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Curraghawaddra
Submitted by GaelicLaird on Thursday, 11 February 2021 (4456 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeCurraghawaddraA Pair of Standing Stones in Co. Cork, one of which has fallen. Sited on a bog-covered hillside near the headwaters of Glashagarriff River. The north-eastern stone is prostrate; it measures 4.3m by 1.4m and 0.6m tall. The second stone stands 1.8m to the south-west in a townland boundary fence; it is 0.8m by 0.6m by 2.4m. There is a boulder-burial immediately to the south-west, see the nearby sites list on our page.
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Announcing the Megalithic Portal photo competition winners for Jan to June 2017
Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 11 February 2021 (511 reads)
PhotographyAnnouncing the Megalithic Portal photo competition winners for Jan to June 2017Although we haven't run a photo competition for some years, your votes have continued to be collected by the Portal. So before restarting the competition proper we thought we should do a bit of a catch up. With much thanks due to Peter Boyle (PAB) who kindly stepped up to organise this and future competitions, I am delighted to announce the winners for the best images submitted to the Megalithic Portal in the first half of the year 2017 - voted for by you our visitors and contributors:
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Crays statue menhir
Submitted by Aska on Thursday, 11 February 2021 (2411 reads)
Multi-periodCrays statue menhirReplica statue menhir standing near the crossroads of the D143 to Cray hamlet. The position given is the location of this replica. The original statue menhir seems to be kept in the castle of the neighbouring town of Brousse-le-Ch�teau.
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Great Ayton Moor Chambered Cairn
Submitted by Bladup on Tuesday, 09 February 2021 (11969 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeGreat Ayton Moor Chambered CairnA chambered cairn and adjacent monuments on Great Ayton Moor. North Yorkshire. There are also ring cairns, a round cairn, a round barrow and an enclosure. John D Hunter has kindly included detailed notes on these sites in his comments and photos added to this page.
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Grosse Sloopsteine
Submitted by RunaStera on Monday, 08 February 2021 (3855 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeGrosse SloopsteineA large east-west facing megalithic tomb in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It measures 23.5 Metres in length by 7 Metres wide. 6 capstones are in situ while others are lying nearby.
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Visit the Gro�e Sloopsteene in virtual reality, see the link in the comments on our page
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Llangammarch Church Inscribed Stone
Submitted by geoffstickland on Saturday, 06 February 2021 (370 reads)
Early Medieval (Dark Age)Llangammarch Church Inscribed StoneA fragment of an Early Christian carved stone now incorporated into the facade of the Church porch at Llangammarch. It is carved with a ringed cross, a spiral and a frontal outline of a human figure. It has a series of annulets (mouldings in the form of a ring) and recessed squares below the ring-cross. It is part of an inscribed pillar stone found in the 19th Century when removing the foundation of the western wall of the churchyard.
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Steinkreis Schm�lln (Rebuilt Stone Circle)
Submitted by Boeddel on Tuesday, 02 February 2021 (2959 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSteinkreis Schm�lln (Rebuilt Stone Circle)This page shows the new location for the largest stone circle which was excavated from the burial place disturbed by the building of the A11 near Schm�lln, Brandenburg, Berlin. It has a diameter of 8m and has been rebuilt here in the village park.
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A cup-marked stone with constellations? Boeddel has some ideas in our forum, see the top photo on this page for more details.
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Offa's Dyke Centre
Submitted by TimPrevett on Monday, 01 February 2021 (2905 reads)
MuseumsOffa's Dyke CentreThe Offa's Dyke Centre is a purpose-built information centre in the town of Knighton, on Offa's Dyke on the border between England (Shropshire) and Wales (Powys). It is currently closed, however some of the best remains of the earthworks can be seen within a two-minute walk from the centre.
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How much work was involved in building the Dykes of the Mercian frontier? (More than you would think) A two-part article by archaeologist Keith Ray
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Ledreborg Golfbane Rundh�j
Submitted by Boeddel on Monday, 01 February 2021 (680 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeLedreborg Golfbane Rundh�jA round Barrow on a golf course in K�benhavn district. There are more round barrows on the golf course and in the surrounding forests.
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Snowdon Cairns (Dartmoor)
Submitted by Bladup on Thursday, 28 January 2021 (348 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSnowdon Cairns (Dartmoor)Four cairns on Dartmoor in a rough north/south line, each cairn gets smaller as you go towards the north. The three southern cairns are spaced 120m apart, the smallest northern one is 175m away and not marked on the OS map.
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Kilspindie
Submitted by peigimccann on Wednesday, 27 January 2021 (5388 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeKilspindieAre these the stones from a stone circle that was reported by S Cowan in 1904 in a book on Perthshire? RCAHMS (Historic Environment Scotland) think it doesn't exist. See the photos and comments on our page for more.
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( Read Article | 4 News and Comments | Category: Our Photo Pages )

Zaranich Ras Al Zalaka rock painting
Submitted by AnnetFransen on Tuesday, 26 January 2021 (4353 reads)
Rock ArtZaranich Ras Al Zalaka rock paintingA beautiful rock painting in a rock shelter in central south Sinai, Egypt. This kind of art is rare in Sinai, the only other place with rock painting is in wadi Tweyba near the Taba border.
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Coolineagh holy/saint's stone
Submitted by GaelicLaird on Monday, 25 January 2021 (313 reads)
Early Medieval (Dark Age)Coolineagh holy/saint's stoneA boulder in Co. Cork with two depressions on its upper surface, believed to be St. Olan's footprints The stone was moved in around 1985 to sit within the adjacent graveyard. It was originally located outside the northern perimeter of the early ecclesiastical enclosure. In the same graveyard is an intriguing Ogham Stone (see nearby sites list on this page).
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Hampstead Heath Barrow
Submitted by SolarMegalith on Friday, 22 January 2021 (15406 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeHampstead Heath BarrowRound Barrow in Greater London. This significant mound known as "Boudicca's Grave" is interpreted as a Bronze Age bowl barrow. It is located near the footpath on Hampstead Heath and heavily overgrown. The area of the barrow is fenced around.
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Hampstead Heath�s vast and hidden history, more details in the comments on our page
( Read Article | 4 News and Comments | Category: Our Photo Pages )

New Book: Nuragic Settlement Dynamics on the east coast of Sardinia
Submitted by SolarMegalith on Friday, 22 January 2021 (380 reads)
Iron Age and Later PrehistoryNew Book: Nuragic Settlement Dynamics on the east coast of SardiniaNuragic Settlement Dynamics - The east coast of Sardinia by Cezary Namirski. Cezary (SolarMegalith) is a frequent contributor to the Megalithic Portal and this is his first book in English, just out with renowned archaeology publishers BAR. The book illustrates the diversity of Nuragic settlement in Sardinia, challenging a pan-Sardinian approach and demonstrating the necessity to look at the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Nuragic settlement dynamics both locally and in context with other parts of Sardinia and Central Mediterranean.
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Dulnain Bridge
Submitted by markj99 on Friday, 22 January 2021 (739 reads)
Natural PlacesDulnain BridgeAbout 18000 years ago, Dulnain Bridge, a village in Strathspey, Highlands was covered by a vast ice sheet up to 700m deep and moving east. On the eastern edge of the village there are some unusually shaped rocks known as Roches Moutonnees. These have been shaped by the passage of the glacier - the characteristic smooth shallow slope in the direction of the glacier's advance, with a steep edge in the lee of the glacier.
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( Read Article | 4 News and Comments | Category: Our Photo Pages )

Knocknagappul Stone Row
Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Wednesday, 20 January 2021 (3449 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeKnocknagappul Stone RowA stone row in county Cork with three stones. One of the stones is standing, and two are prostrate. This panorama is looking North East with the Boggeragh Mountain range in the background, the third stone lies in the foreground, it is 4 metres long amazingly.
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B�rens Kirchhof
Submitted by Boeddel on Tuesday, 19 January 2021 (597 reads)
Iron Age and Later PrehistoryB�rens KirchhofThis iron age stone circle in Brandenburg consists of about 15 small stones, the largest is approx. 70 cm tall, others protrude only a few cm from the ground. The place has the name because of an old legend meaning that it is the cemetery / churchyard (Kirchhof) of someone named B�rens who, according to the legend, died there.
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Rejnstrup Langdysse 3
Submitted by Kristiansen on Monday, 18 January 2021 (2773 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgeRejnstrup Langdysse 3A magnificent langdysse (Chambered long Barrow) in Sor�. 2.5 x 60 x 11 m. A Rectangular curbstone chain. No mound, but the area within the curbs is filled with several layers of stone up to 1m long. East of the centre there is a chamber consisting of 4 supporting stones and 1 cover stone.
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New photos from Tonnox on our page as well as this lovely engraving by A.P. Madsen, 1868
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Peatshiel Sike
Submitted by markj99 on Monday, 18 January 2021 (543 reads)
Neolithic and Bronze AgePeatshiel SikeA standing stone in Dumfries and Galloway, on the SW slope of Bodesbeck Law, approximately 5 miles NE of Moffat. Viewed from the SW, the stone mimics the summit profile of Bodesbeck Law behind it. I found two possible standing stones recumbent in the vicinity of Peatshiel Sike, so it may have been part of a stone alignment or setting.
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