Here's a curiosity. This is an image, a LiDAR image of Lodge Park. Towards the top left, you've got the Long Barrow with the much smaller Round Barrow just about 80 m from it along the Winter Solstice. And the grandstand is in that peculiar shape,
One of my recent posts, a somewhat philosophical approach to a local standing stone, seems to have captured people's imagination. I was talking to the Northleach Local History Society last week, and I mentioned the number of standing stones that exist between Northleach and Sherborne. This seemed to
Good news on the Ancestor Oaks. Those planted out around the village in late March are all looking healthy, with leaves well established and no particular dramas to report. Thanks again to everyone who has contributed to this project over the years. Two developments to look forward to. This summer
I've written recently about a number of possible Roman sites, maybe even including villas in four or five locations within Sherborne. It turns out that these are not all new discoveries. In 1887, Lord Sherborne was appointed the president of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. He was
In a great and innovative step, there's going to be a village cricket match on Sunday the 28th of June, starting at about 2:00pm. The organisers, Ed Richardson and Jonathan Benson, are looking to put two teams together. If you are the demon fast bowler of the
Rosi has asked me to circulate this:
Sitting still on the Sherborne Brook can turn an ordinary man into a philosopher. Yesterday evening I was helping George, who many of you know, take some film on the Brook. I was there purely as a functionary, paddling a canoe as George in the prow got to his professional
This forgotten Sherborne stone sits still beside the track. But the stone itself does not forget. The stone remembers it all. The mystery is how to ask it to tell its secrets and its story, and how to listen when it speaks. The story it tells is strange. A man
From the Sherborne village road, two prominent lakes are clearly visible in the valley below — albeit somewhat choked with vegetation. They are easy enough to see. They have, it seems, been easy to misread. This piece sets out what we believe these two dams were actually built for, why that
Just a couple of notices and then something more serious: 1. I'm pleased to tell you that the County Archaeologist has taken notice of our communication with him regarding the discovery of a number of pre-historic burial mounds in the local area. In the next few weeks
I've just heard from the Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership (GLNP) that the National Trust in Sherborne will soon be joining a North Cotswold biodiversity net gain scheme. The North Cotswold BNG scheme (BGS-060226002) call themselves a natural capital broker. Make of that what you will. The North
It's that time of year when I become overwhelmed a little bit with seeing signs of spring and all the other interesting things that happen at this time of year. What follows might bore you, might interest you. Take your pick and tell me what you've