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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

Craigenkirn, New Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire

Posted on November 30, 2015 by megalithix

Long Cairn: OS Grid Reference – NS 51839 78157 — NEW FIND Getting Here Take the A809 road several miles north out of Glasgow, between Bearsden and Drymen. Once out of the suburban sprawl, passing Milngavie, you’re heading to the … Continue reading →

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Upper Killay, Swansea, Glamorgan

Posted on October 10, 2009 by megalithix

Long Barrow (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SS 5848 9227 Also Known as: Cae Bryn-y-garn Archaeology & History Described in 1925 in a report by the Royal Institute of South Wales as “the remains of a long barrow,” it seems … Continue reading →