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Stone Worlds: Narrative and Reflexivity in Landscape Archaeology

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Medmenham Camp

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 08 July 2026   (15839 reads)

Medmenham Camp

Iron Age and Later PrehistoryThe earthwork and buried remains of this Iron Age hillfort lie to the west of Bockmer Lane, occupying a commanding position on the end of a spur overlooking the village of Medmenham to the south and the broad valley of the River Thames. The circuit of defences is roughly pear-shaped in plan, measuring approximately 350m north to south, and 300m across its wider, northern end.
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Illustration courtesy Wessex Archaeology / Beacons of the Past
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Higgin's Well

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Wednesday, 08 July 2026   (11287 reads)

Higgin's Well

Springs and Holy WellsA legend associated with this well will be familiar to many - the story goes that the landowner didn't like people visiting the well and filled it in. The well's water then started to arise through his house, so he re-opened it! More details in Anne's comment below. The present structure is Victorian. It is found along a path to the left of the church.
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Corinium Museum

Submitted by Anne T on Sunday, 05 July 2026   (10174 reads)

Corinium Museum

MuseumsMainly Roman but with an excellent prehistory gallery too. Highlights include the actual chamber stones from Hazleton North long barrow, and the Nottingham Hill cup and ring stone.
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Incredibly rare 'Chieftain' burial objects found in Lechlade (amber beads, archer's wrist guard and copper dagger), now on show in the Prehistory Gallery
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Fetcham Springs

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 04 July 2026   (1214 reads)

Fetcham Springs

Multi-periodLarger scale excavation work began in June this year, with archaeologists looking to understand more about the Roman foundations present on the site. Excavations here in 2009 revealed signs of a prehistoric hunting camp from the end of the last Ice Age and a high-status Roman building. The speculation is that the building was a bath house, which is certainly possible given the closeness to the ancient springs.
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It's not every day you get to visit a live archaeological excavation within a couple of hundred metres of where you live! Here Wayne the lead archaeologist describes the different features of the Roman bath house. Hot room to the right of the photo, furnace to the back right, warm and cold rooms to the left. At the open day held Saturday 4th July 2026
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Louden Hill circle

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 02 July 2026   (16490 reads)

Louden Hill circle

Neolithic and Bronze AgeNot too much remains to be seen at first of this circle but at least 21 stones do remain, mostly flattened or stumps. On top of the ridge of Louden Hill at 935 feet altitude about a kilometre to the southwest of Stannon stone circle, northwest Bodmin Moor, in Cornwall.
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The Louden 'tri-stone' - was this set up to reference Rough Tor in the background? Several other Bodmin circles within sight of Rough Tor have similar shaped stones
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Brent Tor

Submitted by h_fenton on Wednesday, 01 July 2026   (14945 reads)

Brent Tor

Iron Age and Later PrehistoryA conical shaped hill rising to a height of 330 metres above sea level. Close to the base of the hill is a rampart up to 5 metres high (outside measurement) that goes part of the way around the hill (North and NE sides), it has been suggested that the rampart was never completed but does represent a rampart belonging to an Iron Age Fort or enclosure.
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Discover Bucks Museum

Submitted by coldrum on Friday, 26 June 2026   (1176 reads)

Discover Bucks Museum

MuseumsMuseum in Buckinghamshire - "A space to explore, learn and wonder about Bucks and to find out about the stories of people and places in this area and beyond."
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Visit the new SAXONS exhibition - discover the stories behind three remarkable burial sites, running until the 1st November. Also Curator Tours and lots more on Saturday 18 July, details on our page
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Nine Ladies

Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 25 June 2026   (231988 reads)

Nine Ladies

Neolithic and Bronze AgeNine Ladies is a typical Derbyshire stone circle consisting of nine visible small standing stones embedded in a grassed over stone rubble bank approximately 11.5m by 10.5m in diameter. The stones are all composed of local millstone grit and none are taller than one metre in height.
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This is a photo of Isaac Clare-Watts who was tragically discovered dead at Nine Ladies stone circle last Monday afternoon after the summer solstice. Police are appealing for witnesses and video/dashcam footage which may help catch his killer
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Bulford Neolithic Pits and Alignment

Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 24 June 2026   (1647 reads)

Bulford Neolithic Pits and Alignment

Neolithic and Bronze AgeOn a low hilltop overlooking modern Bulford, about 5km east of Stonehenge, archaeologists found a scatter of nearly fifty pits that may hold the earliest deliberately built alignment to the solstice anywhere in the Stonehenge landscape, raised perhaps five hundred years before the famous stones. The site was a place of feasting and gathering at the very dawn of the Late Neolithic, when the first earthworks at Stonehenge were new.
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Nearly fifty Neolithic pits on a Bulford hilltop may hold the earliest deliberately built solstice alignment in the Stonehenge landscape, 500 years before the one at Stonehenge - I had a go at finding the proposed alignment on the currently published plan...
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Ingleborough Cave

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 24 June 2026   (1088 reads)

Ingleborough Cave

Natural PlacesFindings from recent cave excavations on Ingleborough have revealed new insights into the people and animals that once roamed the Yorkshire Dales, including the remains of a Bronze Age Auroch, thought to be the wild ancestor of modern cattle. Other finds revealed that some of the caves had been used as human burial sites during the Neolithic period.
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Thornborough Central

Submitted by DavidRaven on Tuesday, 23 June 2026   (78802 reads)

Thornborough Central

Neolithic and Bronze AgeThe monument complex of Thornborough in Yorkshire is an archaeological landscape of national and international importance and represents what must have been one of Britain's premier sacred landscapes during the third and second millennium BC.
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Festival of British Archaeology Talk and walk with Dr Jan Harding, Sat 18th July, details in the comments on our page
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Harborough Museum

Submitted by ESgt on Tuesday, 23 June 2026   (4326 reads)

Harborough Museum

MuseumsThe Museum now has the original Hallaton treasure on display, purchased back from the Crown. Most of the pre-Roman British coinage is Corielvetian - i.e. local - and dated for around 60 BC.
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Free Talk, Walking through time with archaeologist Peter Liddle, Sat 11th July - part of the free exhibition: 50 years of fieldwork in Leicestershire running until October
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Dorset Museum

Submitted by Coldrum on Tuesday, 23 June 2026   (11628 reads)

Dorset Museum

MuseumsMuseum in Dorset with prehistoric tools, displays on Maiden Castle, Maumbury. Mount Pleasant and other locations and lots more.
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Iron Age Copper alloy mirror (right) and early Medieval fine jewellery - just two exhibits from a new exhibition running until the 13th September which showcases finds by Bournemouth University archaeologists and local metal detectorists - more details of this and associated talks on our page
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Snilesworth Stone Circle

Submitted by johndhunter on Tuesday, 23 June 2026   (689 reads)

Snilesworth Stone Circle

Modern SitesAt first glance these look like the remains of a small circle consisting of four stones plus a couple fallen with an outlier just to the west. However the reality is much more mundane, as they are according to local author Bill Cowley the remains of field walls or gate posts. Read more about them on our page.
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Two Lads (Rivington)

Submitted by David on Sunday, 21 June 2026   (3384 reads)

Two Lads (Rivington)

Date UncertainThe first mention of the Two Lads cairns is in the late 18th century by Dorning Rasbotham, an antiquarian, writer, painter and one time High Sheriff of Lancashire. He mentions two small cairns, quite close together, sat on a larger one. Another writer suggests there was a rectangular ditch enclosing the cairns but no trace of this now remains.
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The 'Two Lads' stone monuments to be rebuilt to make them safer and remove modern additions. This is how the site looked in 2005 for comparison with the photos on the news report. Also a community archaeology dig set for 3rd to 14th August
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Callanish

Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 21 June 2026   (65951 reads)

Callanish

Neolithic and Bronze AgeCallanish, or Calanis is an amazing group of stone circles, avenues and other standing stones on the Isle of Lewis. We have many photos of each site, including exclusive aerial views. See below and on the individual site pages linked for more detail of the various component sites.
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Happy Summer Solstice everyone! This amazing photo by Callanish Digital Designs shows two prominent stones at Calanais (51 & 52) forming a window for the rising midsummer sunrise sun that lights up first as the sun appears. There's a close up on our page
Read More | 16 News and Comments | Category: Our Photo Pages

Bulford Stone

Submitted by Bladup on Thursday, 18 June 2026   (10596 reads)

Bulford Stone

StonehengeA prone sarsen stone at Bulford, also known as the Tor Stone. About 2 km to the east of Durrington Walls on the other bank of the Avon. This 2.8m-long stone lies within a ring ditch just north of a large cemetery of round barrows.
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The Earliest Movement of Sarsen Into the Stonehenge Landscape: New Insights from Geochemical and Visibility Analysis of the Cuckoo Stone and Tor Stone (this site) by Phil Harding, David J.Nash et al. Two former standing stones that lie on opposite banks of the River Avon to east of Stonehenge. Geochemical analysis indicates that both stones were probably transported to their present site from West Woods on the Marlborough Downs, a source that likely also supplied the large sarsen monoliths at Stonehenge - details on our page
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Past Articles

Thursday, 25 June 2026
Nine Ladies
 220 news/comments


Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Bulford Neolithic Pits and Alignment
 3 news/comments
Pecos National Historical Park
 9 news/comments
Ingleborough Cave


Tuesday, 23 June 2026
Thornborough Central
 68 news/comments
Harborough Museum
 4 news/comments
Dorset Museum
 3 news/comments
Snilesworth Stone Circle


Monday, 22 June 2026
Neu Gaarz Dolmen


Sunday, 21 June 2026
Two Lads (Rivington)
 1 news/comment
Callanish
 16 news/comments
Solstice Sundial
 4 news/comments


Friday, 19 June 2026
Bøjden Nydamsdyssen
Nebelivka Mega-Settlement


Thursday, 18 June 2026
Bulford Stone
 3 news/comments
Bulford Reconstructed Henges
 12 news/comments


Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Northern Earth #184, Summer 2026: out now
Pascaredda Tomba di Giganti
 2 news/comments


Tuesday, 16 June 2026
Pen-Twyn
Runstensparken
Mudumala
 1 news/comment
Pontremoli Museum
 2 news/comments


Sunday, 14 June 2026
Quinish (Stone Row)
Coldwell Clough Anglo Saxon cross


Saturday, 13 June 2026
Bar'an Temple
Tenga (Mull)
 6 news/comments


Friday, 12 June 2026
Piedra Pintada Archaeological Park
Grandmother Kueka Rock
 1 news/comment
Stanley Ferry Viking Log Boat


Tuesday, 09 June 2026
Book Review: Terence Meaden: The Stone Circles of Cork and Kerry Guide, with Analyses
Aird nan Uan cairns


Monday, 08 June 2026
Julliberrie's Grave
 11 news/comments
Svebølle Runddysse 3
Vertesszollos Prehistoric Settlement
Jebel Moya Pastorialist Cemetery


Sunday, 07 June 2026
Holm of Papa Westray North
 4 news/comments
Tulloch of Assery (A and B)
 2 news/comments


Saturday, 06 June 2026
Deer Park
 1 news/comment
Ferrybridge Henge
 4 news/comments
Leith Hill Place
 4 news/comments

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