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Lövåsen Hällristningar

The Lövåsen Bronze Age rock carvings are the first ones that you reach on a 5 kilometre walk through the Gerum countryside. This site is best known for its giant warrior who carries a sword and perhaps wears greaves. He has a horned helmet atop what may be a bird mask and holds a hatchet or hammer in his raised hand.

Oldbury Standing Stone

The Oldbury Standing Stone was thought to have been lost, if not destroyed, but investigations by christymko have uncovered this 11 foot long beauty. . The Oldbury Standing Stone was thought to have been lost, if not destroyed, but investigations by christymko have uncovered this 11 foot long beauty.

Winterbourne Monkton

A large sarsen stone in the churchyard thought to be removed from the Neolithic Millbarrow. Near the NW corner of the church the footings of the church are quite different in construction from the rest, except for a similar stretch near to the SE corner. One might be forgiven for considering that the church had been built partly, or entirely, on top of an older, simpler structure.

Jubilee Hill barrow

A round barrow mostly wrecked by the Victorians. You can still see the sides of the mound. It's a fairly steep walk from the carpark and about 1.5 miles north of the British Camp hill fort site.

Archaeological Park Herrsching

The Archaeological Park in Herrsching am Ammersee (Bavaria, Germany) is located at the original site of finds from the Roman and Baiuvarian (early Medieval) time. The remains of a Roman villa rustica (ca. 2nd-4th century) were excavated at a modern cemetery in 2004 and 2011. The marked post holes of a post in ground building and the foundation walls of a bath house can be seen in the park. A Baiuvarian cemetery and the foundation walls of a chapel from the 7th century were discovered in 1982. The chapel is one of the oldest known churches in southern Germany.

Laman Megalit

The Laman Megalit (or Megalith Park) is located within Taman Putra Perdana in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur. It showcases over 80 megaliths found in the Negeri Sembilan area by Petronas during excavations to lay a gas pipeline. The megaliths were excavated and re-erected on a stretch of land between Dayabumi and the Kuala Lumpur Railway Station and the area was named the Petronas Megalith Garden.

Old Viney Museum (Corbridge)

The Viney Museum in Appletree Lane, Corbridge was established in 1928, but by the early 1970s had been closed down, and was sold, along with the adjacent old school building. The new owner converted both buildings to private houses, retaining the museum as their own dwelling. The contents of the museum were included in the sale. The collection incorporates carved stones and medieval cross slabs from St. Andrew's Church in the village centre, and the adjacent Vicar's Pele. At one time these had been stored in the vicarage garden before "finding their way" to the museum, where they remain on display in the garden of the current cottage.

Stanton Drew SSW

The fallen remains of a stone circle on a small plateau overlooking the main Stanton Drew circles and surrounding landscape. Circle diameter: 44m (145 feet). Number of stones remaining: 10 out of a possible 12 ?

Prestegårdsskogen Gravfelt

This site consists of several burial mounds and stone settings divided in two main groups inside a local pine forest, which covers a round, low hillside. One group is located right next to a small footpath, it contains 3 burial mounds and two stone settings. The burial mounds are easy to see while the stone settings are mostly overgrown and with just the top of the stones visible. The barrows are around 12-15 metres across and 1 to 1.5 metres in height. One is just touching the small path.

St Edwards well

An interesting site dedicated to either the Saxon king or a local hermit of the same period. It lays in a small copse in the grounds of a guest house. The site of the well/spring might look idyllic but the Fosse Way runs right behind it so it is a far from peaceful location.