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Finally manage to make the time to visit the site. After leaving White Coppice cricket ground and avoiding a long line of walkers ( I forgot the Anglezarke Amble was taking place) I manage to scramble up the steep bank to the plateau above Black Coppice.
The large capstone of the cairn was clearly visible on the horizon about 20 feet back from the top edge of the quarry. Arriving at the site the cavity formed by the cap stone propped up on the underlying rocks was clearly seen. The cairn was surrounded by a spread of an assortment of rocks / boulders that may have been part of the structure. Adjacent to the site was a depression containing 3 stone mill wheels in various stages of manufacture.
With the close proximity of the quarry and the mill wheels, and without any datable evidence for the cairn, its hard to tell if it is ancient or contempory with the industrial features.
To the north of the cairn I found another feature of note. This consists of a curvi- linear spread of hand sized boulders forming an arc of approx. 30 ft diameter. At the centre of the arc was an upright stone approx. 18" tall.
As this feature does not appear on the 1st edition or modern O.S. maps and so doesn't have a name or date its not possible to add this as a new site on T.M.A.
But, as my Archaeology tutor drummed into me :-
"the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
So maybe these sites should be added !!
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For the 'oldies' out there. Remember The Ley Hunter, the 1st earth mysteries magazine. Well Jimmy Goddard has scanned in the early editions of the magazines from 1969 to 1976. The quality of the scannings a bit 'iffy', but these long out of print articles might contain a wealth of information.
Enjoy
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Like King Orry's Grave, the Cloven Stones are situated in the garden of a bungalow and has suffered building development.
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A rescue excavation in 1988 revealed important assemblages of Neolithic and Beaker pottery and worked flint but structural features.
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Excavation in 1989 revealed evidence of tempory shelters indicating a late Mesolithic occupation site.
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The name Tynwald is derived from the old Norse 'Thing-wald' - 'Assembly Field'
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Site of an Iron age promontory fort that once contained various embankments and buiding foundations. A house has now been built in the middle of the site.
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This Iron Age promontory fort contains of a group of structures, both round and rectangular. At least 40 cup markings in 12 different locations have been found within the the enclosure, and others found on the outcropping rocks in the vicinity.
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The site shows evidence of Norse re-occupation of an earlier Iron age promontory fort during the 10th & 12th C.
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The inner rampart was probably the earliest phase of construction dating from the late Bronze Age, but the date of the outer rampart is unclear. It is suggested that the whole site continued to be occupied into the early Iron Age.
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The circular structure was initially interpreted as a stone circle but now is recognised as a round house probably dating to the Iron age. But due to the presence of the stone outlier its original layout as a stone circle cannot be dismissed.
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Following its excavation in 1941-44 by G. Bersu, Ballacagen has become the type-site for roundhouses on the Isle of Man.
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The site was excavated in 1913 by P.M.C. Kermode and showed that the visible keeill was built into a Bronze age mound.
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The site consists 3 mounds. During field walking activities many flints have been found suggesting a Bronze age date for the complex.
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The site comprises a massively constructed cist 1.8m X 1.1m set in the remains of an irregular mound.
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The site comprises a chamber 1.6m X 0.7m internally, open to the east side and is surrounded by a setting of stones 3m square.
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The site was partially excavated by P. M.C. Kermode in 1926 and found that the western side and end had at an earlier time been quarried into for building stone.
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Excavations at this site have provided the oldest datable evidence for early (Mesolithic) settlers on the Isle of Man.
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Web site covering The Portable Antiquities Scheme. The voluntary recording scheme for archaeological objects found by members of the public.
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Web page covering sites and excavations on the Isle.
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The web page of Britains leading Archaeological magazine.
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As they say "The gateway to British archaeology online".
Full of links to 'traditional' archaeological sites
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The American view of this interesting topic, useful animations showing how the seasons work.
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"THE International Electronic Forum for Research into Holy Wells & Waterlore" - need I say more !
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The County Council has done it again !. Unlike MARIO, this site gives access to a lagre collecton of maps covering the county.
From general Lancasire maps such as Speed 1610, Lancashire Town maps c. 1890 to O.S. 1st Edition 6" maps c. 1845. A useful research tool!
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A site full of 'TMA' type material especially covering the North of England region.
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