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<< Our Photo Pages >> Weston henge - Henge in Scotland in South Lanarkshire

Submitted by Bladup on Wednesday, 22 October 2014  Page Views: 3091

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Weston henge
Country: Scotland County: South Lanarkshire Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Lanark  Nearest Village: Newbegging
Map Ref: NT03004578
Latitude: 55.695746N  Longitude: 3.544775W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Weston henge
Weston henge submitted by Bladup : Weston henge. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Henge in South Lanarkshire

The henge measures 91m by 66m from crest to crest of the bank, with the longer side aligned about 10 E of N. Along each side the bank is reasonably well preserved, standing at least 1.8m in height externally and 0.9m internally. Except on the E side of the S entrance, the ends of the bank have, however, been reduced and distorted by the plough. The ditch measures 10.7m in average width and up to 0.5m in depth.

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Weston henge
Weston henge submitted by Postman : Approaching from the NNW (Vote or comment on this photo)

Weston henge
Weston henge submitted by Postman : Looking toward Whitewellbrae wood. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Weston henge
Weston henge submitted by Postman : Site in South Lanarkshire Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Weston henge
Weston henge submitted by Postman : The scrappy, loose, south end of the henge. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Weston henge
Weston henge submitted by Postman : Looking northish towards the entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)

Weston henge
Weston henge submitted by Postman : Looking through the east facing entrance, should come here for an equinox one day.

Weston henge
Weston henge submitted by Postman : Looking over the east facing entrance

Weston henge
Weston henge submitted by Postman : Looking South east over the east facing entrance

Weston henge
Weston henge submitted by Bladup : Showing part of the bank at Weston henge.

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Chert artefacts from a small excavation at Firpark Wood, Weston Farm by Andy B on Wednesday, 18 February 2015
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Chert artefacts from a small excavation at Firpark Wood, Weston Farm, South Lanarkshire by Torben Bjarke Ballin

In 1998, fieldwalking was carried out at Firpark Wood, Weston Farm, near Biggar, South Lan-arkshire (NGR: NT 026 465 centred). The investigation focused on an area ploughed for the first time, from which lithic artefacts and pottery had been recovered. The fieldwalking was undertaken by volunteers from Biggar Archaeology Group (BAG, then Lanark and District Archaeological Society or LADAS), and students from the universities of Glasgow and Edin-burgh. (Ward 1998). A number of find concentrations were identified, some of which included Mesolithic arte-facts (such as microliths), whereas others were dated to the Neolithic period on the basis of diagnostic find combinations (bifacial arrowheads, pitchstone, Early and Late Neolithic pot-tery, as well as fragments of Group VI axeheads).

One particular site (NGR: NT 0235 4668) was selected for more detailed investigation by then PhD student Chris Barrowman, University of Glasgow, as it was thought to represent Mesolithic occupation, and it was included amongst other Mesolithic and transitional Mesolithic/Neolithic sites from southern Scotland to be scru-tinized as part of his Scottish Lithic Scatters Project (Barrowman 2000).

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