Andy Burnham's Blog, page 52

Flagstones Enclosure

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Flagstones enclosure is given scheduled status, more on the our page. Flagstones is a late Neolithic interrupted ditch enclosure (similar to a causewayed enclosure) in the English county of Dorset. The enclosure is formed by a ring of pits dug into the chalk bedrock, with 'causeways' between the pits. Half of the enclosure was discovered beneath the site of the demolished Flagstones House in advance of the construction of the Dorchester by-pass road.

Culdoich

This overgrown site is often referred to as a stone circle in the literature, but it is technically a ring cairn. It was originally believed to be a stone circle because of a large standing stone close by. However a resistivity survey of the area in the 1980s revealed no evidence for further standing stones.

St Columba's Well (Kirkcolm)

Associated with St Columba's Old Parish Church and Graveyard (see our site page Kirkcolm Cross), there is also a holy well near the church. An extract from the Ordnance Survey Name book of 1847 reads: "St Columba's Well lies adjacent to the graveyard entrance, and is covered by a comparatively modern structure bearing a Latin inscription".

Toomemäe ohvrikivi

The ArchaeoLore Group Webinars 2024/2025 - monthly, the first being tomorrow 24th September, free and online. This site features in the November presentation with Tõnno Jonuks from the Estonian Literary Museum, more details and link to sign up in the comments on this page. Toomemäe ohvrikivi - Sacrificial Stone on Toome Hill, Estonia, next to a decorative stone bridge, not far from the ruins of the ancient cathedral.

Pen Hill Longbarrow

What is the mysterious cable just behind this long barrow? View the page to find out. . This is a 45 metre long by 15 metre wide longbarrow which is to be found in a little fenced enclosure, just to the south of the summit of Pen Hill at the southern edge of the Mendip Hills just north of Wells.

Marne Barracks palisaded enclosure

An interconnected Neolithic ritual landscape, obliterated by development - see also Catterick henge and Pallot Hill nearby. An open-area excavation conducted in advance of development at Marne Barracks, Catterick, in 2004 identified a relatively rare Late Neolithic palisaded enclosure and other features. A number of broadly contemporary monuments, all within 5 km of Marne Barracks, contribute to a significant Neolithic ritual focus on the River Swale gravels.

Menhir de la Norhant

A massive granite menhir, height 4.4m. Situated on a ridge in a little copse of trees south of Ploeuc sur Lie, Côtes-D'Armor.

Knowes of Trotty

Lovely new photos of this site to illustrate the new book: Animating the Dead: An Archaeology of Bronze Age Burial Practices in Orkney - more in the comments on this page. Barrow Cemetery in Orkney West Mainland. The cairns were constructed using natural drumlins as platforms. Though many were excavated by 'barrow-diggers' only the one with the golden discs was in any sense recorded. The 2002 excavation, besides numerous cists in one of the cairns revealed in a flat area between two of the cairns some kind of building - perhaps a mortuary structure.

Burderop Down

Five miles south of Swindon, this ancient field system lies slighty to the north and to the east adjacent to Barbury Castle. It can be seen clearly from the Ridgeway track which runs along the north of the hillfort.

Traonigou alignement de menhirs

Two fallen and two standing menhirs, which are supposedly aligned on the mid summer sunrise. The two standing menhirs are about 4 and 5 metres tall, the two fallen ones lost in the undergrowth. These stones are signposted, and found just beside the road to the east of the hamlet of Traonigou.