Andy Burnham's Blog, page 58

Huegelgraeber Hettenleidelheim

An iron age barrow cemetery close to theNine stones stone circle in Rhineland-Palatinate. Some of the 5-6 mounds are pretty large. On one of the mounds the Fliegenstein Menhir (burial stele) is situated.

Chichester City Walls

North Street. East Street. South Street. West Street. It's enough a quick glance at a map to guess the Roman Origins of Chichester.
Noviomagus Reginorum is celebrated every year during Chichester Roman Week (with re-enactments, workshops, talks... it's possible to taste Roman dishes and sometimes observe the Chichester and District Archaeology Society open a new trench), but the Roman heritage of Chichester is visible all year round thanks to its walls!

Achanarras Stone Circle and Cairn

Described as a cairn with recumbent stones. This site is interesting in that there are five recumbent stones but they do not appear to have been toppled, i.e. there is no indication of packing stones being displaced, etc. which suggests that the stones were never erected. Also, the long axes of the stones lie around the circumference of the ring.

Governor Nelson State Park Effigy Mounds

The remaining Late Woodland effigy mounds known as Morris Group #2, located in the Governor Nelson State Park on the western side of Lake Mendota has one panther mound and either 5 or 6 conical mounds remaining (accounts differ).

Menhir de Kervic

Standing Stone (Menhir) in Finistère. There seems to be a whole mini-ecosystem growing here.

Llansteffan Castle

A short walk on a narrow road will take you straight to the castle. It is a good castle with many spaces to explore, but this is all medieval of course, and we don't (usually) do late medieval. However the castle has been plonked into an Iron age hill fort, in places there are still two well preserved banks and ditches, obviously they're defensive in any age.

Finedon Stone

As ever - there are more photos on our page. At the Finedon History Day, Jon-Paul Carr (Secretary of
the Northamptonshire Heritage Forum) was on the guided walk
round Finedon. He was interested in the stone behind the railings in Dolben Square. What is its importance? Francis Terry, leading the walk, quoted from John Bailey’s book Finedon otherwise Thingdon, p190 2nd para : "To all appearances, it is one of those stones set down in prehistoric times to mark a boundary or track and, if so, has been there for thousands of years…"

Pikes Peak State Park Effigy Mounds

7 miles south of Effigy Mounds National Monument are several clusters of less well-known effigy mounds in Pikes Peak State Park in McGregor, Iowa. The main south entrance to the park sits atop a 500-foot bluff (1,130-foot elevation) for an unobstructed view of the confluence of the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers next to Wyalusing State Park in Wisconsin.

Muzeum Regionalne Wolin

Museum in Zachodniopomorskie, Poland, showing finds from the Wolin region. One of the most famous finds in the exhibition is the small wooden figure depicting the Slavic god Svetovit.

Petit Niheu menhir

This menhir is on the coast, only visible at low tide.