Neolithic and Bronze AgePart of a complex at Bagbie, Dumfries & Galloway consisting of a small four poster stone circle, this cairn and a single standing stone. See our nearby sites list or map for the others. There is a view of the sea which may have influenced its location.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThree of the four standing stones surviving to the SW of this Clava ring-cairn, which measures 15.8m in diameter over a kerb of boulders. It's said that excavations in 1976-7 revealed large quantities of cremated bone in the central area.
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Natural PlacesA huge stone (approx 3m x 1.5m x 1m) definitely propped by a boulder and a smaller stone. On the southern part of Bodmin moor. There is sideways contact with a large adjacent stone that is itself propped. The cavity underneath seems to be the result of manipulation and removals. A stony bank runs straight up the hillside to the feature and then on to the burial cairn beyond. It is hard to conceive of a natural sequence of events that could have produced this arrangement.
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryThere are 2 probable crannogs in the SW corner of Carlingwark Loch, on the S edge of Castle Douglas in Dumfries and Galloway. "Two artificial islands were found when the loch was drained in 1765. At the same time two dugout canoes, a dam, to maintain the level of the water in the loch, and a planking floor were found." OSA 1794 (T Halliday). Fir Island, a natural island in the SW corner of Carlingwark Loch, is likely to be one of the fortified islands. Ash Island, an artificial island c. 55 yards N of Fir Island, is another likely candidate.
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Early Medieval (Dark Age)"An irregulary executed and chipped latin cross with an incised cross on each face, the limbs of which appear to have originally extended to the edge of the stone." (Langdon) Located in Hilltown, St Neot, Cornwall. Each cross has a marked inclination to the right. It is similar to the Latin crosses preserved, along with other styles, in nearby St Neot churchyard.
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryThe camp is a circular earthwork with double banks. Probably built by the Iceni in the second century BC and occupied until the tribe was wiped out by the Romans after Boudicca's uprising. Unfortunately, the western end which contained the original entrance was destroyed when the river course was re-routed. The other entrances are all supposedly modern. Still, it's a fine, impressive place with high banks and a deep ditches.
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Date UncertainThis block of sandstone is located on the southern bank of the River Eden approximately 200m upsteam of another grinding stone discovered over a decade earlier. The stone has around 15 separate grooves, almost certainly made by the use of the stone for sharpening tools. It is highly likely that these tools would have been Neolithic axes and other tools quarried from the central Lake District fells between 4000 and 2000BC, however they could be more recent.
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Natural PlacesThis propped stone sits at an altitude of 370m, the slab measuring 40cms thick, 80cms wide and 110cms long. The slab is made of Great Scar Limestone. This slab is placed on a low knoll; its precise origin is not immediately clear, but the stone matches both the scar above and a lower limestone pavement. There are no other similar slabs in the vicinity. There is one prop - an irregular piece of limestone - which supports the slab, which is smaller than in other similar features; it is also trapped by the slab against the bedrock at an unnatural angle.
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Roman, Greek and ClassicalA discovery underneath the basement of an office block near Leadenhall Market has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history unearthed in the city of London. Archaeologists have found a substantial piece of the ancient city's first basilica - a 2,000 year old public building where major political, economic and administrative decisions were made.
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Modern SitesAn early C18 guide stone which local archaeologist Raymond Hayes thought looked suspiciously like a re-used Roman Altar . It is located on the east side of the road in a small Intake behind a barbed wire fence. This is on Birk Field Bank, south west of Castleton on the road to Westerdale. It is suffering badly from erosion and depending on how the light falls on the stone determines the legibility of some of the engravings.
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Modern SitesTwo stones standing on the northern slopes of Metheral Hill, which turn out to be marked on the map as Boundary Stones. They are both about 5 - 6 feet tall, and on close inspection have a T carved in them. They have obviously been here a long time as they are all weather worn, so much so that I wonder whether they were ever anything else.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeTo the west of Metheral Circle is what looks like a ruined kerb cairn. Two of its kerb stones are still standing with other fallen ones where they fell. There seems to be a ruined cist within the center of the cairn.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeTwo ancient stone circles and a collapsed dolmen were recently rediscovered by Alan Endacott and team in the Taw Marsh area of northern Dartmoor, adding credibility to Endacott's theory that a “sacred arc” of monuments was built in the heart of the wild Devon uplands. He has named this the Metheral circle after the hill it stands beneath. The circle measures about 40 by 33 metres and consists of 20 stones, mainly fallen.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis unique site on the Isle of Hoy, Orkney has attracted attention for centuries. It has been described as the dwelling place of giants, of dwarves, and as the home of an early Christian hermit. It was actually a tomb, related to the many chambered cairns found throughout Orkney. It dates to between 3500 and 2500 BC. Its construction, carved from a single enormous block of stone, is without parallel in Britain and Ireland. The labour involved, given the lack of metal tools, suggests that although small, it may have been of special significance.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeEasily the most awe-inspiring prehistoric site in Scotland, the Ring of Brodgar lies on a promontory between two lochs. The stone circle is quite complete, and one of the biggest in Britain. The stones are set within a circular ditch up to 3m deep and 9m across that was hewn out of the solid bedrock by the prehistoric constructors.
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Roman, Greek and ClassicalTurret foundations and bridge abutment. Part of Hadrian's Wall. The movement of the river across its valley has removed or covered the part on the other side of the river.
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Rock ArtCairnholy 7 Cup Carved Panel is c. 0.5 mile N of Cairnholy 2 in Dumfries and Galloway. The carved panel has 16 cup carvings arranged in two parallel lines measuring c. 18 inches on a ENE- WSW Axis. The equally spaced cups measure up to 1.5 inches in diameter with depths varying from 0.25 to 0.5 inches.
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Rock ArtThis extensive rock outcrop in Dumfries and Galloway is decorated with a cup with three rings (possibly partly quarried away) and simple-cup-marks.
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryA large univallate hillfort in Shropshire in a naturally strong defensive position on a steep sided spur at the north end of the Stiperstones ridge. Access is only along the ridge/spur. Most walkers on the Stiperstones route never visit Castle Ring, which is a shame as its situation is quite dramatic, with views across to many other hillforts in the area.
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Multi-periodA cross base with a central hole for a cross-shaft. It has four cup-like depressions in the upper face which suggest use in time of plague as a barter stone. No longer in original location but enclosed by a wall, behind a railing.
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