Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: prehistoric

This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor. The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials. The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones. The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn. To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.

This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor. The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials. The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones. The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn. To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.

This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor. The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials. The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones. The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn. To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.

This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor. The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials. The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones. The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn. To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.

This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor. The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials. The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones. The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn. To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.

This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor. The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials. The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones. The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn. To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.

This is a group of prehistoric monuments at Merrivale, where a Bronze Age settlement site and an earlier, Neolithic ritual complex lie side by side in the National Park Dartmoor. The monuments from the late Neolithic (3000–2300 BC) here comprise two double stone rows, a single row, a small cromlech (stone circle), two menhirs (standing stones) nearby, and a number of cairns, associated with burials. The most prominent features are the two double stone rows running east to west. Each consists of more than 150 stones. The northern double row is 182 metres long, the second row runs roughly parallel with the first but is stretching 263 metres across the moor. It has terminal stones blocking each end. Near the middle of this row, a ring of stones marks the kerb of a small cairn. To the west of these rows is a circle of 11 low-lying stones of local granite, about 18 metres in diameter. There is a 3 metres high menhir nearby.

A town may have existed here since ancient times, it was seized by Scipio Africanus away from Carthage by 207 BC, in the context of the Second Punic War. Following the Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the city became the head of an important territory with some similarities to the current province. Jaén was conquered by the Almoravids in 1091. Taken in 1159 by Ibn Mardanīš (aka "Rey Lobo"), who was opposed to the spread of the Almohad Empire, it fell back to the Almohads in 1169. In 1225, Fernando III of Castile unsuccessfully laid siege to Jaén. The city was besieged again in 1230 by Fernand who lifted the siege after the news of the death of his father, Alfonso IX of León. In 1246 Muhammad I of Granada surrendered to Fernando. Following the conquest the Diocese of Baeza was moved to Jaén. During the Spanish Civil War, the city remained loyal to the Second Spanish Republic and was therefore bombed by the infamous German Condor Legion flying squadron on April 1, 1937. Current estimates suggest that 159 residents were killed and several hundred injured in the bombing. The “Museo Íbero” is located here in a new building that only opened in 2017 and houses an outstanding collection of Iberian art.

A town may have existed here since ancient times, it was seized by Scipio Africanus away from Carthage by 207 BC, in the context of the Second Punic War. Following the Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the city became the head of an important territory with some similarities to the current province. Jaén was conquered by the Almoravids in 1091. Taken in 1159 by Ibn Mardanīš (aka "Rey Lobo"), who was opposed to the spread of the Almohad Empire, it fell back to the Almohads in 1169. In 1225, Fernando III of Castile unsuccessfully laid siege to Jaén. The city was besieged again in 1230 by Fernand who lifted the siege after the news of the death of his father, Alfonso IX of León. In 1246 Muhammad I of Granada surrendered to Fernando. Following the conquest the Diocese of Baeza was moved to Jaén. During the Spanish Civil War, the city remained loyal to the Second Spanish Republic and was therefore bombed by the infamous German Condor Legion flying squadron on April 1, 1937. Current estimates suggest that 159 residents were killed and several hundred injured in the bombing. The “Museo Íbero” is located here in a new building that only opened in 2017 and houses an outstanding collection of Iberian art. This icon is called "Master of Beasts". This is from about 500 BC. In Christian churches, Daniel can often be seen as a "MoB".

A town may have existed here since ancient times, it was seized by Scipio Africanus away from Carthage by 207 BC, in the context of the Second Punic War. Following the Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the city became the head of an important territory with some similarities to the current province. Jaén was conquered by the Almoravids in 1091. Taken in 1159 by Ibn Mardanīš (aka "Rey Lobo"), who was opposed to the spread of the Almohad Empire, it fell back to the Almohads in 1169. In 1225, Fernando III of Castile unsuccessfully laid siege to Jaén. The city was besieged again in 1230 by Fernand who lifted the siege after the news of the death of his father, Alfonso IX of León. In 1246 Muhammad I of Granada surrendered to Fernando. Following the conquest the Diocese of Baeza was moved to Jaén. During the Spanish Civil War, the city remained loyal to the Second Spanish Republic and was therefore bombed by the infamous German Condor Legion flying squadron on April 1, 1937. Current estimates suggest that 159 residents were killed and several hundred injured in the bombing. The “Museo Íbero” is located here in a new building that only opened in 2017 and houses an outstanding collection of Iberian art. These male figures are around 4000 - 5000 years old.

The islands in the mediterranean sea still hold many unsolved prehistoric enigmas. Monte d'Accoddi near Sassari is one of them. The small hill was used as a base for an antiaircraft gun in WWII. At that time it came clear, that this was not just a hill in the meadow. Excavations done in the 1950s found the ruins of a ziggurat. A terraced step pyramid, known from Mesopotamia, but not from mediterranean islands. The oldest parts of the ziggurat are dated to around 4.000 BC. The structure had a base of 36m by 27m and probably reached a height of 5.5 m. A ramp, flanked by menhires, lead up to a kind of house (temple?) on the highest platform. It has been partially reconstructed during the 1980s.

The islands in the mediterranean sea still hold many unsolved prehistoric enigmas. Monte d'Accoddi near Sassari is one of them. The small hill was used as a base for an antiaircraft gun in WWII. At that time it came clear, that this was not just a hill in the meadow. Excavations done in the 1950s found the ruins of a ziggurat. A terraced step pyramid, known from Mesopotamia, but not from mediterranean islands. The oldest parts of the ziggurat are dated to around 4.000 BC. The structure had a base of 36m by 27m and probably reached a height of 5.5 m. A ramp, flanked by menhires, lead up to a kind of house (temple?) on the highest platform. It has been partially reconstructed during the 1980s.

The islands in the mediterranean sea still hold many unsolved prehistoric enigmas. Monte d'Accoddi near Sassari is one of them. The small hill was used as a base for an antiaircraft gun in WWII. At that time it came clear, that this was not just a hill in the meadow. Excavations done in the 1950s found the ruins of a ziggurat. A terraced step pyramid, known from Mesopotamia, but not from mediterranean islands. The oldest parts of the ziggurat are dated to around 4.000 BC. The structure had a base of 36m by 27m and probably reached a height of 5.5 m. A ramp, flanked by menhires, lead up to a kind of house (temple?) on the highest platform. It has been partially reconstructed during the 1980s.