Andy Burnham's Blog, page 7

Lutry Menhirs

Found in 1984 during the excavation of the foundations for a parking garage. In the middle of the Swiss town of Lutry on Lake Geneva, an alignment of 14 closely spaced menhirs with the largest stone around 4 metres tall. One menhir originally had engravings: two crossed lines, five circles, and a rod with a ring (?) thought to be a human representation. This has been replaced with a reproduction. They date from ~1800 BC.

Menhir de La Lancha

New Paper: The Menhir as an Oral Tradition in Cattle-Raising Territories: First Geological Provenance Analyses at the Antequera Heritage Site, Spain. A standing stone by the side of the the CA-6105 road in Andalucía.

Coetan Arthur Dolmen

Impressively situated on the hillside close to St. David's Head, Coetan Arthur is the collapsed chamber of what is presumed to be a passage grave which also has a round barrow. The massive capstone measures approximately 5.9 metres by 2.6 metres and is supported on one side by an orthostat approximately 1.5 meters in height.

Marton Churchyard Cross

A medieval cross (14th or 15th century) in the churchyard at St James' and St Paul's, Marton. The 14th church is one of the oldest surviving timber framed churches in Europe and one of only a few in England. The cross head blew down in 1991 and is now inside the church. (does anyone have a photo of the head?)

Stèles de Saint-Jean-Trolimon

Two stèles in Finistère, (re)placed in front of the gate to the church.
The right one, tallest of the two, measures about 2.5m, the left one is smaller at 2m tall.

Callanish 4

Hulavig in the name Ceann Hulavig is a word derived from the Norse. The spelling is an attempt to Gaelicise the name. Garynahine (which itself is an Anglicised spelling of Bear-r-aitjh na h'AilTihe) is the nearest village.

Sleights Pasture Round Barrow

A possible embanked stone circle or kerb cairn in North Yorkshire. Said to have been opened inabout 1800 and contained a 'stone coffin and an entire human skeleton'. The cairn is approximately 29m diameter , and was formerly 1.6m
high. Most of the centre has been
removed, leaving the base, with a few large kerbstones, intact.

Klockstenarna Skeppssättning

A skeppssättning (stone ship setting) in Sweden, size 16 x 8m with 10 standing stones. A couple of the stones were set in place in recent times.

Fortified hut settlement above Rachub

One of North Wales' lesser forts, on a hill above Rachub near Bethesda. Not even a fort, a settlement, a fortified one though. Here's a nice artists' impression of it.

Myrhøj

A burial mound with a 156m long stone row leading up to it. The mound itself was built in the early Bronze Age (1,700-1,100 BC) as a monument to the burial of an important person. Close to the burial mound, a grave was also built - in the middle of the stone row - dating to the Roman Iron Age (0-500 AD). It is not a coincidence that the person was buried in the middle of the stone row, and the burial shows that the stones still had a certain significance so many years later.