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Archaeology Goes Graphic Comic Art Exhibition, Louvre Museum Paris

A new exhibition at Le Louvre, Paris, running until July 2019. The Louvre’s Petite Galerie has just opened its latest exhibition, to spark a dialogue between archaeology and comic book art. ​About a hundred artworks and original pages are on display, in four themed rooms, bringing together comic book artists with an interest in archaeology such as Jul, Enki Bilal, and Nicolas de Crécy.


The exhibition shows how comic book art (known as the “ninth art” in France), with its blend of fact and fiction, has drawn inspiration from the archaeological finds that have contributed to the Louvre’s collections

Dun Borve (Skye)

A dun close to the better known Borve Stone Row on the Isle of Skye (see nearby sites list). Dun Borve, situated at an altitude of 180 metres on the hillside just east of the village of Borve, has a striking appearance from the above but is revealed as an almost featureless stoneheap at close quarters. All that remains of the former broch is a large circular heap of large tumbled stones at least 20 metres wide and three metres tall with almost no walling courses visible save a few large outer foundation blocks on the southwest and a short exposure of interior walling on the south.

St Bartholomew's Church (Newbiggin by the Sea)

Ancient Cross Slabs in Northumberland. This church contains "one of the most important collections of coffin lids and grave markers in the county". One of the cross slabs was first illustrated and documented in 1854. Shortly after their discovery, they "were recognised as being of national importance."

Andy Burnham Old Stones book talk at Watkins Bookshop, London, Thurs 4th October

I will be giving a talk about megalithic sites, discoveries and mysteries and our book 'The Old Stones' at the world renowned Watkins Bookshop, 19-21 Cecil Court, (just off Charing Cross Road) London WC2N 4EZ, Thurs 4th October 6.30pm - all welcome! Refreshments and socialising afterwards. Signed copies available. Please sign up on the link below if you're coming:

Raigmore

Raigmore Bronze Age cairn saved by public now damaged by vandals - we don't have a photo as yet, but details below.... A reconstructed cairn in the Highlands, relocated due to the construction of the A9 road. Probably of Clava type. This complex Neolithic and Bronze Age cairn was initially known as Stoneyfield, and antiquarian accounts described it erroneously as a stone circle (a misconception still evident today)

Carn Llundain (South)

LiDAR reveals hidden landscape of archaeological discoveries on Ramsey Island, the bird sanctuary just off the Pembrokeshire coast. More in the comment on our page.. A circular mound of loose stones on Ramsey Island. It's around 13.5m in diameter and 1.1m high, with the natural outcrop exploited in the construction of the barrow. Part of the mound has been re-used to make a circular structure, possibly a Beacon.

Stansted Airport Stone

A sarsen stone found on the site of a Bronze Age settlement at Stansted Airport, as part of excavations in 2000. It's now positioned besides the village sign at the main crossroads in the village of Takely. This stone was likely to have had some significance to the Bronze Age people who buried it - could it have been a standing stone?

Calvaire De Louisfert

Video below by Mathieu Amigalithe
. A cemetery of hundreds of megaliths uprooted from their rightful place from over the entire Loire region between 1872-1892 by local Abbé Cotteux and supplanted by crosses and saints. Not for the faint hearted megalith lover!

Lundin Links

Autumn Equinox sunrise at Lundin Links!. On the fairway of a Golf Club in Fife, three tall sculptural stones stand in a large rectangular arrangement. The NNE stone is missing. Possibly a four-poster or a stone row?

London Stone

The London Stone is to be unveiled back in its rightful location and on a new display plinth. Once considered to be the guardian of the City and the place where all distances from London were measured, the London Stone used to sit almost forgotten in a little glass box set into the wall of 111 Cannon Street; opposite Cannon Street Station at TQ326809. It has been in the Museum of London for the last couple of years while the block was rebuilt and is about to go back on display in the foyer or 111 Cannon Street.