Andy Burnham's Blog, page 86

Dunan Nan Nighean

Dun in Isle of Colonsay. This well-preserved dun is located in the NE part of the Isle of Colonsay, not far from the coast, in a position dominating over a boggy valley. The D-shaped structure survived in good condition, including an entrance passage with lintels still in place. A later hut was inserted inside the dun, but original inner wall-face is still visible in several places. The site was excavated in 1949, sherds of Iron Age pottery were found.

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)

Hillfort in Carmarthenshire. Overlooking the River Towy, this large hillfort is defended by huge dry-stone walls. There is also a long cairn to the north of the fort. It includes a recent memorial to Welsh MP Gwynfor Evans

Blackwater Draw

Blackwater Draw is an intermittent stream channel about 140 km (87 mi) long, with headwaters in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, about 18 km (11 mi) southwest of Clovis, and flows southeastward toward the city of Lubbock, Texas. Blackwater Locality No. 1 is an important archaeological site that was first recognized in 1929 by Ridgley Whiteman - the type-site of the Clovis culture. The first large-scale excavation occurred in 1932, though local residents had been collecting bone and lithic materials for decades.

The King (Stanton Moor)

The King, a squat but smooth gritstone outlier about 50m from the main Nine Ladies stone circle on Stanton Moor in the Derbyshire Peak District. With 19th century graffiti. Who was BILL STUMPS ?

Ville Hamon Dolmen

This poor thing to the east of the town of Erquy is a bit of a mess. One large section of capstone still sits on two bits of upright, but the rest is all on the ground. You can see the slab on the ground fits exactly with the capstone above. What remains is basically a large jumble of stones on top of a mound. It was probably a very large dolmen with entry passage, but the stones have mostly broken into a heap.

Nordre-Graner

In a private garden in the middle of the town of Hamar (Hedmark, Norway) is a very pretty round barrow. The barrow is inside a fenced in garden looking like a small park with short lawn grass and some larger trees. The barrow has a few trees on it but it is easy to see from outside the fence.

Peninver Bridge Standing Stone

A recumbent standing stone on the Kintyre peninsula, lying at the top of a small outcrop. On the OS map.

Carrowkeel Cairn K

Garda appeal for witnesses regarding serious Criminal Damage at Carrowkeel Passage Tombs, see the photos from Ken Williams and more details in the comments.. Chambered Cairn in Co. Sligo. Approached via a tarred track leading east from a by-road running from North to South through the hills, and well-signposted this megalithic cemetery is superbly situated on limestone ridges in different townlands, of which Carrowkeel is only one.

Comox Harbor Ancient Fish Trap

A native fish trap system that was outlawed after the coming of the British Government and settlers. Newly appointed Fisheries Officers in the mid 18th Century dismantled and destroyed the fish trap system. Then for almost a century, knowledge of this brilliant, ancient technology disappeared. But then the big earthquake of 1946 loosened the sand in the harbour and swept some out to sea. Thousands of stakes started popping up.

Loughmoney

Roughly 1,8 cm tall dolmen made of slate stone of NW orientation. Two smaller sides stones support impresive flat stone. Though described as the portal tomb it might be rather remnant of the court tomb with missing court part.