Andy Burnham's Blog, page 19

Runsten U 1014

Runestone in Uppland, Sweden. English translation: Holmgeirr/Hjalmgeirr had the stone raised in memory of Ígulfastr(?) and Svarthǫfði, his sons.

Carnduncan

A 17m cairn and grassy mound with kerb stones around the perimeter. On the Isle of Islay.

Runsten U 454

Runestone in Uppland, Sweden. English Translation: Þorkell and Gísl have raised this stone in memory of their brother Styrbjǫrn, and Sæfari (also raised). Véseti cut.

Nineveh

Stele of King Asahaddon dating to ca 671 BCE from Nineveh in the Pergamon museum, Berlin. Nineveh, as mentioned in the Bible, was an important city in ancient Assyria at the confluence of the Tigris and Khosr river, where it controlled trade routes between the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.

Runsten U 13

This place enjoys great popularity in the pagan/heathen scene, which also explains the large number of offerings at the runestone. Translation of the runes is on our page.

Yr Allor

The two remaining stones of Yr Allor stand in the corner of a field just down the road from Meini Gwyr and can be seen from the gate. Once three stones, it is believed that they may be the remains of a cove. Part of the Glandy Cross Complex, find more from the nearby sites map and list on our page.

Hovenweep - Stronghold House

One of the ancestral Puebloan structures in the Square Tower Group. It can be visited on the Little Ruin Trail. Part of the Hovenweep National Monument, managed by the National Park Service.

Upper Spanish Lake

A cist comprising side and end stones, measuring 0.7m. by 0.6m wide internally, aligned on a bearing of 130 degrees. The cover-stone is missing. Built into the south-east side of one of a group of cairns which are very close together.

Stenagergård Langdysse

This is a lo-o-ong barrow! Lots of other sites to explore in this area of Denmark, see the nearby sites map on our page. Also known as the Kellerøddysse and signposted as such, this is the largest long barrow in Sealand, Denmark. Now covered by trees, but this was not the case in prehistoric times. There is one burial chamber visible at the end of the barrow, there might have been more.

Hanlan’s Point Footprints

In 1908, workers installing a utility tunnel near Hanlan’s Point on Toronto Island found up to 100 human footprints impressed in the clay lake bottom approximately 21 metres below the present surface of Lake Ontario. The foot impressions, some apparently wearing moccasins, would have been made by the early Indigenous inhabitants of what is now known as Toronto, dating to between 11,300 and 9,000 years ago.