Category Archives: Ancient Structures
Dunseverick Castle
Dunseverick Castle * Along the Giant’s Causeway / Coastal Causeway Route, Northern Ireland * Near the Giant’s Causeway, on an isolated rock surrounded by the sea in a small bay, is the crumbling remains of “Dunseverick Castle”. A … Continue reading
Newgrange
Newgrange: Brú na Bóinne, Ireland One of Ireland’s most infamous monuments and archaeological sites, Newgrange is amongst the Bru na Boinne World Heritage sites next to Knowth and Dowth. It is popular like Stonehenge with its Solstice astronomical … Continue reading
Knowth
Knowth/Newgrange Knowth, Ireland: http://www.knowth.com/knowth.htm One of Irelands most famous Neolithic passage graves, Knowth is in the valley of the Boyne River, at the ancient monument of Brú na Bóinne nearby famous Newgrange. This monument was built after Newgrange, … Continue reading
Brú na Bóinne
Brú na Bóinne * aka “Palace of the Boyne” or “Bend of the Boyne” * Knowth/Newgrange, Donore, Co. Meath, Ireland * UNESCO World Heritage Site * “Bru na Boinne” is the name of a Boyne River Valley section … Continue reading
Saveok Water Archaeological Site
Saveok Mill Archaeological Site Saveok Mill Site Greenbottom, Cornwall, England * http://www.archaeologyonline.org/index.html * A small local farm in Greenbottom, Saveok Mill has placed itself on the archaeological map when resident Jacqui Wood discovered very curious archaeological features in her … Continue reading
The Saveok Reconstructed Roundhouse
The Round House @ Saveok Water Saveok Mill Archaeological Site * Chacewater / Greenbottom / Truro, Cornwall, England * http://www.archaeologyonline.org/Roundhouse/roundhouseindex.htm * One of the Experimental Archaeological Projects at Saveok is the construction of a Iron Age … Continue reading
Purification Pools at Saveok
Saveok Purification Pools: Saveok Mill, Greenbottom, Cornwall, England Located on the small local farm of Saveok Mill called “Saveok Water Archaeological Site”, resident Jacqui Wood discovered very curious archaeological features in her backyard when clearing the ground for … Continue reading
Chun Castle
Chûn Castle Near Pendeen, Cornwall, England The Chûn Castle is an Iron Age hillfort on the summit of Chûn Downs holding a stronghold with secure views of the north and northwest, onwards to the Atlantic … Continue reading
Men Scryfa
Men Scryfa Standing Stone: Near Madron, Cornwall, England The Men Scryfa Standing Stone is a standing engrave stone sitting in the middle of a field not far from the infamous Men-an-Tol holey stone monument and the Nine … Continue reading
9 Maidens Stone Circle
Nine Maidens Stone Circle: Near Lanyon Farm and Madron, Cornwall, England Not far from the Ding Dong Mine and Men-at-tol lies two stone circles next to one another. The one on a small hill-rise I … Continue reading