PDF file.
“Summary: This report presents the results of geophysical surveys conducted as part of the
North Pennines AONB Partnership’s ‘Altogether Archaeology’ community project at
Kirkhaugh in Tynedale. The works comprised detailed geomagnetic and earth
resistance surveys over a Bell beaker barrow prior to renewed excavation; the site
had been partially excavated in 1935.”
The Midsummer Sunrise at Stonehenge – 1896
Mr Barclay explains why he rejects the theory of a prehistoric origin of what he sees as a roman monument, created as a result of the “wise policy of the Roman Governor, Agricola, who endeavoured to conciliate the native population of Britain”.
Mr Ellis provides a nice shot showing the new bronze interpretation of the stones, with the stones themselves highlighted nicely on the horizon.
A series of rather snazzy shots of the stones being illuminated at night.
Daft story about a fellow constructing a replica from straw. (Bet you couldn’t tell that from the title eh?)
20 creative recreations of Stonehenge.
The Chinese one looks quite nifty.
A handy .pdf file in English, kindly provided by the ‘Friends of The Parc La Mutta’. In a box by the car-park, there are laminated printouts of the file, which is nice.
Herr D. Reichmuth presents a whole website full of continental megalithic info, in German.
This link goes to the page listing sites in the Canton of Grabunden, with links to a set of pages detailing Carschenna found just under the word ‘Schalensteine‘.
“Ancient rock art baffles experts”
From the point of view of two of the D&NRAP stalwarts.
The Nuardiag presents Martin Wainwright and photographer Christopher Thomond watching the sunrise at Castlerigg stone circle during the winter solstice, mostly audio stream but with jpeg slideshow thing to accompany.
Some nice b&w photos.
Some nice photos of the stones
Page mostly describes directions for a walk from 2004, but also includes a nice old photo before the modern mound was added.
Ancient Sculpturings In Tiree. By Ludovic Maclellan Mann. From the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vol. 56
February 13, 1922.
The article mentions (with illustrations) cup marked stones at Gott Bay, Cornaigmore, Cuigeas, including some on a Standing-stone at Balinoe and others on the natural rock surface of floor of Kirkapoll Chapel.
Stan Beckensall’s old photos from the days before the trees were planted.
A strange mirror-image copy of the UWH in El Paso, Mexico. With a little lizard in the corner.
No indication of the it’s age though. (Modern one would assume...)
An image of a panel at Pazos de Borbén (Pontevedra) displaying a similar theme to the highly unusual motifs at High Banks.
Details and photo of the incised stone.
Some sparse details, but with a nice close up pic, and some references.
A .pdf file detailing four cup marked stones.
By A. Marshall
From the Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society 1986, Vol. 104, 220-225
Courtesy of the University of Gloucestershire website.
What a remarkable thing!
A cup and ring marked stone? In Gloucestershire? Written up by that stalwart of the Scots CnR fraternity R.W.B. Morris? In 1983?
Apparently so.
A tidy account of this OOPPRA* provided courstesy of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Via the University of Gloucestershire website.
(*out-of-place-portable-rock-art. I just made that term up. It’s utter tosh really, as the stone found was made of local oolite, so it’s not out of place. Which actually makes it seem all the more remarkable as you do not get CnRs down south. everyone knows that...)
‘The Ancient British Sculptured Rocks of Northumberland and the Eastern Borders‘
Seminal work on British Rock art by Mr George Tate, 1865.
Some nice pics of a few Cornish monuments and natural rock formations, including an infra red image of the Men-an-Tol
Apparently, this was once thought to be a very ruinous chambered cairn. But this is now disputed.
Is it a cairn?
Or is it a fort?
It’s a cairn.
In a plantation.
A tiny thumbnail of a decidedly cup maked stone, with a bit of extra dressing on the top.
The bit of the BBC’s Countryfile programme which has Stan Beckensall and Aron Mazel talking about Northumbrian RA.
Some nice shots of Ketley Crag in there.
A pdf file of an essay from 1929 by Duncan Colville, with photos.
Courtesy of The Archaeology Data Service.
More info about the stone, with mention of the other ancient stones of the island, including the Bodach and the Cailleach.
Some stuff about possible archaeoastronomical significance of the stone.
Description of the stone courtesy of the West of Scotland Archaeology Service.
Strobey, blurry, moving pictures of the carvings in the dark.
2Mb file.
A page with a photo of the cup-marked stone.
Apparently this one hasn’t been seen for about 30 years.
“...7 cups, each surrounded by single rings, and at least 12 plain cups...”
“A short walk around Chatton through open countryside, fields and farmland.”
A 2 page pdf guide outlining public access to the Rock Art, as part of DEFRA’s Countryside Stewardship Scheme.
A comment on the fact that this panel seems to be a bit worse for wear these days, despite having been previously turfed over to protect it from the ravages of sheep and the elements.
Alastair reckons this may have been embanked. Looking at his photos, he may well be right.
Apparently, these stones are the remains of a circle. If they are the same spot. The grid refs are not exactly the same, Alastair reckons SD192873.
Not much more detail than is given above, but has a link to an online map showing the position of this (apparently) lost long cairn.
