Megalithic Portal: Latest from Merseyside, England

Lunt Meadows

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:32:19 GMT

. Ancient Settlement in Merseyside

The Calderstones

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:28:13 GMT

]]>This is the current shocking state of the Calderstones, wrapped in plastic sheeting due to a funding impasse in Liverpool Parks department. Chambered Tomb in Merseyside (City of Liverpool). These stones once formed part of a chambered tomb in what is now the area of Allerton, six kilometres to the south-east of Liverpool. They lay on an elevated plateau of sandstone, on light, well-drained soils at the head of a small valley, but all that remains of this tomb today are six highly ornamented stones known as The Calderstones.

Bidston Hill Rock Carvings

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:00:52 GMT

. Carving in Merseyside

Red Rocks

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:11:44 GMT

. Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Merseyside

West Kirby Cremation Burial

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:02:57 GMT

. Cist in Merseyside

The Godstone

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:43:55 GMT

. Marker Stone in Merseyside

The Bloody Stone

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:58:33 GMT

. Marker Stone in Merseyside

Stonehenge Rope Experiment 2008

Wed, 21 May 2008 12:44:15 GMT

. Your readers may be interested in the experiment being conducted by my good friend John Hill MA (Archaeology). We will be laying out the ground plan of Stonehenge on a Sports Field in Allerton, Liverpool just before Summer Solstice 2008.

Monk's Well (Wavertree)

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:31:05 GMT

]]>. Holy Well in Merseyside. A surprising survival this ancient well is easily found following the road which leads off to the left near the old lock up ( itself worth a visit and another remarkable survival ) off the B1578 road out of Liverpool. Turn the corner from North Drive into Mill Lane and you will see the sandstone cross from which the old house got its name: the 'Monks Well' itself.

Open Day this weekend on Merseyside: M62 J6 Stone Age Settlements

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:44:02 GMT

. Archaeologists working on the Highways Agency's M62 Junction 6 improvement scheme have uncovered 7,000-year-old evidence of Stone Age settlements at Huyton on Merseyside - the earliest signs of human activity ever discovered in the area.