Andy Burnham's Blog, page 77

Caerfadog Uchaf Cairn

Situated within a pastoral field on the western slopes of Braich y Gornel, Gwynedd (383m) the cairn stands out due to it size. Coflein has recorded the cairn as NPRN 288045 and considers it to be a Bronze Age monument. It is located within a prehistoric field system that includes hut circles and an alignment of cairns. However, this cairn is by far the largest possibly due to a later addition of field clearances?

Huesby Dolmen

The Dolmen of Huesby was excavated from a Round Barrow not far from the village. The barrow was used by several generations, and was surrounded by 3 rings of stones. The capstone is not original. The original, which has 112 cupmarks, is in the museum of Schloss Gottorf in Schleswig.

Beaudesert Park Standing Stone

A relatively new discovery from Simon, does anyone have any information on this stone?. One that I recently re-found in my photos from about 15 years ago. It's a 5/6 ft tall standing stone in the private grounds of Beaudesert Park Public School near Stroud. It looks like it may have been damaged and re-erected at some point. I used to regularly play in that area when I was kid 50 years ago (my family worked at the school) and don't remember it being there or at least standing back then, although had it been flat I probably wouldn't have noticed it.

Pollok House Barrow

Sat 24th Feb: The Ancient Mounds of London and Glasgow online talk with Dr Kenny Brophy, details in the comments. The site has very easy access via Pollok Estate and is situated on Pollok Golf Course a five minute walk from the stone bridge. It consists of an artificial mound and has yew trees growing on top, it could be Bronze Age.

Petroglyph Beach

This Alaska State Historic Park contains over 35 petroglyphs pecked and carved into individual bounders on the beach. The designs feature stylized animals and human figures as well as abstract and geometric designs. Based on finds from excavations in the area some of the glyphs are estimated to be up to 8000 years old.

Cataclews Point Tumuli

There were once six tumuli here, only four now remain in this stunning Barrow Cemetery. Nearby at SW87227577 a stone cist was found at a depth of 6ft when a pound was been repaired in 1864. The cist contained two gold lunulae (see photos on our page), a bronze axe of very early Bronze-Age type (flat, without any fastening method, and with a hammer-widened edge - see photo)

A Rundown of the Top 15 Standing Stones in the UK - with Competition!

Special Celebratory Post, with prizes. A rundown of the Top 15 Standing Stones (and pairs) in the UK according to you, our Megalithic Portal visitors and contributors. What are we celebrating? Transferring our entire site to a super fast new server, along with better support in our database for Japanese, Korean and accented characters (UTF-8) - no small task.

Sühnestein von Everstorf

The type of Early Christian propitiatory stones from Northern Germany are very tall and often flat. This limestone monolith is 2.14m high and about 50cm wide, it was probably erected in 1391 to commemorate the violent death of Ludeke Mozellenburch.

Treryn Dinas

A dramatic Iron Age cliff fort on a south-pointing headland between Porthcurno and Penberth in Cornwall. The landward side is defended by three pairs of ramparts and ditches, and these are still impressive. The headland has a very narrow neck, and this is defended by a ditch and stone wall. Nearby are traces of roundhouses.

Park in the Past

Park in the Past is a newly created nature and history park built on the site of an old sand and gravel quarry. Currently the main feature is a completely new build Roman Fort, but there will also be an Iron Age village and a prehistoric realm complete with megalithic features.