Roman, Greek and ClassicalAn extensive villa at Littlecote Park just over a mile west of Hungerford, Berkshire. The Orpheus mosaic (pictured) would have been in a large hall dedicated to the Greek legendary hero. The mosaic is one of the best I (GEdge) have seen in this country and the remains of the grand villa are extensive.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThe roughly circular churchyard has a surrounding wall into which are set five upright stones, at least one of which is almost certainly in its original position (see separate submission). Some of the other stones are not sunk into socket holes and have masonry below implying that they may not be in their original positions.
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Multi-periodThe site of a Roman villa discovered on land which has now become a new housing development between Cheswick Village and Lockleaze. Martyn 'TheCaptain' took a visit and found these rather good information boards. Lots more about the site on our page.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeEighteen slabs stand on end near the top of a ridge in rough pasture, set like the spokes of a wheel around a low spread of cairn stones. Radial stone cairns are rare, with only about twenty recorded in Ireland. The slabs are 0.5 to one metre long, an early account reckoned the ring had once held twenty-four.
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryThis crannog in Loch Bhorgastail was built upwards from the loch bed about five thousand years ago. A recent survey using stereophotogrammetry is revealing new information. The archaeologists also found hundreds of sherds of Neolithic pottery in the water around the island, which cannot have got there by accident. More details on our page.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeAnthony Weir writes: The townland of Glencolumbcille in Co. Donegal is famous for its "turas", or devotional pattern on the 9th of June, along a given route which is punctuated by stations. Most of the stations feature beautiful early-christian cross-slabs and cairns, but two are megalithic tombs! The ninth station, Farranmacbride, shown here, 400 metres north of the church, close to a perforated standing-stone "through which Heaven may be glimpsed" by the pure - or devout - "and barren women made fertile", is a huge ruined court-tomb, some of whose chambers have been used as livestock pens.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeA pair of standing stones in Pembrokeshire. The stone pictured is located at SM827263 and has the initials "J.G." carved into it with the date 1860 - details on our page, along with the other stone. It is handily located on the grass verge so you can walk right up to it or easily view from the road. The village name suggests there are three standing stones here. This is the second of two marked on the OS map.
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Early MedievalIn the playing field beyond the churchyard, are what looks like two stubs of once larger stones. Bearing crosses, the crosses are thought to be of 7th-9th century date. More detailed photos are on our page.
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MuseumsThis spectacular reconstruction of the Elbeyli Hypogeum (the "Peacock Tomb") is in the Museum of İznik along with many artifacts which illustrate the history of the ancient city
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Multi-periodA collapsed Phrygian tomb in Afyon Province, Turkey. Traces of the chamber can be seen on the rock face and part of the carved lion facade has fallen. If you clamber around the rocks you can make out the various parts of the fallen tomb.
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Neolithic and Bronze Age A mighty Langdysse (Long Barrow) in Haderslev, 115 m long in the NE-SW direction and 8-12 m wide. The earth mound is from 1.50 to 2.00 m high. Part of the impressive Vedsted 'Femhøje' complex. ('Femhøje' = Five Hills / Barrows), explore via the Nearby Sites listings on our page.
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Rock ArtLithicality writes: Very pleased to have found this stone after asking permission from the landowner. [As are we to receive the first photo of it - thanks! - MegP Ed] It is located about 10 metres from the gate in the position shown on the map on our page, at the bottom of a wall corner that sticks out into the lane. Hidden by nettles and brambles and only spotted by lynx eyed S. Once cleared a bit the marks are still visible although getting harder to make out in comparison to the 1976 photo by Tom Greeves. (also on our page). We felt convinced these are cup marks as opposed to a buddle stone.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeTwo boulders bearing remarkable labyrinthine petroglyphs, in a pine wood beside the ancient Roman road connecting Viseu to Sao Pedro do Sul (known for its its thermal spa), about 300 metres from the village of Lufinha in the centre of Portugal. The two stones were probably once part of a single outcrop, broken up according to local legend by people pursuing a treasure hidden beneath the stone by a serpent. Photo Credit: Jose Neto
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryRecorded during excavations in 2008-2009 in advance of construction of the Weymouth Relief Road. Road construction affected only the western edge of the settlement, which may have been very much larger. The settlement was established in the 800-600 BC, the very earliest Iron Age, and appears not to have been enclosed at that time. Reconstruction image by Mark Gridley, commissioned by Oxford Archaeology
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Modern SitesThe first inland turf labyrinth or jatulintarha with a unique design, rediscovered in Eastern Lapland in 2023.
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EventsFirstly just to say we have a HANDFUL only of tickets available for Andy's talk in Norwich on the 30th September. After that our next talk date is the amazing Fishbourne Roman Palace near Chichester, West Sussex at 1pm. Early bird tickets are available until 21st September. The Old Stones - a field guide to the megalithic sites of Britain and Ireland won (as you probably know by now) Current Archaeology Book of the Year 2019
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Early MedievalThe Ogham inscription has been translated as "of Sagranus son of Cunatamus?" and thought to be 5th- to early 6th-century in date. More close-ups on our page. A number of incised stones were found within the Abbey grounds; only the Sagranus Stone (pictured) is on display in the church - most are now displayed in the nearby Abbey Visitor Centre.
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FunArtists Jimmy Cauty and Jem Finer have raised two standing stones, with a "modern ley line" between them. Inspired by this, I (Andy B) have built a 'Ley Line and Alignment Finder' which draws a straight line between any two of the Portal's 65,000-plus mapped sites and shows what sits along it. This is intended as a conceptual art project highlighting how we project modern thoughts onto ancient sites but it is for everyone to use however you wish. Here we look at a some classic alignments, then a how-to section so you can use the new tool to find your own conceptual 'ley lines' or alignments between any pair of sites of your choosing.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeNear Roughfort on the far outskirts of the city of Belfast. It looks like it has been cleared of a lot of vegetation that previous visitors complained of. Also known as Granny’s Grave (a corruption of Grania’s Grave which is itself a translation of Carn Greine = Cairn of the Sun), an overgrown, low, megalithic passage still roofed, 9 metres long. At the south-western end of is a sealed polygonal chamber which is roofed by a single stone 1.8 metres across.
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