Early Medieval (Dark Age)"An irregulary executed and chipped latin cross with an incised cross on each face, the limbs of which appear to have originally extended to the edge of the stone." (Langdon) Located in Hilltown, St Neot, Cornwall. Each cross has a marked inclination to the right. It is similar to the Latin crosses preserved, along with other styles, in nearby St Neot churchyard.
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Iron Age and Later PrehistoryThe camp is a circular earthwork with double banks. Probably built by the Iceni in the second century BC and occupied until the tribe was wiped out by the Romans after Boudicca's uprising. Unfortunately, the western end which contained the original entrance was destroyed when the river course was re-routed. The other entrances are all supposedly modern. Still, it's a fine, impressive place with high banks and a deep ditches.
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Date UncertainThis block of sandstone is located on the southern bank of the River Eden approximately 200m upsteam of another grinding stone discovered over a decade earlier. The stone has around 15 separate grooves, almost certainly made by the use of the stone for sharpening tools. It is highly likely that these tools would have been Neolithic axes and other tools quarried from the central Lake District fells between 4000 and 2000BC, however they could be more recent.
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Natural PlacesThis propped stone sits at an altitude of 370m, the slab measuring 40cms thick, 80cms wide and 110cms long. The slab is made of Great Scar Limestone. This slab is placed on a low knoll; its precise origin is not immediately clear, but the stone matches both the scar above and a lower limestone pavement. There are no other similar slabs in the vicinity. There is one prop - an irregular piece of limestone - which supports the slab, which is smaller than in other similar features; it is also trapped by the slab against the bedrock at an unnatural angle.
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Roman, Greek and ClassicalA discovery underneath the basement of an office block near Leadenhall Market has been described as one of the most important pieces of Roman history unearthed in the city of London. Archaeologists have found a substantial piece of the ancient city's first basilica - a 2,000 year old public building where major political, economic and administrative decisions were made.
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Multi-periodThe remains of an Umayyad palace sitting on the site of an older Roman fort, built sometime in the 2nd or 3rd century CE. It was demolished in the 8th century by the Umayyads to repurpose the site as a more comfortable palace. Materials of the older Roman fort were integrated into the Umayyad palace. There are reused basalt blocks with Greek inscriptions in the walls of the Qasr.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis menhir is to be found in a garden in the hamlet of the same name, a kilometre or so to the north of Tredion. The menhir is about 4 metres tall and nicely shaped, although it looks to have lost its top at some point, possibly due to a lightning strike.
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Modern SitesAn early C18 guide stone which local archaeologist Raymond Hayes thought looked suspiciously like a re-used Roman Altar . It is located on the east side of the road in a small Intake behind a barbed wire fence. This is on Birk Field Bank, south west of Castleton on the road to Westerdale. It is suffering badly from erosion and depending on how the light falls on the stone determines the legibility of some of the engravings.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeLocated near the Azraq oasis in the eastern desert of Jordan are several dozen geoglyph "wheels." The geoglpyhs are made of basalt rocks from the surrounding desert, forming roughly circular shapes. Within the circles are variations of cells and spokes. The diameters of the geoglyph circles typically range between 15 and 60m (50 to 200 ft). The wheels are not restricted to the Azraq area alone, but are located throughout the region, extending into Saudi Arabia.
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Modern SitesTwo stones standing on the northern slopes of Metheral Hill, which turn out to be marked on the map as Boundary Stones. They are both about 5 - 6 feet tall, and on close inspection have a T carved in them. They have obviously been here a long time as they are all weather worn, so much so that I wonder whether they were ever anything else.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeTo the west of Metheral Circle is what looks like a ruined kerb cairn. Two of its kerb stones are still standing with other fallen ones where they fell. There seems to be a ruined cist within the center of the cairn.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeTwo ancient stone circles and a collapsed dolmen were recently rediscovered by Alan Endacott and team in the Taw Marsh area of northern Dartmoor, adding credibility to Endacott's theory that a “sacred arc” of monuments was built in the heart of the wild Devon uplands. He has named this the Metheral circle after the hill it stands beneath. The circle measures about 40 by 33 metres and consists of 20 stones, mainly fallen.
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Natural PlacesTwo legendary rocks on Koh Samui island, Thailand, known as Hin Ta and Hin Yai Rocks (the Grandpa and Grandma rocks). For the not so observant, they resemble male and female genitalia. The beachside rocks, located between Lamai and Hua Thanon, raise indulgent chuckles or embarrassed titters from those who go to see them. Even stranger, they are close to one another, giving rise to a convenient legend explaining how they came into being.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeThis unique site on the Isle of Hoy, Orkney has attracted attention for centuries. It has been described as the dwelling place of giants, of dwarves, and as the home of an early Christian hermit. It was actually a tomb, related to the many chambered cairns found throughout Orkney. It dates to between 3500 and 2500 BC. Its construction, carved from a single enormous block of stone, is without parallel in Britain and Ireland. The labour involved, given the lack of metal tools, suggests that although small, it may have been of special significance.
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Neolithic and Bronze Age To the west of Sortegård, Bornholm is a long stone which, according to old folk accounts, is said to have stood upright and can therefore be regarded as a Bautasten (Menhir). About 10 metres southwest of the menhir is a bench with several stones in front of it, including some Quern stones.
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeA substantial standing stone (menhir) in Cité du Roz, Kerléron, Finistère
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeEasily the most awe-inspiring prehistoric site in Scotland, the Ring of Brodgar lies on a promontory between two lochs. The stone circle is quite complete, and one of the biggest in Britain. The stones are set within a circular ditch up to 3m deep and 9m across that was hewn out of the solid bedrock by the prehistoric constructors.
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Rock ArtHundreds of petroglyphs in Arizona, from the Hohokam era and before carved into the rocks. The site’s glyphs date to approximately AD / CE 800 at the earliest and are are of a variety of designs, depicting anthropomorphs (human-like figures, but archaeologists are unsure if they depict humans, deities, or something else), animals, and designs such as spirals. The meanings of most of the petroglyphs are unclear, however one of the spiral glyphs on the west face of the rock formation interacts with the sunlight in a way that indicates its use as a calendar. During each fall equinox and summer solstice, the light interacts with the glyph to form a “light dagger” through the center of the spiral.
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Roman, Greek and ClassicalTurret foundations and bridge abutment. Part of Hadrian's Wall. The movement of the river across its valley has removed or covered the part on the other side of the river.
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Rock ArtOn the island of Sjælland, Denmark is a small forest with many barrows, stone tombs and cup marked stones. Near two other cup marked stones is this third one. It contains 10 cup marks with five of them clearly visible. The stone is on the forest floor and can be hard to find. The red highlighting has been added digitally. See our interactive map and list on this page for more sites nearby
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