to present an outstanding group of views in Snowdonia by John Piper from the collections of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.
On to the 13th December 2015
Druid Landscapes
Excellent blog on the history of this rock art.
Details of the long barrow, slightly mauled by time, but evidence of long barrows (of which there are very few) on the North Yorkshire Moors.
Article written by George Nash and Adam Stanford
Back from the Brink – Part two
Hautville’s Quoit and other archaeological investigations at Stanton Drew, 2012
There is a further 2013 report of The Big Ground Mound and its relationship to Stanton Drew Stone Circles at......
New archaeological survey for Llanmelin Wood Hillfort
‘Back From The Brink’: The re-exposure of the buried ring stones at Louden Stone Circle.
to quote;
“. It is therefore safe to assume that this stone is also a Bronze Age monument, marking a burial (in a cremation urn) or an area of now concealed ritual and funerary activity”
A small excavation that showed the dense occupation of this Iron Age fort.
British Museum replica with the original very badly damaged disc.
King Arthur’s Hall: Medieval Pound or Prehistoric?
Click on link to ‘Related Text’ for info about the stones.
Taken from ‘Past Horizons‘
PDF file by James Gossip for ‘Erosion Repair‘
The Megalithic Remains of Anglesey – 1911; written by Edward Neil Baynes
‘The Propped Stone’, which is a much better description for these stones. Taken from ‘Stone Worlds’ book by Barbara Bender, Sue Hamilton and Chris Tilley.
Excavation of Low Hauxley Bronze Age Cairns
The monument includes a cist situated near the summit of Whitehorse Hill. The cist was, until 2001, visible in the edge of an irregularly shaped island of peat standing above its surroundings. Only the western edge of the cist was exposed, the remainder, including the cist’s original contents, being sealed beneath peat deposits. The cist measures 0.3m deep by 0.4m wide and its capstone remains in its original position. Early in 2001 a protective drystone wall measuring 3m long by 0.9m high was built in front of the western edge of the cist, which as a result is no longer visible. The drystone wall is included in the scheduling. This cist stands at a considerable height above sea level and, perhaps as a consequence, no broadly contemporary settlements are known to survive within its vicinity.
The Marlborough Mound; A further Neolithic Monumental mound by the River Kennet
Full report on: The Marlborough Mound, Wiltshire. A Further Neolithic Monumental Mound by the River Kennet.
Authors: Jim Leary, Matthew Canti, David Field, Peter Fowler, Peter Marshall and Gill Campbell
Prehistoric Society.
Open Access on Cambridge Journal till the 28th February
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