Around 8,000 years ago, prehistoric hunters killed an aurochs and their grilling techniques were frozen in time. THE GIST Remains of a butchered and cooked female aurochs (a prehistoric cow) have been identified from a Stone Age Netherlands site. The hunters appear to have cooked the meat over an open fire, eating the bone marrow [...]
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Prehistoric BBQ Leftovers Found – Amesbury Discovery
Posted in Amesbury, Archaeologists, archaeology, aurochs bones, british history, english culture, English Heritage, neolithic, prehistory, sightseeing, stone age, Stonehenge, visit wiltshire, wessex on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Up Helly Aa – Shetlands Viking Fire Festival 2012
Posted in British Folklore, british history, scotland tours, shetlands, sightseeing, Up Helly Aa, Viking Festival on February 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
For 24 hours, on the last Tuesday of January, the town of Lerwick goes more than a little mad. “There will be no postponement for weather”. That’s a defiant boast by Shetland’s biggest fire festival, considering it’s held in mid-winter on the same latitude as southern Greenland. But it’s true: gales, sleet and snow have [...]
Tisbury Bronze Age Hoard Goes on Show at Salisbury Museum .
Posted in archaeology, british history, prehistory, salisbury events, Salisbury Guided Tours, salisbury museum, sightseeing, Tisbuty hoard, visit wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire on November 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An exciting new Bronze Age hoard discovered in west Wiltshire (near Stonehenge) has just gone on display at Salisbury Museum. It was found a month ago in a field near Tisbury by a metal detectorist. He reported the first object, a spearhead, to the Wiltshire Finds Liaison Officer. A team of archaeologists then excavated the remaining [...]
Out of Earth – Major Exhibition Galleries – Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum
Posted in archaeology, English Heritage, events in wiltshire, History, prehistory, salisbury events, salisbury museum, sightseeing, visit wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire on November 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Renowned potter Chris Carter and archaeologist Martin Green share their fascination with the prehistoric past of Cranborne Chase. Through art and artefact, they reveal a story of the humans that occupied the landscape before history was written. Out of the Earth explores a dialogue between artist and archaeologist as they respond to the objects excavated [...]
VisitWiltshire Launches ‘Wiltshire Downs & Market Towns’ Pocket Guide And Map 2011 / 2012
Posted in events in wiltshire, Salisbury Cathedral, salisbury events, Salisbury Guided Tours, sightseeing, UK Tourism updates, visit wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire on October 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
VisitWiltshire has launched a new handy sized Wiltshire Downs & Market Towns pocket guide and map, offering helpful information as part of an on-going campaign to attract and retain visitors to the county. The 24-page pocket guide details a host of attractions and activities to suit all ages, with information about events and festivals, food [...]
The votes are in: your favourite British building
Posted in architecture, countryside, durham cathedral, sightseeing, sightseeing tours, Stonehenge, world heritage on September 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The results of our readers’ vote for Britain’s best building are in. Did your favourite win? When we asked which British building you thought deserved to take the final place in our Britain’s best building series, we got a wonderful response and a vast range of suggestions from the very old Stonehenge to the not [...]
Avebury Stone Circle – Strange Wiltshire
Posted in archaeology, Avebury, British Folklore, british history, neolithic, prehistory, sightseeing, silbury hill, Stonehenge, strange wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire on August 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The ancient standing stones at Avebury, lie between Swindon and Devizes on the A4361. Avebury rings are a World Heritage site and attracts thousands of visitors annually, who are no doubt intrigued by the mystery that surrounds their construction. The henge is believed to date back to around 2600BC; just what motivated our ancestors to [...]
Crop circle – Avebury Stone Circle. REMEMBER CROP CIRCLE ETIQUETTE: Guidelines for visiting formations
Posted in Avebury, crop circles, sightseeing, silbury hill, Stonehenge, wessex, Wiltshire, Wiltshire Crop Circles on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Another circle ‘crops up’ in Wiltshire -Windmill Hill (2), nr Avebury Stone Circle , Wiltshire. Reported 26th July. Another amazing cropcircle has appeared in Wiltshire. If you are not visiting with a local tour guide please respect the ‘crop circle etiquette’-see below. CROP CIRCLE ETIQUETTE: Guidelines for visiting formations FOR VISITING THE CROP [...]
Stonehenge Crop Circles appear
Posted in crop circles, events in wiltshire, Salisbury Guided Tours, sightseeing, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours, strange wiltshire, wessex, Wiltshire, Wiltshire Crop Circles on July 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
THE first two crop circles of the summer have appeared close to Stonehenge. Both lie in a barley field just off the A360, near Airman’s Corner. Francine Blake of the Wiltshire Crop Circle Study Group said the first, which is 170ft in diameter, is an important symbol similar to one from the ancient Mayan culture, [...]
Stonehenge and Georgian Bath – Bathing with the Druids
Posted in bath and stonehenge tours, bath tours, british history, Druids, royal circus, royal crescent, sightseeing, stone circle, Stonehenge, Stonehenge private tours on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bath | Stonehenge | Paganism | Ley Lines| Druids | Masonic Lodge It is said that the Circus is joined to the Royal Crescent by a ley-line, that they represent the sun and the moon, and that Brock St which links them is the most paranormally active street in Bath! The circumference of the Circus [...]
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