Andy Burnham's Blog, page 98

Moundville Archeological Park

Moundville is the second largest Mississipian center, built on a bluff above a bend of the Warrior River and encompassing over 300 acres with 26 mounds surrounding a central plaza of roughly 100 acres. Top photo: Part of a life-size diorama of an elite member of the mound society. He is wearing copper horns, freshwater pearls, animal claws/teeth, and a copper and shell gorget.

Hillside Farm, Bryher

DNA analysis of tooth enamel shows Isles of Scilly remains are of an iron age female (warrior?) solving puzzle of 2,000-year-old grave on Bryher also containing a sword and mirror. Iron Age cist grave containing unique sword and mirror. Grave goods are on display in the Isles of Scilly Museum, Hugh town, St Mary's.

Tomen Y Mur (The Wall Mound)

The mound is a Norman motte. The motte was built from earth and stone. The stone was taken from the walls of the Roman Fort within which the motte is situated. the motte was the base for a wooden castle. The motte itself would have had an enclosure below known as a bailey. The Bailey's would have been protected by a ditch and palisade.

Castle Gardens

The Castle Gardens Petroglyph Site is located in central Wyoming approximately 43 miles east of Riverton. Given the sandstone formations and dry wash areas, the area was given the name "Castle Gardens" as the formations reminded the first Europeans of castles and fortifications. This site has lured visitors for thousands of years, with many of them leaving marks or graffiti in the soft sandstone. The Castle Gardens area holds a numerous examples of Native American rock art, or petroglyphs.

Folkestone moot stones

A group of 12 stones that were discovered under steps of town cross, in the churchyard of the local parish church of St Mary and St Eanswythe, when it was refurbished in 1897, here is an article from the local newspaper the Folkestone Express from that time:

Knocks NW

The northern of two stone circles in the townland of Knocks, Co Cork. Ten of eleven stones survive, including axial stone and two radially-set entrance stones.

Carnmenellis cairn

A cairn on the summit of Carnmenellis. Despite being much robbed out and surrounded by modern intrusions, this bronze age cairn is still a prominent landscape feature. The hill on which it is situated lends its name to the upland granite district of Carnmenellis and is the highest point for miles around offering superb views. There is a good alignnment between the cairn, Nine Maidens Wendron and on to Hangman's barrow on the near skyline.

Brow Moor - Rock 82

Brown & Chappell describe this as a large boulder measuring 2.7 x 2.1m which has on its sloping surface a series of vertical pecked lines and pecked circles. Even with the aid of the diagram I could not see the motifs indicated by the book. Its not that I could not see anything, its just that lines that I could see didn’t seem to match those from the book. Have posted images that I took to see if others can make anything out of them.

Iron Age Farm, Wekerom

The remains of five iron age farms were found here in archeological excavations from 1939 to 1941. In 1996 Celtic Fields were discovered and there are barrows nearby. The reconstruction is from 2011.

La Fosses

Two stones close to the edge of the road, the first is larger at 2 metres with a smaller stone of approx 1m situated behind it. There is also a fallen stone to the right.
These are all in front of a small lake and spring. The area is privately owned but it is easy to see from the gate - a real hidden gem