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Great Cursus, Stonehenge
Trip No.4 Entry No.11 Date Added: 16th Feb 2011
Site Type: Cursus
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Great Cursus, Stonehenge submitted by TimPrevett on 27th Dec 2010. Winter Solstice 2010 - The camber of the cursus can be made out well here, north side.
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Log Text: We have a huge database of cursuses on the Megalithic Portal
Heel Stone
Trip No.5 Entry No.7 Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2014
Heel Stone submitted by Andy B on 4th Sep 2014. Photo of Ellie Jones' aunt - shown with permission. It was taken around 1950-52. She would like to to recreate the photo to see if the little gnome shaped shadow in the bottom left of the stone still shows up.
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Log Text: Another look at Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice sunrise featured in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Durrington Walls
Trip No.5 Entry No.9 Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Durrington Walls submitted by TimPrevett on 10th Oct 2006. A composite image of half of Durrington Walls (the western side); compare scale of house to the left with the ring left in the landscape.
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Log Text: Evidence of feasting from pig bones, see Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
East Chisenbury Midden
Trip No.7 Entry No.4 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Log Text: Neil Oliver and Niall Sharples discuss evidence of feasting in the early Iron Age period and Suddern Farm Man in the BBC's History of Celtic Britain
Knap Hill
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2011
Knap Hill submitted by Creative Commons on 13th Jun 2011. Knap Hill and Walkers Hill. Knap Hill on the left, surmounted by a neolithic causewayed enclosure, and Walkers Hill beyond on the right, surmounted by the long barrow of Adam's Grave, with the line of Cross Dyke in the dip to its right. Viewed against evening sun.
Copyright Ian Capper and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Tisbury Circle
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2011
Tisbury Circle submitted by Creative Commons on 18th Jun 2011. The Grotto at Wardour Castle, though to contain stones from a megalithic site at Tisbury
Creative commons image by Rod W
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Whitesheet Hill
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2011
Whitesheet Hill submitted by Creative Commons on 18th Jun 2011. Neolithic camp, White Sheet Hill
Very little of the original site is visible today other than a couple of round barrows and some sections of cross dyke.
Copyright Trish Steel and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Whitesheet Castle
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2011
Whitesheet Castle submitted by Creative Commons on 18th Jun 2011. Cross Dyke, White Sheet Hill
A cross dyke is a linear earthwork comprising of a ditch arranged beside and parallel to banks. They appear to have been used for defensive purposes.
Copyright Trish Steel and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Casterley Camp
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2011
Casterley Camp submitted by Andy B on 22nd Jun 2011. View across Casterley Camp
The outer bank of Casterley Camp is approximately one metre high around most of the perimeter of the hill fort. The foreground of this image shows part of the north westerly section of the ditch and bank. The southern and southeasterly sections of the bank can be seen at the far edge of the field that is now contained within the fort.
Copyright Doug Lee and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Enfold Bowl Barrow
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2011
Enfold Bowl Barrow submitted by Andy B on 22nd Jun 2011. Barrow, Water Dean
One of the countless barrows in the Stonehenge area. As seen from the valley bottom.
Copyright Mike Faherty and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
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Rybury Camp
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2011
Rybury Camp submitted by Andy B on 22nd Jun 2011. Rybury Hill Fort
The earthworks of Rybury Hill fort evident to the left and right of the walkers
Copyright Dennis Simpson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
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Three Barrows (North Down)
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2011
Three Barrows (North Down) submitted by Andy B on 22nd Jun 2011. A Barrow on North Down
Copyright Steve Daniels and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Membury Fort
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2011
Membury Fort submitted by Andy B on 1st Jul 2011. In case his photos don't convey the huge size of the banks of this hillfort, here is Indiana SolarMegalith exploring it.
He managed to scramble round the entire circumference through dense shrubs in many places. In the meantime we walked down the road through the middle!
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Vespasian's Camp
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2011
Vespasian's Camp submitted by Andy B on 5th Oct 2011. North bank of Vespasian's Camp, April 5th 2008
Creative Commons image by Psychostevouk
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Amesbury History Centre
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2012
submitted by on .
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Ablington Barrow Clump
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2012
Ablington Barrow Clump submitted by Andy B on 19th Aug 2012. Private Harry Buxton excavates the body of an Anglo-Saxon woman.
Photo (C) Crown Copyright
(used as part of press release)
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Devils Den
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Mar 2013
Devils Den submitted by Andy B on 13th Mar 2013. The Devil's Den in Wiltshire in about 1865. The Neolithic burial chamber was one of the monuments included on the list (or 'schedule') in the Ancient Monuments Protection Act of 1882. The intention of that Act was that all the monuments, with the consent of their owners, would be brought into state guardianship.
Exhibition - The Birth of Archaeology and the Battle for the Past at Wellington Arch, London until 21 April
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Stonehenge.
Trip No.10 Entry No.2 Date Added: 4th Jun 2016
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes
Stonehenge. submitted by StoneLee on 20th May 2016. Anyone visiting Stonehenge for Solstice this year ?
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Wychbury Camp
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Worcestershire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2011
Wychbury Camp submitted by Andy B on 18th Jun 2011. Wychbury Hill Fort - Southern Rampart
The hill fort occupies a position on the end of the Clent Hills. It is very much hidden by the trees but would have views to other forts on the Malverns, Clee Hill and Dudley.
Copyright John M and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
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Spittals, Filey Brigg
Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: England (Yorkshire (East))
Visited: Would like to visit
Spittals, Filey Brigg submitted by 05surveyor on 13th Dec 2016. View of Spittals rocks ffrom Filey Brigg looking out to sea.
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