Archive for the 'Ancient Structures' Category
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 backyard when clearing the ground for a metal-work furnace on her land as one of her experimental archaeology […]
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 village … starting with building Iron or Bronze Age styled Round Houses. During my June 2010 visit to Saveok, I was […]
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 a metal-work furnace on her land as one of her experimental archaeology projects. One of the phases of the […]
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 Coast and south towards Mounts Bay. it is roughly 84 meters in diameter with stone walls up to 2.7 meters high and […]
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 Maidens stone circle. Its early origins is unknown just like with all the other standing stones. “Men Scryfa” translates to […]
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 could not determine the name of, but the one elevated a bit from the boggy areas around the shafts of Ding Dong […]
Men-At-Tol
Men-At-Tol
Near Madron and Lanyon Farm, Penwith, Cornwall, England
The infamous holey-stone known as “Men-an-tol” is located in tip of Cornwall near Madron and Lanyon Farm. This is one of England’s most highly photographed megalithic sites. The name “Men-An-Tol” means “holed stone”. Its purpose is unknown, but theorized to be a Druid ritual site, A Faerie Portal, […]
Lanyon Quoit
Lanyon Quoit
near Lanyon Farm and Madron, Cornwall, England
Real close to Lanyon Farm lies a single megalith called “Lanyon Quoit”. Barely noticeable from the road as the stone property walls block the direct view from the roadway, is a little walk-through with a National Trust sign signifying the monument. As you walk up to the stone […]
Xanten: Townscape - Ulpia Traiana
Ulpia Traiana Townscape
Xanten, Germany
“The Colonial Ulpia Traiana once contained numerous large buildings: temples, thermal baths, administrative and market buildings. Of most of these, only minor traces have remained preserved. After the end of the Roman rule, the ruins became dilapitated. For centuries the town of antiquity provided building material for churches, monasteries, and houses. The […]
The Key and Dragon (Worms, Germany)
The Sacred Key of Worms
Worms comes from “Lindwurn” or “Dragon slain by Siegfried under the linden tree.””Yet more I know of Seigfried that well your your ear may hold.
Beneath the lindeu tree he slew the dragon bold;
Then in its blood he bathed him, which turned to horn his skin,
So now no weapon harms him, as […]