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Sima de los Huesos

Evidence from this cave suggests that early humans may have survived the harsh winters by hibernating, more details in the comments on our page.. The Sima de los Huesos Cave in Castilla y León is a specific site within the famous Atapuerca complex. The very peculiar geological structure of this site is the only explanation so far conceived for the phenomenon observed at Sima de los Huesos: the site has been a tomb for different kinds of hominids and humans (including especially Neanderthals) for thousand of years.

Mossyard 1

Mossyard 1 consists of two cup and ring marks on a 12 foot wedge of exposed rock on the coast at Ringdoo Point in Dumfries and Galloway. It lies 700 yards SW of Mossyard Caravan Park.
There are two distinct panels, 1a and 1b. Each panel has a line of natural depressions running down the centre. There are a number of other rock art panels in the area - see the nearby sites list below.

Far Hearkening Rock

One of the famous rocks from which the King's gamekeepers kept a look out for poachers hunting deer - it features a natural concave listening post and apparently served the Romans and the Dobunni well when they kept a watch over the Welsh Silures and Druids seeking to protect the border and the riches (Iron/Coal/Timber) of the Forest of Dean. Royalist Troops also kept watch during the Civil War.

Sarsen Stones, Three Crutches

These four sarsen stones were found during road works in 1997 and were put up beside Watling Street in a four poster configuration to mark the opening of the bypass. They have a bubbly appearance and look similar to some sarsen stones in Rochester used as decoration, outside the gardens of the historic Eastgate House.

Carn Llechart Cairn Circle

Opinion seems to be divided as to whether this site in West Glamorgan is a stone circle with a cist burial in the centre or the remains of a ring cairn. Either way is very beautiful.

Cairn Catto

A long cairn in Aberdeenshire, a great mound of bare stones, some of considerable size. In spite of much disturbance the plan is fairly clear, giving a length of 157 feet NW-SE and a breadth of 73 feet across the SE end, which is straight with rounded corners, and 22 feet across the square NE end to which the sides taper regularly.

Lindholm Hoje

A Germanic iron age burial ground in Denmark. In total there are about 682 burials and 150 ship burials here.

Loch Head

Cairn in Dumfries and Galloway. Loch Head Cairn is a low lying grass cairn in Loch Head, a hamlet in Dumfries and Galloway. The cairn is c. 50 feet across and has a surrounding earth bank c. 3 feet high. The interior of the cairn is a 2 feet high shallow depression covered in grass with a small clump of stones in the SW perimeter.

Pömmelte Kultstätte

The results of excavations over the last 15 years suggest this site was closely linked to Stonehenge. Franziska Knoll the lead archaeologist argues the wooden structure may have been built by people who had visited the henges of Britain. . A 115 metre diameter timber circle or woodhenge in Saxony-Anhalt which has been excavated by Martin-Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg. The site dates to 2250 BCE was discovered in 1991 thanks to aerial photography archaeologists say it was in use for about 250 years.

Listrup Jættestue

Jættestue (Passage Grave) in Maribo - the tomb with the longest known chamber in Denmark.