Submitted by Tonnox on Sunday, 09 June 2024 (3118 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeMegalitgrav in Svendborg. A free standing dolmen in a cultivated field. A single chamber with three orthostats, two threshold stones and a capstone with dramatic contrasting colour. Image submitted by Tonnox
Submitted by Andy B on Saturday, 08 June 2024 (3711 reads)
Modern SitesCrawick Multiverse is a spectacular artland, visitor attraction and events venue in Dumfries & Galloway, utilising landscape art to transform a former open cast coal mine into an outdoor space that can be enjoyed by future generations. Image submitted by drolaf
Submitted by drolaf on Saturday, 08 June 2024 (135 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeChambered Tomb in South Uist
with a massive chamber capstone 2.5m x 1.65m. On its northern side it has three large kerbstones, two are 1m high and the other is 2m high. The views are pretty spectacular, over lower hills to Beinn Mhor to the NE, and Stulabhal to the East. Image submitted by drolaf
Submitted by Andy B on Friday, 07 June 2024 (186 reads)
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In 2021 Peter Harris and Thomas Gough published a book: A New Dimension to Ancient Measures based on theirs and the late Norman Stockdate's hypothesis that a unit of length, the Harris and Stockdale Megalithic Foot, (HSMF), of 1.1785 feet was known and used in prehistoric Britain. You can read a further summary of the book on our page here. Ancient metrology is a controversial subject but not unheard of in modern archaeology.
However in February 2023 Liz Henty published a book review in the Journal of Skyscape Archaeology rubbishing their work. Image submitted by drolaf
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Submitted by RBE on Thursday, 06 June 2024 (5189 reads)
Rock ArtThe Three Rivers Petroglyph Site is one of the few locations in the Southwest set aside solely because of its rock art. It is also one of the few sites giving visitors such direct access to petroglyphs. More than 21,000 glyphs of birds, humans, animals, fish, insects and plants, as well as numerous geometric and abstract designs are scattered over 50 acres of New Mexico's northern Chihuahuan Desert. Image submitted by RBE
Submitted by sem on Wednesday, 05 June 2024 (62422 reads)
StonehengeWoodhenge is a Neolithic Class I henge and timber circle monument located to the North of Amesbury in Wiltshire, England - it is closer to Amesbury than is Stonehenge. Before seeing Woodhenge, visitors sometimes anticipate it might partly resemble Stonehenge. But there is little of the original structure easily apparent. Image submitted by Horatio
Submitted by Tomb on Wednesday, 05 June 2024 (4384 reads)
Multi-periodA fine example of a galleried dun in a conspicuous position on the summit of a low rocky knoll some 600m SSW of Burg farm-house, Isle of Mull. It is almost exactly circular on plan, measuring 10.4m in diameter within a stone wall which measures 2.3m in average thickness. Image submitted by tomb
Submitted by JoAtherton on Monday, 03 June 2024 (8122 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeBarrow Cemetery in Northamptonshire. Three adjacent round barrows still surviving as mounds standing 2 m high, making them unique in the county. Image submitted by JoAtherton
Submitted by AKFisher on Monday, 03 June 2024 (9030 reads)
Pre-ColumbianKolomoki Mounds State Historic Park in Georgia is an important archaeological site as well as a scenic recreational area. Kolomoki, covering some three hundred acres, is one of the larger preserved mound sites in the USA. Hundreds of years ago, Kolomoki, with its surrounding villages, burial mounds, and ceremonial plaza, was a center of population and activity in North America. Image submitted by AKFisher
Submitted by Tonnox on Sunday, 02 June 2024 (184 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeJættestue or large dolmen in Midtjylland . A long barrow with passage grave. 1.25 x 1.75 x 15 meters. Restored and excavated in 1958 and 2003. At the entrance a large sacrificial layer was found. The chamber meaasures 2.6 x 2m, with 6 orthostats and 1 capstone. Image submitted by Tonnox
Submitted by theCaptain on Saturday, 01 June 2024 (4403 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeAround the top of the Roughtor hilltop, from Little Rough Tor in the north-east to the main Rough Tor summit in the south-west, can be seen the remains of stone banks encircling the hilltop. In places this stone bank remains very significant, but in other places, particularly on the steeper slopes, it is less significant, probably due to stones falling off and rolling down the hillside amongst all of the other clutter. There are remains of a few cairns and hut circles within this enclosure. Image submitted by Bladup
Submitted by SolarMegalith on Friday, 31 May 2024 (4943 reads)
Iron Age and Later PrehistoryA well-preserved broch on Lismore Island, Argyll with walls of 4.5 m thickness and 12m diameter. The outer face of the wall is up to 5m high. The entrance is orientated to the SW. NE and SW from the broch there are remains of the outworks. Image submitted by tomb
Submitted by TheCaptain on Thursday, 30 May 2024 (14826 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeOn open moorland just south of Stannon china clay works, and seen from the road, this is a large uneven circle with between 70 and 80 remaining stones, and a diameter of between 40 and 43 metres. In places the stones are very close together and seem to touch, but in other places they are well spaced. Image submitted by Bladup
Submitted by Boeddel on Wednesday, 29 May 2024 (203 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 (13923 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 (245 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 (7240 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 (1212 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 (177 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