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.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeAlso known as Culloden! The remains of a chambered cairn to the north of the A96 near Inverness.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis lesser known but wonderful long barrow lies behind a hedgerow to the south of the A420 just outside Chippenham, seen here in a photo from 1972. The external dry stone walling is very likely a reconstruction. The barrow was damaged when a false entrance was removed in 1909, but the mound is still 56m long and nearly 4m high. There were three burial chambers, only one on the south side survives.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeAn example of a corridor nuraghe. The monument is located 1km NE of Milis, near the eastern bank of Riu Mannu. The walls survived up to 5m of height, the best preserved part of the structure is at the north.
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Multi-periodThis site is only open a couple of times a year including for the Festival of British Archaeology so I was pleased to chat with the volunteers. It's in St Mary Cray, SE London. With knowledgable members of Orpington and District Archaeological Society (ODAS) in attendance showing how they know it to be a bath house.
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MuseumsThis museum and archaeological park presents finds and sites of the Celts dating from late Hallstatt and early La Tene periods. The main attraction is the tumulus of the Lord of Glauberg (ca. 500 BCE).
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeA cairn at the north end of Hunger Hill to the north of Rochdale at 307 metres above sea level, with commanding views from the site.
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Multi-periodThis cliff dwelling in Montezuma County, Colorado was built between 1211 and 1278 CE. It is the 3rd largest settlement in Mesa Verde National Park with over 120 rooms and 8 kiva chambers. See the nearby sites list and map from our page for lots more.
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