Andy Burnham's Blog, page 78

Dolmen of Casas de Don Pedro

Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Andalucía. The current dolmen is about 4000-4200 years old. The approximate dimensions of the orthostats are about 3m high, 1m long and just 20cm wide. The mound was of large proportions, it measured 31 meters in maximum axis by 26.5 meters in width, so ellipsoidal in shape. Its original height is unknown. During excavation, it was possible to verify the existence of a kind of ring of medium-sized river pebbles, which completely surrounded it.

Borg in-Nadur Temple

A ruinous four-apsed temple opening from an oval forecourt, measuring 22 metres by 15 metres, with a bedrock floor. Uniquely, the whole was enclosed by a megalithic wall which has survived in better condition than the rest of the site.

Finsbury Park earthworks

We visited these earthworks earlier today with a few local members, Terry the original poster showed us where they are. I have added more photos and updated the location to make it more accurate. Various of us who visited are going to see what we can find in the archives about this area.

Hove Barrow

A magnificent Bronze Age burial mound use to sit in the middle of Hove, and it even gave Hove its name, as it comes from the Old Danish word Hof – which means burial ground. There were a few burial mounds dotted between the South Downs and the shore in Hove. But, the biggest by far, was the mound situated close to where Palmeira Square sits now. It stood twenty feet tall, and was so big some people didn’t think it was a burial mound at all but just an unusual hillock.

Ditchling Beacon Tumuli

Round Barrows or Tumuli, in East Sussex

Ōmuro Kofungun (in Gunma)

Three great keyhole-shaped tumuli and other small ones are preserved in Ōmuro Kōen park (大室公園). Two of the huge keyhole-shaped tumuli have reproduction haniwas added. A small keyhole-shaped tumulus, Shō-Futagozuka Kofun almost destroyed is reconstructed with many tube, human-shaped, animal-shaped and armor-shaped haniwa.

Østerskoven Ørnehøj Jættestue

Long barrow with passage grave on the island of Falster. 30 x 12 x 1.75 meters with 39 kerbstones. Two of the stones have with cup-marks, photos on our page.

Maen Bach

Shown on the OS as Maen Bach (meaning 'small stone'), this delightfully shaped stone is high on the Mynydd Mallaen in Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin). It stands between the Mynydd Mallaen Standing Stone and the cemetery cairns known as Crugiau Merched (Ladies' Cairns).

Mulka's Cave

Mulka's Cave is about 18km beyond Wave Rock, near Hyden in Western Australia. A low granite hill has a small cave at its base. The cave isn't large, but look closely at the walls and ceiling you'll see what makes this place special, an assortment of ancient Aboriginal cave paintings.

Salmonsbury Camp

The ancient meadows and rivers of Greystones Farm in Gloucestershire are home to a diverse range of wildlife. This nature reserve is also the site of the Salmonsbury Camp Causewayed Enclosure & Hillfort, an important meeting place during Neolithic and Iron Age periods.