Archaeology Collection (#38)

Grandmere De Chimquiere
La Grandmere de Chimquiere, a stone fertility figure which stands beside St. Martins Church, Guernsey. A fine example of a prehistoric statue of the Earth Mother

Arran Standing Stone
A young woman looks at one of the largest ancient standing stones, near Dougrie, Isle of Arran, Scotland. The island has many such ancient stones. Date: BC

Roman hypocaust at Chedworth
Roman hypocaust pillars, part of an underfloor and walls central heating system, in the remains of a villa at Chedworth, Gloucestershire, England. 3rd - 4th century A.D. C.1950

The Kings Men ancient stone circle, part of the Rollright Stones, dating back to about 3000 B.C. Oxfordshire, England. Date: January 1939

Westdean White Horse
A white horse at Westdean, Sussex, England, which is little known, being cut out very high on a hillside and difficult to see. King Alfred met Asser the Monk here. Date: 1950s

Romano British Ovens
Remains of the bakers ovens from the Roman era, in the city walls at Southgate, Exeter, Devon, England. Date: 1st century

Roman Bath at Bath
Part of the Great Bath, the centrepiece of the Roman baths at Bath, Somerset. It is lined with 45 sheets of lead and filled with hot spa water and once stood in a 40m. high hall Date: 1960s

Iron Age Houses
Well-preserved examples of Iron Age houses, at broch of Dun Carloway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: 1st Century BC

Roman Forum. Leicester
Part of the Roman Forum, now known as the Jewry Wall, Leicester, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1st century

London Roman Wall
The line of the Roman wall of London, now simply known as London Wall, north of Gresham Street, looking towards St. Giles Churchtard, Cripplegate after the World War Two Blitz. Date: 1950s

Walls of Babylon
This curious animal bas relief carving is on the ancient walls of Babylon (modern Iraq). Date: BC

Roman Milestone
The Roman Milestone at Chesterholme, the only Roman milestone in Britain which still stands in its original position, by a Roman Road, near Hadrians Wall. Date: 1st century

Harolds Stone Row, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, said to commemorate a battle victory of King Harold, but more likely to be of prehistoric date. Date: 1950s

Roman Pig Carving
A Roman stone carving of a wild boar. The wild board was the emblem of the 20th Legion, one of the legions which helped to build Hadrians Wall, Northumberland, England. Date: 1st century

Roman Ditch
The outer ditch of the old encampment, said to be of Roman origin, on Badby Down, near Badby, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1960s

Torhouse Standing Stones
The Standing Stones of Torhouse, about 2 miles from Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland. The stones form a circle of 19 stones, enclosing 3 central blocks. Date: BC

Roman Tower Foundations
The foundations of a Roman tower at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1st century AD

Dartmoor Standing Stone
A granite Standing Stone and ancient stone row, near Nattor, on Dartmoor, Devon, England, one of many similar stones situated on all parts of the moor. Date: BC

The Four Stones, Walton, near New Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales. An arrangement of huge megaliths, believed to have been of religious significance, now in a meadow. Date: BC

Stane Street
A glimpse of Stane Street, a famous Roman Road, seen here at Tyrells Wood, near Leatherhead, Surrey, England. Date: 1950s

The Churchill Stone, an ancient standing stone in a ditch between Chipping Campden and the village of Churchill, Oxfordshire, England. Date: BC

Recumbent Menhir
The magnificent recumbent menhir (standing stone) seen in a hedge by the roadside, east of Burl Hill, near New Radnor, Radnorshire, Wales. Date: BC

The Grey Wethers, standing stones on Dartmoor, Devon, England, survivals of Prehistoric times, in the middle of the moor. Date: BC

Devenish Round Tower
The Round Tower on the island of Devenish, off lower Loch Erne, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Date: 12th century

Ricknild Street, Gloucestershire, England, a Roman Road, said to have run from Derby to Bourton-on-the- Water, where it is joined by the Foss Way. Date: 1st century A.D

Rudston Monolith, a 25 foot high standing stone, in Rudston churchyard, Yorkshire, England, the highest of its kind in Britain. Date: BC

Old Roman Road
A section of the Roman road at Datchworth Green, Hertfordshire, England, which points to the ford at Ayot St. Lawrence. Date: 1930s

Ermine Street, near Cranwell, Lincolnshire, England, looking north; the original Roman Great North Road, between London, York and Hadrians Wall. Date: 1st century A.D

Sandbach Crosses
In the market square of Sandbach, Cheshire, are these two Anglian Crosses, completed in the 9th century to commemorate the advent of Christianity in 653 A.D. Date: early 1940s

Ancient Standing Stone
The standing stone beside Lyneham Long Barrow, Oxfordshire, England, said to be 3 feet deep in the ground, 6 feet high, 5 feet wide and 1 feet 6 inches thick. Date: BC

The Tibble Stone, Glos. England. Legend has it that a giant from Dixton Hill (in the background) threw it towards the River Severn, but it fell short at Teddington! Date: BC

Prehistoric Markstone
A Prehistoric Markstone, near the bridge and ford on the River Ver at St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Date: BC

Roman Masonry
Roman masonry in the basement of business premises on the corner of Gracechurch Street and Leadenhal Market, London. Believed to the be base of a statue and part of the Forum. Date: 1st century

Chedworth Roman villa remains
The remains of the foundations of the dining room of a Roman villa at Chedworth, Gloucestershire, England. 3rd - 4th century A.D. C.1950

ROMAN BACK LANE
The Roman Road known as Back Lane, south west of Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England. Here it is seen running by the side of a field hedge. Date: 1930s

Selcuk, Turkey - Ruins - The Library
Selcuk, Turkey (Ancient Ephesus) - Ruins - The Library Date: circa 1905

Aerial view of Mari, Syria
An aerial view of the site at Mari (modern Tell Hariri) in Syria. In the foreground can be seen the city, dating from 2600 B.C. and in the background the Palace

Selcuk, Turkey - Ruins - The Tomb of St Luke
Selcuk, Turkey (Ancient Ephesus) - Ruins - The Tomb of St Luke Date: circa 1902

Baalbek - The Acropolis
The Lebanese archaeological site of Baalbek (ancient Heliopolis), which features some of the finest and best preserved Roman remains in the Middle East. The Temple of the Sun from the South West

Lubaantun archaeology - rapid tropical growth
The dramatic effects of rapid vegetation growth on archaeological sites. The amphitheatre grand stands at the ancient Maya ruins of Lubaantun in British Honduras(today Belize)

Lubaantun archaeology - reconstruction of the citadel
A reconstruction drawing of the Maya citadel of Lubaantun, British Honduras(today Belize). 1925

Lindos, Greece - Ruins of the Acropolis
Lindos, Greece - Ruins the acropolis of Lindos, a natural citadel which was fortified successively by the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Knights of St John and the Ottomans. Date: circa 1903

Mycenae, Greece. Site of the Early greek city state of Mycenae, famed for its shaft grave deposits discovered by Heinrich Schliemann. Date: circa 1910s

Poster advertising trips to Iran, featuring an ancient sculpture. 20th century

Lubaantun archaeology - native girl in British Museum, 1926
Believed to be the first of a dying race of Maya indians who has ever visited England: Emilia Vasquez standing by an ancient Maya monolith in the British Museum

Lubaantun archaeology - mysterious Maya relics, 1924
Mysterious relics from the ruined Maya city of Lubaatun on the Columbia branch of the Rio Grande, British Honduras(today Belize)

Lubaatun map, 1924
A ruined Maya city of Lubaatun on the Columbia branch of the Rio Grande, British Honduras(today Belize). Discovered in 1924, the city was christened Lubaatun by the archaeologists before they left

St Albans - Verulamium - The Roman Theatre, one of the best preserved in the UK. Date: 1910s

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