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Loving the new law that once we reach +28° all archaeological digs must provide ice creams and lollies! 😎🍦
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A pyramid shaped stone, with it's point upwards. It is in a flat grassy field, with some trees in the background
This stone appears isolated and is standing on its head. Look at the orientation of the banding. What happened to the other stones from this field?
#25sarsensofchristmas #dailysarsen
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The Nine Stones, near Winterbourne Abbas is a small stone circle made with sarsens, probably from the #valleyofstones.
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One of our volunteers surveyed this stone in the summer. It looks as though it might have been used for grinding something, at some point!
#dailysarsen #25sarsensofchristmas
#valleyofstones #grindingstone
#fundinginprotectedlandscapes #heritagefunduk
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Our colleagues Historic England have been busy recording in detail all the earthworks visible from the air, and we hope that they will be able to produce a phased sequence of activity which might shed more light.
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A grassy bank with a 2 stones just visible
These sarsens appear to be underneath a field lynchet. There has long been speculation over the date of the field systems in the Valley of Stones?
#25sarsensofchristmas #dailysarsen #valleyofstones
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A large stone with an excavated area behind it. There are lots of small stones in parts of the excavated area
What should you expect to find when digging around sarsens? More sarsens!
We excavated a small area near the polissoir, and found many, many, small sarsens underneath the topsoil.
#25sarsensofchristmas #dailysarsen
#sarsen #Neolithic #valleyofstones #FarminginProtectedLandscapes
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Several stones lying at different angles are visible in the foreground. In the background there are lots of stones scattered across a grassy field
A large stone is lying on an angle, with smaller stones either side. It is in a grassy field, with a hill behind.
In 1908 these stones were described as ‘a collapsed dolmen’ by the Dorset Field Club. We hope to investigate further-it is an unusual location for this type of monument.
#25sarsensofchristmas #dailysarsen #valleyofstones #FarminginProtectedLandscapes #TombTuesday @heritagefunduk.bsky.social
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A circle of large stones in a grassy field
This small circle of stones in the Valley of Stones is the remnants of a bronze or iron age house. The house itself would have been built out of wood, just using the stones for additional external support.
#25sarsensofchristmas #dailysarsen
#sarsen #valleyofstones #FarminginProtectedLandscapes
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A large stone with visible banding
This is a typical sarsen stone in the Valley of Stones. You can clearly see the different layers of geological deposits.
#25sarsensofchristmas #dailysarsen
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A semicircle of stones in a grassy field. There are also other stones nearby
In a grass valley some banks are visible near a collection of large stones
When is a circle of stones not a stone circle?
When it forms a D shape and has house platforms nearby. This is probably a medieval sheep enclosure.
#25sarsensofchristmas #dailysarsen #sarsen #valleyofstones #FarminginProtectedLandscapes
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A large stone, with moss
A large stone partially covered in bramble, with stones and trees in the background
This stone is huge. It’s a contender for the largest stone in the Valley of Stones. Interestingly it has avoided being broken up. Why has it survived?
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#sarsen #valleyofstones #dorset #FarminginProtectedLandscapes @naturalengland.bsky.social
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