Andy Burnham's Blog, page 229

South Harton Cross

Ancient Cross on Dartmoor. At some time it was split down the middle from top to bottom, probably to form a pair of gateposts. In the 19th century the two halves were carefully re-assembled and the cross erected where we see it now. It probably came from somewhere along the lane that we followed from Lustleigh via Higher Combe and Sanduck

Agia Triada

The Minoan settlement at Agria Triada, Crete consists of three main phases. The Proto-Palatial phase (c. 2000-1700 BC) is mostly obliterated and little is known about it. Remains of the palace from the Neo-Palatial period (1700-1450 BC) are still visible, including East Staircase, North-West wing with apartments, as well as magazines. The palace was destroyed around 1450 BC, and circa 1400 BC the Third Palace with Agora and Palatial Megaron was built in its place.

Allerslev Rundhøj (Lejre)

A large burial mound located in the western suburbs of Lejre, located beside the road and next to a footpath. You can also park your car just north of the site in a small car park making it easy to access with a short walk. There's a large tree growing on the mound and you can climb to the top of it to get a great across the surrounding area. The mound is within walking distance of other prehistoric sites such as long barrows and other burial mounds.

Megalithic Portal meets Google Earth Downloads

The Megalithic Portal Google Earth download link has been updated, more details on our page here.. If you are a new visitor you may not know we offer downloads to view the locations of the tens of thousands of sites in our database on Google Earth and in various GPS and satnav formats (GPX, Garmin and CSV). You can select which countries, regions, counties or site types you are interested in and download these individually as KML data files. Clicking on a point in Google Earth will pop up a summary description and thumbnail image from our site, where available. The icons are colour coded red and green like on the Portal's maps, red means we have images available, and green means please go and take one for us!

Tolne Langdysse

Langdysse (Long Barrow) in Hjørring. Just after the campsite of Tolne there is a signpost to the stones at (57.4873, 10.3009). From there, it's 4 to 5 minutes along a signposted path, being : 40-50 meters after leaving the road, turn right downhill for about 250 m.

Craikness Hill 1

Rock Art panel in Dumfries and Galloway. The Scottish Rock Art Project surveyed and recorded this site in April 2019. There are at least 3 panels here with the name 'Craikness Hill' so this one they designated as Craikness Hill 1, Scrap ID 2548.

Hindwell Enclosure

Photo: Hindwell survey data superimposed on aerial view. Site of the immense late Neolithic enclosure at Hindwell, vastly significant in its type. Romans even built on this site - so near 3,000 years after it went up, it was still an important place. Some 1,400 mature oaks 6 metres tall were place in an outline defining an area of 34 hectares. The slight curved road on the north west follows its course, just east of the Four Stones.

Etzanoa

Archaeologists explore a rural field in Kansas, and a lost city emerges. See comment.. Ancient Town in Cowley County, Kansas. A large site thought to be a Wichita (Kitikiti'sh) town from the European contact period, designated by the Spanish as the "Great Settlement of the Rayados." This town was estimated by the Spanish in the 1590s as having 12000-20000 people, a similar population than that of modern Arkansas City, KS, built on the same site.

Devil's Quoit (Stackpole)

Standing stone 1.7m tall in the Stackpole Warren nature reserve. Lots of other interesting stones and settlements around here. It is thought to stand on the site of a circular timber structure that burnt down around 1395 BC. Though it now stands alone, the stone probably formed part of an arrangement of smaller stones. About 940 BC a cremation burial was added to the earlier monument. The site was reused in the Iron Age and Romano-British period.

Gumfreston Holy Wells

A very evocative site in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) arising below the medieval church, down a small lane off the road to Tenby. The wells were said to be of different qualities - one pure, one sulphur and one chalybeate. Coflein say: The proximity of the wells to the church suggests this is an example of a Christian site chosen in the Dark Ages to absorb an earlier pagan well-cult.