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The Old Man of Gugh
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The Old Man of Gugh

The leaning menhir known as the "Old Man of Gugh" is 2.4 metres / 8 feet tall and stands on a ridge on the small island of Gugh in the Isles of Scilly, UK. The archaeologist George Bonsor dug around the base of the menhir in...
Obadiah's Barrow
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Obadiah's Barrow

This entrance grave known as Obadiah's Barrow is found on the small island of Gugh in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Across its cairn there is a chamber with coursed walls and four out of six original capstones remaining...
Upper Innisidgen Burial Chamber
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Upper Innisidgen Burial Chamber

This burial mound is found on the island of St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. This cairn is well-preserved with a substantial mound, a stone berk, and an intact inner chamber. Its precise date of construction is still...
Halangy Down Village House
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Halangy Down Village House

Photograph of one of the houses found in the Halangy Down Village, on St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. It is an Iron Age, Romano-British and early Medieval settlement that was inhabited roughly from 300 BCE to 600 CE...
Buzza Hill Entrance Grave
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Buzza Hill Entrance Grave

This large chambered cairn is found on Buzza Hill, a small hill south of Hugh Town on St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, UK. It was excavated in the 18th century by the Cornish antiquarian William Borlase, but nothing...
Lower Innisidgen Burial Chamber
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Lower Innisidgen Burial Chamber

This chambered entrance grave is found on the island of St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly. It consists of a rectangular chamber and capstones on top. The exact date it was built is still unknown, but pottery found...
Porth Hellick Down Burial Chamber
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Porth Hellick Down Burial Chamber

This entrance grave burial mound also known as "The Great Tomb" stands upon Porth Hellick Down on the island of St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, UK. Part of a Bronze Age cemetery that was in use circa 2500 to 800...
Anton Bruckner
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Anton Bruckner

An 1886 photograph of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-96). He is wearing the Order of Franz Josef. Photograph taken by Otto Schmidt. (Austrian National Library)
St. Florian Monastery, Austria
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St. Florian Monastery, Austria

An aerial view of St. Florian Monastery, Upper Austria. This abbey is where the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-96) worked as the organist and where he is buried (beneath the organ).
Anton Bruckner, 1860s
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Anton Bruckner, 1860s

An 1860s photograph of the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824-96).
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