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Art as Metaphor: The Prehistoric Rock-art of Britain

Art as Metaphor: The Prehistoric Rock-art of Britain

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Val Sterla

Submitted by CoppellaiaMatta on Thursday, 09 July 2026   (802 reads)

Val Sterla

Multi-periodVal Sterla is a summer pasture above Madesimo - the valley is rich in waterfalls and its grassy terraces are littered with massive boulders. Until a few years ago there were also several buildings used by the shepherds, nowadays only one remains standing and a sculptured boulder forms part of its external walls.
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This Alpine boulder carries unusual, deep, almond-shaped incisions amongst prehistoric cup marks. Most striking are the elegantly cup-tipped crosses cut much later by the shepherds whose huts still stand alongside, possibly to 'Christianise' the rock
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Banjska Stena Bronze Age Settlement

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 08 July 2026   (453 reads)

Banjska Stena Bronze Age Settlement

Multi-periodThe only long-occupied, multi-layered settlement among the Bronze Age sites of the Bor-Zaječar region. Located on the hill named "spa rock" above Gamzigradska Banja, looking west across the Crni Timok valley toward Gamzigrad. Together with the Magura cemetery on a nearby hill, Banjska Stena is a site typical of the Gamzigrad culture.
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Key new sites from Eastern Serbia and Hungary - details on this page in the comments
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Szegvár-Tűzköves Neolithic Settlement

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 08 July 2026   (1785 reads)

Szegvár-Tűzköves Neolithic Settlement

Neolithic and Bronze AgeA Late Neolithic tell settlement - one of the most important centres of the of the Tisza culture (5000-4500 BCE). Excavations produced the famous 'Szegvar idol' (pictured) - a seated clay figure holding a sickle, interpreted as a harvest deity or ancestral figure. Also known as the 'God of Szegvar', this is now in the Mora Ferenc Museum in Szeged.
Image submitted by Anne T

Medmenham Camp

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 08 July 2026   (16027 reads)

Medmenham Camp

Iron Age and Later PrehistoryThe earthwork and buried remains of this Iron Age hillfort lie to the west of Bockmer Lane, occupying a commanding position on the end of a spur overlooking the village of Medmenham to the south and the broad valley of the River Thames. The circuit of defences is roughly pear-shaped in plan, measuring approximately 350m north to south, and 300m across its wider, northern end.
Image submitted by Anne T

Illustration courtesy Wessex Archaeology / Beacons of the Past
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Higgin's Well

Submitted by HOLYWELL on Wednesday, 08 July 2026   (11353 reads)

Higgin's Well

Springs and Holy WellsA legend associated with this well will be familiar to many - the story goes that the landowner didn't like people visiting the well and filled it in. The well's water then started to arise through his house, so he re-opened it! More details in Anne's comment below. The present structure is Victorian. It is found along a path to the left of the church.
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Corinium Museum

Submitted by Anne T on Sunday, 05 July 2026   (10230 reads)

Corinium Museum

MuseumsMainly Roman but with an excellent prehistory gallery too. Highlights include the actual chamber stones from Hazleton North long barrow, and the Nottingham Hill cup and ring stone.
Image submitted by Anne T

Incredibly rare 'Chieftain' burial objects found in Lechlade (amber beads, archer's wrist guard and copper dagger), now on show in the Prehistory Gallery
Read More | 6 News and Comments | Category: Our Photo Pages

Fetcham Springs

Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 04 July 2026   (1279 reads)

Fetcham Springs

Multi-periodLarger scale excavation work began in June this year, with archaeologists looking to understand more about the Roman foundations present on the site. Excavations here in 2009 revealed signs of a prehistoric hunting camp from the end of the last Ice Age and a high-status Roman building. The speculation is that the building was a bath house, which is certainly possible given the closeness to the ancient springs.
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It's not every day you get to visit a live archaeological excavation within a couple of hundred metres of where you live! Here Wayne the lead archaeologist describes the different features of the Roman bath house. Hot room to the right of the photo, furnace to the back right, warm and cold rooms to the left. At the open day held Saturday 4th July 2026
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Louden Hill circle

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 02 July 2026   (16540 reads)

Louden Hill circle

Neolithic and Bronze AgeNot too much remains to be seen at first of this circle but at least 21 stones do remain, mostly flattened or stumps. On top of the ridge of Louden Hill at 935 feet altitude about a kilometre to the southwest of Stannon stone circle, northwest Bodmin Moor, in Cornwall.
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The Louden 'tri-stone' - was this set up to reference Rough Tor in the background? Several other Bodmin circles within sight of Rough Tor have similar shaped stones
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Brent Tor

Submitted by h_fenton on Wednesday, 01 July 2026   (15000 reads)

Brent Tor

Iron Age and Later PrehistoryA conical shaped hill rising to a height of 330 metres above sea level. Close to the base of the hill is a rampart up to 5 metres high (outside measurement) that goes part of the way around the hill (North and NE sides), it has been suggested that the rampart was never completed but does represent a rampart belonging to an Iron Age Fort or enclosure.
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Tokyo National Museum

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 01 July 2026   (849 reads)

Tokyo National Museum

MuseumsA Dogū from the Jōmon period, (1000–400) BCE, excavated in Kawane-Honchō Town, Shizuoka. The museum is considered the oldest national museum in Japan and collects, preserves, and displays a comprehensive collection of artwork and cultural objects from Asia, with a focus on ancient and medieval Japanese art and Asian art along the Silk Road. There is also a large collection of Greco-Buddhist art.
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Spruce Bluff Mound

Submitted by IanMu4966 on Sunday, 28 June 2026   (633 reads)

Spruce Bluff Mound

Pre-ColumbianRoughly 80 feet (24m) wide and 20 feet (6m) tall, the Spruce Bluff Mound is a remnant of the Pre-Columbian Ais Culture, who lived along the Indian River Lagoon between Cape Canaveral and the St. Lucie Inlet. The mound has been to dated to around 300–100 BC and is perhaps the largest surviving example of an Ais mound left standing today.
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