Andy Burnham's Blog, page 169

Mont de la Ville

Mont de la Ville reconstructed passage grave is now owned by James Corden, who recently bought the property. Based on interest from the public the Government of Jersey have asked if they could have their stones back! It was a gift from them originally, not stolen we should add. Poll: Should James Corden give the Mont de la Ville stones back to Jersey? Vote here.. A passage grave relocated from Mont de la Ville, St Helier, Jersey in 1788. It was re-erected as a folly in the grounds of a private estate south of the River Thames near Henley.

Brunette Lady

This is the third pictograph site near Barker Dam in Joshua Tree National Park. See the nearby sites list on our page for the others. As in the case of the nearby Red Lady this site is also believed to have equinox alignments. It is also reported as having an alignment with the rising summer solstice sun.

Burrian Broch

A broch on North Ronaldsay, Orkney, excavated by Dr William Traill in 1870. It shows two phases of occupation, and possibly a third - Celtic ecclesiastical. The wall is 4.5m thick, enclosing a courtyard 10m in diameter, with an entrance in the south-east and a wall cell in the north-east arc. A peculiarity of the construction is a 120cm high 'intake' above a ledge 90cm above the original occupation floor.

Ansan-Ri Dolmen

A dolmen located at Harry Elementary School in Harry-myeon, South Korea. It was explored by the Youth World Heritage Exploration Team of Dolmens. As you can see in the photo it is right by the side of the road. There are six more dolmens nearby.

Northern Earth Issue 164 Out Now - Celebrating 100 years of ley lines

In this issue: A Century of Lines on the Map. Celebrating 100 years of leys. With contributions from Philip Heselton - who remembers his journey with Alfred Watkins, Paul Screeton looks back on the 1960s and 70s and John Michell's contribution. Paul Devereux re-visions the ley, Mark Valentine remembers Donald Maxwell, an early ley enthusiast. John Billingsley suggests leys are not that esoteric, and that ‘energy’ might be a secondary remanent effect of human activity. And more...

Venus II. Menhir

The ancient mountain of Kleť is the first peak over 1000 metres of the Šumava mountains in Bohemia. The deep and impenetrable forest mountains were well known even to the old Roman forces as a land - Gabreta - inhabited by the mighty Celtic tribe of Boii. It is not a coincidence that on a short distance from the top of the Kleť a large celtic oppidum of Třísov was established. This so-called Venus II menhir was reconstructed in 2004. Rather flat block about two meters high was found broken in half. The stone can be found west in sight of his/her twin Venus I.

Zigiholz Grabhügel

Several Tumuli dating to 1400 BCE in woods in Aargau, Switzerland

Blakeley Raise

Blakeley Raise is a beautiful little stone circle on the edge of the Western Lakeland Fells. It has been sympathetically restored and with excellent views, this is one of the easiest of the Cumbrian circles to access sitting right by the roadside. Locally known as Kinniside Stone Circle, this circle used to be omitted from Ordnance Survey maps. The reason seems to be that at the time of the early surveys, the stone circle was non-existent, the stones - all 12 of them - having long been taken by a local farmer for use as gateposts and building materials. Look at the photos for how they came back!

Japanese Chronology for Stone circles (late Jōmon era, 6000-3000 BCE)

Jōmon era stone circles in Japan might be roughly classified into 2 types (different opinions exist) : ring-shaped type and sundial-shaped type. Both types distribute in Hokkaidō island and Tōhoku region which are now separated by Tsugaru Strait. At Ōyu site in Akita prefecture, both types co-exist.

Teufelsstein Carmzow

This Teufelsstein (Devil´s stone) is located on the old boundary to Klockow, on a hill near the lake Bröckersee, Brandenburg. This reddish granite stone is today overgrown with black-brown and yellow mosses and lichen. On the south side of the stone is a prehistoric groove (pictured) and the stone should also contain some cup marks, but I have not yet been able to find these. A deep crack and drill holes indicate that stone cutters have been at work in the past and unfortunately damaged the stone.