Stonehenge is i of the most iconic prehistoric monuments inwards the world. Every twelvemonth it is visited yesteryear over 1.5 i K one thousand people. I wonder how many of those visitors take in whatever of the other 300 strange Neolithic too Bronze Age barrows that are inside walking distance of Stonehenge.
One means to appreciate the astonishing prehistoric landscape simply about Stonehenge is yesteryear exploring the Stonehenge Barrow Map. This Google Map shows the place of prehistoric barrows inwards the vicinity of Stonehenge. While it mightiness non live on the same equally visiting the barrows inwards individual the Google Maps aerial persuasion does grade a unique perspective on these prehistoric sites too reveals some features that aren't ever apparent on the ground.
The barrow markers on the map are color-coded yesteryear how they are grouped yesteryear Richard Colt Hoare inwards his 'The Ancient History of Wiltshire'. The map equally good has a search facility which allows yous to search for barrows yesteryear advert too yesteryear other criteria, such equally what artifacts were constitute inwards them. You tin detect out to a greater extent than most private barrows yesteryear clicking on its marking on the map. This volition opened upwards an information window containing descriptions from 19th-century too modern-day researchers. It equally good includes links to relevant enquiry & websites too to photographs of the artifacts discovered inwards the selected barrow.
Historic England's 2002 National Mapping Project of Stonehenge added some other 539 of import archaeological sites simply about Stonehenge. About 30 per centum of the newly discovered sites were prehistoric or Roman inwards date. These included outcry upwards ditches, champaign systems, circular barrows too enclosures of diverse forms dating from prehistory.
You tin straight off explore too download enquiry reports from the Stonehenge NMP for 46 of the most of import novel historic sites discovered simply about Stonehenge, The Stonehenge World Heritage Site Landscape Map allows yous to persuasion aerial imagery of these 46 NMP listed sites, larn to a greater extent than most each site too download each site's report.
All 46 sites tin live on navigated to from the map sidebar or yesteryear clicking on the numbered markers on the map. When yous direct a site from the sidebar or map, the map zooms to exhibit the listed site too information for the site is displayed inwards the map side panel. H5N1 link to download the private site's NMP study is equally good provided inwards the map side panel.
