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Flat Howe (1), Sleights Moor, Sleights, North Yorkshire

Posted on November 14, 2019 by megalithix

Tumulus: OS Grid Reference – NZ 85483 04866 Also Known as: Flat Howe (north) Getting Here Along the A169 road that runs may miles from Whitby to Pickering, as you go through the small town of Sleights, the road gets … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Yorkshire, North | Tagged ancient monuments, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, architecture, Bilsdale, Bronze Age, cairns, death, England, english heritage, Eskdale, folklore, giants, Grosmont, legends, myth, neolithic, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, Ryedale, sacred sites, Sleights, Sleights Moor, tombs, tumulus, Ugglebarnby | Leave a comment

Kalemouth Carving, Eckford, Roxburghshire

Posted on May 19, 2019 by megalithix

Cup-and-Ring Stone: OS Grid Reference – NT 714 275 Archaeology & History Now housed in the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh, this little-known petroglyph was rediscovered in 1957 by a Mr G.F. Ritchie, not far from the once-large Kalemouth … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Roxburghshire, Scotland | Tagged ancient monuments, animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Borders, Bronze Age, cairns, carved stones, Crailing, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, death, earth mysteries, Eckford, heritage, neolithic, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, sacred sites, Scotland, symbolism, tombs | Leave a comment

Tumble Beacon, Banstead, Surrey

Posted on May 18, 2019 by megalithix

Tumulus: OS Grid Reference – TQ 2432 5902 Archaeology & History This ancient “bowl barrow” as the modern archaeo’s are wont to describe it, is a Bronze Age tumulus that has seen better days. But at least it’s still there … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, England (south), Surrey | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Banstead, beacons, Bronze Age, cairns, death, english heritage, folklore, neolithic, place-names, prehistoric sites, round barrows, sacred sites, Surrey, tombs, toot hills, Tooting, tumluus, tumuli | Leave a comment

Bedford Hill, Tooting, Surrey

Posted on May 18, 2019 by megalithix

Tumulus (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TQ 288 726 Archaeology & History This long lost prehistoric tomb is one of many that has fallen under the destructive hammer of the christian Industrialists in this part of the country. Located somewhere … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, England (south), Surrey | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Balham, Brixton, Bronze Age, cairns, Clapham, death, english heritage, Lambeth, London, neolithic, place-names, prehistoric sites, round barrows, sacred sites, Streatham, Surrey, tombs, toot hills, Tooting, tumluus, tumuli | Leave a comment

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

Kipps, Linlithgow, West Lothian

Posted on July 1, 2018 by megalithix

Stone Circle (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 9909 7387 Also Known as: Canmore ID 47920 Archaeology & History In an Address to the Scottish Society of Antiquaries in the middle of the 19th century, Sir James Simpson (1862) pointed out … Continue reading →

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Posted in Lothian, West, Scotland, Stone Circles | Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cromlechs, death, dolmens, earth mysteries, folklore, Heathenism, heritage, Linlithgow, marriage ceremonies, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, prehistoric siets, Scotland, Stone Circles, tombs, Torphichen, West Lothian | Leave a comment

Manse Bridge, Melness, Tongue, Sutherland

Posted on May 31, 2018 by megalithix

Cairns: OS Grid Reference – NC 5784 6229 Also Known as: Canmore ID 5385 Getting Here Along the A836 road between Durness and Tongue, take the minor road north to Melness and Talmine. 400 yards or so past Talmine Stores shop, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Scotland, Sutherland | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cairnfields, cairns, cists, death, earth mysteries, Melness, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Sutherland, tombs, Tongue, tumuli, tumulus | 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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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

Cock Howe (1), Skelton Moor, Marske, North Yorkshire

Posted on April 27, 2018 by megalithix

Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NZ 0811 0063 Getting Here Take the minor high road between the hamlets of Marske and Fremington (up Hard Stiles from Marske side), turning up Stelling Road at the crossroads, and ⅔-mile (1.1km) along, turn right … Continue reading →