Megalithic and Prehistoric Sites
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kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
now it's not that old but this thread is good enough
Campaign aims to shore up Offa’s Dyke against future threats
The 1,200-year-old earthwork on Welsh-English border is suffering serious damage from a lack of upkeepwww.theguardian.com
.. Has anyone walked any of this? It appeals to me
It's amazing - I've only done small lumps of it, days/overnights in the Kington-Knighton-Clun-Welshpool area, but its got fantastic views, and usually pretty deserted.
Really lovely part of the world.
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hoping to go to shropshire in sept for a few days :fingerscrossed:
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
Serge Forward
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As far as big stones go, on my holidays in Staffordshire this week, I spotted this...
It's the Hopestone between Ipstones and Foxt.
It's the Hopestone between Ipstones and Foxt.
cyberfairy
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Swinside stone circle is lovely and not too far away, a lovely walk to it and pleasing to be the only person there
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Went to the Hordron Edge stone circle last week, a nice location as they generally are. It is also known as the seven stones, though there are more than seven and no one seems to know where the name comes from. We amused ourselves with the conflicting accounts of how many stones there are in the circle. It has become confused because people have added in placeholder stones where they think stones were. There are 10 proper ones, or 11, or 12, or possibly 13.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I was trying to think where that was, then realised its better known (to me anyway) as Sunkenkirk. Lovely spot.
11, properly, and at least three buried with more very probably removed. Only seven were visible until some peat got dug up in 1992.
Brainaddict
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Not sure that's true, eleven were recorded in 1893 and the official record states there have always been more than seven: MDR4173 - The Seven Stones of Hordron, Hordron Edge, Moscar Moor, Derwent - Derbyshire Historic Environment Record
Mind you, that record is also confusing as it refers to 14 smaller stones in addition to the eleven proper ones. We counted 18 in total in the current circle if you include the really small ones, but possibly some of the other smaller ones have gone. But on site without a guide it's not actually clear which are the original 11 - the later additions are of varying sizes and I reckoned there were 12 big stones standing and one recumbent.
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Voley
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The Nine Stones, lovely little circle on Bodmin Moor. Visited for the first time yesterday. Unusually, has a central stone but that looked suspiciously modern to me. Nice spot, near the wonderfully named Clitters Cairn. We had much discussion about how that got its name, all of it salacious. 
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buckle your seat belts - 1hr long country file on offas dyke:
www.bbc.co.uk
BBC One - Countryfile, Offa's Dyke Path
Matt Baker and Ellie Harrison celebrate the 50th anniversary of Offa’s Dyke Path.
chainsawjob
Kipping in the dunes
Did Tintern Abbey to Ross-on-Wye (is that all of it, I forget?) in the eighties when I was at Uni. Stayed in youth hostels, I particularly remember St. Briavels, a castle, and our room was in one of the rounded towers. Lovely walk.I know it's not that old but this thread is good enough
Campaign aims to shore up Offa’s Dyke against future threats
The 1,200-year-old earthwork on Welsh-English border is suffering serious damage from a lack of upkeep
.. Has anyone walked any of this? It appeals to me
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
That’s very close to where the current Mrs La Rouge is from! (Cheadle Staffs).As far as big stones go, on my holidays in Staffordshire this week, I spotted this...
It's the Hopestone between Ipstones and Foxt.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
It's a lovely area. Loads of scenic picture-skew countryside and friendly down to earth locals. Ipstones has three pubs, which isn't bad for what's basically a village.
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
I've had many adventures on that stretch as a kid - a mate and I skived off school for a few days (massively neglectful parents) and cycled from Stroud to Gloucester, then to Monmouth, and spent 4 days in the YHA's of Welsh Bicknor, St Briavels, and Chepstow.
I got so drunk at a pub in English Bicknor that I fell down the bank of the Wye, and into the river while trying to have a late night piss.
St Briavels used to host medieval banquets in the summer....
chainsawjob
Kipping in the dunes
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Stonehenge is to be repaired. Hopefully they’ll put the roof back on or the aliens won’t be able to land their craft safely.
www.smithsonianmag.com
Stonehenge Is Undergoing Repairs for the First Time in Decades
Threatened by erosion, outdated restorations and climate change, the monument’s megaliths are in need of extensive conservation
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From this piece
www.theguardian.com
"Comparing the settings of 104 monuments in Wales, Cummings and Whittle discovered that megaliths such as Pentre Ifan are geographic cruxes. From each a viewer can take in a range of distinctive landscape elements. Don’t think of Pentre Ifan as an end in itself, they say; think of it instead as a prompt to look out rather than in. A giant picture frame that draws together views of the Irish Sea, Carn Ingli, the Preseli Hills, and four rocky outcrops on the south-western horizon called Meibion Owen – Owen’s Sons. The Welsh landscape would have been more forested in Neolithic times, but these landmarks would’ve been visible through the trees, especially in winter."
I haven't been to that many but that's broadly my experience too
Riddle of the stones: my love affair with west Wales
The meaning of ancient sites such as Pentre Ifan in Pembrokeshire, has been lost over time, but they’re truly alive in this writer’s imagination
"Comparing the settings of 104 monuments in Wales, Cummings and Whittle discovered that megaliths such as Pentre Ifan are geographic cruxes. From each a viewer can take in a range of distinctive landscape elements. Don’t think of Pentre Ifan as an end in itself, they say; think of it instead as a prompt to look out rather than in. A giant picture frame that draws together views of the Irish Sea, Carn Ingli, the Preseli Hills, and four rocky outcrops on the south-western horizon called Meibion Owen – Owen’s Sons. The Welsh landscape would have been more forested in Neolithic times, but these landmarks would’ve been visible through the trees, especially in winter."
I haven't been to that many but that's broadly my experience too
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
The Express has made a major discovery today. Apparently in Scotland there is an ancient settlement that they call the ‘Scottish Pompeii’
They’re calling it ‘Skara Brae’
www.express.co.uk
They’re calling it ‘Skara Brae’
Archaeologists stunned by 5,000-year-old 'Scottish Pompeii' settlement
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have been stunned by a 5,000-year-old settlement on the Orkney islands, described as the "Scottish Pompeii".
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Shouldn't have clicked....but, at least I was rewarded with this brilliant Express pop-up:The Express has made a major discovery today. Apparently in Scotland there is an ancient settlement that they call the ‘Scottish Pompeii’
They’re calling it ‘Skara Brae’
Archaeologists stunned by 5,000-year-old 'Scottish Pompeii' settlement
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have been stunned by a 5,000-year-old settlement on the Orkney islands, described as the "Scottish Pompeii".
and...tbf to the Express...if you stare really intently at the sea Wast of the Orkney Islands...I'm pretty sure you can see Diana's decaying face!
Brainaddict
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That is bizarre, even for the Express. The article seems to have been prompted by a show on a US television channel too. Space filler par excellence.The Express has made a major discovery today. Apparently in Scotland there is an ancient settlement that they call the ‘Scottish Pompeii’
They’re calling it ‘Skara Brae’
Archaeologists stunned by 5,000-year-old 'Scottish Pompeii' settlement
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have been stunned by a 5,000-year-old settlement on the Orkney islands, described as the "Scottish Pompeii".
Shouldn't have clicked....but, at least I was rewarded with this brilliant Express pop-up:
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and...tbf to the Express...if you stare really intently at the sea Wast of the Orkney Islands...I'm pretty sure you can see Diana's decaying face!
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That's uncanny - I spotted Dodi, Diana, an asylum seeker and an arthritis cure
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Neolithic House, Skara Brae, Orkney - Download Free 3D model by Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark (@hugoandersonwhymark)
This model is featured in the official Sketchfab VR app: This building at Skara Brae, Sandwick, Orkney dates from the late Neolithic (c.2900-2400 cal BC) and was the home to stone age farmers . This structure, known as House 1, was discovered after a storm in 1850. The local laird William...
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World’s oldest family tree revealed in 5,700-year-old Cotswolds tomb
DNA analysis of bodies in Hazleton North long cairn finds five generations of an extended family
I take from this that the culture of the time is
patriarchal
hierarchical
aristocratic (proto)
polygamous, for 'kings'/chieftains and the like
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