Natural PlacesMound and stone outside the boundary fence of Grime's Graves. Site No. 1 - the beginning of Dr Rudge's Puddingstone Trail. This stone is now buried in bracken (or worse).
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Springs and Holy WellsThere were two ancient holy wells at the far end of the churchyard beyond the west boundary wall, traditionally associated with healing during the Medieval period. I had read that the second well, or spring, had dried up and that the whole area was overgrown with brambles. However we were in for a pleasant surprise.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis burial chamber was found in 2021 during investigations before the construction of a commercial area in Eckernförde the town NW of Kiel. Before detection and excavation the grave was hidden under the surface of a field. All stones were found tipped over, the marks of their former standing position were found and documented. A clay shard was found which could be assigned to the Funnel Beaker culture (see photo on our page).
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryOne of the most important archaeological sites in Wales, being one of Europe’s earliest Iron Age settlements. It was probably built by settlers from across the Irish Sea in c.400BC. There is a legend that a giant, Odo Gawr, is buried under a cairn on the summit of Mynydd Ystum.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeDorset's finest megalithic chambered long barrow lies in a field just off the southwestern side of the main footpath to Kingston Russell Stone Circle. It extends for 20 metres behind the main stones, but has been shortened by ploughing.
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Multi-periodOn the surface, the mine-shafts of Grime's Graves appear to be countless. English Heritage reckons that there are 433 of them surviving as shallow pits over 17 acres of Norfolk heath land (take a look at the aerial photograph linked from our page.) Digging with antler picks and in use for only a couple of hundred years in the late Neolithic, the deepest shafts go down 13m (30 feet) into the hard chalk.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeA klokkehøj (Dolmen) in Svendborg, Denmark. It has five orthostats, excavated and restorated in 1978. There were many finds from the floor layer, including bones, sherds and ceramics. The site is very from the road and has its own bench and litter bin!
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PhotographyContinuing our photo competition catch-up, we are delighted to announce the winners for photos submitted to us between January and March 2021. As always these were all voted for by you, our visitors and contributors. Votes are still being collected for all photos submitted since then and we will be announcing more winners soon.
1st Prize: Knocknagappul Stone Row by GaelicLaird
2nd Prize: Broch of Gurness by PAB
3rd Prize: The Bullstones by Gritstone
View the winning photos and highly commendeds below.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThe bronze age barrow cemetery south of Stonehenge, the other side of the A303. Including Early Bronze Age Beaker burials and the remains of a Neolithic long barrow.
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Multi-periodThe history of Nalanda goes back to the days of Mahavira and Buddha in the 6th century BCE. It was the place of birth and nirvana of Sariputra, one of the famous disciples of Buddha. The place rose into prominence in the 5th century CE as a great monastic-cum-educational institution for oriental art and learning in the whole Buddhist world, attracting students from distant countries including China.
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryOne of the oldest rock-cut caves in India (300 BCE). Some of the caves have Ashokan inscriptions. Most of the caves consist of two chambers.The caves were carved out of granite. The interior has a highly polished surface. Most of the caves have an interesting echo effect.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis bronze age barrow - RB4 on the sketch map - is one of at least seven which comprise the barrow cemetery spread across the relatively level ground on the north east part of Newton Mulgrave Moor, North Yorkshire. Read on for information on the other barrows.
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryA simple cliff castle or promontory fort (Iron Age) on a headland consisting of a prominent granite outcrop with steep cliffs forming some of the sides. A wall has been built across the promontory linking the cliffs to fortify or enclose it. There are no traces of any ditches as a defence or any evidence for occupation within the enclosed area. The wall is around 100 metres long, its construction and the size of the wall vary along its length - suggesting later alterations.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThe necropolis of S'Iscrithola consists of five Neolithic domus de janas (rock-cut tombs) located on a slope descending towards the artificial lake of Gusana, in a beautiful forest area in Sardinia. The tombs are cut in relatively small rock outcrops. All the tombs are single-chambered, except for tomb 5, which has an antechamber and main chamber. Tomb 3 is partly damaged due to rock collapse.
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Mesolithic, Palaeolithic and EarlierCooper's Ferry is an archaeological site along the lower Salmon River, Idaho. Various lithic and animal remains from the Pleistocene to early Holocene ages have been found there. Radiocarbon dating provided a date mapping to 15,700 years calendar years ago. This would be several thousand years before the Clovis fluted points. The excavators have suggested their finds support the idea that early Americans arrived via a coastal route followed by riverine travel.
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)This wheel-headed wayside cross is found in front of the church at Trevalga, Cornwall. It is believed to date from the 8th century. It used to stand by the churchpath but was moved to the churchyard in the early 19th century by the then rector.
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Multi-periodA very remote site high upon a hill, at the steep borders of a canyon river. It was discovered in 1869, now dated 2200 - 1550 BC - a bronze age city of the Al Algar Culture that conquered cities such as Knossos and Mykonos. Archaeologists are still excavating the hill and probably it was completely inhabited. The defence walls are thick and high. The work, which continues today, shows an authentic city of some 40,000 m2 which, at its peak, some 3,800 years ago, was inhabited by some 1,000 people.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeStanding Stone near Llanegryn in Gwynedd. About six feet tall, worn smooth and black by sheltering sheep. Lovely views east towards Birds rock (Craig yr Aderyn) and off towards Cader Idris.
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Multi-periodArchaeologists have unearthed evidence for an evolving sacred landscape spanning centuries in Crowland, Lincolnshire, today dominated by the ruins of its medieval abbey. Local tradition holds that the area was the site of an Anglo-Saxon hermitage belonging to Saint Guthlac, who died in the year 714 and was famed for his life of solitude, having given up a life of riches as the son of a nobleman. The first discovery from the dig was a previously unknown henge - one of the largest in eastern England.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeNuraghe in Sardinia (Sardegna). This spectacularly located nuraghe overlooks the coastal area north of Villaputzu. It consists of two towers - possibly the monument was constructed in two phases. The structure rests upon a large rock outcrop. The western tower has a small window which opens to the N-NW. Below the rock with the nuraghe there are heavily overgrown remains of a settlement.
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