The Chestnuts Long Barrow is a chambered tomb located near the village
of Addington in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Constructed
during Britain's Early Neolithic period, it belongs to a regional style
of barrows produced in the vicinity of the River Medway. The long
barrows built in this area are now known as the Medway Megaliths.
Chestnuts Long Barrow lies near both Addington Long Barrow and Coldrum
Long Barrow on the western side of the river, and was built on land
previously inhabited in the Mesolithic period. It consisted of an
earthen mound, estimated to have been 15 metres (50 feet) in length,
with a chamber built from sarsen megaliths on its eastern end. Human
remains placed within this chamber during the Neolithic period were
found alongside pottery sherds, stone arrow heads, and a clay pendant.
The mound gradually eroded away and was gone by the twentieth century,
leaving only the ruined stone chamber.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnuts_Long_Barrow>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1610:
The masque Tethys' Festival was performed at the Palace of
Whitehall to celebrate the investiture of Henry Frederick as Prince of
Wales.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethys%27_Festival>
1899:
Filipino general Antonio Luna was assassinated in the midst of
the Philippine–American War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Luna>
1963:
British politician John Profumo admitted that he had lied to
the House of Commons about his involvement in a sex scandal with
Christine Keeler and resigned from government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Keeler>
2001:
Tropical Storm Allison made landfall in Texas, causing
approximately $8.5 billion in damage, making it the costliest Atlantic
tropical cyclone that was never a major hurricane.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Allison>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
rubbish:
1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Garbage, junk, refuse,
trash, waste.
2. (by extension, chiefly Australia, New Zealand, Britain) An item, or
items, of low quality.
3. (by extension, chiefly Australia, New Zealand, Britain) Nonsense.
4. (archaic) Debris or ruins of buildings. […]
5. (transitive, chiefly Australia, New Zealand, Britain, colloquial) To
criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rubbish>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH I have watched this week's unfolding
events, angry and appalled. The words "Equal Justice Under Law" are
carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is
precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and
unifying demand — one that all of us should be able to get behind. We
must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests
are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are
insisting that we live up to our values — our values as people and our
values as a nation.
--James Mattis
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Mattis>
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