Here is a link to the website of the Antiquarian Society. Anyone interested in the wisdom and knowledge of our ancient ancestors should take a look at this site and consider joining the group. Below is a summary of the history and purpose of the society taken from the website.
“We believe that ancient sites offer a wealth of prehistoric wisdom and science, and as such are of great importance to all of us in the world today, and future generations.
We cannot afford to lose our great, or even lesser known, ancient wonders, and they must be protected at all costs.
The Antiquarian Society was founded by Stuart Mason when he found two maps, both manufactured by the same company, but printed 20 years apart.
As well as the obvious cartographical changes (new roads, estates etc.) one would expect, Stuart also noticed on these maps, bands of public Sussex green belt down land that had remained undeveloped.
However, on the earlier map the sites of tumuli (ancient burial mounds) appeared, whereas on the present day map these sites had been omitted.
With no obvious reason for this anomaly, the obvious questions arose: how many more sites of antiquity were simply disappearing from the records? And how could these sites survive if knowledge of their very existence was slowly disappearing?
Stuart set out to investigate the existence of the tumuli noted on the older map and found that some of the sites were actually still where the map said they were, but that some had unfortunately been obliterated by the farmers plough.
And so The Antiquarian Society was born with a purpose and determination to rediscover and chart these sites, and to watch and document the practices of farmers and developers, ultimately obliging them to think twice before they plough through 4000 year old burial mounds while they think no-one is looking.
These ancient sites are our inheritance, and it is up to us to ensure that we can pass them on to our children, that we may share them and experience with friends and family.
The Antiquarian Society are asking you to join us in the countryside, finding, documenting and protecting what is left.”
