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The Stone Circles, Odry, Poland

The area where the circles are located is an archaeological reserve. They are the oldest structures of this type in Europe, after the English Stonehenge. The structures have the shape of regular circles marked by vertically protruding large boulders, the so-called stelae. They were erected when the cemetery was established and it can be assumed that they served as meeting places for tribal elders. They are usually devoid of graves. They are from 15 to 33 m in diameter. Each circle has from 16 to 29 stones protruding from the ground by 20 to 70 cm.

In addition to the circles, there are also barrows in the reserve. Over 600 graves have been discovered in the circles and barrows. This is a cemetery of the Goths, who came to Pomerania from Scandinavia in the 1st - 3rd century AD.

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Statt opp draugen i Borrehaugen og gje meg å drikke! | Wakey wakey wight in the barrow and give me something to drink! #barrows #Vikings #Vestfold #Gravhaug #Norway

Gravhaugene på Borre i Vestfold | Barrows at Borre in Vestfold, Norway

#876 Leslie V. Grinsell - Barrows in England and Wales. Shire Publications Ltd, Princes Risborough, Shire Archaeology No 8, 1997, 3rd edition. #LeslieVGrinsell #LVGrinsell #ShirePublications #Barrows #Archaeology #StandingStoneSunday #BookOfTheDay

The front cover of Barrows in England and Wales by Leslie V. Grinsell. White with title in orange and a colour photo of Arthur's Stone burial chamber at Dorstone in Herefordshire.

📍: Sluice
ℹ️: sluice
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📸: Photo by dlanor smada on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/22144722@N02/13155953615

#canal #narrowboat #england #uk #flickr #chilterns #canals #travelodge #aylesbury #bucks #barrows #grandunion

A photo titled "A barrow in a basin.", taken near Sluice by dlanor smada on Flickr.

#770 Ann Woodward - British Barrows: A Matter of Life and Death. Tempus Publishing Ltd, Stroud, 2000, 1st edition. #AnnWoodward #TempusPublishing #Barrows #Prehistory #Archaeology #BookOfTheDay

The front cover of the hardback edition of British Barrows: A Matter of Life and Death by Ann Woodward. Plain dark moss green with title in white and a large colour aerial photo of the Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery near Wimborne St Giles in Dorset.

#592 S.H.M. Pollard (ed) - Devon Archaeological Society Proceedings No 31. Devon Archaeological Society, 1973. #SheilaPollard #DevonArchaeologicalSociety #Devon #Archaeology #Dartmoor #Reaves #StoneCircles #Barrows #BookOfTheDay

The front cover of the Devon Archaeological Society - Proceedings No 31 for 1973. Plain cream with title and a table of contents:

A Late Prehistoric Reave System near Cholwich Town, Dartmoor by Andrew Fleming and John Collis, with R. L. Jones.
Stone Rings on South-East Dartmoor by Lt. C. J. Davidson R.N. & Lt. R. A. G. Seabrook R.A.N.
Bronze Age Pottery from Barrows at Berrynarbor, Nymet Tracey and Lovehayne by Susan M. Pearce.
Archaeological Notes, Compiled by Ann Hamlin.

S England survey rpt for xref with Curragh Kildare https://historicengland.org.uk/research/results/reports/8945/BrowndownRanges(north)GosportHampshire
#trenches #barrows
(via @OlafBayer1)

Ever wondered how many cows you can fit on a Bronze age barrow?

#somerset #priddy #barrows #cows

A small number of black and eight cows are stood directly on the very top of a Bronze Age barrow

A vast Bronze Age cemetery of burial mounds unearthed near Stonehenge. The barrows were built at the same time as most of Stonehenge. #Archaeology #BronzeAge #England #Stonehenge #Barrows

https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/vast-cemetery-of-bronze-age-burial-mounds-unearthed-near-stonehenge