Submitted by Boeddel on Wednesday, 29 May 2024 (87 reads)
MuseumsThe new (since 2023) permanent exhibition "Świt Pomorza" (The Dawn of Pomerania) available at the Museum of Regional Traditions in Szczecin presents nearly 14 millennia of cultural history in the Pomeranian lands, covering the times from the late Ice Age to the first centuries of the Duchy of Pomerania. Image submitted by Boeddel
Submitted by C_Michael_Hogan on Tuesday, 28 May 2024 (13745 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeCastle Bloody is a large mound prominently situated on the highest topographic point of southeastern Shapinsay on the island's sole remaining heather moorland. The structure has been described as a Pictish fort or earthen house. Earlier records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS 1981) classified this site as a chambered cairn and a recent geophysical survey backs up this interpretation. Image submitted by C_Michael_Hogan
‘Tombs of the Isles’ report and free leaflet/map available to download. Also geophysical survey results published for various sites, more in the comments Read Article | 3 News and Comments | Category: Our Photo Pages
Submitted by Smilemaker on Tuesday, 28 May 2024 (71 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis stone circle in North Uist was first identified in the late 20th Century during peat extraction activities. Initially three stones were identified, one remarkable stone is prostrate and has a man-made 'notch' cut from its upper surface. A fourth stone has been recently identified, displaced and lying in a peat bank cutting. Image submitted by Smilemaker
Submitted by d_taddei2 on Monday, 27 May 2024 (7057 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeBy to a small road and situated next to a horse paddock. I parked up near the picnic site which is a nice little area. You then walk under a nice archway that spans over the road, then make your way through a handful of trees, climb over a Drystone dyke and you are there. Image submitted by d_taddei2
Submitted by XIII on Sunday, 26 May 2024 (1094 reads)
MuseumsThe M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum is a history museum located in Kharkiv, Ukraine, currently just 20 miles from the front line. It is dedicated to history and culture of Ukraine and ethnicities living here. The museum has a rich collection of archaeological finds from ancient settlements and burial grounds. Image submitted by XIII
Submitted by AKFisher on Sunday, 26 May 2024 (75 reads)
Early Medieval (Dark Age)The Orkesta Runestones are a set of runestones engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark alphabet that are located at the Church of Orkesta, northeast of Stockholm in Sweden. Several of the stones were raised by, or in memory of, the Swedish Viking Ulf of Borresta. Image submitted by AKFisher
Submitted by DrewParsons on Friday, 24 May 2024 (17677 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeThe remains of the 25m (84ft) cairn of Cors y Gedol lie on the slopes of Moelfre. Little remains of the burial chamber itself apart from a capstone leaning against the cairn and a single standing stone to the east. A similar stone stands at the northern end with another fallen one further north. The site was sketched by William Stukeley in 1766. Image submitted by w650marion
Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 23 May 2024 (252 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeTwo reconstructed henges at Bulford, near the Stonehenge World Heritage Site in a wonderful landscape setting. Image submitted by Andy B
Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 22 May 2024 (13600 reads)
Iron Age and Later PrehistoryCarn Liath was originally thought to be a burial cairn or carn until excavations revealed it was a broch - however the name carn remains in use today. There have been two excavations at this site, the first by the Duke of Sutherland in the 19th century which unearthed a variety of artifacts ranging from pottery sherds, stone hammers, querns, combs and other domestic articles to a whale bone club. Image submitted by Alasdair105
Submitted by PeteCrane5 on Wednesday, 22 May 2024 (4081 reads)
Multi-periodNo roads lead to the remote Dun Geilbt at the southern end of the Isle of Skye so we kayaked out to see it - a dramatic location. Image submitted by PeteCrane5
Submitted by CharcoalBurner89 on Tuesday, 21 May 2024 (101 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis Bronze Age grave near Helsinki is located right next to the street with a beautiful view of the sea, opposite a clinic. A spear chain surrounds the damaged grave. According to the information board, the grave was built around 2000 BC. Image submitted by CharcoalBurner89
Submitted by Tonnox on Tuesday, 21 May 2024 (1824 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeLangdysse Stårup (long barrow) 34 x 7 meters in size. The chamber measures 2.17 x 1.50 meters. It has 5 orthostats and 1 large capstone, with cupmarks. Image submitted by hughmdk
Submitted by AKFisher on Tuesday, 21 May 2024 (135 reads)
Pre-ColumbianThe Callacpuma archaeological site within the city of Cajamarca in Peru, known for its extraordinary rock cave paintings estimated at 4750 ya, indicates the site was occupied from the late pre-ceramic period onward. Recent discoveries indicate the inhabitants also produced megalithic structures among the earliest identified in South America. Image submitted by AKFisher
Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 19 May 2024 (39802 reads)
EventsOn the surface, the mine-shafts of Grime's Graves appear to be countless. English Heritage reckons that there are 433 of them surviving as shallow pits over 17 acres of Norfolk heath land (take a look at the aerial photograph linked from our page.) Digging with antler picks and in use for only a couple of hundred years in the late Neolithic, the deepest shafts go down 13m (30 feet) into the hard chalk. Image submitted by Andy B
Submitted by Morgannwg on Saturday, 18 May 2024 (7240 reads)
ResourcesVal Evans writes: I see that Tracey Ramsbottom has uploaded back copies of her Devon earth mysteries magazine, Wisht Maen. I would be pleased to offer up the original version of my book The Celtic Way, which is a walking guide through the prehistoric sites of western Britain. Image submitted by pab
Submitted by markj99 on Saturday, 18 May 2024 (563 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeA round cairn originally c. 60 feet in diameter, however small to medium-sized field clearance stones deposited on the SE and NW arcs have changed it into an oval mound measuring 25m from NW to SE by 16.5m transversely and up to 1.4m in height. Image submitted by markj99
Submitted by Bladup on Saturday, 18 May 2024 (635 reads)
Iron Age and Later PrehistoryEmbury Beacon Fort is an Iron Age promontory fort with double defences, the inner work reduced by cliff falls. Pottery found during excavation in the 1970s was mainly late Glastonbury ware dated to the Late Iron Age, The site was excavated because of rapid coastal erosion. Image submitted by Bladup
Submitted by Uisdean on Friday, 17 May 2024 (11624 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeA chambered cairn in the Highlands, some 19m by 16m, it has an oval capstone over a rectangular chamber towards the eastern end of the mound. Image submitted by uisdean
Submitted by foz750 on Friday, 17 May 2024 (723 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeJust off a roundabout at the edge of the village of Marcillé la Ville, Mayenne stand a group of four standing stones/menhirs that were discovered during work on local development. They range from 1mtr in height up to well over 2mtrs. Image submitted by foz750