Andy Burnham's Blog, page 85

Hügelgrab Lebehn 3

A small, relatively well-preserved burial mound southwest of the village of Lebehn in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The remains of a hunting high seat still stand there and unfortunately the farmer has ploughed the field up to the edge of the burial mound.

Hodgen's Cemetery Mound

An Adena culture mound in Tiltonsville cemetery, Ohio. These are generally dated to 500 BCE to 500 CE. In the mid-1800s locals started using the mound as a cemetery, which saved it from excavations or destruction.

Cerrig Pryfaid

This circle of low stones under the slopes of Tal y Fan near Conwy is good to visit, though not easily seen until you are actually standing by it. There are a couple of outliers associated with the circle and a cairn also.

Öinge treuddar

Two of the largest tridents (treuddar) in Sweden. Each has a length of 33 metres and a height of about 0.6 metres. They are positioned 25 metres from each other. They are thought to belong to the period 400-600 CE and are probably graves. Other researchers think they were a place of cult worship. Tridents are associated with the Nordic gods Oden, Thor and Frej.

The Old Stones Talk, Brighton 7th December + Support and Film

Only 5 tickets left for our event in Brighton next month!. A highly illustrated and fast paced look at many of the fascinating themes, mysteries and new discoveries from Neolithic Britain, including lesser known but interesting sites. Also Sussex’s lesser-known ancient stones with Serena Mitchell and David Bramwell and a showing of the new Monolith film by Danny Hammond.

Leenane wedge tomb

A wedge tomb in the townland of Leenane on the Mizen peninsula, Co Cork. On the south-east facing slope of low mountain ridge above Crook Haven approximately 500m south of the tombs in Arduslough and Tooreen.

Hattuşa

Previously unknown Indo-European language discovered on clay tablet, more in the comments. Boğazköy-Hattusha in north-central Turkey was once the capital of the Hittite Empire, one of the great powers of Western Asia during the Late Bronze Age (1650 to 1200 BC). The site has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986 and almost 30,000 clay tablets with cuneiform writing have been found so far.

Foxborough Dolmen

This is a large, very heavy table-like slab, supported by several small stones on a ledge. In Foxboro state forest, site D on the published map. The slab is elevated no more than 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20cm) off the ledge surface. Still, it must have taken considerable effort to manoeuvrer the slab onto its supports.

Monumento Megalítico do Lousal

Check out also Lousal 2 and the anta of Monte Serôdio.. The megalithic monument of Lousal is a false dome monument also known as a tholos, built around 2000 BC, with an apparent systematic use until about 1700 BC. This monument is a 2 in 1 since it has another oval structure attached to it. It is located in Lousal, Grândola, in the Setúbal district of Portugal.

Solbergfeltet

Just across the E6 from Solberg in Norway is Hornnes - another rock art site on "The Prehistoric Road". 21 ships on an almost vertical rock face all pointing east to the sea (and the rising sun). The detail is so clear that it is possible to date them to the late Bronze Age from their design. The site signs here link such ships with the passage through life and on into the next world.