Hidden Bronze Age settlements revealed in Serbian plains through satellite imagery
Satellite imagery has uncovered a network of more than 100 Bronze Age structures concealed in the expansive plains of Serbia, challenging previous assumptions about the region’s history...
Last stone standing in Pen-y-Beacon (Hay Bluff) stone circle for today's #StandingStoneSunday.
Rather forlorn next to a parking area now (although it does sometimes have its own ice-cream van), the circle stands at the foot of Pen-y-Beacon/Hay Bluff in the Black Mountains. It has great views all the way to Y Mynydd Ddu on a clear day.
This visit April 2010 on a walk from Talgarth to Hay-on-Wye along the northern summit of the Black Mountains.
A terrific stone circle in Dartmoor's inner space for today's #StandingStoneSunday - White Moor (sometimes called Little Hound Tor) stone circle, a spacious ring with a 6 foot outlier.
In #folklore the stones are a huntsman and his hounds, turned to stone for hunting on the Sabbath (makes a change from the usual 'dancing on the Sabbath' tales).
Visited on a scorching hot and thankfully dry underfoot St George's Day, April 2011.
Fieldwork has been keeping me busy. Yesterday we found a Late #Neolithic (~2500 BC) sherd among our #BronzeAge farmsteads (~1500 BC). It could be a remnant of older occupation, or it could be an intrusive find because a busy badger dug a lot of tunnels in this area 🦡😂 #fieldwork
#FindsFriday and impossible not to be spellbound by the incredible gold losenge from the #BronzeAge Bush Barrow
particularly how it draws your gaze to the centre
Mitchell's Fold in Shropshire. Standing on a upland plateau at the foot of Corndon Hill, on a clear day there are tremendous views of Cader Idris, Aran Fawddwy and Y Berwyn.
The circle has plentiful #folklore, especially the legend of a magic white cow that gave a pailful of milk to all who wanted one, until a witch milked it into a sieve. The cow left in disgust (there are variations of the ending)
In short, I write and design TTRPGs and adventures as a worker-owner of Archstone Press, and I’m particularly interested in some of these things: #NSR#OSR#RuneQuest#PbtA#Pathfinder#BronzeAge fantasy, #Cairn (and the games that came out of it), and #worldbuilding in general!
Close to Mitchell's Fold, near the Welsh border, this is Hoarstones. It sits in an often boggy area, off the higher ground of Stapeley Hill and the Stiperstones ridge. The circle is little-frequented and many of the stones are fallen. It has a fine view towards Corndon Hill, a prominent summit with many Bronze Age cairns.
Massive Nordic Bronze Age monument discovered In Germany may be legendary King Hinz meeting hall
Archaeologists have unearthed a colossal Bronze Age building, near the royal grave at Seddin in Brandenburg, Germany. The structure is believed to be the legendary meeting hall of King Hinz, a ruler associated with local folklore and purportedly buried in a golden coffin...
In the last few days, in between teaching & writing, I visited two more Nuraghic sites near Siddi dating from the Bronze Age, on a slight high plane above the fertile lowlands of Sardinia: one corridor-shaped (not the usual beehive dome style) at Sa Fogaia; one “giant’s tomb” called Sa Domu ‘e S’Orcu (i.e. house of the orcs!). Both practically empty in April & open to visitors to climb around and inside. Extraordinary places! #StandingStoneSunday#BronzeAge#History#Nuraghe#Sardinia#Sardegna
Archaeologists in Britain have unearthed a “remarkable” Roman villa while working on a housing development. The area near Wantage, Oxfordshire, is described as “artifact-rich,” and the group of scientists have found the remnants of a structure that dates from the first century along with coins, jewelry, axes, and even a floor-heating system. Read more about the find from the BBC.
Orthostat on top of An Sithean chambered cairn on the Isle of Skye for today's #StandingStoneSunday
Located at the foot of the Red Cuillin mountains, the tomb has an amazing setting and backdrop. The mountain on right, Beinn na Caillich, has a large Bronze Age cairn in its summit.
Aviemore 'Clava' cairn; the remains of a kerbed cairn (which likely had a central mound and chamber), surrounded by a free-standing stone circle. It's in a neat little suburban setting now, with glimpses of the Cairngorm mountains beyond.
#Archaeologists in #Catalonia, #Spain, have unearthed human & animal remains & ornamental objects spanning from #Neolithic to #BronzeAge. The #CovaSelsXaragalls cave, located in Vimbodí i Poblet, has unveiled a #prehistoric#BurialSite that dates back from 7,000-3,000 yrs ago. The extended usage of the cave, over an extensive & enduring timeframe, may provide abundant insights into the #evolution of prehistoric society, especially regarding death & burial rituals.
Torbreck stone circle near Inverness, a lovely little ring of shapely stones, graded in size. Visited after a heavy snowfall the day before, with sleet for company.
"Analysis of two iron objects in the Treasure of Villena, the Bronze Age gold hoard discovered in southeastern Spain in 1963, have identified the metal as meteorite iron. "