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Roman Milestone (Ratcliffe)

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Published: March 24, 2025 14:51

According to the Milestone Society this is a Roman Milestone and associated wayside cross. The NLS shows "remains of cross" at this location. Located at the junction with the B5272 Ratcliffe Wharfe Lane, opposite Forton Hall Farm, on the grass verge on…

Velda Mound

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Published: March 24, 2025 14:26

The Southeast Archaeological Center, home to more than eight million artifacts in nearby Tallahassee, could be closing its doors soon due to President Trump’s recent federal spending cuts, more in the comments. Velda Mound (8LE44) is a Native American…

Treen Entrance Grave (SW)

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Published: March 23, 2025 12:52

A Megalithic Tomb with a Mohican - whatever next!. This tomb is one of four tombs and barrows, two of which are Scillonian entrance graves. The others are too mutilated to know whether they contained a chamber. The best preserved is this Treen Entrance…

S'Angrone Domus de Janas

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Published: March 22, 2025 18:00

In the village of Nughedu Santa Vittoria, Sardinia there are some domus de janas - survivors of a larger necropolis destroyed to build houses over the centuries. One tomb is very interesting as it preserves peculiar architectural and decorative elements,…

Østerballe Runddysse

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Published: March 22, 2025 12:09

First photos of this dolmen, originally spied from the bus window coming home from Grenaa, far out in a field on a little knoll - see the visit log and caption to Vishap's photo - well spotted all!. A round shaped dolmen in Randers, approx. 10 m in…

La Hougue Bie

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Published: March 21, 2025 13:17

Matt Pope says: Happy Equinox from La Hougue Bie! Thanks to the Soc Jersiaise and Jersey Heritage, so good to join them and watch the sunrise light up the interior of this huge Neolithic burial chamber. A special 6,000 year experience to mark the end of…

Mitchell's Fold

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Published: March 20, 2025 19:16

Orpbit writes: Spring equinox 2025 is on 20th March and the Moon extreme southern standstill is on 22nd March. On the morning of the 18th I did a test run for the sunrise at Mitchell's Fold stone circle on the 20th, which proved reasonably successful.…

Easter Clune 1

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Published: March 19, 2025 15:17

This Clava ring-cairn measures 22m in diameter and the edged kerb of boulders around the perimeter are incomplete but still evident. No standing stones remain. Easter Clune is thought to be one of four Clava Cairns in the vicinity: Golford (no remains),…

Kalby Langdysse 2

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Published: March 19, 2025 15:04

Langdysse (Long Barrow) in Præstø. The remains of a mound, wooded in a field with a four-sided chamber. There are four orthostats and one capstone which has been overturned. It is oriented NE to SW. Towards the NE is another capstone and two smaller…

Ffynnongroes or Crosswell Barrow Cemetery

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Published: March 18, 2025 18:33

Tim Daw writes: This is the site that Mike Parker Pearson's team has been, and will continue to, excavate. The three aligned rings appear to be aligned to the Mid Summer Solstitial Sunrise. In recent talks he has outlined that underneath the bronze age…