Dan Herbert
@DanHerb10
Me? Prehistory. Castles. Normans . New Model Army. Killing Joke. Folklore. Arsenal. Neurodivergent. Cursed by MECFS. Academic librarian by day. #MDANT
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25-09-2020 05:38:16
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#AlbumOpeningSongs
Day 3
New Model Army
Christian Militia
Vengeance
There could be a lot of NMA on this list.
Still remember buying this as a youth who felt they didn't belong and how everything struck accord with me
The music, the sentiment and always the art of Joolz Denby
The weird and wonderful Maiden Castle, Yorkshire Dales, with its peculiar stone avenue and adjacent burial mound ๐ค
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The site has never been dated, and it's not clear whether it is Iron Age, Bronze Age, or Anglo-Saxon.
#HillfortsWednesday #archaeology #Dales #Yorkshire #travel
Scheme For Recording Ancient Defensive Earthworks & Fortified Enclosures, 1903. Lovely little 22 page booklet with lots of equally lovely little hillfort plans
#HillfortsWednesday
#NeolithicNovember is live! Here are the cup-and-ring marks at Dunchraigaig, dating to the time of the 1st farmers and part of Scotlandโs beautiful Kilmartin Glen โฆCumbria Pastโฉ
A swopping view from 40,000 years ago....
Stone truly is a foundation...well...stone of our understanding of early prehistory. While used to make the tools which helped provide a name for the period, it actually offered more than a sharp edge.
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Dorset Cursus at Martin Down, Dorset, UK
Raised linear earthwork.
Largest known such structure of this type. Use unknown although it made a good lockdown escape
#NeolithicNovember
Dan Herbert The Megalithic Portal Inspiration for this album from this year too richardnorris.bandcamp.com/album/lore-of-โฆ
Dan Herbert For Sussex based Prehistoric earthwork fun?
With low earthworks but good parking and dramatic views:
Belle Tout (with pub)
Devil's Dyke (with pub)
Ditchling Beacon
Harting Beacon
Highdown
Hollingbury
Longer walks and stunning views:
Mount Caburn
Wolstonbury
Dan Herbert See also the rather lovely album available on Ghost Box records:
ghostbox.co.uk/press-archivesโฆ
Dan Herbert Yes, that path up the scarp slope of the Downs is mighty steep !
Bonus pics below of Chanctonbury being dug after the Great Storm of 87 and prior to replanting ๐
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