Calderstones
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The Calderstones are located in Calderstones Park , in the Allerton district of Liverpool . They are the only remains of an ornate megalith from Maeshowetyp in England . They are now in greenhouses to protect them from the elements.
Rock carvings from this period are extremely rare. The Calderstones, along with Knockmany in Northern Ireland , Maes Howe in Orkney and Barclodiad y Gawres and Bryn Celli Ddu in Wales, form the most elaborate decoration of all the Passage Tombs in Great Britain . Similar plants of this type can otherwise be found in Ireland (e.g. Newgrange and Knowth ).
The stones with rock carvings such as arches, cup-and-ring markings , footprints , spirals and concentric circles were part of the Neolithic complex. The six stones made of soft local sandstone have heights between 2.4 and 1.0 meters.
It is said that around 1800, crude clay urns with human bones were discovered. Large stones, some of them decorated, were found when the road was widened. In 1845 the stones were placed in a low curtain wall on a traffic island at the entrance to the park. They reached their current location in 1954.
A visit to the greenhouses / stones can be made by prior arrangement.
See also
literature
- Ron Cowell: The Calderstones: a prehistoric tomb in Liverpool , Merseyside Archaeological Society, 1984
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Coordinates: 53 ° 22 ′ 55.5 " N , 2 ° 53 ′ 50.8" W.