Andy Burnham's Blog, page 179

Grosse Sloopsteine

Visit the Große Sloopsteene in virtual reality, see the link in the comments on our page. A large east-west facing megalithic tomb in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It measures 23.5 Metres in length by 7 Metres wide. 6 capstones are in situ while others are lying nearby.

Llangammarch Church Inscribed Stone

A fragment of an Early Christian carved stone now incorporated into the facade of the Church porch at Llangammarch. It is carved with a ringed cross, a spiral and a frontal outline of a human figure. It has a series of annulets (mouldings in the form of a ring) and recessed squares below the ring-cross. It is part of an inscribed pillar stone found in the 19th Century when removing the foundation of the western wall of the churchyard.

Steinkreis Schmölln (Rebuilt Stone Circle)

A cup-marked stone with constellations? Boeddel has some ideas in our forum, see the top photo on this page for more details.. This page shows the new location for the largest stone circle which was excavated from the burial place disturbed by the building of the A11 near Schmölln, Brandenburg, Berlin. It has a diameter of 8m and has been rebuilt here in the village park.

Ledreborg Golfbane Rundhøj

A round Barrow on a golf course in København district. There are more round barrows on the golf course and in the surrounding forests.

Snowdon Cairns (Dartmoor)

Four cairns on Dartmoor in a rough north/south line, each cairn gets smaller as you go towards the north. The three southern cairns are spaced 120m apart, the smallest northern one is 175m away and not marked on the OS map.

Kilspindie

Are these the stones from a stone circle that was reported by S Cowan in 1904 in a book on Perthshire? RCAHMS (Historic Environment Scotland) think it doesn't exist. See the photos and comments on our page for more.

Zaranich Ras Al Zalaka rock painting

A beautiful rock painting in a rock shelter in central south Sinai, Egypt. This kind of art is rare in Sinai, the only other place with rock painting is in wadi Tweyba near the Taba border.

Coolineagh holy/saint's stone

A boulder in Co. Cork with two depressions on its upper surface, believed to be St. Olan's footprints The stone was moved in around 1985 to sit within the adjacent graveyard. It was originally located outside the northern perimeter of the early ecclesiastical enclosure. In the same graveyard is an intriguing Ogham Stone (see nearby sites list on this page).

Hampstead Heath Barrow

Hampstead Heath’s vast and hidden history, more details in the comments on our page. Round Barrow in Greater London. This significant mound known as "Boudicca's Grave" is interpreted as a Bronze Age bowl barrow. It is located near the footpath on Hampstead Heath and heavily overgrown. The area of the barrow is fenced around.

New Book: Nuragic Settlement Dynamics on the east coast of Sardinia

Nuragic Settlement Dynamics - The east coast of Sardinia by Cezary Namirski. Cezary (SolarMegalith) is a frequent contributor to the Megalithic Portal and this is his first book in English, just out with renowned archaeology publishers BAR. The book illustrates the diversity of Nuragic settlement in Sardinia, challenging a pan-Sardinian approach and demonstrating the necessity to look at the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Nuragic settlement dynamics both locally and in context with other parts of Sardinia and Central Mediterranean.