Fingal’s Cave, Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Fingal’s Cave on Isle of Staffa, Inner Hebrides. NGR: NM 3245 3503. In the cliffs at the south side of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, is the huge sea cave known as ‘Fingal’s Cave’, taking its name...
View ArticleRoman Altar at St John’s Church, Lund, Salwick, Near Kirkham, Lancashire
Roman Altar-Stone at Lund Church, Salwick, West Lancs. NGR:- SD 4632 3138. In the parish church of St. John the Evangelist (Lund) in Salwick, which is located roughly between Preston and Kirkham, in...
View ArticleMaiden Castle Hill-Fort, Near Dorchester, Dorset.
Aerial view of Maiden Castle Hill-Fort, Near Dorchester, in Dorset. NGR: SY 6688 8845. The spectacular and impressive Iron Age hill-fort of Maiden Castle, with its deep defensive banks, ditches and...
View ArticleThe Marsden Cross, Marsden Heights, Near Nelson, Lancashire.
The (possible) Marsden Cross base at Marsden Heights, near Nelson, in Lancashire. NGR: SD 8651 3612. Some time long ago a Medieval wayside cross known as ‘The Marsden Cross’ or at least the base of...
View ArticleCup-Marked Stone on Delves Lane, near Nelson, Lancashire.
Cup marked stone on Delves Lane, near Nelson, Lancashire. Cup-marked Stone on Delves Lane, Nelson. NGR: SD 8909 3701. At the edge of a field beside Delves Lane, near Nelson, in Lancashire, there is a...
View ArticleSilbury Hill, Beckhampton, Wiltshire
Silbury Hill. The Journal Of Antiquities SU1000 6850. Silbury Hill is a man-made chalk and clay mound beside the A4 road, 1 mile southeast of Beckhampton. It dates from the Neolithic period of...
View ArticleThe Discovery of Roman pigs of lead in Upper Nidderdale, North Yorkshire.
Roman inscribed lead pig from Greenhow, Upper Nidderdale, North Yorkshire. NGR: SE 115 648. Back in the 1700s three pigs of lead with Latin inscriptions were dug up at Hayshaw Bank in the Greenhow area...
View ArticleWest Kennet Long Barrow, Near Beckhampton, Wiltshire.
The West Kennet Long Barrow. Photo by troxx. Wikimedia-Commons. West Kennet Long Barrow Entrance. NGR: SU 1051 6775. Located in the grassy meadows and along a footpath across the river Kennet, 850...
View ArticleCup-Marked Rock near Buck Stone Lane, Cowling, West Yorkshire.
Cup mark on boulder near Buck Stone Lane, above Cowling. NGR: SD 9847 4265. In a field close to Buck Stone Lane about halfway between the villages of Cowling and Sutton, West Yorkshire, there is a...
View ArticleWilly Howe, Near Wold Newton and Burton Fleming, East Yorkshire.
Willy Howe burial mounds, near Burton Fleming, East Yorkshire. NGR: TA 0616 7234. About 152 metres north of Low Barn Farm (also called Willy Howe Farm), roughly located between Wold Newton and Burton...
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