Andy Burnham's Blog, page 27

Picture Rock Petroglyphs

Hundreds of petroglyphs in Arizona, from the Hohokam era and before carved into the rocks. The site’s glyphs date to approximately AD / CE 800 at the earliest and are are of a variety of designs, depicting anthropomorphs (human-like figures, but archaeologists are unsure if they depict humans, deities, or something else), animals, and designs such as spirals. The meanings of most of the petroglyphs are unclear, however one of the spiral glyphs on the west face of the rock formation interacts with the sunlight in a way that indicates its use as a calendar. During each fall equinox and summer solstice, the light interacts with the glyph to form a “light dagger” through the center of the spiral.

Turret 48B and Bridge abutment

Turret foundations and bridge abutment. Part of Hadrian's Wall. The movement of the river across its valley has removed or covered the part on the other side of the river.

Geel Skov Skåltegn 4

On the island of Sjælland, Denmark is a small forest with many barrows, stone tombs and cup marked stones. Near two other cup marked stones is this third one. It contains 10 cup marks with five of them clearly visible. The stone is on the forest floor and can be hard to find. The red highlighting has been added digitally. See our interactive map and list on this page for more sites nearby

Cairnholy 7

This rock art was only discovered in 2019!. Cairnholy 7 Cup Carved Panel is c. 0.5 mile N of Cairnholy 2 in Dumfries and Galloway. The carved panel has 16 cup carvings arranged in two parallel lines measuring c. 18 inches on a ENE- WSW Axis. The equally spaced cups measure up to 1.5 inches in diameter with depths varying from 0.25 to 0.5 inches.

Castle Ring (Stiperstones)

A large univallate hillfort in Shropshire in a naturally strong defensive position on a steep sided spur at the north end of the Stiperstones ridge. Access is only along the ridge/spur. Most walkers on the Stiperstones route never visit Castle Ring, which is a shame as its situation is quite dramatic, with views across to many other hillforts in the area.

Cairnholy 4

Clarification of the position of the Cairnholy rock art panels close by. Lots more in the vicinity, see the nearby sites list or interactive map on our page including the classic chambered cairns. This extensive rock outcrop in Dumfries and Galloway is decorated with a cup with three rings (possibly partly quarried away) and simple-cup-marks.

Túmulo de Son Ferrer

A well preserved layered tumulus in Mallorca. Built at the beginning of the Iron Age (850 BC) over an artificial funerary cave of the Bronze Age (1800-1500 BC). Initially the purpose of the tumulus was for ritual use but several centuries later the Bronze Age necropolis was re-used for the new burials, predominantly of the infants. The funerary use of the complex lasted till the beginning of the 3rd century AD.

Palazzo Zuckermann Museum

Palazzo Zuckermann museum, in Padova houses a collection of modern and medieval applied art as well as an interesting collection of coins (some are very old indeed!). Pictured are silver owl coins from Athens (V BC) and an electrum (gold and silver alloy) lion's head from Lydia (VI BC).

Allée couverte de la Gasnerie

Remains of a Mayenne allée couverte within the commune of Châtillon-sur-Colmont.

Pla de Petracos

Superb early Neolithic cave art site. in Valenciana. Extremely well preserved - 8000 years old in shallow cliff face caves. Includes fabulous human (dancing) figures and more abstract (to us) images, possibly including plants. One later deer image. UNESCO listed.