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Indian Fort Mountain
Date Added: 30th Jul 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Indian Fort Mountain submitted by Dodomad on 30th Jul 2023. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Date Added: 22nd Aug 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: United States
Visited: Would like to visit
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by Creative Commons on 22nd Aug 2023. Twisty seedpods at Kahanu Gardens NTBG Kaeleku Hana, Maui, Hawaii. Adenanthera pavonina (Red sandalwood, false wiliwili)
Photo Credit: Forest and Kim Starr
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Dry Tree Menhir
Trip No.20 Entry No.1 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Dry Tree Menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Aug 2022. A glorious mix of ancient standing stone, juxtaposed beside all the hiTech tracking station dishes, especially as the sun was setting behind hazy clouds.
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Log Text: Top 15 Standing Stones in the UK according to our Megalithic Portal visitors and contributors.
#15 Dry Tree Menhir (Cornwall) - yes the one right beside Goonhillly tracking station
Gardoms Edge Stone
Trip No.20 Entry No.2 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes
Gardoms Edge Stone submitted by royston7 on 27th Nov 2012. Gardoms edge monolith taken from the east showing the ( not quite ) flat north face. See notes in contribution.
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Log Text: #14 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain. Gardoms Edge Stone (Derbyshire) - quite possibly a Bronze Age sundial. More of Dr Daniel Brown’s research on our pages:
Carreg y Big (Arthog)
Trip No.20 Entry No.3 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes
Carreg y Big (Arthog) submitted by Ogham on 20th Mar 2018. A lonely place in the winter.
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Log Text: #13 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Drift Stones
Trip No.20 Entry No.4 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Drift Stones submitted by Bladup on 8th Oct 2013. Drift Standing stones.
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Log Text: #12 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Men Gurta
Trip No.20 Entry No.5 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Men Gurta submitted by TheCaptain on 25th Mar 2013. On the top of St Breock Down, stands Men Gurta (the waiting stone) which is the largest and heaviest standing stone in Cornwall.
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Log Text: #11 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Merrivale Menhir
Trip No.20 Entry No.6 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Merrivale Menhir submitted by AngieLake on 10th Apr 2015. This shot shows the "smaller pillar" that Butler describes, in relation to the menhir and the cairn 6 pit. He says: "The menhir, 3.1 m high, still stands in its original position, 42 m almost due south from the centre of the stone circle. There is no evidence that the smaller pillar, 2 m long, lying a few meters away ever stood upright, but it was erected in 1895 in the pit alongside, toppling again a few years later. Between these two stones cairn C6 (3.0 x 0.3 m) has a central pit. Three st...
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Log Text: #10 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Clach An Truishal
Trip No.20 Entry No.7 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes
Clach An Truishal submitted by BERNARDEDWARDS on 12th Sep 2019. September morning before Bahama Storm Dorian remnant rolls in...
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Log Text: #9 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Ty-Gwyn
Trip No.20 Entry No.8 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes
Ty-Gwyn submitted by paulcall on 18th Aug 2006.
Taken early morning on 4 July 2006, giving some idea of the fantastic location of this standing stone
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Log Text: #8 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Penrhos-Feilw
Trip No.20 Entry No.9 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes
Penrhos-Feilw submitted by DrewParsons on 28th Oct 2010. The lovely pair of standing stones photographed on a fine day in late September 2010. The stones are located behind some houses along a short track from the roadside sign. September 2010.
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Log Text: #7 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
King Stone at the Rollrights
Trip No.20 Entry No.10 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes
King Stone at the Rollrights submitted by Humbucker on 11th Jul 2018. Sundown at The King Stone
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Log Text: #6 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Pipers (nr Merry Maidens)
Trip No.20 Entry No.11 Date Added: 26th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Pipers (nr Merry Maidens) submitted by Bladup on 20th May 2013. The wonderful South West Piper.
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Log Text: #5 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Aberlemno
Trip No.20 Entry No.12 Date Added: 26th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes
Aberlemno submitted by dodomad on 12th Mar 2022. A carved Pictish symbol stone uncovered in a field in Aberlemno in 2022. Only 200 Pictish symbol stones are known to exist
Photo Credit: University of Aberdeen
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Log Text: #4 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Long Meg
Trip No.20 Entry No.13 Date Added: 26th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes
Long Meg submitted by JanF on 22nd Jun 2010. Long Meg (and her daughters) Stone Circle, Cumbria UK, is a magical place.. I watched the sunset on this special day in memory of my loved one.. Many others were here with me.. Complete strangers, but yet close friends..
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Log Text: #3 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Rudston Monolith
Trip No.20 Entry No.14 Date Added: 26th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Yorkshire (East))
Visited: Yes
Rudston monolith submitted by rldixon on 25th Dec 2005. rudston monolith in colour
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Log Text: #2 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Maen Llia
Trip No.20 Entry No.15 Date Added: 26th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes
Maen Llia submitted by cerrig on 22nd Jun 2023. The day after the solstice.
I thought I'd have it all to myself, but I got to share the stone with these delightful ladies instead.
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Log Text: #1 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Stonehenge.
Trip No.5 Entry No.2 Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2001
Stonehenge. submitted by Andy B on 1st Jul 2001. The Heel Stone alignment at dawn
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Log Text: Section on astronomical alignments - featured in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain (of course I have visited but this is to get the order right)
Arbor Low 1
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Nov 2001
Arbor Low 1 submitted by Andy B on 24th Nov 2001. Flowers at Arbor Low
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Log Text: None
East Steel Farm
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 24th Nov 2001
East Steel Farm submitted by Andy B on 24th Nov 2001. East Steel Farm Stone Circle
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Log Text: None