Monument types Monument types The Ancient Tenements are the oldest surviving farms on Dartmoor, in the United Kingdom. They have been established here since 14th century, and sometimes earlier. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ancient Tenements"
Atlantic Roundhouse is an archaeological term used to describe a family of stone-built Iron Age buildings found in the northern and western parts of mainland Scotland, the Northern Isles and Hebrides. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atlantic Roundhouses"
British Archaeologists refine the general archaeological use of avenue to denote a long, parallel-sided strip of land, measuring up to about 30m in width, open at either end and with edges marked by stone or timber alignments and/or a low earth bank and ditch. The term is used for such features all over the British Isles but they are concentrated in the centre and south of England. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avenue (archaeology)"
In archaeology, Banjo enclosure is the name given to a type of archaeological feature of the British middle Iron Age. The are so named because in plan they consist of a small round area with a long entrance track leading inwards from one direction. This gives them the appearance in plan of frying pans or banjos. The enclosure is defined by a low bank and ditch. The earthworks at the end of the track are sometimes turned outwards, creating a funnel effect. ...more on Wikipedia about "Banjo enclosure"
A bank barrow, sometimes referred to as a barrow-bank, ridge barrow, or ridge mound, is a type of tumulus first identified by O.G.S. Crawford in 1938. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bank barrow"
A bell barrow, sometimes referred to as a Wessex type barrow, campanulate form barrow, or a bermed barrow is a type of tumulus identified as such by both John Aubrey and William Stukeley. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bell barrow"
A bowl barrow, sometimes referred to as a cairn circle, cairn ring, howe, kerb cairn, tump or rotunda grave is a type of tumulus first identified by John Thurnam. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bowl barrow"
A cairn is a manmade pile of stones. They are nearly always in uplands, on moors or mountain tops. The term tends to be used in reference to Scotland, but is occasionally used elsewhere. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cairn"
Causewayed enclosures are a type of large prehistoric earthworks common to the early Neolithic Europe. More than 100 examples are recorded in France, 70 in England and further sites are known in Scandinavia, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Northern Ireland and Slovakia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Causewayed enclosure"
A causewayed ring ditch is a type of prehistoric monument. ...more on Wikipedia about "Causewayed ring ditch"
Celtic fields are a popular name for the traces of early agricultural fieldsystems found in the British Isles. They are sometimes preserved in areas were industrial farming has not been adopted and can date from any time between the Early Bronze Age (c. 1800 BC) until the early medieval period. ...more on Wikipedia about "Celtic fields"
A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures. In the case of individual burials, the chamber is thought to signify a higher status for the interree than a simple grave. Built from rock or sometimes wood, the chambers could also serve as places for storage of the dead from one family or social group and were often used over long periods for the placemnet of multiple burials. There are numerous terms for them depending on the period, design and region in question. Most were built from large stones or megaliths and covered by cairns, barrows or earth, but the term is also applied to tombs cut directly into rock and wooden-chambered tombs covered with earth barrows. Grave goods are a common characteristic of chamber tomb burials. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chamber tomb"
A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a cairn of stones inside which a sizeable (usually stone) chamber was constructed. Some chambered cairns are also passage-graves. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chambered cairn"
Chambered long barrows are a type of megalithic burial monument found in the British Isles in the Neolithic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chambered long barrow" http://www.shortopedia.com never sleeps.
The Clava cairn is a type of Bronze Age circular chamber tomb cairn, named after the group of 3 cairns at Balnuaran of Clava, to the east of Inverness in Scotland. There are about 50 cairns of this type in an area round about Inverness. They fall into two sub-types, one typically consisting of a corbelled passage grave with a single burial chamber linked to the entrance by a short passage and covered with a cairn of stones, with the entrances oriented south west towards midwinter sunset. In the other sub-type an annular ring cairn encloses an apparently unroofed area with no formal means of access from the outside. In both sub-types a stone circle surrounds the whole tomb and a kerb often runs around the cairn. The heights of the standing stones vary in height so that the tallest fringe the entrance (oriented south west) and the shortest are directly opposite it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clava cairn"
(Cliff-dwelling) Cliff dwelling is the general archaeological term for the habitations of primitive peoples, formed by utilizing niches or caves in high cliffs, with more or less excavation or with additions in the way of masonry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cliff-dwelling"
A concentric stone circle is a type of prehistoric ritual monument consisting of a circular or oval arrangement of two or more stone circles set within one another. They were in use from the late Neolithic to the end of the early Bronze Age and are found in England and Scotland. ...more on Wikipedia about "Concentric stone circle"
The Court cairn is a variety of megalithic chamber tomb found in south west Scotland and central and northern Ireland. They are alternatively known as Clyde Carlingford tombs, horned cairns or court tombs. The term was devised by the Irish archaeologist, Rúaidhri De Valera in the 1960s to cover a variety of different tombs that have certain architectural elements in common. ...more on Wikipedia about "Court cairn"
Cove is a term used to describe a tightly concentrated group of large standing stones found in Neolithic and Bronze Age England. Coves are square or rectangular in plan and seem to have served as small enclosures within other henge, stone circle or avenue features. They consist of three or four orthostats placed together to give the impression of a box. An opening between the stones, oriented south east is also a feature. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cove (standing stones)"
Cruciform passage graves describe a complex example of prehistoric passage grave found in Ireland, west Wales and Orkney and built during the later Neolithic, from around 3500 BC and later. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cruciform passage grave"
Cursus was a name given by early British archaeologists such as William Stukeley to the large parallel lengths of banks with external ditches which they thought were early athletics tracks. Cursus monuments are now understood to be Neolithic structures and may have been of ceremonial function. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cursus"
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Denehole (alternatively Dene hole or Dene-hole) is the name given to certain caves or excavations in England, which have been popularly supposed to be due to the Danes or some other of the early northern invaders of the country. The common spelling Dane hole is adduced as evidence of this, and individual names, such as Vortigerns Caves at Margate, and Canutes Gold Mine near Bexley, naturally follow the same theory. The word, however, is probably derived from the Anglo Saxon den, a hole or valley. The lack of evidence found in them has led to long arguments as to their function. ...more on Wikipedia about "Denehole"
An enclosed oppidum was a type of large, late Iron Age settlement, or oppidum surrounded by an encircling bank and ditch. They differ from hillforts through being not necessarily sited on high ground and through being permanent settlements with a strong economic function. As well as re-occupying older hillfort sites they can also be found on valley sides and next to rivers. Evidence from archaeological excavation suggests they were centres for trade, politics and religion with certain areas within the enclosure being dedicated to each function. ...more on Wikipedia about "Enclosed oppidum"
In archaeology, an enclosure refers to one of the most common types of archaeological site. It refers to any area of land separated from surrounding land by earthworks, walls or fencing. Such a simple feature is found all over the world and during almost all archaeological periods. They may be few metres across or be large enough to encompass whole cities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Enclosure (archaeology)"
A fogou is an underground structure which is found in many Iron Age settlements in Cornwall. The purpose of a fogou is no longer known, and there is little evidence to suggest what it might have been. It has been conjectured that they were used as refuges or for food storage. Their central location in settlements and the work which evidently went into constructing them is indicative of their importance, which may have been religious. Fogous consist of a buried, stone slab-lined gallery. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fogou"
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