Category Archives: Archaeology

Archaeology: The past remains of our ancestors and the science in retrieving the puzzle pieces of our cultures.

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

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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

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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

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Saveok Water Ritual Offering Pits

    Offering Pits at Saveok Water Archaeology Site: Saveok Mill, Greenbottom, Cornwall, England Within the last 10 years, one of the world’s best archaeological examples of Ritual Witchcraft has been exposed in Cornwall, England. This site, Saveok Water Archaeology, … Continue reading

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Saveok Water Mesolithic Lithics

Saveok Mill Lithics: Saveok Water Archaeological Site, Greenbottom, Cornwall, England During my June 2010 visit to Saveok Water Archaeological Site in Cornwall, England – I had the pleasure to peruse the lithic collection from the site. Excavation owner and director, … Continue reading

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Preserved Animal Tracks at Saveok Water Site

      Animal Tracks along the River @ Saveok Water Archaeological Site Saveok Mill, Greenbottom, Truro, Cornwall, England   During my June 2010 visit to the Saveok Water Archaeological Site in the Area B3 were discovered very well-preserved (petrified?) … Continue reading

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The Orkney Hood

  The Orkney Hood Reconstruction by Jacqui Wood:         During my visit to Saveok Mill, I was enlightened by one of Jacqui Wood’s Experimental Archaeology Projects … when she was commissioned to create a replica/reconstruction of Britain’s … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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