Submitted by TheDruid-3X3 on Friday, 01 August 2025 (563 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeThe Dudderhouse Hill long cairn has been designated a Scheduled Monument - the highest level of heritage protection available in England. The long cairn survives as a partly turf-covered oval mound of stones, about 23m (75ft) long, 12m (39m) wide and 1m (3ft) high.
"It doesn't look particularly impressive and that's one of the problems," Paul Jeffery, Historic England's national listings manager, said. "Nearby, about 70m (230ft) away, there's a cairn where people have added stones over time. Unfortunately, because they don't realise that this is such an important site, some people walking past pick up stones from what they think is just this pile and then add them to the other cairn and obviously that causes harm." Image submitted by Dodomad
Submitted by AlexHunger on Friday, 01 August 2025 (3205 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeA mixed-type nuraghe, with elements of the corridor-nuraghe and classic tholos nuraghe styles. With interior stairs that allow access to two upper levels. Nearby are two Tomba dei Giganti and an unusual stone row. More details from our page. Image submitted by aolson
Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 31 July 2025 (3160 reads)
MuseumsRegional history museum with collection located in 22 halls with departments of nature, archaeology and history. The archaeological collection is one of the largest among regional museums in Ukraine. Of particular interest are the unique monuments of the Bronze Age and Scythian times, the periods of the Chernyakhov culture and the Middle Ages.
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Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 31 July 2025 (5403 reads)
MuseumsMuseum in Ukraine with a permanent collection consisting of 283 thousand objects from ancient Palaeolithic implements to World War II. The museum has a large collection of stone baba figures, the Kurgan stelae, Kernosovskiy idol, a particularly rich collection of objects from the Cossack period, and a sizable ethnographic and numismatic collection. Image submitted by dodomad
Submitted by j_iglar on Tuesday, 29 July 2025 (3841 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeAn interesting menhir and part of a fascinating alignment in the Algarve, BUT it's not the original. It was originally sited further down the row and known as Vilarinha 5. The original Vilarinha 3 is very ornately carved and now in the museum in Silves to preserve it (we have photos of that one also). Image submitted by obscureed
Submitted by JimChampion on Tuesday, 29 July 2025 (17288 reads)
Iron Age and Later PrehistoryThe impressive banks of this hillfort survive in deepest Basingstoke. It has a single rampart (which has been developed right up to) and a ditch enclosing almost 6 hectares (15 acres). The site has suffered a lot of development in recent times: it is surrounded by a housing estate and in 1977 a school was built within the ramparts. Excavations discovered two Iron Age phases; firstly from the 6th to 5th century, and secondly from the 2nd to 1st centuries BC. Image submitted by SolarMegalith
Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 27 July 2025 (5691 reads)
Early Medieval (Dark Age)One of two sarsen stones discovered in the foundations of the original abbey. Nobody knows for certain but it is claimed that Saint Augustine may have used this one as a preaching cross. St Augustine's Abbey was originally created as a burial place for the Anglo-Saxon kings of Kent, it is part of the Canterbury World Heritage Site, along with the Cathedral and St Martin's Church. Image submitted by Flickr
Submitted by Maatje on Sunday, 27 July 2025 (503 reads)
MuseumsThe village of Aardenburg (Zeeland) was part of the Roman Empire from at least 27BCE until 289CE.
This part of western Europe was the home of the Menapii, a Celtic tribe, until the Romans came. The Romans and Celts mingled. But in 170CE there were invasions from Germany and the Roman soldiers built a Castellum on the high sand ridge, with the name Rodanum. Image submitted by Maatje
Submitted by KaiHofmann on Sunday, 27 July 2025 (1421 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSeveral destroyed dolmens stood on the Koppelberg, a promontory overlooking a lake NE of Berlin. They were used as sources of stone in the 19th Century. However there are many loose stones by the wayside that may have once been part of the dolmens. There are also many cup marks in the area, check the nearby sites list and map on our page. Image submitted by mk16jheh
Submitted by Klingon on Sunday, 27 July 2025 (526 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis is one of the most obscure prehistoric sites and hard to get to. It is a Minoan tomb on Crete, but carved entirely out of rock. The name 'Pyramid' is a misnomer - the structure is a fairly perfect cone. Image submitted by Klingon
Submitted by Gerald_Ponting on Friday, 25 July 2025 (39668 reads)
Medieval (High and Late)A really beautiful turf maze in Hampshire of 'Chartres' design. These are hard to date as they get recut and maintained. Some contend it has prehistoric origins, but more likely to be mediaeval, cut by the friars of the nearby Augustinian priory, or later by the owners of nearby Breamore House. Image submitted by ray67052
Submitted by AlexHunger on Friday, 25 July 2025 (4562 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeLike many standing stones, this one is thought of as a fertility symbol according to local legend. It's on Zum Kindstein Street in a recent housing development south-west of the village of Unter-Widdersheimin near Frankfurt. Image submitted by Janek
Submitted by bat400 on Thursday, 24 July 2025 (11765 reads)
Rock ArtThis park was created to protect a high concentration of rock art sites, many thought to date back a thousand years. Many of the figures are beautiful depictions of sea creatures. It is a location of great significance for the Snuneymuxw First Nations people. Image submitted by TheDruid-3X3
Submitted by bat400 on Thursday, 24 July 2025 (11971 reads)
Pre-ColumbianMany mudflats on tidal estuaries of the Johnstone Strait have evidence of wood and stone fish traps and clam gardens which were originally built up to 1700 years old. Wooden stakes, shaped by stone tools, were driven into the mudflats to form short stockade-like traps to catch fish as the tide went out. Radiocarbon dating indicates the same basic structures have been built and used up into historic times. Image submitted by TheDruid-3X3
Rare 3,800-year-old waterlogged archaeological site with ancient organic artefacts uncovered in K’ómoks territory, British Colombia Read Article | 5 News and Comments | Category: Our Photo Pages
Submitted by RunaStera on Wednesday, 23 July 2025 (6845 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeA reconstructed gallery grave near Osnabrück. The original chamber size would have been enormous, at least 40m long. Excavated in 1927, it contained the remains of at least 200 burials. Grave goods are attributed to the neolithic age: fragments of hundreds of ceramic vessels of the funnel beaker culture, flint and rock axes, flint tools, bone tools, jewellery made of amber, gagat, copper and quartz. After excavation the fallen stones (presumably all orthostats) were re-erected to outline part of the original structure. Image submitted by johnstone
Submitted by NadiaNorman on Wednesday, 23 July 2025 (1685 reads)
MuseumsStanwick Lakes visitor centre has a heritage zone, created to display the many artefacts that were found on the site during the extensive archaeological excavations in the 1980s. You can also visit the lakes of course and a very nice Bronze Age round barrow. Image submitted by NadiaNorman
Boats completed! The Big Bronze Age Boat Build video, watch in the comments on our page. Also an online talk tomorrow evening (July 24th) Bronze, beer and boats: Bringing Prehistoric archaeology to life at Stanwick Lakes with With James Dilley, Nadia Norman, and Aiden Phillips Read Article | 9 News and Comments | Category: Our Photo Pages
Submitted by AlexHunger on Tuesday, 22 July 2025 (11302 reads)
Iron Age and Later PrehistoryAn Iron Age oppidum NE of Frankfurt consisting of a fortified settlement and several burial mounds. This chieftain's tomb dating to about 500 BCE was excavated in 1990 after aerial photography revealed interesting patterns. The posts in the excavated post-holes were reconstructed in 2007. Among other items, a life size limestone statue of a warrior with an unusual helmet was found that we featured a few days ago. The mound is surrounded by ditches which may have been processional paths. The statues were found buried in the ditch. These ditches lead to comparisons with Tara in Ireland. Image submitted by Janek
Submitted by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 22 July 2025 (18786 reads)
Natural PlacesA Paleolithic site of early habitation in St Brelade, Jersey. Cotte means "cave" in Jèrriais. Neanderthal man once lived here around 250,000 years ago - the earliest record of the occupation of the Channel Islands by a human ancestor. The deposits found here contain hundreds and thousands of Neanderthal stone tools, together with their animal prey which included herd animals like horse, mammoth, and reindeer. Image submitted by durhamnature
Excavations are getting underway again at this key Palaeolithic site on Jersey. Here's a vintage photo of the site from Joseph Sinel's Prehistoric Times. Back to this week, Matt and the team were visited by ITV News, watch in the comments section of our page Read Article | 10 News and Comments | Category: Our Photo Pages
Submitted by Andy B on Monday, 21 July 2025 (527 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeStanding over 4m tall on the La Moye headland, this standing stone was destroyed in the 19th century. It was most likely victim to quarrying, broken up with the stones that were left of its enclosure soon after 1870. There was an awareness at the time it would soon be destroyed, the illustration is by a Lieutenant S.P Oliver who described the situation in a 1870 report. Image submitted by Dodomad