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Butser Ancient Farm
Trip No.7 Entry No.7 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Butser Ancient Farm submitted by JimChampion on 6th May 2007. Looking through one of the entrances to the village enclosure at Butser Ancient Farm. The site is busy with visitors to the Beltain special event. There are several roundhouses in the enclosure, including the Great Roundhouse which is currently being rebuilt.
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Log Text: Neil Oliver tries his hand at ancient farming with David Freeman, and finds out how a grain storage pit works. BBC's History of Ancient Britain
East Chisenbury Midden
Trip No.7 Entry No.4 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Log Text: Neil Oliver and Niall Sharples discuss evidence of feasting in the early Iron Age period and Suddern Farm Man in the BBC's History of Celtic Britain
Gurness
Trip No.7 Entry No.5 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Broch of Gurness submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Broch of Gurness HY382268. Another well preserved Broch.
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Log Text: Neil Oliver visits this classic broch from approx 600BC in BBC's History of Celtic Britain
Great Orme Mine
Trip No.7 Entry No.3 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Would like to visit
Great Orme Mine submitted by stu on 14th Oct 2002. O.S sheet 17 772831.
The Great Orme Mine. A prehistoric copper mine. Well worth a look around,
nice bronze age artefacts in the entrance to the mine.
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Log Text: Neil Oliver goes down some tight squeezes in the prehistoric Great Orme Copper mine in Episode One of a History of Celtic Britain
Tre'r Ceiri
Trip No.7 Entry No.6 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Would like to visit
Tre'r Ceiri submitted by Billythefish on 3rd Apr 2005. Inside the fort are around 150 hut circles. Here is a group near the main northern entrance, showing the northern rampart wall in the distance.
I loved the atmosphere with the mist swirling about me. I was completely alone, except for the sound of the wind through the stones.
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Log Text: Early Iron Age hillfort visited by Neil Oliver in BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Llyn Fawr
Trip No.7 Entry No.2 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (South Glamorgan)
Visited: Would like to visit
Llyn Fawr submitted by sem on 29th Mar 2012. Looking NW
This site is intervisible with both Llyn y Fan Fawr and the Brecon Beacons (not shown in pic).
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Log Text: The source of the Llyn Fawr hoard, now in the National Museum of Wales. Shown in BBC History of Celtic Britain with Neil Oliver
National Museum Cardiff
Trip No.7 Entry No.1 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: Wales (South Glamorgan)
Visited: Would like to visit
National Museum of Wales submitted by TimPrevett on 17th Feb 2004. National Museum & Gallery of Wales in Cardiff. Many hours could be spent here!
Immediately opposite there is a Gorsedd Circle which caught my eye, and demanded a shot.
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Log Text: Neil looks at the bronze artifacts here, in episode one of BBC History of Celtic Britain