Looks like the nearby trees are mostly gone now and the site has been cleaned up to the point where it looks like a garden rockery.
Kammer
From a collection of paintings recording the standing stones of Pembrokeshire by artist J.C. Young over a three year period from 1981 to 1984.
From a collection of paintings recording the standing stones of Pembrokeshire by artist J.C. Young over a three year period from 1981 to 1984.
Includes a detailed description of the fort, photographs, a plan and a RCAHMW report on the site.
The full extent of a hillfort likened to an Iron Age “Millennium Stadium” has been uncovered by investigators.
Gaer Fawr hillfort at Guilsfield, near Welshpool, Powys, is effectively hidden by woodland, making it impossible to appreciate the scale of it.
Detailed survey by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales produced a computer model of the site which dates from around 800BC.
A good little article about the Wrekin including directions and folklore.
A web site about the excavation of Castell Henllys.
This page accompanies an article entitled The Stone Age tombs of south-east Wales by Steve Burrow, but I’m including it here because it contains a photograph of the bowl found at Ty Isaf.
This page accompanies an article entitled The Stone Age tombs of south-east Wales by Steve Burrow. I’m including it here because it contains an, “imaginative reconstruction of a burial ceremony at Tinkinswood”.
This set of pages about the ‘Prehistoric Village at Cladh Hallan’ include a lot of detail about the site and a photograph of one of the Cladh Hallan ‘mummies’ (on page III).
A BBC radio programme by Chris Dearden including an interview with Steve Burrow, the archaeologist who rediscovered the Summer Solstice alignment. Note the extremely lame ‘footsteps’ sound effect at the start.
There’s also a video clip on the BBC web site from a news item, first broadcast on Summer Solstice 2006. Both of these clips require Real Player.
What’s it like living in an Iron Age village? How did they keep warm and make tools? Did they live more rewarding lives? A re-created Iron Age village [at Cinderbury] allows visitors to stay and find out.
This webcam has Carmarthen in the forground and Merlin’s Hill in the distance (on the horizon to the right of the church tower). The camera is very strangely positioned, so I’m not sure if it’s been accidentally moved, or if this is the intended view.
A page by Roger Hulm, giving the name of the stone as ‘Cefn Llech’. Hulm includes some good directions to the stone.
Another excellent little page by local man Roger Hulm. Hulm gives a translation of ‘Maengwyngweddw’ as, ‘the stone of the white widow’, and indicates that it’s a possible allusion to the legend associated with Maen Serth.
A page by Roger Hulm, describing Maen Serth and the 12th century legend associated with it.
An aerial photo of the Sarn-y-Bryn-Caled reconstruction.
About a third of the way down this page is a photograph of the reconstruction of the Sarn-y-Bryn-Caled timber circle in situ.
Photos of the cairn kerb (identified in this context as ‘stone circle’) as well as a photo of the nearby round cairn.
A slightly patchy description of the stones and some photos of them in the fog.
This is where the original carved stone from Bryn Celli Ddu is now installed.
A selection of photos of Hetty Pegler’s Tump and a Virtual Reality Panorama (you’ll need either a Java compatible browser or the RealVR plug-in to see these).
A photo of the carved stone from Bryn Celli Ddu, now housed in the National Museum and Galleries of Wales in Cardiff.
A web page from the Kilmartin House web site describing the four cists found at this site (plus other ambiguous features).
A photo and description of the site, and a brief account of how it was discovered.
A brief description of the fort dating from 1882.
A brief description of the site from 1882.
Some nice photos of Cerrig yr Wyn plus grid references etc.
A photograph of one of the Cremlyn Stones (see accompanying description).
This page includes a good photo of the tomb from the Museum and a short description. On the same web site the County Antrim page describes Ballin Tagart:
A four-chambered tomb, originally from Ballintaggart in county Armagh, with a shallow forecourt of 4 orthostats with a good part of the cairn and kerb surviving, has been erected on the far side of the Ulster Museum (just beyond the Queen’s University and overlooking the Botanic Gardens). A good overhead view of the tomb may be had from the museum’s cafeteria – though in recent years the monument has become overgrown and is now surrounded by a hideous fence.
A page from the National Trust web site describing this, “dramatic red sandstone escarpment, with impressive views.”
A page from Megalithic Research Wales about Maen-y-Parc ‘A’ (under the name Glynsaithmaen) with access ratingings etc but not much of a description. There is a photo though.
The above is a link to a publication on the Pembrokeshire Greenways web, available in PDF (Portable Document Format). It describes a walk between Llys-y-Fran and Rosebush.
By using the first part of the walk (either as intended or in reverse) you can get to the Budloy Stone and Dyffryn Stones.
The above is a link to a publication on the Pembrokeshire Greenways web, available in PDF (Portable Document Format). It describes a walk between Llys-y-Fran and Rosebush.
By using the first part of the walk (either as intended or in reverse) you can get to the Budloy Stone and Dyffryn Stones.
A useful page about Falkner’s Circle, including a photograph, a quote from Mr Falkner (who discovered it in 1840) and a link to the report from the 2002 excavation.
This page is from the Trefach Campsite web site and contains amongst other things a panorama of the view from Carn Meini (the page calls it Caermeini or Carn-Meynen depending on the mood of the author!).
This is by no means an excellent example of a panorama, but it’s the only one of Carn Meini I’m aware of. Java support is necessary if you want to see the view.
Here’s a Multimap link showing where Mill Barrow once stood (SU094722).
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing the North East Circle and “The Altar in the middle” as seen in the late 19th Century.
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing Silbury Hill as seen in the late 19th Century (with a shepherd thrown in for free). The slide has the date Sept. 16/95 on it.
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing the Cove as seen in the late 19th Century. On the same web site another slide shows the Cove in plan.
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing the avenue surrounded by ploughed field in the late 19th Century.
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing Adam and Eve in the late 19th Century.
A magic lantern slide from the H.M.J. Underhill Archive showing the Cove in the late 19th Century, firmly embedded in a building!
This site is primarily about dowsing for ‘energy’ lines at Glandymawr Cairn Circle. Not really my bag, but the page includes three photos of the site and a plan, so it’s useful for believers and sceptics alike.
The location of the Giant’s Ring on Multimap.
A photograph of a perforated cowrie shell from Nanna’s Cave (see accompanying description).
An aerial view of St David’s Head Camp, the photographer skillfully omitting Coetan Arthur from the shot (was that you Toby?).
An aerial photo of Castell Henllys taken in 1991. There’s a second (undated) aerial photo on the same site.
An aerial photograph of Carn Ingli Camp from the north. There’s a second photo on the same site showing the northern end of the fort in winter.
For some reason the stones are showing up as pink in this shot, which is kind of handy. Carn Meini is evident as a mass of pink to the right of the centre of the shot. The Stone River wins its way downhill from the south west corner of this mass of stones.
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