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The Heritage Trust 2016 Outreach Event
24/06/2016 in Ancient monuments, Ancient roads and tracks, Barrows, England, Events, Murals, Museums, Standing stones, Yorkshire | Leave a comment
Pathways to the Past 2015
18/05/2015 in Ancient sites, Archaeology, Barrows, Events, Protection and preservation, Stone circles, Talks | 1 comment
Stonehenge: Winter Archaeology Walk
31/01/2014 in Archaeology, Barrows, Cursus, Earthworks, Events, Period images, Stonehenge | 1 comment
Stones of distinction
27/01/2014 in Avebury, Barrows, Prehistory, Standing stones | 3 comments
The Hurlers: Mapping the Sun
12/08/2013 in Ancient sites, Ancient skills, Archaeology, Barrows, Cornwall, Events | Leave a comment
Astronomy workshop 2 hour
With Roseland Observatory
Mapping the Sun, Archaeological Field Trip – Minions area – 2 x 2 hour
field trips- am and pm Jacky Nowakowski open to all. Minions
landscape – Hurlers, Rillaton, Barrow, Stowes Pound etc.
Remains of two large 6,000 year-old halls discovered in Herefordshire
30/07/2013 in Ancient sites, Archaeology, Barrows | Leave a comment
Old photos of the Coldrum Stones digitised
23/07/2013 in Archaeology, Barrows, Period images, Recording | Leave a comment
The Heritage Trust: 2013 Outreach Event
01/07/2013 in Ancient sites, Barrows, Cornwall, Cromlechs, Sacred landscapes, Stone circles | 1 comment
The Hurlers Stone Circle. The Cheesewring formation is just visible on the skyline
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Our 2013 Outreach Event began on Friday, 21 June with a misty, early morning visit to the Hurlers Stone Circle, just a short walk from our base at the Cheesewring Hotel at Minions. The mist lent an eerie feel to the circle (actually three separate circles although little now remains of one) the stones standing clear one moment and then shrouded the next. Ditto the Cheesewring outcrop in the distance, which we were to visit later in the day. Close by to the Hurlers are the two solitary Pipers Stones which we visited before heading back to the hotel to meet our friend and guide, Mr Roy Goutté.
The two solitary Pipers Stones
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Roy arrived at 11:30 with his dog Chief and, after introductions, we set off to Trethevy Quoit. Roy has researched Trethevy Quoit extensively and written about it in his book Trethevy Quoit: Cornwall’s Megalithic Masterpiece. It was a delight to stand in front of this megalithic masterpiece and listen to Roy explaining how it might have originally looked.
Trethevy Quoit
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Lunch at the Crows Nest pub and then back to the Minions for the hike up to the Cheesewring outcrop, stopping off on the way to inspect the Rillaton Barrow and the strange effervescent lichen that inhabits its interior.
Rillaton Barrow
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The natural rock formations of the Cheesewring are something to behold, and it’s astonishing that they were nearly totally destroyed by quarrying during the 19th century. As it is the quarrying stopped just short of the Cheesewring formations (and associated earthworks) and have now become well-known both nationally and internationally. The Cheesewring itself was well worth the visit but if it hadn’t been for Roy we would probably have missed the Neolithic cups (natural?) and man-made channels carved out of one of the upper stones.
Two of the natural Cheesewring outcrops (the rubble in the foreground is a manmade Neolithic defence work)
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Neolithic cups and channels carved out of one of the upper stones of the Cheesewring
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Day two of our Event started with a visit to the small but beautiful Duloe Stone Circle. The circle (the smallest in Cornwall) was first recorded in 1329. It consists of eight stones of white quartz, the largest weighing up to nine tons.
The Duloe Stone Circle
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Day three of our Event involved travelling further south to West Penwith and Lanyon Quoit. The quoit is tucked behind a hedge and the small layby is easily missed as it is not clearly signposted.
Lanyon Quoit
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On the fourth and last day of our Event we met up with Roy again who kindly guided us to the enigmatic King Arthur’s Hall on Bodmin Moor. Roy has researched and filmed King Arthur’s Hall extensively (see his King Arthur’s Hall and King Arthur’s Hall: A new discovery? features) and both he and others present on the day all agreed that it is something much more than a pound or watering hole for animals. There were some interesting suggestions on what it might be but until more archaeological work is done there the place remains a mystery.
From left to right. Moss, Geoff, Sue and Roy at King Arthur’s Hall
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The Event finished with a picnic (kindly provided by Roy) at the Trippett Stone Circle (see report below) where some of the sites we had seen over the last few days were discussed and promises made for another visit to Cornwall as soon as possible. We hope those who were unable to join us this year will be able to do so on our next visit to Cornwall, or on our 2014 Outreach Event next summer or autumn.
Prehistoric gold lozenge to go on display
30/10/2012 in Ancient Britain, Ancient skills, Archaeology, Barrows, Exhibitions, Museums | Leave a comment
4,000 year-old gold lozenge from Bush Barrow, Wiltshire England
This is Wiltshire reports on the 21 October that –
A priceless prehistoric gold lozenge excavated in the 19th century will be put on public display for the first time when the new Neolithic gallery at Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes opens next year. The museum was awarded a £370,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund earlier this year to finance the new gallery, which will be built at the rear of the museum and is due to open in May. Secure display units will enable the museum to show items that were thought too valuable for public display.
Foremost of these is the large gold lozenge that was found in the Bush Barrow grave near Stonehenge, dating from around 1900BC, which was excavated by William Cunnington in 1808. David Dawson, director of the museum, said: “A replica of the lozenge has always been on display here but as far as I am aware the original has never been put on show. “The HLF grant has now enabled us to afford high- security measures.”
Other items from the grave to be put on show are a mace, the head of which was made from a rare flecked fossil stone from Devon, while the handle was embellished with bone zigzag mounts, and a smaller lozenge, which may well have been mounted on the handle of the mace.
Full article here.