Megalithic Portal: Latest from Cambridgeshire, England

Bartlow Hills

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:46:38 GMT

]]>Bartlow Hills Guided Walk with storytelling, July 3 2013. These are the largest barrows in Britain, although they are Romano-British rather than prehistoric. Very few people know of them. Originally the largest group in Europe when there were seven enormous barrows here. Then the now disused railway came through and flattened four of them!

Stonea Camp

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:18:19 GMT

]]>On Weds 22nd May local archaeologists and a story teller will welcome people to Stonea Camp 'hill' fort. See below for a video showing the skull split with a sword, found at the site.. Stonea Camp stands on a gravel island two meters above sea level amid the black Norfolk fens. It must have been a very wet place and the ditches would have naturaly filled with water. There is a single bank and ditch to the south west with three defensive lines to the north. There were three periods of construction and it is suggested by the excavators that this was the site of the battle between the Roman governor, Ostorius and the Iceni in 47AD

Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 21:51:56 GMT

]]>Rock-art digitally re-interpreted in "a pioneering international collaboration between film-makers, games designers and archaeologists" - free exhibition running until 23rd March. Museum in Cambridge with a superb collection of British and world archaeology from the Palaeolithic onwards. Excellent collection of casts of the Palaeolithic "Venus" figurines. Wonderful Bronze and Iron Age galleries and a superb display of Anglo-Saxon jewellery and Viking weapons

Must Farm

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:07:46 GMT

Must Farm Bronze Age site: Archaeologists at work and The Finds. See comments. . Bronze Age Settlement in Cambridgeshire.Bronze Age settlement built on oak piles driven into the bed of the River Nene. Destroyed by a fire sometime between 700 - 500BC, the remains were excavated by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) in 2010-2011 from the Must Farm Quarry.

Cow and woman found in Cambridgeshire Anglo-Saxon dig

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:05:12 GMT

]]>"The cow burial is unique in Europe which makes this an incredibly exciting and important find. I don't think I'll find anything as significant as this again in my lifetime." . Archaeologists excavating an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Cambridgeshire say the discovery of a woman buried with a cow is a "genuinely bizarre" find.

Flag Fen Visitors Centre

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:22:02 GMT

]]>"This will put you in a hole, on-site." Archaeologists return to excavate Flag Fen aided by 'crowd-sourced' sponsorship. Make your plans for this summer.. Museum and archaeological site in Cambridgeshire. "Britain's Bronze Age Archaeological Park". Dated to 1365�967 BC, excavations and research uncovered a monumental site which included a causeway composed of thousands of timber posts arranged in five 1-meter-long rows, and a small timber platform partway across the structure.

Howe Hill Bowl Barrow

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:40:55 GMT

. Round Barrow in Cambridgeshire

Morden Grange

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:35:59 GMT

. Round Barrow(s) in Cambridgeshire

Monk's Hole Barrow

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:45:29 GMT

. Round Barrow(s) in Cambridgeshire

The Mazles

Sat, 29 Jan 2011 18:23:31 GMT

. Turf Maze in Cambridgeshire