Andy Burnham's Blog, page 10

Tom na Moine

Woodend cairn, of national importance as a well-preserved example of a largely undisturbed Bronze Age burial cairn with central stone-lined cist. A low rising mound located 455m above sea level on the southern slopes of Tom na Moine. The burial chamber faces west-east with impressive views over the valley of the River Findhorn.

Clach an t-Sagairt (Clachan Sands)

The Priests' Stone in English. A huge upright slab of Lewisian gneiss inscribed with a crude Latin cross. In Clachan Sands, a hamlet in the NE of North Uist.

Herlufmagle Jættestue 1

A dolmen on a mound in Præstø, Denmark. The chamber has 3 orthostats (upright stones) and one capstone. There are cup marks on some of the stones. The mound is 9 meters wide by 1m tall with a second more ruinous tomb close by.

Hellig Anders Høj

Hellig Anders Høj (also known as Korshøj or Hvilehøj) is a burial mound near Slagelse (Sjælland), which is also associated with a legend about the priest Anders. He was a priest in Slagelse in the 13th century. Folklore tells of his pilgrimage to Jerusalem. A cross was erected on the mound in his memory. There is a lot of superstition associated with this cross, which is why it has been renewed several times. Most recently in 1952, when a copy of the 18th century cross was made.

Gun End of Base

A memorial to William Mudge and his triangulation of Britain, forming the baseline of the Ordnance Survey. At this point beside the A345 in Wiltshire is a cannon positioned vertically in the ground, which formed one end of the triangulation baseline made here in June 1794. This large inscribed stone was erected in 1967. The inscription reads "In 1794 a line from this site to Beacon Hill was measured by Capt W Mudge of the Ordnance Survey as a base for the triangulation of Great Britain."

Knowe of Yarso

This 4900 year old stalled cairn sits above Eynhallow Sound on a continuation of the ridge below the uplands on the south side of Rousay island. The chamber is divided into stalls by vertical flagstones whilst the retaining walls comprise two layers of stonework, one on top of the other in a local tradition of a double skin of stone around the chamber. The stonework reflects the local Unstan Ware pottery's decoration tradition of triangular motifs. When excavated in 1934 the remains of at least 29 adults were found although for 17 only the skulls were found. The bones were disarticulated and arranged neatly in groups facing inwards.

Menhir de Kerhuon

In Finistère, near the village of Quéménéven - what a beauty! Discovered in the 1960s during ploughing and reportedly 4 metres long in total. Re-erected at the entrance to the farm. At present it must measure about 2 m tall so we assume there is another 2m in the ground!

Dudderhouse Hill

The Dudderhouse Hill long cairn has been designated a Scheduled Monument - the highest level of heritage protection available in England. The long cairn survives as a partly turf-covered oval mound of stones, about 23m (75ft) long, 12m (39m) wide and 1m (3ft) high.
"It doesn't look particularly impressive and that's one of the problems," Paul Jeffery, Historic England's national listings manager, said. "Nearby, about 70m (230ft) away, there's a cairn where people have added stones over time. Unfortunately, because they don't realise that this is such an important site, some people walking past pick up stones from what they think is just this pile and then add them to the other cairn and obviously that causes harm."

Loelle Nuraghe

A mixed-type nuraghe, with elements of the corridor-nuraghe and classic tholos nuraghe styles. With interior stairs that allow access to two upper levels. Nearby are two Tomba dei Giganti and an unusual stone row. More details from our page.

Zaporizhzhya Regional Museum

Renaming the museum after outstanding Ukrainian historian Yakov Pavlovich Novytsky. Regional history museum with collection located in 22 halls with departments of nature, archaeology and history. The archaeological collection is one of the largest among regional museums in Ukraine. Of particular interest are the unique monuments of the Bronze Age and Scythian times, the periods of the Chernyakhov culture and the Middle Ages.