Andy Burnham's Blog, page 43

Flat Howe BS1 (Blakey)

A tall squared (12 inches) monolith about 6ft high, sited just over 100ft to the south of FLAT HOWE round barrow. It is a prominent feature and stands out clearly on the skyline when viewed from the South Flat Howe area to the south west.

Karleby Rundhøj

3.5 m high round barrow / burial mound on the island of Lolland. Several kerbstones can be seen on the north side.

Museo Civico Archeologico della Badia

A small but very interesting museum about the ancient history of Licata, Sicily from the middle Paleolithic to the Roman era, full of valuable finds.

Petit Mont

Dating to about 4600 BCE at the earliest, this is one of the most significant Cairns in Brittany, but unfortunately one of the most brutally vandalized. In 1942, German troops built a bunker and flak emplacement into the south east corner of the cairn, which completely destroyed one of the chambers and caused the collapse of the second one, which has since been restored. The megalithic entrance is thought to be an addition from Gallo-Roman times.

Polissoirs des Salles

A sandstone outcrop on the plateau Des Salles à Campagne was used for the 'industrial' polishing of flint tools before they were taken down into the valley. On the site there are water reserves (very useful for hikers' dogs), behind and to the right of the emergence a large oblique slab with 7 or 8 polished striations and a small polisher with a basin and a deep groove 10m on the left at the edge of the trees.

Northdown (Dorset)

Another Dorset Bronze Age barrow cemetery in a spectacular chalk-ridge setting, akin to the nearby Bincombe and Came Wood barrow cemeteries. At this site the barrows are sited along the chalk ridge of the imaginatively named West and East Hills on either side of Spring Bottom.
The site is worth visiting for the incredible natural features alone, along with the views over Weymouth Bay.

High Bridestones (Yorks)

Possible Four Poster stone circle, situated on a very bleak limestone pavement, surrounded by heather. There are two distinct groups of stones, possibly the ruins of two "four posters" (square arrangement of stones with one stone at each corner). Many of the stones have fallen.

Museum der Stadt Pasewalk

The permanent exhibition of the Museum der Stadt Pasewalk (Museum of the City of Pasewalk) in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania also includes an exhibition on regional prehistory and early history with finds from the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age and the Slavs.

Røddinge Klekkende Høj Jættestue

. Klekkende Høj, Røddinge is a perfectly preserved double-passage grave of a very rare sub-type, and one of Denmark's most important megalithic sites. Two 7,6m long parallel passages lead into one chamber (length 9m, covered by 7 capstones), that is divided by two internally shared end stones.

Graig Lwyd Neolithic Axe Factory

Top photo: a quarried block of microdiorite with an obvious conchoidal fracture, highlighted by the sun's angle, where an axe blank has been hammered off the block surface. Graig Lwyd Neolithic Axe Factory sits on the extinct volcano above the North Wales coastal town of Penmaenmawr, Conwy. Spectacular views abound, with panoramic views to the Tal Y Fan mountain to the south, the Great Orme to the east, and Anglesey to the west.