Hersoug

Submitted by kenntha88 on Sunday, 21 September 2025   (630 reads)

Hersoug

Neolithic and Bronze AgeIn a large sloping grassy field easily visible from the local round is a round barrow located on a smaller flat hill which is part of the barrow, making it a very rare "step barrow" known only in a handful of sites in Norway. The base is 40 metres in diameter and 2 metres in height and flattened with a mound of top, making the step appearance. The top part of the barrow is 12 metres in diameter and 1,5 metres in height. This detail is easier to see on LIDAR maps because of the vegetation which consists of large and small trees and scrub.
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Palazzo Besta

Submitted by CoppellaiaMatta on Saturday, 20 September 2025   (530 reads)

Palazzo Besta

MuseumsThis Renaissance building in Teglio (Sondrio province) is known for its frescoes and its stüe: typical rooms entirely covered with wood panels. Most importantly, the ground floor houses an extensive collection of Bronze Age Steles. The stones come from the Teglio area, most of them are in very good conditions, all are accompanied by illustrative material and there are several information panels.
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Creeg Tol

Submitted by AngieLake on Thursday, 18 September 2025   (19108 reads)

Creeg Tol

Natural PlacesThis outcrop of rock, also known as the Giant’s Footprint, is beside the footpath from the A30 lay-by kissing gate to Boscawen Un, though you may not notice it there on your way to the circle. There is a small, presumably modern stone circle close by, photos of that are on our page. You would be more aware of it when walking back to your vehicle, turn left down a little path beneath the overhead electricity wires. It is marked on the OS Explorer map. The huge rock stands to the NW of Boscawen Un [the circle can be seen from its summit], and St Buryan church tower is about SSW in direction.
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Rechnitz Kreisgrabenanlagen Circle Fort

Submitted by TheDruid-3X3 on Wednesday, 17 September 2025   (652 reads)

Rechnitz Kreisgrabenanlagen Circle Fort

Neolithic and Bronze AgeA team of archaeologists believes that three impressively sized circular ditch structures from around 4500 BC, discovered by the team in what is now southeastern Austria, are evidence of some of the most impressive Stone Age settlements ever found in Europe. Researchers spent roughly six years using aerial archaeology and geomagnetic surveys in the municipality of Rechnitz (located near the border with Hungary) to discover the ring-shaped structures, which are virtually invisible to the naked eye. They found pits and post holes that, in conjunction with ceramic discoveries, help to illustrate the Neolithic settlements. Teams will further analyze material and soil samples to uncover more information on the origin of the agricultural land and its subsoil.
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Skankalne Hillfort

Submitted by TheDruid-3X3 on Wednesday, 17 September 2025   (394 reads)

Skankalne Hillfort

Multi-periodSitting between the left bank of the Salaca River and a tributary gorge, near the historic Lībiešu homestead in Valmiera Municipality, Latvia, its irregular oval plateau is encircled by a defensive rampart up to five meters high and 70 meters long, separating it from the surrounding landscape.
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Bronze Age settlement and Neolithic finds discovered at this hillfort in Latvia, as well as evidence for occupation well into the Iron Age - more details on our page
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Silbury Hill

Submitted by Andy B on Wednesday, 17 September 2025   (76299 reads)

Silbury Hill

Neolithic and Bronze AgeThe largest prehistoric human-made mound in Europe, Silbury Hill is 39m (128ft) high, covers an area of 2.2 ha (5.5 acres) and is estimated to have taken 18 million working hours to construct.
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The top of Silbury Hill has rare Stonehenge 'debitage'. Re-examination by Geologist Rob Ixer has corrected an earlier mis-identification. New data reasserts that the lithics were probably transported to Silbury in prehistorical times, rather than later. More on our page
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King Arthur's Downs Circular Enclosure - Possible Henge?

Submitted by Bladup on Tuesday, 16 September 2025   (510 reads)

King Arthur's Downs Circular Enclosure - Possible Henge?

Date UncertainWhat looks to me like a henge with an entrance at the NNE and another half (finished) henge to the SE, After seeing this on the LiDAR I looked on Heritage Gateway and even though they'd recorded the place they mention everything but a henge!! Anyhow they write: (About the full possible henge) A circular enclosure, possibly Prehistoric, has been picked up on Lidar. It measures over 50m in diameter and could represent a large barrow, a round or even possibly a stone circle.
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Menhir de Kerdelec

Submitted by johnstone on Saturday, 13 September 2025   (615 reads)

Menhir de Kerdelec

Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis 2 metre tall stone has been moved and re-erected - it has a somewhat human shape. The makeshift sign next to it reads: 'Mother Goddess, 5,000 years old'. At the entrance to this estate and distillery are three more menhirs, see the entry for Menhirs de Kerdelec in the nearby sites list on our page.
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Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Submitted by AngieLake on Saturday, 13 September 2025   (2783 reads)

Huntingdon Warren Settlement

Multi-periodNoticed while walking around the southern slopes of Huntingdon Warren (Dartmoor) the settlement faces south with views to the Avon Dam and the junction of the West Walla Brook with the R. Avon to the SE.
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The oblong shapes on the LiDAR are pillow mounds (built in Medieval times for rabbits). Photos of the settlement are on our page
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Bjerne Stenoldgård Runddysse

Submitted by Tonnox on Saturday, 13 September 2025   (2185 reads)

Bjerne Stenoldgård Runddysse

Neolithic and Bronze AgeA freestanding Runddysse (dolmen chamber), rectangular, not polygonal in shape. Oriented NNE / SSW, with opening an opening in the south. Two capstones on each long side. (The NW is split)
in older times, one part lying inside the chamber) and one
threshold stone in N.
Capstone partially tipped down in NW as a result of the broken orthostat.


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Northern Earth 181, Autumn 2025, is out now

Submitted by awrc on Friday, 12 September 2025   (404 reads)

Events In this issue:

  • Frank Edmund Earp 1951–2025: Bob Trubshaw honours a leading light of earth mysteries in Nottinghamshire
  • Some old stones of Portugal’s Land’s End: Ulrich Magin goes hunting for some elusive European megaliths
  • The NE interview: Lally MacBeth , the author of the new book The Lost Folk
  • Reflections in stone: Amy Tryphena encounters Cornwall’s smallest stone circle
  • The wolf that wasn’t: Rosemary Pardoe questions a strange feature in a Suffolk church
  • Getting it down on tape: John Billingsley gets entangled with hedge tape theory
  • Synergies of Powys in Gwynedd : Rob Stepney went on a publishing quest, and the omens were on his side
  • Hiding in plain sight: N and S letter reversals: Greg Huber begins a two-part study of some intriguing symbols
  • Mind the gap: NE’s editor reflects on a famous tree

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Ek (Onsøy)

Submitted by kenntha88 on Thursday, 11 September 2025   (2676 reads)

Ek (Onsøy)

Date UncertainI had no idea about this stone circle before I went to seek help from a local farmer to find the nearby rock art site at Onsøy when she told me to follow this country road and where to find the stone circle! This one does not appear in any official website or articles. It is located in an open area in the forest and no large trees appear inside the circle.
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Chun Quoit

Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 11 September 2025   (22274 reads)

Chun Quoit

Neolithic and Bronze AgeOne of the most well-preserved of the quoits in Cornwall. A round capstone with a cupmark lies on top of the closed chamber. The mound is 15 metres in diameter and 0.6 metres high. The retaining wall seems to have disappeared except for possibly two stones standing erect on the north edge of the mound
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Oil on canvas, painting by Cazzyjane
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Løkenveien Løken-Nordre

Submitted by kenntha88 on Tuesday, 09 September 2025   (541 reads)

Løkenveien Løken-Nordre

Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis medium-sized but pretty round barrow is just next to the main country road 40km south of Oslo. Five large pine trees are growing on the barrow but otherwise the barrow is covered only with short grass, making the details of the barrow easy to see. The barrow is according to kulturminnesøk 18 metres in diameter and 1.5 metres in height and appears to have no damage.
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