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Carrowmore, an Cheathrú Mhór, ‘the great quarter’, is a large group of megalithic monuments in the NW of Ireland
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > On the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland. There are 30 surviving tombsMaking Carrowmore one of the largest clusters of megalithic tombs in Ireland. And, one of the ‘big four’ along with Carrowkeel, Loughcrew and Brú na Bóinne. (1)…
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Carrowkeel is a major neolithic passage tomb complex located in the Bricklieve Mountains of County Sligo, Ireland. It is one of the key prehistoric ceremonial sites, part of the broader tradition of passage tomb building that includes Newgrange
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Monuments at Carrowkeel were originally excavated in 1911Excavations led to an array of findings including animal bones, cremated human remains, and bones; tools and pottery from the neolithic age. Pottery was found here entitled Carrowkeel WareHaving first been recorded in the…
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Brú na Bóinne (Irish: [ˈbɣɾɣuː n̪ɣə ˈbɣoːn̠jə], or “mansion or palace of the Boyne”) (1). It is an ancient monument complex and ritual landscape in County Meath, Ireland
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Located in a bend of the River Boyne. Is one of the world’s most important Neolithic landscapesThere are at least ninety monuments, including passage tombs, burial mounds, standing stones and enclosures. The site is dominated by the passage tombs of Newgrange…
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West Kennet long barrow is one of the largest and most impressive neolithic chambered tombs in Britain. It is located near Avebury in Wiltshire, England
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A long earthen mound about 100 meters (330 feet) long and up to 20 meters (66 feet) wide exists in England (1)(2)It is a chambered long barrow, with ditch flanking each side (3), from the south-west. It belongs to a localized…
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Wayland’s Smithy is a neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb located near the Ridgeway trail in Oxfordshire. It is one of the most famous and best-preserved prehistoric burial sites in southern Britain
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > The barrow is believed to have been completed around 3430 BCE by pastoral communities. Shortly after the introduction of agriculture from continental Europe (1) It consists of a stone façade and entrance with large sarsen stones; and, trapezoidal earthen mound, about…
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Uley Long Barrow is also called Hetty Pegler’s Tump after Henry Peglers, the 17th centuary land owners wife Hester
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A neolithic chambered tomb exists near the village of Uley in Gloucestershire Built around 3000BC (1) Trapezoidal earthen mound, originally about 37 meters longIt is 34 metres (112 ft) wide, and has a maximum height of 3 metres (9.8 ft). (2)…
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The Sanctuary is a once elaborate timber & stone circle complex, built in phases starting around 3000 BCE
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A neolithic and bronze Age ceremonial site is located near Avebury in Wiltshire, England. It is part of the same prehistoric ritual landscape that includes Avebury stone circle, Silbury Hill, and West Kennet Long Barrow. It was a structure of multiple…
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Nympsfield long barrow is a neolithic chambered tomb located on the Cotswold escarpment in Gloucestershire
Nympsfield long barrow is a neolithic chambered tomb located on the Cotswold escarpment in Gloucestershire < home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > It is part of the Cotswold-Severn group of megalithic tombs, which were constructed by early farming communities around 4000–3000 BCE. A trapezoidal mound, (now mostly eroded),…
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Nine Stones Close, also known as the Grey Ladies, is a stone circle on Harthill Moor in Derbyshire, in the English East Midlands
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Part of the stone circle tradition of construction exists in DerbyshireLike much of Britain, Ireland and Brittany, it spread during the late neolithic and early bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. Its not currently 9 stones though.…
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Belas Knap long barrow is a neolithic chambered tomb located in Gloucestershire, England. Near the town of Winchcombe in the Cotswolds
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > One of the finest and best-preserved examples of a Cotswold-Severn cairn, a type of megalithic tomb, is found in the west of Britain It is a trapezoidal (wedge-shaped) earthen mound about 54 meters long. Built around 3000 BCE during the neolithic…