A bright and sunny site open day on Saturday 14th September, 2024 allowed a grand opportunity to see first-hand the extraordinary archaeological work and associated finds occurring at Boden near Manaccan in the Parish of Saint Anthony in Cornwall’s Lizard Peninsula. Crowds poured into the site where work conducted under the supervision of archaeologist James ..read more

An urgent message has been circulated by the police Rural Affairs Team. Between 15th August and 6th September 2024, more damage was caused to the giant cairn which sits between Longstone Cross (Long Tom) and Craddock Circle near Minions on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.  This site has suffered over the years with people moving quite ..read more

Firstly, an apology for the hiatus in posting here lately. Various factors, including a family holiday, meant that the journal has not been getting the attention it deserves of late. We do have a backlog of articles pretty much ready to go though, so expect a more regular posting schedule to resume shortly. A couple ..read more

As advised earlier this year, a Memorial Megameet for Nigel Swift, who sadly left us in February this year, will be held at Avebury stone circle, this coming Saturday 17th. The Megameet is a long-standing tradition here at the Heritage Journal, dating back to 2003, when during a discussion on the user forums of the ..read more

By Myghal Map Serpren The granite wheel-headed Mediaeval (1066 to 1539) cross now standing at High Cross, Constantine in Cornwall has had something of a chequered history during which it was both relocated and incurred substantial damage but now appears to have a rather more secure future. High Cross is a hamlet situated in the ..read more

By Myghal Map Serpren The Menhir This substantial menhir is found on a service road leading to Predannack airfield on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall. It is immediately adjacent to a house called most suitably ‘Chy an Menheere’. Measuring some eight feet in height of which around six feet is visible above ground, being approximately ..read more

The Stonehenge tunnel has been cancelled forever, and the view of the stones from the A303 has been preserved. And yet the Heritage Journal didn’t splash a “Hooray!” online. The truth is, that the Heritage Journal’s decade-long resistance of the ‘Stonehenge tunnel’ has left us rather numb. All those who opposed the Stonehenge tunnel agreed ..read more

By Myghal Map Serpren Introduction The ancient town of Penryn in Cornwall stands by the river bearing its name and around a mile inland from Falmouth. Penryn is a Cornish placename translating into English as ‘hill spur’ or ‘promontory’ and there have been substantial archaeological finds in the district from as early as Neolithic times. The settlement was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 although there is ample evidence of human activity in the area dating back to the dawn of human history. © OpenStreetMap contributors  The town was founded in 1216 and Glasney College, a great ..read more

By Myghal Map Serpren The ancient town of Penryn in Cornwall stands by the river bearing its name and around a mile inland from Falmouth. Penryn is a Cornish placename translating into English as ‘hill spur’ or ‘promontory’ and there have been substantial archaeological finds from as early as Neolithic times in the district. The settlement was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 although there is ample evidence of human activity in the area dating back to the dawn of human history. The town grew in importance and was the home of Glasney College, a Collegiate Church and renowned centre of le ..read more

Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS) has been given permission to appeal the decision earlier this year by Mr Justice Holgate. He dismissed SSWHS’s application for judicial review of the Government’s decision to approve a highly damaging, £2.5bn road scheme through Stonehenge World Heritage Site, for a second time. UNESCO, five planning inspectors and over 238,000 people are all opposed to National Highways’ highly damaging plans. Save Stonehenge WHS’s legal action had been the only thing stopping the giant earthmovers from entering this 5,000-year-old landscape. John Adams, chair of t ..read more