EventsOn the surface, the mine-shafts of Grime's Graves appear to be countless. English Heritage reckons that there are 433 of them surviving as shallow pits over 17 acres of Norfolk heath land (take a look at the aerial photograph linked from our page.) Digging with antler picks and in use for only a couple of hundred years in the late Neolithic, the deepest shafts go down 13m (30 feet) into the hard chalk.
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ResourcesVal Evans writes: I see that Tracey Ramsbottom has uploaded back copies of her Devon earth mysteries magazine, Wisht Maen. I would be pleased to offer up the original version of my book The Celtic Way, which is a walking guide through the prehistoric sites of western Britain.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeA round cairn originally c. 60 feet in diameter, however small to medium-sized field clearance stones deposited on the SE and NW arcs have changed it into an oval mound measuring 25m from NW to SE by 16.5m transversely and up to 1.4m in height.
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryEmbury Beacon Fort is an Iron Age promontory fort with double defences, the inner work reduced by cliff falls. Pottery found during excavation in the 1970s was mainly late Glastonbury ware dated to the Late Iron Age, The site was excavated because of rapid coastal erosion.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeA chambered cairn in the Highlands, some 19m by 16m, it has an oval capstone over a rectangular chamber towards the eastern end of the mound.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeJust off a roundabout at the edge of the village of Marcillé la Ville, Mayenne stand a group of four standing stones/menhirs that were discovered during work on local development. They range from 1mtr in height up to well over 2mtrs.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeOne of the best known and best preserved circles in Cumbria. A ring of 38 stones stands within a spectacular ring of mountains. Looking to the north you see Skiddaw and Blencathra, to the south High Rigg and Helvellyn, to the west the Derwent Fells and to the east through a gap, the Northern Pennines.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeLocated within earshot of the M6, this massive henge consists of a huge bank 110m in diameter composed of grey, water worn stones brought up from a nearby river and a single standing stone. It has one entrance to the east in the direction of King Arthur’s Round Table.
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryHeretoka Pa is located on the banks of the Kaipara Harbour, as shown by the arrow, at the north western end of Atiu Creek Regional Park, north of Auckland. See our nearby sites list for more in the area.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeA solitary standing stone in the townland of Coomleagh East, Co. Cork. Pentagonal shaped and with markings on one edge.
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Lydford is a village between Okehampton and Tavistock in Devon. In the 9th century it is documented as one of four important towns or burhs in Devon. The surviving defensive earthworks shown in the photos are at the north east end of the village, but it is likely that the defences once surrounded the whole of the Saxon town.
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Multi-periodTavira is an ancient sea port in a dominant position over the mouth of the river Gilão. The settlement has developed since antiquity, with predecessors dating back to the 8th century BC, passing through the hands of Phoenicians, Greeks, Celts, Carthaginians, Romans, Moors and the Portuguese crown.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeA small wedge-tomb lies in a thicket, a few metres behind its 3-metre long, single roofstone which has been dramatically and unusually embedded at an angle in the ground. A perhaps-unique example of a tomb's roofstone having been lifted off and planted prominently in the ground nearby
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeA triangular shaped standing stone 1.8m tall with a hole through it, near Winscombe in Somerset. Additional stones were thought to have once been nearby. Local traditions state there is a treasure hidden beneath the stone and that the stone ‘walks’ when it either hears the clock strike twelve or between the hours of midnight and dawn and it is said that during its nocturnal wanderings a heap of shining gold has been seen glistening in the moonlight. Allegedly a farmer once tried to remove it with chains and two horses but failed.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis stone is in a field off of Silver Moor Lane. This can be reached via Woolvers Hill Road near the village of Banwell, North Somerset.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis stone stands 0.8m high, 0.75m wide, 0.35m to 0.4m thick. I have probed gently down with a 2mm blunt end metal rod, the stone has 0.4m of its length (a third of its total length) set in the ground. It has been incorporated into a dry stone wall. It can be seen to have weather erosion far in excess of any other stone in the wall, (the surface is smooth and rounded equally all over including the majority of its top that is sheltered by the wall stones above it), and has lichens that appear much more widespread and established than anything in the wall. The wall appears to have been built over and around the stone.
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryAn archaeological park site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, near the Apurímac River. At 4,300 meters (14,107 ft) above sea level, it was built by the Canchis people (1500 - 1000 BCE) and later conquered by the Incas. It is estimated that under the government of the Inca emperor Túpac Yupanqui (1471 – 1493 CE) the main temples and platforms were built.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeA beautiful group of six round barrows in Denmark. Originally there were seven mounds, But one is ploughed out.
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Multi-periodAncient Settlement on Alderney. A Bronze Age and Iron Age site, originally excavated in the 1970s, many pots, stone tools, bronze artifacts, and a hearth have been identified. Longis Common has many discoveries, including a hoard and skeletons, but is deep with blown sand.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeBarrow Cemetry in Cataluña. This tomb is part of a complex of two overlapping Neolithic tombs from 2500 BCE and five Iron Age tumuli from about 700 BCE. It was excavated and restored between 2004 and 2006.
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