Andy Burnham's Blog, page 186

Achavanich

'Ava' updates - a new reproduction based on updated DNA evidence, a 3D model of her cist, and now fully published with Open Access. More in the comments on our page, including the link to Channel 4's latest 'Bone Detectives'. A unique megalithic horseshoe in Highland. The name means "field of the monks". 34 stones remain from 54, mostly on the western side. As the photograph shows, the slabs are pointing towards the centre of the site, rather than the typical side-by-side arrangement.

Evjestien

Evjestien is one of the largest rock art sites in Østfold, Norway. The site consists of several rock carvings in several concentrations spread over a large rock surface, inside a neighbourhood with modern houses and gardens. The rock surface is sloping slightly to the east. Not long ago the moss and vegetation cover was removed making the carvings easy to see even though they have never been painted.

Garn Turne

An impressive long cairn (11km south of Fishguard on a public footpath) with, reputedly, one of the largest capstones in Britain weighing more than 60 tonnes. To add to this a v-shaped forecourt similar to Pentre Ifan remains. The forecourt faces a large outcrop to the east.

Gryet Bautasten

In the small forest of Gryet is found Bornholm's largest collection of menhirs. 66 stones are preserved, but there were many more originally. Most of the stones stand in rows.

Spansteigen Standing Stone

At Spansteigen, Hordaland, Norway is a very beautiful and slender standing stone. It is located at the edge of a private garden and surrounded by garden bushes. The area is a hill sloping down to the sea to the North. It has a beautiful view over the ocean. The stone is tall, around 4 metres in height. It is 70cm wide at the bast and around 30cm thick. It narrows toward the top that ends in a point. As you can see the stone is tilting to one side.

Nether Largie South

A focus on the large cist close to Nether Largie South. There are several of these cists that were inserted into earlier monuments near to here, showing these sites continued to have significance over a long period of time.. Chambered Cairn in Argyll. Nether Largie South cairn is much earlier than the others, constructed around 3000BC. It is a chambered cairn similar to those found on Orkney and elsewhere, with a large chamber divided by stone slabs into stalls.

Julius Perpetuus was here

Explore the Roman sites around Tomen Y Mur, see the nearby sites list for more. The Roman Auxiliary Fort at Tomen Y Mur was originally built of timber but later following a change in use it was reduced in size and rebuilt from stone. During the reconstruction several Centurial (officer) stones were included in the construction, i.e. different cohort troops built different sections and they marked their work with a Centurial stone.

Horslunde Jættestue

Well-preserved and restored passage grave, 2m x 14m x 13.8m. The chamber is made of 11 supporting stones, between which is well-preserved dry stone walling.

D6 Tynaarlo

A well preserved and rather charming skeleton of a three capstone passage (assumed) grave. It is oriented approx. NW-SE. The chamber measures 5.5m by 3.1 – 2.7m [1]. Clear length 3.9m. It is one of the few completely unrestored sites in the Netherlands.

East Lowton settlement

Four lovely hut circles, near Fernworthy on Dartmoor. So easy to get to and so rewarding to see, One of them is written on the 1:25000 OS map as a cairn circle, but it's now classed as another hut, which it is.