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Clowder (1), Arncliffe, North Yorkshire

Posted on June 11, 2019 by megalithix

Enclosures: OS Grid Reference – SD 9165 6968 Also Known as: Clouder Getting Here To the right of The Falcon Inn across from Arncliffe village green is a trackway called the Monk’s Way. Walk up here for about 450 yards … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Settlement/Enclosures, Yorkshire, North | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Arncliffe, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, enclosures, England, english heritage, Iron Age, Malham, medieval history, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, sacred sites, settlements, walling, Yorkshire Dales | 1 Comment

Horn Bank, Rigton, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 5, 2019 by megalithix

Settlement (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 2905 5035 Archaeology & History Upon the top of the old ridge where ran the ancient trackway between Rigton and Pannal, could once be found a multi-period settlement, long since gone – as … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Settlement/Enclosures, Yorkshire, North | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brackenthwaite, Bronze Age, camps, Earthworks, enclosures, England, english heritage, Forest of Knaresborough, Harrogate, Iron Age, North Yorkshire, Pannal, prehistoric sites, Rigton, Romano-British, settlements | Leave a comment

Briscoe Rigg, Rigton, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 5, 2019 by megalithix

Settlement (destroyed): OS Grid Reference — SE 2581 5100 Archaeology & History Highlighted on the 1851 OS-map of the area as a ‘Camp’, all trace of this ancient settlement would seem to have been destroyed. It was already on its … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Settlement/Enclosures, Yorkshire, North | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Beckwithshaw, Bronze Age, camps, Earthworks, enclosures, England, english heritage, Forest of Knaresborough, Harrogate, Iron Age, North Yorkshire, Pannal, prehistoric sites, Rigton, Romano-British, settlements | Leave a comment

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

Modsary, Tongue, Sutherland

Posted on June 3, 2018 by megalithix

Hut Circle: OS Grid Reference – NC 65189 61639 Getting Here Along the A836 between Tongue and Bettyhill—nearly 5 miles (7.75km) east of Tongue—take the minor road north to Modsary and Skerray. Some 1.75 miles along you’ll notice an inland loch … Continue reading →

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Posted in Hut Circles, Scotland, Settlement/Enclosures, Sutherland | Tagged ancient villages, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, clearance villages, enclosures, heritage, hut circles, Iron Age, Modsary, prehistoric sites, Scotland, Scottish Clearances, settlements, Skerray, Sutherland, Tongue, walling | Leave a comment

Talmine (west), Melness, Tongue, Sutherland

Posted on May 31, 2018 by megalithix

Settlement: OS Grid Reference – NC 5764 6248 — NEW FIND 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, walk left up … Continue reading →

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Posted in Scotland, Settlement/Enclosures, Sutherland | Tagged ancient history, ancient sites, ancient walls, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cairns, chambered cairns, enclosures, hut circles, Iron Age, Melness, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, settlements, stone rows, Sutherland, Talmine, tombs, Tongue, walling | 2 Comments

Rough Haw Carvings, Flasby, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 20, 2018 by stonemason1980

Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – SD 96396 55834 – NEW FIND Getting Here The quickest way to get here is to follow the directions to the Sharp Haw Trig Stone. From the Trig Stone keep heading down the footpath until … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, North | Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, english heritage, Flasby, geomancy, Hillforts, neolithic, North Yorkshire, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, settlements, Skipton | 1 Comment

Sharp Haw, Flasby, North Yorkshire

Posted on May 20, 2018 by stonemason1980

Cup-Marked Stone: OS Grid Reference – SD 9594 5532 Getting Here The quickest way to get here is to head out of Skipton towards the B6265 Grassington Road. Once on the B6265 you will go past the Craven Heifer Pub … Continue reading →

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Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Cup-and-Ring Stones, Yorkshire, North | Tagged Airedale, ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Craven, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, England, english heritage, Flasby, geomancy, Merlin, neolithic, North Yorkshire, Petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, settlements, Skipton | 1 Comment

Overlee, Clarkston, Renfrewshire

Posted on March 2, 2018 by megalithix

Souterrains & Settlement (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 577 572 Also Known as: Canmore ID 43802 Archaeology & History This was an astonishing-sounding place, little-known beyond the pages of specialist historians. It has been described in modern terms as simply “subterranean structures”, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Renfrewshire, Scotland, Souterrains | Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, Busby, Cathcart, Clarkston, earth mysteries, Eastwood, fogous, Glasgow, heritage, history, Iron Age, neolithic, prehistoric sites, Renfrewshire, sacred sites, settlements, shamanism, shamans, souterrains, Strathclyde, sweat lodges, underground houses, weems | 1 Comment

Castlehill Wood, St Ninians, Stirling, Stirlingshire

Posted on July 10, 2017 by megalithix

Dun: OS Grid Reference – NS 75074 90902 Also Known as: Canmore ID 46233 Castlehill Wood Getting Here Take the Gateside Road from St Ninians or Polmaise Road out of Torbrex across the M9, heading out west onto the southern moors of … Continue reading →