Andy Burnham's Blog, page 61

Newton Mulgrave Moor RB10

Like its neighbour RB9 which is about 300ft to the north east, this bronze age round barrow is also very prominent within the landscape. Both barrows stand out especially clearly against the skyline when viewed from the west and south.

Blackbury Camp

Top image: A 3D view of the digital terrain model of Blackbury Camp by Rouven Meidlinger. In Prehistoric Hillforts in Devon, (Devon Books, publisher to Devon County Council) author Aileen Fox describes this ancient oval-shaped hillfort as 'important' and with 'an unusual entrance'. The excavation in 1952-54 by the Devon Archaeological Society showed that the main gate had been an imposing structure (see English Heritage noticeboard photograph lower down our page.)

Court Cave

One of the well known Wemyss Caves, and the one situated nearest to East Wemyss. There is a car park a few metres from the entrance. The cave contains a number of carved symbols, mostly believed, from their style, to be Pictish.

Tigh Nam Bodach

The pagan shrine named Tigh nam Bodach of uncertain founding date is located in Glen Cailliche (the Crooked Glen of the Stones), north of Loch Lyon. The shrine is made up of a modest stone structure that houses a family of three bell shaped water stones from the river bed of the Lyon.

High Peak

Ancient Settlement in Devon. There are remains of ramparts and ditches still visible on site. The recent excavations have confirmed the dating of High Peak, with occupation in two discrete unrelated time frames – the Neolithic (4000-2000 BC) and Early Medieval (early historic period following the end of the Roman Empire – 6th century AD).

Cazis Petrushügel

Between 1938 and 1951 the forest engineer W. Burkhardt explored the distinctive settlement plateau of the Petrus Hill of Cazis, in Graubünden, Switzerland. He discovered the remains of Neolithic settlements. Because of the thick-walled ceramic finds, he assigned this to the Horgener culture. Numerous bone and antler artifacts were also found, along with several stone axe blades made of serpentinite, a large number of saw plates, various flint and radiolarite instruments, such as arrowheads and blade tools, and rock crystal.

Lisnagun Standing Stone

Standing Stone in the grounds of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church, Darrary, Co. Cork. The building and grounds are lovely. This stone is very wide but thin and tall. The top of this stone is very flat and tapers upwards gently, tallest at the north side.

Le Mont Ubé

This passage grave was discovered in 1848 too late to save the capstones from quarrymen. The chamber and passage were originally covered by a mound and probably surrounded by a peristalith of upright stones.

Shovel Down

Near the northeastern corner of Dartmoor, to the west of the old stannary town of Chagford at Shovel Down, are a multitude of remains which together make up the Shovel Down complex of ceremonial sites. The site includes an open stone circle, a fourfold cairn circle, a long single stone row, 6 double stone rows or avenues, a giant longstone, several other standing stones, several cairns, and the remains of an ancient settlement.

Binidalinet

An example of a typical Menorcan burial chamber with the entrance being a holed-stone.