Andy Burnham's Blog, page 24

Qasr Al-Azraq

On the edge of the Azraq oasis in the modern town of Al-Azraq is Qasr Al-Azraq, one of the main Desert Castles frequented by tourists in Jordan. The castle is a small fort built with distinctive black basalt blocks; the basalt being abundant across this region, known as the Black Desert. With its strategic location next to a major water source, the Romans built a small fort here in the second century AD/CE.

Tullaghan Cross

A plain upright Latin cross just over 3m tall with slightly expanded arms. On a small hillock in Tullaghan village, Co. Leitrim. It leans slightly to the W and was erected here in 1778 according to the inscription on its base, while local tradition maintains that the cross was found at the foreshore of Donegal Bay c. 300m to N. It is set in a chamfered sandstone base.

Bagbie cairn

Part of a complex at Bagbie, Dumfries & Galloway consisting of a small four poster stone circle, this cairn and a single standing stone. See our nearby sites list or map for the others. There is a view of the sea which may have influenced its location.

Anta de Azurrague

A dolmen or anta located in the Vale de Azurrague. It is the only identified dolmen in the Ourém area. However, other sites nearby include caves where human remains were found. These correspond to the same period as the dolmen.

Cherchizzu Pozzo Sacro

Nuragic sacred well in Sardinia (Sardegna). One of the smallest Nuragic sacred wells in Sardinia is located north of Nuraghe Santa Sabina. The well is circa 2m deep, its staircase is 5m long. The vaulting of the well survived only partially. The monument may be of Final Bronze Age or Early Iron Age date.

Ruot Nevez menhir

Menhir in Finistère

Trier Roman Amphitheatre

Roman Amphitheatre in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, built around the 2nd century AD / CE during the rule of Antoninus Pius. Measuring 120 by 145 meters, it could accommodate approximately 20,000 spectators and is the 10th largest Roman amphitheatre still intact.

Sentved Dyssekammer

A dolmen in Svendborg with two orthostats (upright stones) and one capstone. There are cupmarks visible on some of the stones.

Newton Of Petty

Ancient artefacts uncovered as Old Petty golf course takes shape close to this location. Chief among the finds is a wooden palisade, thought to be between 2-3,000 years old. More in the comments. Three of the four standing stones surviving to the SW of this Clava ring-cairn, which measures 15.8m in diameter over a kerb of boulders. It's said that excavations in 1976-7 revealed large quantities of cremated bone in the central area.

Regenstein

The Regenstein is a ruin of a castle usually dated to the 12th century but it is very likely that this place was used and carved in prehistoric times. Cracks and tunnels aligned with the sun can also be found here.