Andy Burnham's Blog, page 12

Folkeslunda

Two standing stones and an eccentric stone ball (pictured) stand in a line. They are on a triangular roadside green in Öland, Sweden. You can see the standing stones on our page.

Rynkebjerg Kirkegård Langdysse

Langdysse (Long Barrow) in Præstø, 34m long by 8m wide. There are 38 preserved kerbstones and the remains of three chambers. You can just see Rynkebjerg Jættestue (Passage Grave) in the background.

Pennant Melangell Cross

There are several interesting archaeological features in the Coflein database for this Welsh church: a preaching mound associated with the cult of St Germanus; a 14th century churchyard cross; and the church itself, originally founded in the 7th or 8th century to serve a community of nuns. The church still retains St Melangell's shrine.

Gundsømagle Hødysse

A really interesting Langdysse (Long Barrow) near Copenhagen. It has a long mound, a little stone circle and a giant square capstone with 25 cupmarks on the top that are not normally easy to see. Torben Kristiansen has been out with his drone and captured some amazing aerial views showing the cup marks at the very end - scroll down to the comments section to view. We also have a lovely watercolour from 1863 that is in the National Museum of Denmark.

Possible Cairn at Ty'n Llwyn

Situated within land managed by Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru (Natural Resources Wales) the site was recently visited by members of the Ffestiniog Archaeological Society. The field management team had noted a stone construct, resembling an arc of a hut circle that became visible following the wind blown felling of a large oak tree and the archaeology group were invited to have a look. The archaeology group examined the stone structure and also conducted a basic walking survey of the entire site which resulted in the identification of further features that may have a prehistoric origin. However, for the purpose of this post I'll focus on the possible cairn...

Røyken-Prestegård Gravhaug

In Hedmark, Norway - just next to a garden and at the east side of a small grassy park is a beautiful iron age round barrow. The barrow was previously damaged but was restored by a local historical society in 1970. Close by is a memorial stone from WW2.

Le Fuseau de Sainte Barbe

A very nice Iron Age style stele right in the middle of the road junction at Kerlaouéret, near to the chapel of the same name. It is 3.25 meters high and has been dated to 450 BCE very approximately. The stone originated over 6 km to the south.

Ukranenland

An open air museum in Torgelow, Western Pomerania. It shows reconstructions and experimental archaeology of a early medieval Slavic Village. I (Boeddel) have visited many times and it is always nice. Lots of photos on our page.

Felsenmeer (Sea of Stones)

A geological feature in Hemer, North Rhine-Westphalia strewn with huge boulders, crevices and fissures. Legend explains its origin as caves and mines as belonging to dwarves. Giants wanted to steal the treasures of the dwarfs. However, the dwarves lured the giants into a trap. They allowed them to entry their tall entrance hall of their mines and then induced the collapse of the hall. The giants were buried. After this, the dead giants were turned to stone and sealed the entrance to the lower mines. In fact it originated from collapsed caves and medieval mines. It is dangerous to explore off the provided paths and walkways.

Antonine Wall remains below Golden Hill

Five proposed Battery Energy Storage Sites near Clydebank, one right along the path of the Antonine Wall. This is along with the huge site just off Cochno Road, Whitehill close to the rock art there. Archaeology at risk. Part of the Antonine Wall that has been exposed at Golden Hill.