Category Archives: Bronze Age

Days Like This, No 5: Ireland’s Deep Secrets

DAWN breaks over Belfast. A van and a minibus rattle through the city and head down the main road towards Dublin, stopping only at the cross-border road block on the hills above Newry where a British squaddie peers at our … Continue reading

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Feet of Cley on the Norfolk Coast Path

SHINGLE banks are not the easiest terrain to walk across. And between the north Norfolk village of Cley and the town of Sheringham they stretch for miles. It???s a matter of steer your prow into the wind and start plodding … Continue reading

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Wild Winds and the Wain Stones

FOR many years I lived under the misguided impression that Ewan MacColl???s iconic mountain song The Manchester Rambler included a mention of the Wain Stones in the Cleveland Hills. Only recently did I discover there is another set of Wain … Continue reading

Posted in Archaeology, Bronze Age, Cleveland Way, Climbing, Cup and ring carvings, Environment, Ewan MacColl, Footpaths, Hiking, History, Legends, Mountains, Teesside, Vikings, Walking | Tagged , , , , | 35 Comments

Sutton Bank, Witches and Featherless Geese

A walk along the Cleveland Way from Sutton Bank . . . Continue reading

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Haunts of Ancient Peace

Walking on the wind in the Howgill fells . . . Continue reading

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The Howgills ??? and the Sound of the Wind

SOMETIMES it???s enough just to walk, to place one foot in front of another and allow the miles to slip by. What???s that old Irish saying . . . ?

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Counting the Stones on the Brough-Bowes Turnpike

BELDOO Moss is not the most spectacular hill in the north Pennines. Few people have heard of it; even fewer have tramped across it. But it does harbour one or two surprising features that make it worth a visit. I???ve … Continue reading

Posted in Archaeology, Bronze Age, Cup and ring carvings, Great North Road, Hiking, History, Mountains, The Romans, Walking | Tagged , , , | 26 Comments

The Circles that You Find . . .

A final trip back into the Bronze Age in search of rock carvings . . . Continue reading

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Still Walking in Circles

Exploring the Bronze Age rock art of Barningham Moor . . . Continue reading

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Bronzed Off . . .

Another walk in search of Bronze Age rock carvings high on Barningham Moor . . . Continue reading

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In the Bronze Age on Barningham Moor

Searching for Bronze Age cup and ring carvings on Barningham Moor . . . Continue reading

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