Offical listing for many of the monuments in the region. Contains early mono photos – English translation via Google.
Chance
Another useful web listing of sites with pictures
Report of John Thurnam’s 1861 examination
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Archaic sculpturings of cups, circles, &c. upon stones and rocks in Scotland, England and other countries
Sir J. Y. Simpson, Bart., M.D., D.C.L. – 1867
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The ancient British, Roman and Saxon antiquities and folk-lore of Worcestershire By Jabez Allies F.S.A. 1852
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The Murder Act 1751 (25 Geo.2 c.37) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
The Murder Act included the provision “for better preventing the horrid crime of murder”,“that some further terror and peculiar mark of infamy be added to the punishment”, and that “in no case whatsoever shall the body of any murderer be suffered to be buried”, by mandating either public dissection or “hanging in chains” of the cadaver. The act also stipulated that a person found guilty of murder should be executed within 2 days of being found guilty unless the execution would happen of a Friday in which case the execution should take place on the Saturday.
The Murder Act – Repeal date: 18 July 1973
A Lecture given to the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club, at Hereford, September, 1921, by Alfred Watkins
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Web site for the Dartmoor preservation association who own three areas of land within the Dartmoor National Park, which together include examples of most of Dartmoor’s important features, landscapes and habitats.
Offical website for the Dorset AONB detailing news, events and wildlife along with where to stay and eat
Offical website for the Exmoor national park detailing news, events and wildlife along with where to stay and eat
Website includes history of the society, along with excursions, lectures, open days and events
Site includes finds, details and future events of the Wells Natural History and Archaeological Society.
Official web site for site including maps, opening times & prices
Page showing Mesolithic dwellings reconstructed as part of the site.
Offical website for the La Hougue Bie Museum
The Cornish Ancient Sites Protection Network is a charitable partnership formed to look after the ancient sites and monuments of Cornwall.
They work closely with local communities and official organisations to protect and promote the ancient heritage landscape through research, education and outreach activities.
Offical web site for the OPARC project – English translation via Google
A visit to the l’hypogee des dunes a Poitiers from 12 April 1911 in Pdf format
Historical information on the Forest of Boixe and it’s ancient monuments
Communicated by Miss Mouroux, a teacher at Saint-Amant-de-Boixe – English translation via Google
Page showing views of Tumulus de la Boixe, Pierre du Sacrifice and general information on the Boixe Forest from the French Wikipedia website. Note – page also contains location maps and detailed GPS coordinates for sites in the forest
Page showing views of Tumulus de la Boixe and location map on the places of pilgrimage website
Orientations of 935 Dolmens of Southern France by Y. Chevalier
From the Journal of History of Astronomy, Archaeoastronomy Supplement, Vol. 30, p.S47
A full referenced Journal Article is available to download in PDF format or you can view the pages online in gif format.
Doctor Who science fiction TV series from 1971 featuring a fictitious excavation of the Four Barrows group, renamed “The Devil’s Hump” See Misc. above for more details
Areal view of Fosbury and the Chute causeway from the air by Digital Digging.
From the project – Iron Age Hillforts, Wiltshire
Mythology and rites of the British Druids as certained by national documents and compared with the general traditions and customs of heathenism, as illustrated by antiquaries of our age. With an appendix, containing ancient poems and extracts, with some remarks on ancient British coins.
by Davies, Edward
Published in 1809, Printed for J Booth (London)
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The Icknield Way
by Thomas, Edward
Published in 1913, Constable (London)
Excellent account of this ancient highway
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Stonehenge and other British stone monuments astronomically considered.
by Lockyer, Joseph Norman (Sir)
Published in 1906, Macmillan (London)
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Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury
by Hutchinson, Horace G.
Published in 1914, Macmillan (London)
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Ancient man in Britain.
by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
Published in 1922, Blackie (London)
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Life in early Britain
being an account of the early inhabitants of this island and the memorials which they have left behind them
by Windle, Bertram Coghill Alan Sir.
Published in 1897, David Nutt (London)
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An archaeological survey of the United Kingdom.
by Murray, David
Published in 1896, MacLehose (Glasgow)
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The antiquities of England and Wales.
by Grose, Francis
Published in 1785, S. Hooper (London)
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The ancient stone implements, weapons and ornaments, of Great Britain.
by Evans, John Sir
Published in 1897, Longmans, Green, and Co. (London, Bombay)
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Grave-mounds and their contents
a manual of archaeology, as exemplified in the burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon periods
by Llewellynn Frederick William Jewitt
Published in 1870, Groombridge (London)
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Stonehenge and its Barrows by William Long
(From the Wiltshire archæological and natural history magazine, vol XVI.)
Published in 1876, H. F. & E. Bull, printers (Devizes)
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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Stonehenge, Today and Yesterday by Frank Stevens and illustrated by Heywood Sumner is available for free download.
Frank Stevens was curator at the Salisbury museum and this is a copy of the first popular guide book of Stonehenge and its Environs from March 1, 1916.
Unlock the mysteries of Stonehenge as a Neolithic astronomical observatory and Druid temple with the help of this download KMZ file for Google Earth. Created using the free Google CAD program SKETCHUP, the 3D model allows real time modelling of the monument using Google Earth.
See more 3D models from Google 3D Warehouse at sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/
For the latest download of Google Earth 5.0 see earth.google.com/intl/en/download-earth.html
150 Recorded Paranormal events from the UK’s Standing Stones & Monoliths
Site with information about Druids, ancient and modern, Stonehenge, descriptions and photographs of key events, latest news, recommended books, comments and essays, together with pages of useful data, contacts and links.
Wikipedia entry on R.A.F. Membury and the area surrounding the fort during WWII
The battle and siege of Alesia is considered one of Caesar’s greatest military achievements, and is still one of the classic examples of siege warfare and circumvallation.
For more information on this and Caesar’s campaigns see Wikipedia
Oppidum (plural oppida) was the name used by Caesar to describe the Celtic towns that he discovered during his conquest of Gaul.
In archaeology, the term is now used to describe all fortified Celtic sites covering a minimum area of 15ha and dating back to the second half of the 2nd and 1st centuries BC (the late La Tène period).
These towns were both economic and political centres. They are considered to be the first towns to the north of the Alps.
This website offers you the opportunity to find out more about each of the oppida via information sheets. For more information, click on an oppidum or go to the themed exhibitions…
For more on Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul in the Gallic Wars, 58 BC to 51 BC.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_War for more info on this period of European History
Posted by Neil Rigiani
Length of route: 13 km (8 mi)
Suitable for: Walking
“A circular walk that starts at Amesbury and includes a fantastic view of Stonehenge as you reach the brow of a hill. Almost no roads involved. ”
Haven’t walked this, but it looks straight forward enough. You could even visit the Friar Tuck too.
Web site on Alexander Thom’s Megalithic yard with detailed plans of Woodhenge.
Digital reconstructions and fly throughs of Woodhenge
Pictures and text from Places of Pilgrimage web site for Tumulus de Bougon
Pictures and practical information of Musée des Tumulus de Bougon from linternaute (English translation via Google)
Presentaion from the award winning archectural practice of StudioMilou. (English version)
The offical website for the Musée des Tumulus de Bougon (English translation via Google)
Description and photos of site on Wikipedia