Reconstructing Prehistory Collection

Choose from 31 images in our Reconstructing Prehistory Collection

Boxgrove Man J940257
BOXGROVE QUARRY, West Sussex. Reconstruction drawing of the Boxgrove Man by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Ceremony at Grimes Graves J930175
GRIMEs GRAVES, Norfolk. Flint mine. Reconstruction drawing of a ceremony at Grimes Graves in the late Neolithic period, by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Stonehenge J940486
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing of Stonehenge as it might have appeared in 1000 BC by Alan Sorrell

Stonehenge landscape c.1600 J050045
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Aerial view reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn of the Stonehenge landscape in c.1600 BC. Date of photograph: February 2005

Chysauster Ancient Village J890149
CHYSAUSTER ANCIENT VILLAGE, Cornwall. Reconstruction drawing of a homestead / courtyard house showing occupants and their animals, by Judith Dobie (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Butser Ancient Farm 29939_028
Butser Ancient Farm, an archaeological open air museum, Petersfield, Hampshire, 2016

Butser Ancient Farm 29939_038
Butser Ancient Farm, an archaeological open air museum, Petersfield, Hampshire, 2016

Durrington Walls J930177
DURRINGTON WALLS, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing. The post holes at Durrington Walls interpreted as an elaborate wooden ceremonial site by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Iron Age Silchester N080916
SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS, Hampshire. The Iron Age town at Silchester, seen from the north looking towards the southern entrance. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Urmston

Stonehenge construction c.2300BC H870001
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing of erection of the sarsen circle and trilithons around 2300 BC by Ivan LAPPER

Chysauster Ancient Village J890148
CHYSAUSTER ANCIENT VILLAGE, Cornwall. Iron Age reconstruction drawing by Judith Dobie (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Durrington Walls N130055
DURRINGTON WALLS, Wiltshire. Reconstruction showing the settlement at Durrington Walls near Stonehenge in about 2500BC. The site is shown in midwinter

Durrington Walls N130054
DURRINGTON WALLS, Wiltshire. Reconstruction showing the settlement at Durrington Walls near Stonehenge in about 2500BC. The site is shown in midwinter

Durrington Walls N130053
DURRINGTON WALLS, Wiltshire. Reconstruction showing the settlement at Durrington Walls near Stonehenge in about 2500BC, this view looking north, in summer

Grimspound J940469
GRIMSPOUND, Dartmoor, Devon. A reconstruction drawing of a Bronze Age cottage interior by Ivan Lapper

Nornour in 500 BC, Isles of Scilly J010097
ISLES OF SCILLY. Aerial reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team) of Nornour prehistoric site in 500 BC

Knowlton neolithic ritual henge J940466
KNOWLTON CHURCH AND EARTHWORKS, Dorset. A reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper of the neolithic monument

Bronze Age barrow types J050104
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing Bronze Age barrow types

Grimes Graves J940184
GRIMES GRAVES, Norfolk. 1994 cutaway reconstruction drawing of Prehistoric flint mining by Terry Ball (English Heritage Graphics Team). Recent evidence suggests that ladders may not have been used

Shrine at Nornour, Isles of Scilly J010101
ISLES OF SCILLY. Reconstruction drawing of the Romano-British shrine at Nornour prehistoric site in 200 AD by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team). Shrine in house number 1

Grimes Graves c.2000 BC J030065
GRIMES GRAVES, Norfolk. Aerial view reconstruction drawing of Grimes Graves in circa 2000 BC by Judith Dobie (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Raising a lintel, Stonehenge J050105
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter DUNN (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing the phases of raising a lintel to the top of two sarsens

Raising a sarsen stone, Stonehenge J050096
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter DUNN (English Heritage Graphics Team) showing the raising of a sarsen stone into an upright position

Uses of flint- coppicing J930179
GRIMEs GRAVES. Norfolk. Uses of flint- coppicing. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Neolithic Grain Production J930178
GRIMEs GRAVES, Norfolk. Neolithic Grain Production. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team). Late Neolithic

Stonehenge landscape c.2500BC H870003
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Livestock farming and Blue Stones in the distance shortly after 2500 BC. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan LAPPER

Stonehenge landscape c.3000BC H870002
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing of the landscape leading towards the chalk bank of first phase Stonehenge around 3000 BC by Ivan LAPPER

Grimspound J940467
GRIMSPOUND, Dartmoor, Devon. Reconstruction drawing of the village and surrounding countryside by Ivan Lapper. The best known of many Dartmoor prehistoric settlements

Grimspound J940464
GRIMSPOUND, Dartmoor, Devon. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper showing village life. The best known of many Dartmoor prehistoric settlements, Grimspound dates from the late Bronze Age

Hominids and Hyenas J010060
GLASTON, Rutland. Reconstruction drawing of hominids and hyenas. Middle to Upper Palaeolithic period by Judith Dobie (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Boxgrove J940321
BOXGROVE QUARRY, West Sussex. A panorama reconstruction drawing of Boxgrove by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

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