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Mardon Down Cairn 1
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Nov 2008
Mardon Down Cairn 1 submitted by AngieLake on 21st Nov 2008. Stones of Cairn 1, centre, on approaching the circle from the south. Trackway visible to right.
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Mardon Down Ring Cairn
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Nov 2008
Mardon Down Ring Cairn submitted by AngieLake on 21st Nov 2008. The saucer-shaped depression of the ring cairn on Mardon Down, looking approx NW. (20 m. across, according to Butler).
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The Giant's Grave Mardon Down
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Nov 2008
The Giant's Grave Mardon Down submitted by AngieLake on 21st Nov 2008. Believe it or not, this bumpy mass of vegetation, left, is the Giant's Grave. You can see how the [rather wet!] ridgeway track skirts around it on the highest part of Mardon Down.
Looking approx south here, with the other smaller cairn just behind it to the south.
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Mardon Down Cairn 3
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Nov 2008
Mardon Down Cairn 3 submitted by AngieLake on 21st Nov 2008. Flat topped Cairn 3 on Mardon Down, with a small stone still present in its outer ring, helping to maintain the shape. The "shallow trench into the centre" runs diagonally here from the right of the stone, into the centre.
My friend [top left] is standing further north by the ridgeway track, and to her right is the disappointing Giant's Grave.
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Headless Cross (Moretonhampstead)
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Nov 2008
Headless Cross (Moretonhampstead) submitted by AngieLake on 23rd Nov 2008. The Headless Cross, or Maximajor Stone marking the NE end of the ridgeway path over Mardon Down. Ample parking nearby, from a minor road.
Thought to be a replacement for a pre-existing menhir. (See site notes.)
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Skara Brae
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Dec 2008
Skara Brae submitted by AngieLake on 2nd Dec 2008. One of the unusual stone balls kept in Skara Brae museum on display during a visit in 2001.
(Camcorder still, hence lack of sharpness.)
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The Hurlers Pipers
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 10th Dec 2008
The Hurlers Pipers submitted by AngieLake on 10th Dec 2008. Following my comment on mattimpey's 'orb' [lens-flare] photo at the Pipers, posted up today:
Jackie, in red, stands almost due south, between the two small stones which were found by their involvement in the possible ritual movement dowsed from the Pipers last September.
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Gournay-Sur-Aronde
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Picardie:Oise (60))
Visited: Yes on 13th Dec 2008
Gournay-Sur-Aronde submitted by AngieLake on 13th Dec 2008. The placement of human and animal remains in the enclosing ditch at Gournay-sur-Aronde. Deposits of weapons were also carefully placed in the ditch.
[Drawing after Jean-Lewis Brunaux].
This comes from Mysteries of the Ancient World, edited by Judith Flanders, (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998).
Can't help wondering if the ox-burial outside Bryn Celli Ddu is a similar 'Druid' ritual monument.
Maybe King Arthur's Hall was too?
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The Avenue
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2009
The Avenue submitted by AngieLake on 2nd Jan 2009. Stonehenge and the Heel Stone as viewed from The Avenue, at approximately 3.05pm on 17th December 2008.
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Stonehenge Car Park Postholes
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Timber Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2009
Stonehenge Car Park Postholes submitted by AngieLake on 2nd Jan 2009. Looking approximately west to east across the round white markers indicating the positions of the Stonehenge Car Park Postholes, or Mesolithic Posts.
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Great Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2009
Great Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge submitted by AngieLake on 2nd Jan 2009. I think some people will be shocked by the view of Stonehenge from the Cursus Barrows. The stones are almost hidden behind the buildings and vehicles in the car park.
The site of the mesolithic posts would be at the right here, with the western one behind the toilet block.
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Vespasian's Camp
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jan 2009
Vespasian's Camp submitted by AngieLake on 4th Jan 2009. Vespasian's Camp as shown in 'Stukeley Illustrated', compiled by Neil Mortimore, Green Magic publishing.
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Priddy Nine Barrows
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Apr 2009
Ashen Hill Barrows submitted by AngieLake on 9th Apr 2009. Taken a few years ago, from the gateway.
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Nineveh
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Iraq
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2009
Nineveh submitted by AngieLake on 27th Apr 2009. Royal Albert Memorial Museum: A marble Cuneiform tablet from Nineveh, Mesopotamia, about 700 BC.
"Cuneiform script was first used over 5000 years ago. It was the earliest form of written expression and was used for several different language systems."
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Merrivale Stone Slabs 1 and 2
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2009
Merrivale Stone Slabs 1 and 2 submitted by AngieLake on 30th Apr 2009. Merrivale plan, after Jack Walker (author of 'Dartmoor Sun'), showing the position of these two Slabs in the centre of the complex.
(Copy for interpretation purposes.)
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Corndon Down Cairns
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2009
Corndon Down Cairns submitted by AngieLake on 6th May 2009. View north to Cairn A from the rocky outcrop at the highest point of Corndon Down, which Butler calls "a miniature tor". This mini-tor itself was once a cairn.
Further to the north, on a lower summit of Corndon Down, are two more cairns.
(An interpretation plan is included on the site page.)
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Yar Tor Prehistoric Homestead
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2009
Yar Tor Prehistoric Homestead submitted by AngieLake on 6th May 2009. The most prominent stones of the site, at the higher end of the area. Butler says: "A large hut (9.5 m) with some massive stones in its wall ...", so I imagine this is what he was referring to.
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Claverhouse's Stone
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Perth and Kinross)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2009
Claverhouse's Stone submitted by AngieLake on 31st Jul 2009. This old engraving - "Site of Dundee's Death" - shows the Claverhouse stone portrayed by W H Bartlett [from Mary Evans Picture Library].
I found it in 'Two Men in a Trench II', by Neil Oliver and Tony Pollard. Under the picture: "The Claverhouse Stone, one of the supposed sites of Dundee's death. Urrard House can be seen in the trees on the high ground.
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Comet Stone (Orkney)
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 6th Aug 2009
Comet_Stone (Orkney) submitted by AngieLake on 6th Aug 2009. Description of the labyrinth-like ritual movement discovered at the Comet Stone in 2001, with explanation of corresponding coloured lines of movement in plan. [See separate post].
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Bow Henge
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2009
Bow Henge submitted by AngieLake on 10th Aug 2009. Bow Henge viewed from the air during the drought of 1984. [Excuse quality, but this is an old photocopy from 'Devon's Past - an Aerial View' by Frances Griffith*, which has been tucked away in a file for ages, hence the crease.]
*In 2005 she was Devon County Archaeologist.
Her description:
"The cropmarks here represent the remains of quite a large prehistoric ceremonial structure - some 60m by 70m overall - which would previously have been a prominent feature of the landscape. The cropm...
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