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Devils Den
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Mar 2013
Devils Den submitted by Andy B on 13th Mar 2013. The Devil's Den in Wiltshire in about 1865. The Neolithic burial chamber was one of the monuments included on the list (or 'schedule') in the Ancient Monuments Protection Act of 1882. The intention of that Act was that all the monuments, with the consent of their owners, would be brought into state guardianship.
Exhibition - The Birth of Archaeology and the Battle for the Past at Wellington Arch, London until 21 April
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Carwynnen Quoit
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 18th Mar 2013
Carwynnen Quoit submitted by Andy B on 18th Mar 2013. Suzy doing a great job drawing tiny stones. And some great cleaning.
Image credit: Carwynnen Quoit Trust
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Terrronská St. Long Houses
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Czech Republic
Visited: Yes on 26th Mar 2013
Terrronská St. Long Houses submitted by Andy B on 26th Mar 2013. Only gay in the prehistoric village?
Photo credit: Czech Archaeological Society
Site in Czech Republic
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Chokahatu
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: India
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2013
Chokahatu submitted by Andy B on 3rd Apr 2013. The sepulchral slabs
Image copyright Subhashis Das
Site in India
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Mynydd y Gaer
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (South Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2013
Mynydd y Gaer submitted by Andy B on 5th Apr 2013. New aerial images taken by the Royal Commission show the outline of Coedcae Gaer Iron Age Hillfort in Bridgend which is very hard to see when not covered in snow
Source: RCAHMW
Site in South Glamorgan Wales
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Yunatsite
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Bulgaria
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2013
Yunatsite submitted by Andy B on 15th Apr 2013. The excavations at Tell Yunatsite by the Balkan Heritage Field School. More details here
Site in Bulgaria
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Kalamakia Cave
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2013
Kalamakia Cave submitted by Andy B on 15th Apr 2013. Map of Greece (left) showing the approximate position of Kalamakia cave (right, shown with excavated sediments) and other sites with human remains in the Mani peninsula.
Image credit: Katerina Harvati et al.
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Heit el-Ghurab
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2013
Heit el-Ghurab submitted by Andy B on 26th Apr 2013. An image of the OK (Old Kingdom) Corral with the Giza pyramids in the distance. Researchers note that it was large enough to hold 55 cattle with feeding pens. There may also have been areas for slaughter.
Image Credit: AERA Inc.
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Gonur Tepe
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkmenistan
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2013
Gonur Tepe submitted by Andy B on 26th Apr 2013. Inside the complex
Image Credit: Susy's Travels
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Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (West Sussex)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2013
Brighton Museum and Art Gallery submitted by Andy B on 13th May 2013. A Sussex Loop is a finely crafted bracelet or armlet made about 3,500 years ago from a thick bronze rod which was bent double, forming a loop at one end, and then bent round into an ‘O’ form with the ends of the rod fitting back into the loop.
Image credit: Brighton Museums.
Text by Andy Maxted, one of the Brighton Museum curators. More at the Brighton Museum blog
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U 170 (Vaxholm)
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Carving
Country: Sweden (Södermanland)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2013
U 170 (Vaxholm) submitted by Andy B on 13th May 2013. Magnus Källström from the Swedish National Heritage Board examines the rune stone
Image credit: Torun Zachrisson
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Noh Mul Pyramid
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Belize
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2013
Noh Mul Pyramid submitted by Andy B on 15th May 2013. Bulldozer destroys Mayan Nohmul Pyramid In Belize
Image Credit: Jules Vasquez / 7NewBelize.com
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Tell Khaiber
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Iraq
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2013
Tell Khaiber submitted by Andy B on 21st May 2013. Early stages of excavation at the ancient settlement mound of Tel Khaiber.
Photo credit: Prof. Stuart Campbell, Manchester University.
Site in Iraq
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Gerzeh cemetery
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Egypt (Upper Egypt (South))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2013
Gerzeh cemetery submitted by Andy B on 1st Jun 2013. The Gerzeh bead (top) has nickel-rich areas, coloured blue on a virtual model (bottom), that indicate a meteoritic origin.
Image credit: Open University / University of Manchester
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Punkri Burwadih
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: India
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2013
Punkri Burwadih submitted by Andy B on 11th Jun 2013. The Punkri Burwadih in her full glory before the stone fell. See link below for more photos.
Photo copyright Subhashis Das
Site in India
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Museo Arqueológico Gregorio Aguilar Barea
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Museum
Country: Nicaragua
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2013
Museo Arqueológico Gregorio Aguilar Barea submitted by Andy B on 12th Jun 2013. The elaborately carved statues, of which some are over seven meters in height, are estimated to be between a thousand to a thousand-five hundred years old, and represent human figures, idols, deities and zoomorphic figures. There are more than a hundred and twenty statues in the museum collection.
Image copyright: Christoph Schneider
Site in Nicaragua
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El Infiernito
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Colombia
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2013
El Infiernito submitted by Andy B on 12th Jun 2013. El Infiernito is composed of several earthworks surrounding a setting of upright standing stones, there are also several burial mounds.
Image copyright: Christoph Schneider
Site in Colombia
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Aguas Buenas
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: Nicaragua
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2013
Aguas Buenas submitted by Andy B on 22nd Jun 2013. Unexcavated mound at Aguas Buenas
Image credit: Richard Jansen
Site in Nicaragua
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Maen Llia
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2013
Maen Llia submitted by Andy B on 28th Jun 2013. Brecon Beacons National Park Authority is seeking to highlight the importance of the National Park’s heritage sites after a Bronze Age standing stone was vandalised, as it was previously in 2002.
At some time over the last few weeks Maen Llia standing stone, a Scheduled Ancient Monument situated between Heol Senni and Ystradfellte, has been defaced, with graffiti daubed on the protected stone.
See the site page for more details
Image credit: Brecon Beacons National Park Authorit...
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El Castillo de Huarmey
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Peru
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2013
El Castillo de Huarmey submitted by Andy B on 28th Jun 2013. A Wari pyramid-mausoleum dating from the 8th or 9th century CE.
Image credit: http://www.perutoptours.com
Site in Peru
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