Andy Burnham's Blog, page 22

Clegg Moor

Some mysterious markings on millstone grit boulders discovered by John H Abrahams. See also here and here. Rock art or natural, what do you think?. Located at the bottom of Clegg Moor in Lancashire is a scattering of rocks, I found three stones with peck marks, there is no indication of quarrying. Similar markings can be found on other rock scatters on the top of Clegg Moor.

Steinfeld Steingrab (Altmark)

Long Barrow with Chambered Tomb in Saxony-Anhalt. The original size of the long barrow was about 46.5 x 6.5 x 4.8m (A bit smaller on the south end). The barrow had about 60 kerbstones, 53 of them are still there. All of these kerbstones have fallen and are out of place, this mass of de-arranged stones give the tomb a bit of a weird look.

Créac'h Gallic

The remains of a fairly large megalithic structure with a single capstone resting (just) on three support stones. #TombTuesday It looks like a fourth support has recently broken and fallen, it looks most precarious and that it could fall at any time. The main chamber is about 4 metres by 2 metres and 2 metres high.

Aztec Ruins National Monument

The modern of village of Aztec, San Juan County, New Mexico, is the site of several closely spaced Ancestral Puebloan village “Great Houses” and smaller homesteads. Also ancient roads, temples and artifacts - the complex is considered to be a Chaco Canyon outlier. The park contains a visitor's center with museum and a multitude of archaeological sites, only a few of which are accessible to the public.

White Moor Stone

150 metres southeast of White Moor Stone circle stands this stone, which is more than 5 feet in height, and has been adapted as a parish boundary stone, with its parish marks cut into it. #StandingStoneSunday This stone is almost certainly much older than just a boundary stone, and is likely to be associated in some way with the circle.

Cannon Ball Mesa Pueblo Ruins

Cannon Ball Mesa is an extensive area that stretches along County Rd G west of Cortez CO to nearly the Utah border. There are ruins of small Ancestral Pueblo structures tucked in many places along this land form. The ruins are very small and typically facing south under very large boulders or overhangs. I was able to find 4 or 5 different sites but I'm sure there are more.

Coldman Hargos

A well weathered, named boundary stone, named ‘The Folly’ on the 1856 OS map. At one time it marked the boundary between the Civil Parishes of Commondale to the west and Danby to the east and prior to that it marked the boundary of the Ancient Parishes of Guisborough to the west and Danby to the east.

Ismay Rock Shelter Petroglyphs

A rock art site a 1/4 mile north of the defunct Ismay Trading Post and County Road G, near the Utah border. The site comprises a pueblo-like ruin under a large boulder. The petroglyphs are just above this ruin on the underside of a huge boulder. The rock art is a mix of modern graffiti and ancient glyphs.

Barlings Well

At high tide, Barlings in Lincolnshire would have been an island when the River Witham was still tidal. There are barrows here and a ploughed out Iron age settlement. Later, in 1154, an abbey was built here. Only one wall of it remains. A well is also to be found, at the foot of this tree.

Holkham Camp

A finely preserved Iceni ditch and banked enclosure on the salt marshes near Holkham. Access is poor as the area is a nature reserve, but a good view can be had from the high observation hide overlooking the marshes on the edge of the woods. The camp was also reputedly used by the Danes.