Ancient Sites

Nether Largie South Cairn

The Nether Largie South Cairn is one of the earliest ancient monuments that were scattered across Kilmartin Glen by our ancestors.

Arbor Low Henge

Arbor Low is a spectacular henge monument with inner stone circle, unique as all the stones are laid flat in recumbent style.

British Camp

The remains of a large univallate hillfort, a medieval ringwork, bailey and pillow mound situated in a commanding position on the Beacon and Millennium Hills, west of the River Severn.

West Kennet Long Barrow

West Kennet Long Barrow is a Neolithic burial mound dating back about 5,500 years. It is one of the largest and best-preserved examples of a chambered tomb in southern England.# West Kennet Long Barrow Entrance

Avebury

Avebury in Wiltshire is a small village at the centre of the biggest prehistoric henge monument and stone circle complex in the UK. The village also features a variety of craft shops, bookshops and a museum. There is also the newly refurbished Avebury Manner, a historic stately home.

Silbury Hill

Silbury Hill is a large, man-made prehistoric mound of unknown purpose. There are many legends about Silbury Hill, one of the more well-known being that there is a life-size gold statue of an ancient king on his horse buried within the mound.

Maen Llia Standing Stone

A large, highly visible standing stone that probably dates from the Bronze Age.

Wandlebury Ring

Wandlebury Ring is a circular ditch and bank ringed fort dating from around the 5th Centrury BC now surrounded beautiful woodland and part of the Wandlebury Park recreational area.

The Rollright Stones

The names of the three sites which make up the Rollright Stones come from a legend which tells how they were living men, a king and his army. The stones in the circle are The King’s Men, an 8-foot standing stone across the road is The King Stone, and the group of five large stones which once formed a burial chamber and now stand in a huddle in a nearby field are The Whispering Knights.

Temple Wood

Temple Wood is a prehistoric site made up of two stone circles.

Sunkenkirk Stone Circle

An amazing Neolithic stone circle and earthwork with many standing stones still in position - off the beaten track.

Ri Cruin Cairn

Ri Cruin Cairn is part of the linear cemetery, just over a mile of burial cairns, running north to south in Kilmartin Glen. There are five large, round cairns dating to the late Neolithic and Bronze Age. It stands in the middle of a copse of trees, about 1.5 miles south of Kilmartin, in Argyll.

Nether Largie Stones

The Nether Largie Stones are five large standing stones measuring up to 2.85m in height. They are aligned on an approximately north east to south west axis.

Mayburgh Henge

Despite the removal of some of the stones in the centre of the site and limited quarrying of the surrounding bank, this site survives well and remains a visually impressive monument in the landscape.

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Castlerigg stone circle remains unencumbered by modern development and is one of the finest examples of a large irregular stone circle in England.

The Kings Men

The King’s Men is a fine stone circle broadly dating to 2670 bc to 1975 bc. The circle, on a hilltop setting, is nearly perfectly round.

Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings

Achnabreck is one of the finest examples of prehistoric rock art in Scotland. They are spread over three outcrops and are among the largest and most complex decorations.

Dunadd Hillfort

Dunadd fort stands on a rocky hill in the middle of Moine Mhor, in Argyll and Bute. It is one of the most famous historic sites in Scotland. Occupied by the Scotti, who came from Ireland during the 5th-6th century AD, it was the capital of the Scottish kingdom of Dalriada.

Carl Wark Hillfort

The site of Carl Wark lies just within the Yorkshire side of the border with Derbyshire, rising out of the boggy centre of the impressive Hathersage Moor, in thePeak District National Park.

Ballymeanoch Stones

There are two rows of standing stones at Ballymeanoch. A four stone alignment and a two stone alignment. They are the most visible part of a concentration of ancient monuments in the immediate area.

The Whispering Knights

The Whispering Knights is the remains of a portal dolmen-type burial chamber of about 4000 BC. Four stones stand upright, while a fifth, probably the capstone, lies fallen. The stones would never have been covered by a mound; rather they projected out of a low flat-topped platform that surrounded the setting.

The Sanctuary

In 1930, the location was re-discovered from Stukeley’s illustrations and the site was excavated. Further excavation, carried out in 1999, revealed a more complex sequence of construction and use than previously thought.

Castlehowe Stone Circle

Castlehowe Stone Circle is a small stone circle located 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar farm.

Hardknott Roman Fort

Hardknott Roman fort occupies an impressive location above the Eskdale valley; positioned on the old Roman road, mid-way between the forts of Ambleside and Ravenglass.

The Hawk

The Hawk is an ancient settlement located on a smaller outcrop below The Knott at Broughton Moor.

The King Stone

The King Stone is a large block of limestone about 2.5 m. high and now tipped at a rakish angle. This was the marker stone for an early Bronze Age cemetery. Several small cairnst containing cremations were discovered around the stone during excavations in 1979.

The Quernmore Burial

In 1973 during the construction of a car park a 7th Century burial of unusual type was brought to light by a mechanical excavator.

Copt Howe Ancient Carvings

Copt Howe Ancient Carvings include what are known in rock climbing circles as The Langdale Boulders, two prehistoric rock art sites in Great Langdale, 250m south of Harry Place.

Grimes Graves

Grime’s Graves is the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain.

Winter Hill Tumulus

A prehistoric round cairn towards the summit of Winter Hill.

White Brow Cairn

A prehistoric round cairn located on a local high point 280m west of Old Harpers Farm

Two Lads

The Two Lads cairns on Crooked Edge Hill above Horwich and Bolton.

Standing Stones Hill

Standing Stones Hill in the Anglezarke area is a bit of a mystery, given its absence of standing stones or viable historic reference to ever having standing stones at all.

Rivington Cup Marked Stone

The only prehistoric rock art recognised as being authentic in the Rivington area, was found at an undisclosed location near the banks of the Lower Rivington Reservoir.

Pikestones Chambered Long Cairn

Once a large burial mound, Pikestones was excavated down to ground level in the past, which is now regarded as an overly enthusiastic effort. If more of the barrow had been left intact it could have been analysed using modern technology.

Noon Hill

High on the summit of the often foreboding Noon Hill is a Bronze Age round cairn topped by a more recent cairn of uncertain age

Jepsons Gate Cairn

The badly named Jepson’s Gate Cairn is actually located along the edge of a slight ridge, possibly the route of a very old track, to the Northeast of the better-known Pikestones.

Hanging Stone

The Hanging Stone, is on the line of a current boundary that is perhaps ancient as many large natural rocks or features have been used over the centuries.

Gunnerkeld Stone Circle

The monument is Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle which is located 200m south-west of Gunnerwell Farm on the top of a slight ridge.

Dog Holes Cave

Dog Holes Cave is a small pothole in the karst landscape of Warton Crag, with interesting geology and perhaps archaeology.

Belas Knap Long Barrow

Belas Knap long barrow includes a chambered long barrow situated just below the crest of a prominent ridge with panoramic views.

Bryn Celli Ddu

Bryn Celli Ddu, ‘the mound in the dark grove’, is probably the best known and most evocative prehistoric site on Anglesey.

St. Cybi's Well

The ruins at St. Cybi’s Well include a pair of well chambers and a later addition of an adjoining caretaker’s cottage.

Holyhead Mountain Hut Group

Two thousand years ago, the land rising towards Holyhead Mountain was peppered with small farmsteads, below the old Iron Age fort of Caer y Twr.

Crarae Chambered Cairn

The remains of a chambered cairn dating to around 3500bc at Crarae.

Garn Goch Y Gaer Fach

A large hillfort with good walks and excellent views.

Rainsough Hill Camp

The site of a prehistoric camp or probably fortified settlement - now a housing estate.

Milfield North Henge

A reconstructed henge based on a nearby (100m) excavated henge monument dating to 2300BC with the sites of seven henges nearby and a heritage trail around the reconstructed monument.

Mickleden Beck Prehistoric Cairnfield And Field System

Mickleden Beck prehistoric cairnfield and field system, funerary cairn and a medieval dispersed settlement centred 840m south west of Pike of Stickle.

Castlesteads (Prehistoric Enclosure)

Castlesteads multivallate prehistoric defended enclosure.

Cautley Iron Age Settlement

Earthworks and stone remains of an Iron Age settlement dating back around 2000 years.

Jubilee Cave

The Palaeolithic caves of the Yorkshire Dales belong to a major regional group of which Jubilee Cave is an important example due to the survival of substantial intact deposits both inside and outside the cave.

Schoolboys Tower

A large cairn of uncertain age, above the quarry on Giggleswick Scar.

Victoria Cave

Victoria Cave lies approximately 30m up the east side of King’s Scar, a lateral valley of the River Ribble near Settle.

Warton Crag Multivallate Hillfort

Iron Age small multivallate hillfort containing remains of stone huts located on the summit of Warton Crag.

Moel Arthur

A hill on the Clwydian Range with the remains of a prehistoric hillfort encircling the summit.

Gop Hill Cairn

Gop Cairn is the largest Prehistoric mound in Wales and second only to Silbury Hill, Wiltshire in Britain.

Hartshill Tumulus

The tumulus at Hartshall is a prehistoric bowl barrow originally dating to between 2400 and 1500 BCE.

Midsummer Hill

Midsummer Hill Camp is a large multivallate hillfort with defensive annex and dyke in a commanding position on Midsummer and Hollybush Hills, west of the River Severn.

Castle Ring

Castle Ring is situated at the southeast edge of Cannock Chase and includes the earthwork and buried remains of an Iron Age hillfort; and the ruins and buried remains of a small medieval building identified as part of a hunting lodge.

Galley Hill Hillfort

The slight univallate hillfort on Galley Hill forms part of a series of defended sites established on the Greensand ridge during the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age.

Notgrove Long Barrow

The long barrow at Notgrove is a chambered tomb dating to the Neolithic period or New Stone Age.

Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes

A modern church on the site of several older churches. Historically dating back as far as the medieval period.

Stones Lane Standing Stones

There are two probably ancient standing stones on either side of Stones Lane above Todmorden.

Centre Hill Beacon Site

The supposed site of an ancient beacon fire or Centre Hill.

Black Coppice Chambered Cairn

A supposed chambered cairn of ‘unusual construction’ above the quarry on Stronstrey Bank.

Glastonbury Tor

An enigmatic hill that has been manually shaped in some prehistoric time.

Chalice Well

A possibly ancient spring that is still ‘dressed’ in the Pagan tradition.

Barbury Castle

Barbary Castle is an ancient hillfort together with an adjacent bowl barrow.

Eggardon Hill

Eggardon Hill is the site of an Iron Age Hillfort located in the county of Dorset in southern England.

Croftmoraig Stone Circle

Nestled in the lush landscape of Scotland, the Croftmoraig Stone Circle characterized by its complex double stone circle and underlying timber post setting.

Millrigg Romano-British Enclosed Hut Circle Settlement

Millrigg Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement, situated in the scenic landscape of Cumbria near Kendal.

Gib Hill Oval Barrow and Bowl Barrow

Gib Hill, located a mere 200 meters southwest of the renowned Arbor Low henge in Derbyshire, is a remarkable prehistoric site.

High Borrans Romano-British Settlement

The High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, located 450 meters east of High Borrans in Cumbria, is an exemplary archaeological site.

Giants Grabe and Prehistoric Settlement

The prehistoric site known as Giants Grabe, situated on the expansive and undulating terrain of Heathwaite Fell.

Long Meg And Her Daughters Stone Circle

Long Meg and Her Daughters, located near the River Eden, stands as one of the most intriguing Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in Britain.

Hambledon Hill

Hambledon Hill is a significant archaeological and historical site located in Dorset, England.

Kingston Russell Stone Circle

The Kingston Russell Stone Circle is a significant prehistoric monument located on a chalk ridge that offers a commanding view of the surrounding downland.

The Nine Stones

The Nine Stones is a small but significant stone circle located near Winterbourne Abbas in Dorchester.

Maiden Castle

Maiden Castle in Dorset is a prominent archaeological site known primarily for its extensive Iron Age hillfort.

Badbury Rings

Badbury Rings, located in Dorset, is a significant multivallate hillfort occupying a prominent chalk knoll, offering panoramic views over King Down.

Goldenstone

The Goldenstone is a possibly ancient boundary stone on the boundary of Nether Alderley.