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Monthly Archives: August 2009
Oliver Cromwell’s Hill, Eye, Cambridgeshire
Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TF 232 018 Archaeology & History Very little was known about this now lost burial mound. It was one of several nearby but, thankfully, the local historian and archaeologist E. Thurnam Leeds (who once … Continue reading
Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Cambridgeshire
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, Cambridgeshire, death, Eye, neolithic, Peterborough, prehistoric sites, Roman, tombs, tumuli, tumulus, Welsh
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Slaithwaite Cross, West Yorkshire
Cross: OS Grid Reference – unknown Archaeology & History The great Huddersfield historian, Philip Ahier (1948), in describing the lack of documentary evidence for several crosses in the neighbouring region, “at Deighton, Cowcliffe, Marsh and Golcar,” found out that, “One … Continue reading
Posted in Crosses, Yorkshire, West
Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Colne Valley, Crosses, history, Huddersfield, Kirklees, Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire
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Stonehenge Cursus, Wiltshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SU 1094 4292 to SU 1370 4319 Also Known as: The Cursus The Greater Cursus, Stonehenge Archaeology & History Not far south of the smaller Lesser Cursus monument, this huge linear earthwork was the very … Continue reading
Posted in Cursus Monuments, Wiltshire
Tagged alignments, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, ceremonial, cursus, death, Durrington, earth mysteries, Larkhill, leys, neolithic, prehistoric sites, religion, ritual monuments, sacred sites, Salisbury Plain, Stonehenge, Wiltshire, Woodhenge
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Thornborough Cursus, North Yorkshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SE 285 794 Archaeology & History In the midst of the great henge monuments at Thornborough — specifically, the central henge — archaeologist Ian Longworth (1965) said there “was built …a still earlier structure … Continue reading
Spread Eagle Cursus, Aberllynfi, Breconshire
Cursus Monument: OS Grid Reference – SO 162 376 Archaeology & History It seems that very little remains of this site, and there is some doubt over its authenticity. Described in Alex Gibson’s (1999b) essay on the cursus monuments of … Continue reading
Posted in Breconshire, Cursus Monuments
Tagged Aberllynfi, alignments, antiquities, Archaeology, Belan, Brecknock, Breckonshire, Brecon, Breconshire, ceremonial, cursus, death, leys, neolithic, Powys, religion, ritual monuments, Three Cocks, Wales, Welsh
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Sarn-y-Bryn-Caled, Belan, Montgomeryshire
Cursus: OS grid reference – SJ 217 048 Also Known as: Welshpool Cursus Archaeology & History Much has been written about this ancient site. Indeed, the archaeologist Alex Gibson (1999) told that, “the ritual complex at Sarn-y-bryn-caled has been extensively … Continue reading
Posted in Cursus Monuments, Montgomeryshire
Tagged alignments, antiquities, Archaeology, Belan, Bronze Age, ceremonial, cursus, death, Henges, leys, Montgomery, neolithic, Powys, prehistoric sites, religion, ritual monuments, Wales, Welsh
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Rosette Stone, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 12822 46190 Also Known as: Carving no.128 (Hedges) Carving no.285 (Boughey & Vickerman) Getting Here Follow the directions to reach the giant Haystack Rock, then follow the footpath west along the moor-edge, round … Continue reading
Gill Head Boulder, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire
Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference SE 1256 4602 Also Known as: Carving no.117 (Hedges) Carving no.274 (Boughey & Vickerman) Getting Here Pretty easy to find. Follow directions to reach the great cup-and-ring marked Haystack Rock, then follow the footpath west … Continue reading
Druid’s Oak, Caton, Lancashire
Sacred Tree: OS Grid Reference – SD 529 646 Also Known as: Caton Oak Fish Stones Oak Getting Here Dead easy! Near the western end of Caton village, right on the edge of the main road (A683) running through the … Continue reading
Posted in Lancashire, Trees
Tagged animism, Brookhouse, Caton, Caton-with-Littledale, druidic, druids, heathen, Lancashire, market cross, monks, moots, oaks, paganism, polytheism, sacred site, sacred trees
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