Tag Archives: Romans

Uphall Camp, Ilford, Essex

Posted on November 15, 2018 by megalithix

Hillfort (destroyed): OS Grid Reference –TQ 4383 8510 Archaeology & History This prehistoric site was a giant – a huge colossus of an ‘enclosure’, a ‘settlement’, a ‘camp’—call-it-what-you-will. More than a mile in circumference and an internal area of 48 acres … Continue reading →

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Posted in England (south), Essex, Settlement/Enclosures | Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Barking, Bronze Age, camps, earth mysteries, East Ham, enclosures, english heritage, Essex, Hillforts, Ilford, Iron Age, London, neolithic, prehistoric camps, prehistoric sites, Redbridge, Romano-British, Romans, sacred sites, settlements | 6 Comments

Netherfoodie Cottage, Dairsie, Fife

Posted on January 22, 2018 by megalithix

Standing Stones (destroyed): OS Grid Reference — NO 4128 1769 Also Known as: Dairsie Stones Archaeology & History Recent archaeological investigations at the site which has become known as the Dairsie Hoard—where many pieces of broken Roman silverware were seemingly deposited in … Continue reading →

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Posted in Fife & Kinross, Scotland, Standing Stones | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Dairsie, earth mysteries, Fife, heritage, history, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, Osnaburgh, prehistoric sites, Roman archaeology, Romans, sacred sites, Scotland, silverware, Standing Stones | Leave a comment

Stump Cross, Goosnargh, Lancashire

Posted on October 1, 2017 by noynafox

Wayside Cross: OS Grid Reference – SD 57287 37421 Also Known as: Historic England Grade II Listed Building No. 1165108 Getting Here The cross is situated on the verge at the west side of the B5269 road near its junction … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Crosses, Lancashire | Tagged Agrimensores, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Crosses, England, english heritage, Goosnargh, Grimsargh, Hundred of Amounderness, Lancashire, Longridge, medieval history, Preston, Reverend Richard Wilkinson, Roman Survey, Romans, Wayside cross, Whittingham | 4 Comments

Trysting Stone, Doune, Perthshire

Posted on August 14, 2014 by megalithix

Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NN 7256 0182 Also Known as: Canmore ID 24761 Deil’s Head Devil’s Head Fairy Stone Gold Stone Getting Here From the old cross in the middle of the village, walk along the A820 Balkerach … Continue reading →

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Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Standing Stones | Tagged animism, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, devil, Doune, earth mysteries, fairies, folklore, heritage, legends, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, Perthshire, prehistoric sites, Romans, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, Stirling, traditions | Leave a comment

Lady Well, Ancaster, Lincolnshire

Posted on June 13, 2014 by pixyledpublications

Holy well: OS Grid Reference – SK 9840 4332 Getting Here Park by the church, which has a Sheela Na Gig and some roman stones. Walk back to the A153 (Ancaster Cross roads), turn left and cross the road. Take the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Holy Wells, Lincolnshire | Tagged Ancaster, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, folk-lore, Holy Wells, hydromancy, Lincolnshire, medieval history, Pixyled publications, prehistoric sites, Romans, Time team, water | Leave a comment

Church Field, North Ockendon, Essex

Posted on February 6, 2014 by megalithix

Tumuli (destroyed): OS Grid-Reference – TQ 618 850 Also Known as: Monument No. 414124 Archaeology & History As with many prehistoric sites, this too was unearthed and seemingly destroyed in the 19th century. Although it seems that nothing now remains … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, England (south), Essex | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Bulphan, burial mounds, cairns, Cranham, death, earth mysteries, England, english heritage, Essex, Iron Age, North Ockendon, Romano-British, Romans, sacred sites, South Ockendon, tombs, tumuli, tumulus, Upminster | Leave a comment

Bartlow Hills, Bartlow, Cambridgeshire

Posted on September 7, 2013 by megalithix

Tumuli: OS Grid Reference – TL 586 449 Also Known as: The Three Hills Getting Here The best way to get here (when we went anyway, quite a few years back now), was via the old church . At the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cairns, Tombs, Tumuli, Cambridgeshire, England (south) | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Ashdon, Bartlow, burial, cairns, Cambridgeshire, death, earth mysteries, heritage, Iron Age, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, Romans, sacred sites, tumuli, tumulus | Leave a comment

Woofa Bank Enclosure, Burley Moor, West Yorkshire

Posted on October 22, 2012 by megalithix

Enclosure: OS Grid Reference – SE 13890 45516 Getting Here From Ilkley, take the Cowpasture Road up past Cow & Calf rocks, the hotel and along the moorside. A few hundred yards further, just before the next farm-building on your … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Settlement/Enclosures, Yorkshire, West | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Burley-in-Wharfedale, earth mysteries, enclosures, England, folklore, ilkley moor, Iron Age, neolithic, Petroglyphs, petroglyphs, prehistoric sites, Romans, Rombalds Moor, sacred sites, settlements, walling, West Yorkshire, Wharfedale | 5 Comments

Round Dikes, Addingham, West Yorkshire

Posted on March 22, 2012 by megalithix

Enclosure: OS Grid Reference – SE 0552 5013 Also Known as: Round Dykes The Camp Getting Here First highlighted on the 1850 Ordnance Survey map of western Addingham, this large oval embankment sits on the eastern side of Counter Hill, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Settlement/Enclosures, Yorkshire, West | Tagged Addingham, antiquarian, antiquities, archaeological, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cairns, dykes, earth mysteries, Earthworks, enclosure, Ilkley, Iron Age, prehistoric sites, Romans, sacred sites, settlement, settlements, Silsden, tombs, tumuli, tumulus, Wharfedale | 4 Comments

Eagle Stone, Blubberhouses Moor, North Yorkshire

Posted on February 4, 2011 by megalithix

Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – SE 14605 53815 Also Known as: Eagles Stone Getting Here To get here, follow the same directions as you would to reach the curious Green Plain settlement; but just before you reach that, you’ll … Continue reading →