Mystery Stone Structure Discovered Under Neolithic Dump In Scotland
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Archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious stone structure buried under what they describe as Scotland's largest Neolithic rubbish dump.
The layout of the stone slabs, known as orthostats, found during a dig at Ness of Brodgar on Orkney is unlike anything previously found on the islands.
Archaeologists are also mystified as to why the structure was covered over by a huge midden.
They have speculated that it could possibly be a chambered tomb.
However, the dig team, which is led by University of the Highlands and Islands Archaeology Institute, said further hard work would be needed to properly understand the find.
Since 2002, Neolithic buildings, artwork, pottery, animal bones and stone tools have been discovered at Ness of Brodgar, the location of the Ring of Brodgar standing stones.
The mystery structure was found on the last day of this year's excavations of a complex of Neolithic buildings in the area.
Almost 10m (33ft) wide and comprising slabs of up to 4m (13ft) in length, the structure could be the oldest of the buildings under covered so far. It could be 5,000 years old.
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TOP 5 Neolithic Scotland
My first TOP 5 of Scotland where I want to show you my favourite places which I visited on my backpacker trip around this amazing country.
All used pictures are my, music is by these talented guys:
Derek & Brandon Fiechter
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First used song Ancient Music - Caveman, second used song Ancient Music - Ice Age
Hymn to the Nine Ladies Stone Circle - Peak District, Derbyshire, England
I visited this ancient place yesterday - a fine, early Autumn day. No-one around, in stark contrast to the turmoil which beset the Nine Ladies lasting for over ten years - namely commercial quarrying interests versus those who wish to protect these places, of which more below.
It is a small early Bronze Age (c 2500 BC) stone circle traditionally believed to depict nine ladies turned to stone as a penalty for dancing on the Sabbath. It is part of a complex of prehistoric circles and standing stones on Stanton Moor, Derbyshire.
There are nine upright stones, each of local millstone grit, and each less than a metre high, in a clearing in a (relatively) modern wood planted on Stanton Moor. They sit in a rough circle with a gap at the south side of the circle where no stone-hole has been found. However, an additional stone, lying flat rather than upright, was discovered after being exposed as a crop mark in the dry weather of 1976. It is now visible.The circle is built on an embankment which levelled the local terrain. The small King Stone lies forty metres from the circle to the west-south-west and is clearly visible from it.
The Nine Ladies were among the 28 archetypal monuments in England and Wales included in General Pitt-Rivers' Schedule to the first Ancient Monuments Protection Act, which became law in 1882. It was taken into state care the following year.
The site has been the focus of a long-running environmental protest. In 1999 Stancliffe Stone Ltd submitted a planning application to re-open two dormant quarries (Endcliffe and Lees Cross) on the wooded hillside beside Stanton Moor. The proposed quarry was only 200 metres (660 ft) from Nine Ladies, on land owned by Haddon Hall estate and leased to Stancliffe Stone.
A local protest group SLAG (Stanton Lees Action Group) was set up to oppose the quarry. The group was joined by environmental protesters who set up a long-running and controversial protest camp. They built many tree houses, from which the inhabitants are hard to evict. The protesters defied a court eviction order in February 2004, and continued to occupy the site until the winter of 2008--09.
In 2004 the High Court of England classified the two quarries as dormant. This decision was appealed but the classification was upheld in June 2005. This meant that the quarries could not re-open until the Peak District National Park Authority agreed on a set of working conditions for them. In 2008 permission to quarry near the circle was finally revoked. (Adapted from and courtesy of Wikipedia).
My photos here include shots of the many clooties and other artifacts placed on a young oak tree just South of the circle, among other things in remembrance of the ten year struggle of the many protesters (and indeed the Peak District National Park Authority, the Friends of the Peak District, and the Council to Protect Rural England (CPRE)) in defence of this sacred and beautiful place from the predations of commercial quarrying interests.
All is quiet now, as it should be.
The music is Shackleton's Cross, composed and performed here by Howard Goodall CBE, of whom I am very fond, both for his compositions and his eloquent public teaching about the language of music. I have uploaded a couple of his TV broadcasts elsewhere on my Channel.
This particular piece is included in the Album Inspired, and although Mr Goodall's inspiration for this music was a painting by Edward Seago depicting the final resting place in the Antarctic of Sir Earnest Shackleton, I thought it fitting for this subject too. I hope Mr Goodall will not mind my using his beautiful, reflective piece in this context.
Start Small | Jeremy Collins | TEDxYouth@KC
To understand our vision and relevance in this world of Go Big or Go Home, the way you tackle a fantastical challenge may surprise you. Start small, start where you are.
Jeremy Collins is an accomplished artist, rock climber, and adventure filmmaker. He is founder of the brand Meridian Line and author of the award winning book DRAWN: The Art of Ascent.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
3600 BC A 400 years before Stonehenge , OLD TOMB,????????????????????????
The construction of the West Kennet Long Barrow commenced about 3600 BC, which is some 400 years before the first stage of Stonehenge, and it was in use until around 2500 BC. The mound has been damaged by indiscriminate digging, but archaeological excavations in 1859 and 1955-56 found at least 46 burials, ranging from babies to elderly persons. The bones were disarticulated with some of the skulls and long bones missing. It has been suggested that the bones were removed periodically for display or transported elsewhere. Recent re-analysis of the dating evidence suggests that the 46 people all died within 20 – 30 years of each other, but that the tomb was open for 1,000 years.
The latest excavations also revealed that the side chambers occur inside an exact isosceles triangle, whose height is twice the length of its base. Artefacts associated with the burials include Neolithic Grooved ware similar to that found at nearby Windmill Hill.
It is thought that this tomb was in use for as long as 1,000 years and at the end of this period the passage and chamber were filled to the roof by the Beaker people with earth and stones, among which were found pieces of Grooved ware, Peterborough ware and Beaker pottery,[1] charcoal, bone tools, and beads. Stuart Piggott, who excavated this mixture of secondary material, suggested that it had been collected from a nearby 'mortuary enclosure' showing that the site had been used for ritual activity long after it was used for burial. The finds from the site are displayed at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, including some of the most impressive beakers from Britain.
Michael Dames (see References) put forward a composite theory of seasonal rituals, in an attempt to explain the Long Barrow and its associated sites (the Avebury henge, Silbury Hill, The Sanctuary and Windmill Hill).
Hamish Maccunn: Land of the Mountain & the Flood Overture
the most famoust orchestral work by British/Scottish composer Hamish Maccunn.
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