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Longbarrow Field, Timble, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 3, 2019 by megalithix

Cairn (lost): OS Grid Reference — SE 18 53 Archaeology & History Described in the Field Lore of Timble village by William Grainge (1895) are the names and short histories of some of the local place-names—with this in particular standing … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Yorkshire, North | Tagged antiquities, Archaeology, Askwith, Bronze Age, burials, cairns, death, Denton, english heritage, field names, Iron Age, long barrows, long cairns, Megaliths, neolithic, North Yorkshire, place-names, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Snowden, Stone Circles, Timble, tombs, tumuli, Weston, Wharfedale | Leave a comment

Tongue House, Tongue, Sutherland

Posted on May 27, 2018 by megalithix

Chambered Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NC 5926 5862 Also Known as: Canmore ID 5325 Getting Here I approached this by walking along the B8438 road northwest out of Tongue village, towards the road-crossing over the Kyle of Tongue. There’s a small … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Scotland, Sutherland | Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burials, cairns, chambered cairns, cists, death, heritage, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Sutherland, tombs, Tongue | Leave a comment

Southdown Cottage, Cotmandene, Dorking, Surrey

Posted on May 7, 2018 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TQ 1686 4958 Archaeology & History Highlighted on the 1914 OS-map (as ‘Site of’), nothing now remains of the prehistoric structure that either covered or surrounded the ancient burial urn, found fortuitously by a … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, England (south), Surrey | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burials, cairns, death, Dorking, english heritage, Iron Age, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, sacred sites, Surrey, tombs, tumuli, tumulus, urns | Leave a comment

Montalt, Dunning, Perthshire

Posted on March 24, 2018 by megalithix

Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 06 13 Also Known as: Canmore ID 26675 Mount Alt Farm Archaeology & History This is a curious stone and may not be the type of ‘cup-marked’ rock we’re used to. Maybe… It is presently … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Perthshire, Scotland | Tagged animism, Bronze Age, burials, Condie, cup marked stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, Dunning, Forgandenny, Forteviot, heritage, neolithic, Ochil Hills, Ochils, Perthshire, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, rock carvings, sacred sites, Scotland, Scottish history, urns | Leave a comment

Rolleston’s Barrow, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire

Posted on February 5, 2018 by megalithix

Tumulus: OS Grid Reference – ST 95552 18233 Archaeology & History In what today seems a barely visible tumulus, amidst the large cluster that could once be found upon the large estate grounds of Rushmore House, were once the overgrown … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, England (south), Wiltshire | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, barrows, Bronze Age, burials, cairns, Cranborne Chase, death, Dorset, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, neolithic, prehistoric sites, rounds barrows, Rushmore, sacred sites, Tollard Royal, tombs, tumuli, tumulus, urns, Wiltshire | Leave a comment

Old Pleck Barrow, Rushmore, Tollard Royal, Wiltshire

Posted on January 21, 2018 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference — ST 95459 17548 Archaeology & History This long-lost burial mound was one in a large group of prehistoric tombs that were explored in the 19th century by the legendary antiquarian, General Pitt-Rivers. It had already … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, England (south), Wiltshire | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, barrows, Bronze Age, burials, cairns, Cranborne Chase, death, Dorset, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Rushmore, sacred sites, Tollard Royal, tombs, tumuli, tumulus, urns, Wiltshire | Leave a comment

Kirkshaws, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire

Posted on December 3, 2016 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 7249 6279 Also Known as: Canmore ID 45792 Archaeology & History On the flat meadowlands below the slopes of Old Monkland, half-a-mile southeast of the legendary Pilgrim’s Stone, an old mound once lived. It may have … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Lanarkshire, Scotland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, barrows, Bronze Age, burials, cairns, cists, Coatbridge, death, earth mysteries, Glasgow, heritage, historic Scotland, Lanarkshire, neolithic, Old Monkland, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, tombs, tumulus | Leave a comment

Dumpton Park, Ramsgate, Kent

Posted on April 3, 2016 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TR 389 661 Archaeology & History A little-known site which archaeologist Brian Philp (2002) called “a Bronze Age barrow”. When the old Greyhound Stadium at Ramsgate was being demolished for a new housing estate, planning … Continue reading →

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Gray Stone, Dunning, Perthshire

Posted on March 10, 2016 by megalithix

Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NO 02182 11809 Also Known as: Big Stane Canmore ID 26681 Grey Stone Maormar‘s Stone Getting Here Take the B934 road south, uphill, out of Dunning, for 2.1 miles (3.4km), past Kippen, past Pitmeadow and … Continue reading →

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Garadh Ban Wood, Buchanan, Stirlingshire

Posted on February 6, 2016 by megalithix

Chambered Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NS 45217 91907 Also Known as: Canmore ID 282019 Getting Here On the B837 between Balmaha and Drymen at the hamlet called Milton of Buchanan, at the little road junction where the houses are on … Continue reading →