Search
Search Results
Article
Legends of the Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire
The Rollright Stones is the collective name for a group of enigmatic prehistoric monuments located next to an ancient ridgeway known as the Jurassic Way, on the border between the English counties of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire. The name...
Definition
Barnhouse Settlement
The Barnhouse Settlement is a Neolithic village located in Antaness, Orkney, Scotland, which was inhabited between c. 3300 and 2600 BCE. The present designation of 'Barnhouse' comes from the name of the farmland on which the village was discovered...
Image
Standing Stones of Stenness (Illustration)
The so-called Standing Stones of Stenness are a Neolithic monument on the island of Orkney, Britain. The four standing stones (each about 300 mm. thick and measuring up to 5 meters tall) were once part of a massive henge monument which included...
Image
The King's Men, Rollright Stones
Part of the Rollright Stones complex, the King’s Men, a circle of about seventy stones, probably date to c. 2500 BCE.
Image
Rollright Stones
Part of the Rollright Stones complex, the King’s Men, a circle of about seventy stones, probably date to c. 2500 BCE.
Image
Whispering Knights, Rollright Stones
Part of the Rollright Stones complex, the Whispering Knights, the remains of the burial chamber of a Middle to Late Neolithic portal dolmen, are estimated to date to between 3800 and 3000 BCE.
Image
King Stone, Rollright Stones
Part of the Rollright Stones complex, the King Stone is a solitary weathered monolith dated to 2nd millennium BCE.
Image
Sarsen Stones, West Kennet Long Barrow
Outside of West Kennet Long Barrow, Wiltshire, U.K., showing the sarsen stones of the forecourt/facade. 3,500-2,700 BCE.
Image
Baalbek Stones
The so-called Stone of the Pregnant Woman at the ancient quarry near Baalbek in Lebanon is one of the largest stone building blocks ever carved by human hands. It is 20.76 m (68.1 ft) long, 4 m (13.1 ft) wide, 4.32 m (14.1 ft) high and weighs...
Image
The Jelling Stones
10th-century runestones at Jelling, Denmark. The smaller stone was erected by Harald Bluetooth’s father Gorm in honour of his wife Thyra before 958. The larger stone honours Harald's parents and proclaims his achievements: "Harald the king...