Littlestone
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Mythical Ireland
Feb 05, 2010, 17:25
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http://www.mythicalireland.com/
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tjj
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Re: Rock Art in Wales
Feb 06, 2010, 15:17
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I don't think this one has been included; it also has a link on the home page to a Facebook site called Welsh Rock Art Organisation, which gives regular update feeds if you join.
http://www.rock-art-in-wales.co.uk/
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Littlestone
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Website archives to be fast-tracked
Feb 14, 2010, 14:33
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The Guardian's Scotland correspondent, Severin Carrell, writing on 27 December last year reports that -
"New legal powers to allow the British Library to archive millions of websites are to be fast-tracked by ministers after the Guardian exposed long delays in introducing the measures.
"The powers are very similar to copyright laws which require every publisher in the UK to provide the libraries ‑ chiefly the British Library and the NLS, but also the National Library of Wales, the Bodleian in Oxford, Cambridge University library and Trinity College Dublin ‑ with copies of every printed book, magazine, journal and newspaper.
"The internet is fast becoming the dominant form of publication in the UK: about a third of all works currently published are only in digital form and that number is increasing dramatically. Ministers predict the UK will host 15m websites by 2016 but under existing powers the British Library would be able to archive only 1% of them.
"Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, said: "By 2020 more material will be published in digital format than in print; the British Library must collect, preserve and provide access to that material. I very much welcome this consultation which extends the principle of legal deposit to cover material published digitally and online.""
More here -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/dec/27/libraries-internet
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Littlestone
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British History Online
Feb 23, 2010, 16:59
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"British History Online is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research."*
(They seem to have pushed their remit back a bit further than the medieval).
* More here - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/Default.aspx
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Mustard
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Re: British History Online
Feb 23, 2010, 22:35
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Really fantastic site. I can see myself losing weeks of my life in there already!
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tjj
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Edited Feb 27, 2010, 22:49
Re: shee-eire.com
Feb 27, 2010, 20:44
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I found this site while looking for something else and apart from myths and folklore: Áine was a goddess of the Celtic peoples and later in christian times she became known as a fairy queen. There is an ancient cairn and three small ring barrows known as Mullach an Triuir on the summit of Cnoc Áine which is near Knockainy village in Co. Limerick. She was revered up until the 19th century when men and women brought large torches of hay up to the summit of Cnoc Áine where they circled the ring barrows anti-clockwise before going down again and sprinkling the ashes of the torches over their fields and livestock.
there are also sections Ancient Monuments and Archaeology, Arts and Crafts.
http://www.shee-eire.com/Shee.htm
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Littlestone
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Creswell Crags
May 03, 2010, 20:46
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"Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves and smaller fissures. Stone tools and remains of animals found in the caves by archaeologists provide evidence for a fascinating story of life during the last Ice Age between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago"
More here - http://www.creswell-crags.org.uk/Home.aspx
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TheStandingStone
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Re: shee-eire.com
May 04, 2010, 07:42
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Just had a look at that site...pretty out there.
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Howburn Digger
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Re: Blogs and websites of possible interest
May 04, 2010, 22:22
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After the incredible Upper Palaeolithic tools find and last year's rewrite-the-history-books dig at Howburn Farm, Tam Ward and the Biggar Archaeology Group continues its long term programme. Their website is here.
http://www.biggararchaeology.org.uk/
Regular updates plus news of finds and new projects.
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moss
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Heather and Hillforts project
May 06, 2010, 10:55
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The following is a link to the spring news letter of this website..
http://www.heatherandhillforts.co.uk/images/stories/pdf/spring2010newseng.pdf
in which if you scroll down there has been a 'restored' bronze age burial mound, destroyed partly by 19th 'excavators' and also by walkers on Penycloddiau hillfort on the Clwydian range...
What I like about the H/H website, that it gets people, and children involved, in looking after sites, and of course Wales is my favourite place ;)
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