Contributions of the group Archaeology in the Landscape

Waiting for the play to start.

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:24:09 +0000

In the ancient Greek city of Knidos in Turkey.

Stratonikeia

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:56:30 +0000

A view across this ancient city in Turkey, part Greek and part Roman. The site is still part occupied by an Ottoman era village.

Theatre with a view.

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:46:36 +0000

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In the Hellenistic city of Amos on the Turkish coast

The lone tree

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:40:55 +0000

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In the ancient Hellenistic city of Amos on the Turkish coast

Surprise fences, HFF All

nobody@ipernity.com (MaggsMep) — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 21:03:02 +0000

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Huish Episcopi is close to Ilchester and the Roman Fosse Way. The building of a housing estate here was very recently put on hold when it was discovered that there was a large Roman Villa right where the new homes are to go. It's thought by the site size that it might have been the luxury home of some big wig.

PiPs x 3

Keep Huish Roman ;-))))))

On this day 2011

nobody@ipernity.com (MaggsMep) — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:27:55 +0000

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Fernworthy stone circle.

"Fernworthy, or Froggymead as it is sometimes known is a fine Bronze Age Stone Circle of twenty-seven granite slabs and blocks that stand in a clearing on a plateau of land within a Forestry Commission plantation about half a mile west of Fernworthy reservoir.

A pair of tiny stones mark a southern entrance (towards the foreground centre in the photograph above). These are flanked by larger stones, the tallest being about 1.1 metres tall, with the stones decreasing in size as they curve round to the north forming a ring of about 20 metres in diameter that is slightly flattened to the east and west.

Chris Collyer"

Uxmal - the Mayan city in Mexico

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:41:55 +0000

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The Mayan pyramid in Uxmal, viewed through a doorway.

Monte Alban

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 17:31:20 +0000

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Monte Alban was a major Zapotec city in Mexico, built largely between 100 BC and 200 AD.

phw[wklb] - Entrance area

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 24 Apr 2021 07:10:53 +0000

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Sentinel stones in front of the entrance to West Kennet Long Barrow.

Italica amphitheatre

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:56:09 +0000

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This is a view of the amphitheatre in Italica, a major Roman town near Seville. The Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian were born there and this amphitheatre was commissioned by Hadrian. It could seat 25,000 spectators, more than double the population of the town.

The Roman amphitheatre at Uthina, in Tunisia

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 21:19:40 +0000

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The Roman amphitheatre at Uthina, in Tunisia.

ppd[22] - Arbor Low stones

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:15:20 +0000

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The stone circle at Arbor Low, surrounded by a ditch and bank. The limestone slabs are laid [mostly] flat and some are broken. All show deep marks from weathering. There is some debate whether the stones were ever vertical.
The figure is standing at one end of the central feature [The "Cove"],
Image captured from the later Bronze Age round barrow that was constructed at the eastern edge of the henge.

ppd[22] - Henge from Gib Hill

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:16:24 +0000

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Looking from the fenced enclosure across at Arbor Low [the Bronze Age round barrow is just nicking the horizon] from the height of the Gib Hill barrows, a little over 350 yards away, in line with the stile.

Carrowmore Tomb 7

nobody@ipernity.com (Kris Lockyear) — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:50:11 +0000

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Taken during the 2019 ICAP post-conference tour.

Pentax K-3, SMC Pentax-DA* 50-135mm lens.

Looking for that pot of gold.

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:56:39 +0000

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Taken by my daughter, an archaeologist, who was directing this excavation in Ireland. They never did find the pot of gold, perhaps they were digging in the wrong place.

The ancient theatre at Byllis, Albania.

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:09:30 +0000

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If the audience became bored with the play, they could always admire the wonderful view.

A decorated column capital

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 22:44:56 +0000

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From the early cathedral of Byllis in Albania.

phw [wwh] - Uffington [5 of 7]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:41:17 +0000

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Looking down onto Dragon Hill - that flat top is man-made. It was probably levelled by the Dobunni, a local Celtic tribe, and used for ceremonial purposes as there is evidence of fires and ritual on the top.

[3] The HFF is to keep sheep and visitors off the Uffington Horse, the head is on the edge of my image.

Milecastle 42 on Hadrian's Wall

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 14:23:35 +0000

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The sun tried to come out at the end of a long wet day walking along the wall. (My daughter, who walked the wall with us, took this one.)

Bryn Celli Ddu burial chamber.

nobody@ipernity.com (Francis Taylor) — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 16:41:05 +0000

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One of Anglesey’s most famous prehistoric landmarks, Bryn Celli Ddu (the ‘Mound in the Dark Grove’ in English) is actually two sites in one. In the early Neolithic period, a henge (bank and ditch) enclosing a circle of stones was built here, to be replaced later by a chambered tomb beneath a mound measuring up to 26m in diameter. Inside, a long, narrow passage leads to an octagonal chamber 2.4m across, where artefacts such as human bones, arrowheads and carved stones have been found.

But Bryn Celli Ddu’s most unusual feature can only be seen once a year. As the sun rises on the summer solstice (the longest day of the year) shafts of light shine directly down the tomb’s passageway to illuminate the chamber within.