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» Ancient Britain - Britain Express provides a guide to prehistoric stone circles, mounds, and other megalithic sites in England and Wales, including an A-Z gazetteer of sites, feature articles and visitor information.
» Ancient Sites Directory - A guide to prehistoric sites and monuments around the UK by amateur enthusiast Chris Tweed. Location, photographs and descriptions of all those he has visited.
» Archaeolink Prehistory Park, Aberdeenshire - Aims to present prehistory through a mixture of reconstructions, actual sites and an indoor centre. Includes Berryhill Iron Age hill fort and hut circle.
» Avebury Management Plan - English Heritage's plan for the World Heritage Site. Includes location plans and photographs of Avebury and related sites.
» Beaker Pits at Crescent Copse, Wiltshire - Scholarly report without illustrations by Dr Rosamund Cleal and Michael Heaton on an excavation in 1997 near Shrewton and the effects of arboreal fungi on archaeological remains.
» Belle Tout Neolithic and Beaker Enclosures - Bournemouth University is reassessing the Neolithic and Bronze Age of the Sussex chalklands. Summary of results attractively presented, with photographs, plans and reconstruction drawing.
» Billown Neolithic Landscape Project - A report by Bournemouth University describing research into the evolution and development of a tract of land on the Isle of Man from the Later Mesolithic to the Early Bronze Age.
» Boxgrove Archaeological Excavations - Boxgrove, near Chichester, West Sussex, contains the largest area of preserved paeolithic landsurface in Europe. Investigations directed by Mark Roberts of University College London.
» Braucewell Limestone Quarry, Lincolnshire - Scholarly, illustrated report by Lindsey Archaeological Services on their discovery of a large, post-built animal enclosure and other structures near a prehistoric triple linear ditch complex.
» Buckland Rings, Lymington, Hampshire - Report for English Heritage on a geophysical survey, April 1993 of this later Iron Age hill-fort in the New Forest.
» Butser Ancient Farm - An open-air laboratory where experiments into every aspect of prehistoric life are continuously being conducted.
» Castell Henllys - University of York Archaeological Field School at the Iron Age fort and Romano-British farmstead of Castell Henllys itself, historic sites in north Pembrokeshire, and the early Christian monastery of Monasterboice in the Republic of Ireland. Interim repor
» Cissbury Ring - A guide to Cissbury Ring hillfort near Findon, West Sussex, from the Findon Village site.
» Coupland Enclosure, Northumberland - Report on the excavation in 1995 by the University of Durham of what is suggested to be an early Neolithic droveway and corral.
» Cranborne Chase, Dorset - Geophysical and aerial photographic examination of five prehistoric sites in Cranborne Chase by Bournemouth University.
» Creswell Crags - Home of the Ice Age Hunter - Creswell Heritage Trust provides an illustrated guide to this limestone gorge honeycombed with caves which have yielded evidence of life during the last Ice Age. Visitor information.
» Danebury Environs Programme 1989-95 - English Heritage describes the programme to examine the many Iron Age settlements around the excavated Iron Age hillfort of Danebury.
» Dig Reveals Stone Age Camp in Time Warp - The Telegraph reports on the discovery in Hampshire of a camp site likened to a Stone Age Marie Celeste. Tools of nomadic hunter-gathers were found as they were left.
» Dunragit Project - Archaeological excavation of a neolithic henge monument in Scotland by Southampton and Manchester Universities.
» Flag Fen - At Easter and in the Summer archaeologists can be seen excavating this unique site, where waterlogging has preserved evidence of a prehistoric way of life. Iron Age and Bronze Age Roundhouses have been reconstructed. Visitor information.
» Gardom's Edge, Derbyshire - Joint project by the Peak District National Park Authority and the University of Sheffield exploring Neolithic to Iron Age life in the Peak District. Background, photographs and QuickTime VR images.
» Hengeworld - Mike Pitts, former curator of Avebury's museum, provides news and information on Avebury and Stonehenge. Lengthy bibliography and details of his own book 'Hengeworld'.
» Iron Age Chariot Unearthed - The Hull Daily Mail reports the discovery of a chariot and skeleton at Wetwang, East Yorkshire. Thought to be the burial of an aristocrat from the Parisi tribe.
» Knowlton Henge - Bournemouth University outlines the results of its field survey and excavation at Knowlton Circles in North Dorset. Photographs, site plan, bibliography.
» Megalithia - Richard Mudhar's lively guide to megalithic sites in the UK and Eire. Introduction, typology, bibliography. Distribution map, searchable database of names and grid references, photographs of selected sites.
» Megalithica - Photographs by John Harding of some ancient sites in the UK, including standing stones, dolmens and stone circles, mainly in South Wales.
» Mine Howe - A unique prehistoric monument in Orkney. Illustrated summary of what the excavation in 2000 found and theories about the structure. Location map, visitor information.
» Minehowe: The Online Journal - Chronicle from Orkney Archaeological Trust of the excavation in Summer 2000 of the area around this enigmatic staircase and underground chambers. Time Team were involved.
» Minehowe: The Underground Enigma - Illustrated feature in journalist Sigurd Towrie's 'Orkneyjar' on the underground chamber in Orkney and its survey in 1999 by geophysics expert John Gater.
» Negotiating Avebury - Collaborative project of four universities: excavations, fieldwalking, survey and computer-aided 3D modelling. This outline provided by Southampton University. Re-discovery of 'Beckhampton Avenue' last recorded in the 1720s by antiquarian William Stukeley
» Neolithic Palisaded Enclosure at Hindwell - Illustrated, scholarly paper by Alex Gibson on the exceptional enclosure in Wales, based on a study by Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. In English with abstract in German.
» Nine Ladies Stone Circle, Stanton Moor, Derbyshire - Excavations for English Heritage in November 2000 by Trent and Peak Archaeological Unit. Illustrated report by the unit.
» Old Scatness Broch and Jarlshof Environs - Bradford University explains its joint excavation with the Shetland Amenity Trust of an Iron Age village in South Shetland. Includes 3D map and 3D broch reconstruction.
» Paviland Cave Research Project - A rich Early Stone Age site in South Wales, with four and a half thousand finds. University of Wales College, Newport provides an illustrated outline of its discoveries.
» Prehistoric Burial Ground Discovered - From Ananova, a prehistoric burial ground has been found at the site of a lost abbey in Cheshire.
» Recumbent Stone Circles in North East Scotland - Description and illustrated gazetteer of this distinctive type of stone circle, provided by Anna Edelsten, University of Aberdeen.
» Satellite Unearths Pre-historic Site - From BBC, archaeologists use satellite technology to reveal what is thought to be Britain's largest Iron Age settlement.
» Scotland's First Settlers - A research project by Edinburgh University to identify Mesolithic sites on Skye and neighbouring islands. Project aims and progress; illustrated outline of the subject.
» Seahenge - Norfolk Archaeological Unit was commissioned to assess the timber structure at Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk discovered in 1998. Aims of project. Hosted by English Heritage.
» Seahenge Documentary - Channel 4 describes the timber henge found on a Norfolk beach and the controversy surrounding its removal: the subject of a Time Team documentary. QuickTime VR panoramas, bibliography.
» Shardlow Log Boat - Illustrated report from Trent and Peak Archaeological Unit on a Bronze Age log boat discovered at Shardlow in Derbyshire.
» Shinewater Bronze Age Site, Sussex - WoodNet gives an illustrated outline of discoveries by the Field Archaeology Unit of University College, London. Waterlogged ground preserved a wooden platform and trackway and a sickle complete with handle.
» South Cadbury Environs Project - Excavations at Cadbury Castle, Somerset (1966-73) yielded much evidence for the Late Bronze Age/pre-Roman Iron Age in Britain. A new phase of research involving members of the Universities of Birmingham and Glasgow investigates the hinterland of the hillf
» Stanton Moor - Focuses primarily on the prehistory of Stanton Moor in the Peak District, Derbyshire, through original excavation reports and photographic survey, with links page and message board.
» Stone Pages - Descriptions, professional photographs with some Quick Time interactive panoramas of the ancient monuments of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy by Italian journalists Paola Arosio and Diego Meozzi.
» Stonecentric - Frank Wayman's photo gallery of ancient monuments, with comments. Mostly W and SW Scotland, but also featuring the Stones mailing list trip to Avebury.
» Stones of Wales - Photographs and details of stone circles, burial chambers and standing stones in Wales.
» The Modern Antiquarian - Julian Cope's comprehensive and interactive resource for all things megalithic. Forum, images, blog and news.
» The Standing Stones of Stenness - Lively, illustrated feature in journalist Sigurd Towrie's 'Orkneyjar' on the henge of tall stones and the discoveries there in 1972.
» Then and Now of Avebury - A re-creation of how Avebury may have appeared shortly after construction; illustrated guide to its more recent history, and description of the Wiltshire monument at present by Pete Roberts.
» Willington Gravel Quarry, Derbyshire - Design specification for archaeological recording of this prehistoric site by the University of Leicester Archaeological Services. Location plan. Hosted by English Heritage.
» Wolstonbury Neolithic Enclosures - Bournemouth University presents the results of its field research project at Wolstonbury Hill in West Sussex. Photographs, plans.
» Yorkshire Rock Art - Graeme C. presents location maps, photographs and descriptions of Yorkshire's Neolithic and Bronze Age cup and ring rock carvings.