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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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Sidmouth Museum
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2009
Sidmouth Museum submitted by AngieLake on 10th Aug 2009. Sidmouth Museum near the Parish Church.
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Table Maen
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2009
Table Maen submitted by AngieLake on 3rd Sep 2009. The large granite slab called Table Maen, or King Arthur's Stone, in a private garden at Mayon near Sennen. (See site page for legend).
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Mayon Farm Cross
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2009
Mayon Farm Cross submitted by AngieLake on 3rd Sep 2009. This is the stile which allows access to the field where the cross lies on the other side of the low bank, centre left. Sennen church tower is visible in the distance, between the stile uprights.
On this evening in May I had followed the footpath around the edge of the field to this stile, and once in the planted field, stepped very carefully between the crop to the low hedge where the cross is situated. You can see where others have done this and worn a slight track, just above the step of ...
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Sennen Hedge
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2009
Sennen Hedge submitted by AngieLake on 3rd Sep 2009. Sennen Hedge at around 9 pm in May.
I took a coastal footpath, but got a bit lost, finding this, then having to negotiate a very, very muddy farm track in my best trousers and shoes!
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Sennen Church
Date Added: 26th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2009
Sennen Church submitted by AngieLake on 3rd Sep 2009. The large cross near the road in Sennen Churchyard was "moved from the centre of the new cemetery. It earlier served as a footbridge across a small stream north-east of Trevear for some years during the early 19th century, on the route of a very ancient pack-horse road via Chapel Carn Brea and Chapel Euny towards Penzance, but once doubtless stood by the side of the track."
[Journey to the Stones, by Ian Mc Neil Cooke, p. 249.]
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