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Some useful information and folklore about Hangman's Stones.
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Many thanks to thesweetcheat for this link - am adding as a link because I don't want to lose sight of it (I think my laptop is on the blink).
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Visited this museum in Andover on a return visit to Danebury. Excellent and atmospheric museum, constructed as a round house inside (though in a conventional building). A great place for a family outing with lots to learn. One display focuses on the animals and plantlife that were around at the time. I learnt that the cockeral, goose and hare were held as sacred and never eaten. The raven was a symbol of darkness and death though also associated with foretelling the future.
Also - something I've never seen before, a hologram of the Lindow Man. Very realistic.
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The Jan Brouwer Trail
A great way to commemorate Jan Brouwer and all the work he did for rockartuk.
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Ten walks accessible by bus taking in some of the archaeology of the North Wessex AONB.
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This has been posted extensively on Facebook and am surprised not to see it here.
Most TMA members have signed already but just in case you missed it .... please sign.
Thank you
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h2g2 a BBC forum for writing about anything and everything - this fascinating piece about Blencathra was written by someone calling him/herself Tufty Squirrel (Cumbria is renowned for its red squirrels as well as the wonderful Castlerigg)
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The Marvellous Marden Henge – talk given by Jim Leary, 5th February 2011. Jim Leary talk was on the excavation which took place at Marden Henge in the summer of 2010.
Situated approximately half-way between Avebury and Stonehenge, near the head of the River Avon, it is the least known henge; there is no stone circle.
First recorded 1806 in Gough's edition of Camden's Britannia. Excavated by Richard Colt Hoare, William Cunnington and Philip Crocker in 1809.
In 1809 a shaft was sunk to the bottom of Hatfield Barrow (thought to be approximately nine metres high). The barrow, being constructed of greensand, became unstable and collapsed in on itself. Findings were published in Colt Hoare's Ancient Britain; around 1818 the mound was levelled by the farmer.
Geoffrey Wainwright did some work in 1969 and conclusively showed it was late Neolithic – the southern barrow remains, though hidden from view. The southern bank of the henge is open and faces out towards the river Avon; a geophys survey also showed there was a south-east entrance.
The most important finding of the 2010 excavation was patch of chalk on the southern bank which was almost certainly the floor of a Neolithic building; part of a hearth is visible and although excavation was not fully completed, it is thought to be the best preserved Neolithic building in England – superior even to Durrington Walls. There is a nearby midden (rubbish dump) where pig bones and highly decorated Neolithic pottery were found. Also found were two beautifully preserved flint arrowheads and two bone pins.
Jim Leary would very much like to continue the work – and we can only hope that in today's uncertain financial climate it will be possible.
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Thanks to Wideford for providing this link
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Thanks to Chance for this link.
Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record Information
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Some of the bronze/iron age finds listed here. Search for Mother Anthony's Well and Bromham.
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An ancient well at the foot of Roundway Down in sight of Oliver's Castle.
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Ceide Fields Visitor Centre
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Blog updates on the campaign to protect the rural land adjacent to Coate Water Country Park. This land not only has a small prehistoric stone circle on it but also historic and literary associations with Richard Jefferies who set many of his books against this rural backdrop.
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Nature; stone circles and all ancient sites that involve walking through unspoilt countryside/being near the sea; islands around the the British Isles, especially those with ancient monuments.
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