Andy Burnham's Blog, page 21

Ferritslev Langdysse

A pleasant little dolmen on a mound in Odense, Denmark. Size 1 by 9 by 9 meters. The chamber has 4 orthostats (upright stones) and a capstone which has been overturned.

Santa Barbara Domus de Janas

A Late Neolithic domus de janas rock cut tomb in Sardinia, located on the northern slope of a hill west of the main footpath. Photos of the interior are on our page. Located close to the Nuraghe of Santa Barbara which has a well-preserved main tower and ground-floor tholos chamber. You can view the nuraghe via the nearby sites list from our page.

Newton House

Two sculptured stones, one an Ogham-inscribed stone, known as the Newton stone, the other a Class I Pictish symbol stone, as enclosed within an iron railing close to the east side of Newton House, Aberdeenshire. Both stones have been moved, more details are on our page.

Ostia Antica

Located near the mouth of the Tiber River, Ostia Antica is a well-preserved archaeological site that was once the ancient port city of Rome which thrived as a vital commercial hub and naval base during the Roman Republic and Empire. This hidden gem of Roman urbanism lies beside the Tiber River and less than 10 km from Fiumicino Airport.

Menhir dit Pierre Saint-Julien

A 3.5 metre tall menhir, stood outside the main entrance to St Julien Cathedral, Le Mans, in the department of Sarthe. A truly lovely stone, made from a very heavily stratified, and vividly coloured rock. From certain angles, and in the right light, it looks for all the world to be a man dressed in hooded cloak stood outside the entrance of this sacred place.

St John the Baptist's Well (Helmsdale)

A stone built well-house sitting beside a path along the River Helmsdale which is on the A9 south of Wick. Water from the well flows across the track and into the river. The well is located just across the river from the site of St John the Baptist’s Chapel, the probable remains of which consist of a low earth bank in a burial ground.

Horse Rock Art Panels

An easily accessible rock petroglyph site next to a wooden corral on Route 162, about 0.2 miles east of Bluff UT town center. The rock art, on a large boulder face at the end of the parking area, is a melange of horse images as well as elk and probably deer. All are in good condition.The horse images are from the historic period, as domesticated horses were not introduced until the Spanish arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries CE. There are also a few scattered abstract images that could be prehistoric.

Trattle Howe

On Blakey Ridge about 400m (¼ of a mile) to the south of Blakey Junction is an old sandstone quarry whose northern edge is the ‘Site of’ a bronze age round barrow, named Trattle Howe on historical OS maps. The 1857 OS map shows the barrow still all in one piece to the immediate north and still separate from the quarry.

Carn Biga 2

Although vandalised this is still a very impressive structure along with its sister cairn Carn Biga I (seen here to the right of this photo). These two cairns stand out very strongly in the surrounding area and can be seen on the skyline from the source of the Severn to the west and from Carn Fach Bugeilyn cairn to the NW.

San Lorenzo Nuraghe (Bauladu)

Nuraghe San Lorenzo in Sardinia is located in the park next to the Romanesque church of the same name. The structure is partly incorporated into the wall surrounding the church. Part of the tholos chamber with originally at least two niches has survived.