Megalithic Portal (Andy B)

@megalithic
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Contribute to our WORLDWIDE ancient site map/database/gallery ✨ Prehistory to 1000AD/CE ✨Award winning Old Stones Book ✨ Account run by Andy Burnham, Surrey, UK. Other interests: non mainstream music of all sorts, folklore, Linux, Open Source, databases, GIS, electronics
Website:https://www.megalithic.co.uk/
Twitter:https://mobile.twitter.com/megportal
Photos of a possible unrecorded crannog in Glen Carron we plan to investigate #archaeology

For all the digital archaeologists out there, I maintain a list of open source software and resources developed by and for archaeologists, which has over 500 items on it so far! If you write software or prepare documentation or training resources, please get in touch or submit a pull request to have it included!

open-archaeo.info
github.com/zackbatist/open-archaeo

#opensource #digitalarchaeology

for #Hillfortswednesday
an old fav the often forgotten battledown 'camp' in the middle of Cheltenham
it's on private land so google images it is.
My first and likely only #HillFortsWednesday post. in 2012 I helped supervise the Cranfield University #archaeology fieldschool at Fin Cop #IronAge hillfort in Derbyshire, #UK. Really beautiful location! We focused on excavating a section of the defensive ditch, which contained the partially articulated skeletal remains of several individuals. You can read about it here, if you're into this sort of thing: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00665983.2012.11020914
Excavations at Fin Cop, Derbyshire: An Iron Age Hillfort in Conflict?

A programme of archaeological investigation took place on Fin Cop hillfort, in the Derbyshire Peak District, during the summers of 2009 and 2010. In total fifty test-pits and eight trenches were ex...

Taylor & Francis

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The burial chamber at Pentre Ifan in Pembrokeshire.

Amazing views from up there - obvious why it was chosen as a site. I recommend parking further down the hill and walking up the valley to get here to get a proper impression of how it sits in the landscape.

#TombTuesday

#TombTuesday

Here, Mastodon…have some Bronze Age #Dartmoor cairn & cist burial sites. Don’t say I never give you nuthink…

A visit to Four Knocks passage tomb in the Boyne Valley. The site is on private land, visits on appointment with a local farmer who will give you the key in exchange for a deposit. You then enter the tomb unaccompanied, I chose to close the door after me. A tremendously atmospheric experience.
Finally, there is a longer version of this thread on Twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/megportal/status/1591808018479546371
and select images have been uploaded to the Megalithic Portal:
https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146415010
The Megalithic Portal on Twitter

“Bruce Adams Photo / Art Albums https://t.co/robAcSHVXv Bruce Adams, one of our members since 2012, sadly died last month - he had motor neurone disease. Bruce wrote: "Over the years I have assembled albums recording my visits to stone circles and related sites. I would very mu…”

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Here is the link to download the first album as a PDF file.
https://mega.nz/folder/LFZWnT6C#VqDrQYscVIS00VO81Yi3xg
1) Printer quality - 48MB
2) Original quality - 335MB
Click on the ... at bottom left of the album and then Download and enjoy! More to follow soon I hope… /4
383.53 MB folder on MEGA

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