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This elongated barrow has nearly five pages devoted to it in Bateman's "Ten years diggings" book which goes into detail about the various cists and bone remains found. In cist 4 on the plan he found 'the skeleton of a young hog inside a roughly built cist' and he later notes 'we are inclined to assign the post of honour to the cist containing the hog, which was placed nearest the centre'.
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Posted by Chris Collyer
10th March 2010ce
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This can be tricky to find as when you get to the top of the hill the stones are not visable. Once at the top, take the path along the ridge to your left (when looking at the River Severn). As you walk along the path you will see the two Severn Bridges. Head 'off track' roughly between the two bridges until you see the outliner. Harder to spt in the summer due to the masses of bracken.
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Posted by CARL
10th March 2010ce
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Stone sited on bank pretty much opposite the entrance to the golf club. Very difficult to park on the busy main road. You have to peer over hedge to see stone - not visable from the road.
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Posted by CARL
10th March 2010ce
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Park in country land and follow public access route as shown on O/S map. Stone is on the right in second field you come to. Easy to spot - large flat stone in middle of field. Lots of cup marks on surface. When I visited I found a lucky horse shoe!
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Posted by CARL
10th March 2010ce
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Posted by ruskus
10th March 2010ce
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The chamber is signposted (small weathered sign) off the road which runs past the house. The chamber itself is about 10 yards down the drive entrance on the left hand side - in the flower bed!
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Posted by CARL
10th March 2010ce
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Posted by ruskus
10th March 2010ce
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Posted by ruskus
10th March 2010ce
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I spent a day at this site last year helping a volunteer group clear the banks of bushes, new trees etc as part of a CADW initiative. It was fantastic to be able to spend a day at a site ans know that you are helping preserve it for future generations. To avoid a long walk I would suggest you park by the church hall? (white building) and follow the path to the left of the house. It is only a 10 minute walk from here.
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Posted by CARL
10th March 2010ce
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I visited the stone last year and am happy to report that it looks quite happy with flowers neatly planted in front of it!
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Posted by CARL
10th March 2010ce
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When I visited this site I spent a lot of time trying to find it. I would suggest you first look for the children's park with swings etc. (close to the road) Behind the park you will see a grassed area, with trees behind - that is where the hillfort is. When you get to the trees there is (was) a fence which has been pulled down with a large sign stating no motorbikes or guns!! If you are feeling brave go through the fence and start the short but steep climb through the trees and up the bank into the hillfort. The banks / ditches are pretty well preserved and there is the added bonus of a cracking view over Cardiff to be had!!
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Posted by CARL
10th March 2010ce
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Posted by postman
10th March 2010ce
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Gwern-Y-Cleppa is easily seen from the M4 when travelling from Newport to Cardiff (can't be seen in the opposite direction). Just after Junction 28 there is a footbridge over the motorway, just after going under the bridge you will see the back of a large road sign on your right (giving info for motorists heading towards Newport). As you come alongside the sign, look to your right and there it is. Be careful not to crash though!!!
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Posted by CARL
9th March 2010ce
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Visited 14.2.10. This site is difficult to find through a maze of unsignposted lanes. Eventually knew we were in the right place thanks to the lorry depot. Couldn't see an easy way past the depot and as it was a sunday there was no one about to ask. Just along the lane from the main depot / house there is what looks like a scrap yard. I parked here and looked for a way up the near vertical bank. In desperation i ended up climbing through the scrap metal, up through brambles to get to the top of the 'cliff'. Once on top of the bank the stone is easily seen, two fields away sticking up in a hedgerow. Mission accomplished! However, I would not advise anyone approaching the site the way I did as it is DANGEROUS. Please ask permission and find a safer route!!
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Posted by CARL
9th March 2010ce
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funding for underwater archaeology
Orkneyjar's report here http://ow.ly/1eGbP - much clearer pics than "The Orcadian".
As the only other NMRS for Damsay is a site the excavator thought to be a Norse castle but is now believed to have been a broch it is probable that the orthostats in one photo could relate to this. Though a short talk was given on preliminary Rising Tide findings beside these nowt has appeared in print or in the report, so from memory the Bay of Firth has in it likely chambered mounds and (one or more) stone circles
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Posted by wideford
9th March 2010ce
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Visited on 14.2.10. A really lovely site. Beautiful contryside with a lovely old grave yard inside a stone circle - what more could you want? Very easy to find and access - right next to the roadside (A4120)
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Posted by CARL
9th March 2010ce
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With the snow gradually melting I decided to leave early and head down to Strathdon, at the moment my favourite area. On the way two cairns at Smallburn would. Only one was visited as the snow became very deep and there is another day.
At 8 meters in width and less than a 1/2 meter high this cairn has been badly robbed. However there is a possible kerb on the cairns east side. Also the cairn has been hollowed out but today it nature made it whole. The snow filled it in and all was at peace.
Tap O Noth looked magnificent across the valley. Easy to see the placement of the cairn.
Also a special thanks to Paul Butler, who lives nearby quite literally at the end of the road, for his help. I should warn him that I'll be back for the other cairn.
Visited 8/3/2010.
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Posted by drewbhoy
8th March 2010ce
Edited 9th March 2010ce |
This barrow is just inside county Tipperary in the area of Johnstown.
It is in an dry island area in a bog as the name "Togher" gives away. A Togher is a timber roadway through a bog.
The barrow has an internal ditch which had me thinking that it may be a henge and it has an causewayed entrance to the SE. Part of the ditch is water-logged. The inventory gives the barrow a diameter of 30m. To get to it is possible via a bog-road that gets you to with 100m of the barrow. The OS map shows that there are no houses in the vicinity of this track but there is now one right at the roadside.
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Posted by bawn79
8th March 2010ce
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Posted by bawn79
8th March 2010ce
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Funnily enough being from the area it was only last winter when there were no leaves on the trees that I spotted what is listed as a motte. I checked the inventory thinking to myself that it had a very mound like look to it.
What really took my interest is the fact that just about 200m to the west there has been an excavation on an enclosure. This enclosure according to the inventory "suggested that Tullahedy represents an extensive ritual area from the Neolithic period on a scale previously unknown in the Irish archaeological record".
When they excavated the enclosure they found "Polished stone axes, chert arrowheads, struck chert, stone beads and a pendant were recovered from the fill of this ditch".
Now Im not saying that this motte is from the Neolithic but I am suggesting that perhaps further investigation should be focused on it especially knowing the Normans reuse of ancient mounds for their mottes and also the fact that is metres from "an extensive ritual area". The inventory suggests that "A natural hill which has been scarped to form a steep-sided flat-topped mound (top diam. 19.2m N-S; H11m)".
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Posted by bawn79
8th March 2010ce
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Posted by bawn79
8th March 2010ce
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This is listed in the Inventory as a possible megalithic tomb. It is within 400m of the main mound at Ashleypark. The inventory gives this as its reasoning that it may not be genunine "The awkward siting of this feature, its location in a disused farmyard complex, and its lack of clear diagnostic features raise uncertainty as to its nature and antiquity".
Im curious to what other people might think of it, my own thoughts after viewing it is that it may be genuine.
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Posted by bawn79
8th March 2010ce
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Posted by bawn79
8th March 2010ce
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