Berkshire: Oldest decoratively carved timber in Britain (News by Rhiannon)
Historic England show off the most ancient decoratively carved piece of wood yet found in Britain - recently carbon dated to around 4620BCE, about 500 years older than the oldest previously known...
View ArticleTreryn Dinas (Folklore by Rhiannon)
From all I have seen myself of that kind, or read, or heard of, I know not a more singular [Rocking Stone] than that which I am describing. It stands at Castle Treryn, a promontory, consisting of three...
View ArticleDane's Stone (Folklore by Rhiannon)
The field on which the [annual ploughing match of the Moulin Agricultural Association] took place was a nice slope below Baledmund House, on Pitfourie Farm, kindly granted for the occasion by Mr...
View ArticleWick (Folklore by Rhiannon)
Replies To Queries. 496 - The Golden Valley. The origin of this name goes right back to the days of the Druids - indeed, farther than that. At Upton Cheyney in the Golden Valley may be seen some stones...
View ArticleArdmore (Miscellaneous by Rhiannon)
There is a standing stone about four miles away from here. It stands in a field on the right hand side of the road as you go to Derry. The ground on which it stands belongs to William McDaid, who...
View ArticleBervie Brow (Folklore by Rhiannon)
"Bervie Brow," so called, is a promontory on the north side of the Bervie stream, and its very existence seems to bar any extension of the railway to the north. Another name of the "Brow" is "Craig...
View ArticleBarrow Hill, Higham Marshes: ResearchGate
You can see a picture of the Porosphaera beads (mentioned above by Gladman) in this article by Christopher Duffin: 'Herbert Toms (1874â1940), Witch Stones, and Porosphaera Beads'. Herbert Toms...
View ArticleArran: Excavations of Cursus at Tormore (News by Rhiannon)
Archaeologists have been excavating the recently-discovered 1.1km long cursus on the island of Arran. The article in The Scotsman shows the Lidar scans that alerted them to the parallel mounds (now...
View ArticleWimble Toot (Folklore by Rhiannon)
Babcary Tout or Wimble Toot. A question with regard to the traditional battle of Babcary was asked [in this newspaper] in February 1934 by a reader, who said it was believed that a battle was fought in...
View ArticleWick Barrow (Folklore by Rhiannon)
A comeback to ward off the gremlins. (Story: Neil Churchman)Read More
View ArticleThetford Castle (Folklore by Rhiannon)
How Thetford Got Its Hill. It requires no inventive novelist to provide Thetford and its neighbourhood with ghostly company. According to legend indeed, this spot early made its acquaintance with...
View ArticleDuncarnock (Folklore by Rhiannon)
About one mile south of the town of Barrhead is Duncarnock Hill which was once the site of an Iron Age fort. The hill, which is nearly 700 feet high and precipitous on three sides, is shrouded in...
View ArticleThe Tibblestone (Folklore by Rhiannon)
Local gardener finds ancient landmark. Mystified by the appearance of a stone pillar protruding slightly through the earth as he was preparing a new layout for the lawn in front of the premises, Mr...
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Cradle Stone (Folklore by Rhiannon)
The Cradle Stone. Serving as a link with the distant past, and once known to every boy and girl in Crieff, the Cradle Stone lies on the south-east shoulder of the Knock. This massive stone, believed to...
View ArticleMusbury Castle (Miscellaneous by Rhiannon)
Haven't found a story. But this is quite cool:Remains of what were undoubtedly British trackways connecting Musbury with Hochsdon and Membury and also with more distant camps, no fewer than twelve of...
View ArticleVatten (Folklore by Rhiannon)
It is unclear why the two cairns were built together, but local folklore provides its own interpretations. One tale is that one of the mounds is the burial place of a great chief who owned the...
View ArticleCastell Dinas Bran (Folklore by Rhiannon)
With Easter, the Feast of the Resurrection, the period of abstinence and self-denial is brought to an end. The interrupted pleasures of life are taken up once more, this time in the pleasant setting of...
View ArticleTomnahurich (Folklore by Rhiannon)
Below Craid Phadrie is the detached hill called Tomnahurich, or the Watchman's Hill, some of the fields adjoining being called Balliefearie, or the Watchman's Town, and which, besides being thus a...
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