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The World Heritage Committee has approved the Stone Circles of the Senegambia to the World Heritage List. Consisting of four large groups of stone circles that represent an extraordinary concentration of over 1,000 monuments in a band 100 km wide along some 350 km of the River Gambia. The four g...

Three months after quarry firm Tarmac was refused planning permission to expand its operations near Thornborough Henges, north of Ripon (North Yorkshire, England), the company has formally lodged an appeal against the decision. The move comes as no big surprise, as Tarmac had indicated...

Archaeologists have unearthed a "mini-Stonehenge"... on the moors of Rochdale. The two nearby sites - an oval made up of collapsed slabs, and a 30-metre circle of rounded stones - are believed to be ancient burial sites dating back as far as 5,000 years. They were spotted by archaeologis...

A spectacular discovery of Stone Age menhirs in Brittany could unlock the code to one of the most puzzling chapters of human development, and transform our knowledge of mankind's early history Some months ago builders were clearing a piece of wasteland in southern Brittany when they struck an...

The real economic impact of an archaeological research project, co-directed by a Bristol academic, has been illustrated in a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The Longstones Project, undertaken by Dr Joshua Pollard of the Departm...

The lost stone circle at Winterbourne Bassett A lunchtime talk will be held at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum on Wednesday, 12 September, 2007. The illustrated talk by Jim Gunter, Trustee and Chair of the Society's Archaeology Field Group, is about the 'lost' stone circle at Winterbourne Bassett....

The 10 stones and recumbent are set in a circle 19.5 m in diameter: the area had been levelled before the stones were erected. Around each standing stone are small stone settings, some of which contained cremation burials and fragments of deliberately smashed pottery. [url=http://www.aberdeens...

Mists shroud the ancient stones linking a distant, mysterious past with modern-day Cumbria. Yet, the 13 stones that make up the High Head stone circle at Ivegill have only recently been installed by Penrith sculptor Brian Cowper. The circle has been aligned with the winter and summer solstice an...

A team of archaeologists from Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society (Bacas) has helped uncover an ancient stone circle in one of Britain's most remote locations. Members of the have taken part in a two-week excavation on Foula, part of the Shetland Islands (Scotland). The team was previously i...

Excavations at the new St Anna hospital in San Fermo della Battaglia, near Como (Italy), in July 2007 revealed a double concentric ancient stone circle. The site is thought to date back to 3000 BCE. "[It is a ] highly articulated prehistoric structure that could be either an ancient astronomic...

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Stone Circle Stone Circles of Senegambia (Preview)	General news	0	1824	Jul 23 01:32 2006 by Blobrana
The World Heritage Committee has approved the Stone Circles of the Senegambia to the World Heritage List. Consisting of four large groups of stone circles that represent an extraordinary concentration of over 1,000 monuments in a band 100 km wide along some 350 km of the River Gambia. The four g...
Stone Circle Thornborough Henges (Preview)	General news	4	3051	Apr 28 15:28 2011 by Blobrana
Three months after quarry firm Tarmac was refused planning permission to expand its operations near Thornborough Henges, north of Ripon (North Yorkshire, England), the company has formally lodged an appeal against the decision. The move comes as no big surprise, as Tarmac had indicated...
Stone circle Rochdale Stone circle (Preview)	General news	1	3197	Jun 29 11:32 2008 by Blobrana
Archaeologists have unearthed a "mini-Stonehenge"... on the moors of Rochdale. The two nearby sites - an oval made up of collapsed slabs, and a 30-metre circle of rounded stones - are believed to be ancient burial sites dating back as far as 5,000 years. They were spotted by archaeologis...
Stone circle Menhirs in Brittany (Preview)	General news	2	3170	Jun 13 18:57 2009 by Blobrana
A spectacular discovery of Stone Age menhirs in Brittany could unlock the code to one of the most puzzling chapters of human development, and transform our knowledge of mankind's early history Some months ago builders were clearing a piece of wasteland in southern Brittany when they struck an...
Stone circle Avebury ( 1 2 ) (Preview)	General news	10	25741	Jul 2 09:56 2017 by Blobrana
The real economic impact of an archaeological research project, co-directed by a Bristol academic, has been illustrated in a survey conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The Longstones Project, undertaken by Dr Joshua Pollard of the Departm...
Stone circle Winterbourne Bassett stone circle (Preview)	General news	0	2078	May 27 19:27 2007 by Blobrana
The lost stone circle at Winterbourne Bassett A lunchtime talk will be held at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum on Wednesday, 12 September, 2007. The illustrated talk by Jim Gunter, Trustee and Chair of the Society's Archaeology Field Group, is about the 'lost' stone circle at Winterbourne Bassett....
stone circle Loanhead of Daviot (Preview)	General news	1	1957	Apr 27 08:13 2012 by Blobrana
The 10 stones and recumbent are set in a circle 19.5 m in diameter: the area had been levelled before the stones were erected. Around each standing stone are small stone settings, some of which contained cremation burials and fragments of deliberately smashed pottery. [url=http://www.aberdeens...
Stone circle High Head stone circle (Preview)	Off Topic	0	2485	Dec 15 16:37 2006 by Blobrana
Mists shroud the ancient stones linking a distant, mysterious past with modern-day Cumbria. Yet, the 13 stones that make up the High Head stone circle at Ivegill have only recently been installed by Penrith sculptor Brian Cowper. The circle has been aligned with the winter and summer solstice an...
Stone circle Foula stone ring (Preview)	Off Topic	1	2328	Jul 6 00:16 2007 by Blobrana
A team of archaeologists from Bath and Camerton Archaeological Society (Bacas) has helped uncover an ancient stone circle in one of Britain's most remote locations. Members of the have taken part in a two-week excavation on Foula, part of the Shetland Islands (Scotland). The team was previously i...
Stone circle Como stonecircle (Preview)	Off Topic	0	2155	Jan 19 23:23 2008 by Blobrana
Excavations at the new St Anna hospital in San Fermo della Battaglia, near Como (Italy), in July 2007 revealed a double concentric ancient stone circle. The site is thought to date back to 3000 BCE. "[It is a ] highly articulated prehistoric structure that could be either an ancient astronomic...