Having wrested the converted prise from Billy at the Moore Group, after David Powell had picked a site in Billy's garden, (it’s a small world – Lindsay Allen’s WoGE 19 was the building I used to work in), I give you WoGE 30, good luck all -
The Rules of When on Google Earth are as follows:
Q: What is When on Google Earth?
A: It’s a game for archaeologists, or anybody else willing to have a go!
Q: How do you play it?
A: Simple, you try to identify the site in the picture.
Q: Who wins?
A: The first person to correctly identify the site, including its major period of occupation, wins the game.
Q: What does the winner get?
A: The winner gets bragging rights and the chance to host the next When on Google Earth on his/her own blog!
Previous winners:
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Host:
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Victor:
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Site:
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Period:
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1
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Chuck Jones
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Takht-i Jamshid / Persepolis terrace, Iran
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Achaemenid period
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2
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PDD
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Church of Saint Simeon at Qalat Siman, Syria
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5th-6th c. CE
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2.1
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Paul Zimmerman
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Qal’at al-Bahrain
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16th c. CE
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3
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Heather Baker
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Baraqish (Yathill), Yemen
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Minaean
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4
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Jason Ur
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Mohenjo Daro,
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ca. 2600-1900 BCE
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5
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Dan Diffendale
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Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico
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1st-5th centuries CE
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6
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Claire of Geevor Mine
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Segontium, Caernarfon, Wales
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77ish to about 390 CE
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7
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Ivan Cangemi
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Carn Euny
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ca. 500 BCE-100 CE
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8
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Southie Sham
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Monks Mound (Cahokia), IL, USA
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fl. 1050-1200
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9
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Dan Diffendale
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Gergovia
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fl. 1st c. BCE
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10
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Dorothy King
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Kastro Larissa/Argos, Greece
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ca. 1100 CE
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11
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Daniel Pett
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Utica, Tunisia
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8th century BCE–until 2nd Century CE
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12
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Neil Silberman
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Caesarea Maritima, Israel
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1st century CE–Present
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13
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Chuck Jones
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Graceland, Memphis, TN, United States
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1939 CE–Present
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14
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Aphaia
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Bam Citadel, Iran
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pre-6th century BC–19th century CE
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15
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Daniel Pett
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Myrina, Lemnos, Greece
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Classical Greek–present
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16
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Paul Barford
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Dambulla Cave Temple, Sri Lanka
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1st century BCE
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17
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Scott McDonough
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Rosetta (Rashid), Egypt
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Ptolemaic, Mamluk
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18
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Lindsay Allen
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Ani, Turkey
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Medieval, 10th-14th centuries CE
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19
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Heather in Vienna
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South Shields, England, UK
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Roman Imperial
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20
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Scott McDonough
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Suomenlinna/Sveaborg fortress, Helsinki, Finland
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1748-present
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21
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Chuck Jones
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Derbent, Republic of Dagestan
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22
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Paul Barford
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Amphitheatre of Aquincum (Budapest), Hungary
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Roman
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23
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Geoff Carter
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The Cursus, (Stonehenge) Wiltshire
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Neolithic
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24
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Ferhan Sakal
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The Heuneburg, South Germany
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Iron Age
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25
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Lindsay Allen
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Sura, Syria
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Roman
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26
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Andrea
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Bannerman Castle, Hudson River
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C20th
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27
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David Powell
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Taposiris Magna, Alexandria, Egypt
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C1st bce
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28
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Billy
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Ross Abbey, Galway, Ireland
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Medieval
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29
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Geoff Carter
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Great Zimbabwe, Africa
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C11th - 14th ce
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30
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Geoff Carter
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Heather
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Elsdon Castle, Northum., England
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C11th - 12th ce
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6 comments:
If WoGE 30 remains unsolved by 6.00pm local Northumbrian time, a clue will be given . . . .
It's a tough one, Geoff!
Unless you live next door to it ....
At last! It's the motte and bailey castle at Elsdon, Northumberland, built not long after the Norman conquest.
I could see it was a motte and bailey, but there are zillions of these things and today (a public holiday here, luckily) I have looked at most of them!
Well done Heather, it is Eldon Castle, Northumberland, a remarkably preserved Norman Motte and Bailey Castle C11 – 12th ce.
So it’s over to you . . .
(15 mins short of my clue; - This place was said to be the abode of a giant, 7 leagues from Hogwarts)
And here is the link for WOGE 31:
http://woge20.blogspot.com/2009/05/when-on-google-earth-31.html
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