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Langdale Axe Factory
Trip No.5 Entry No.1 Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Would like to visit
Langdale Axe Factory submitted by Thorgrim on 15th Nov 2003. The Langdale Pikes in Great Langdale.
(see article on Langdale Axes)
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Log Text: Offcuts of stone axes in the mountains - featured in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Lapa do Santo Rock shelter
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Brazil
Visited: Yes on 23rd Feb 2012
Lapa do Santo Rock shelter submitted by Andy B on 23rd Feb 2012. In July 2009, during the final days of excavation of unit FG-13/14 in Lapa do Santo, an anthropomorphic figure was exposed at the bottom of the archaeological deposit at an approximate depth of 4.0 meters below the surface.
The figure was pecked in the bedrock and consisted of a small anthropomorphic filiform petroglyph with tri-digits, a c-like head, and an oversized phallus. The figure is 30 cm long (from head to feet) and 20 cm wide. Similar filiform figures can be observed in a niche o...
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Largybeg Point
Trip No.11 Entry No.4 Date Added: 24th Aug 2016
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Aug 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Largybeg Point submitted by Bladup on 27th Apr 2013. Largybeg Point standing stones, Holy island is in the background.
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Log Text: Superb weather today. Surprised no one has commented on the very obvious and exact alignment with Holy Island. There is a likely looking large cairn nearby.
Las Labradas
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Mexico
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2013
Las Labradas submitted by Andy B on 3rd Sep 2013. Overview of the site.
Site in Mexico
Image credit: Las Labradas Archaeological project
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Le Fuseau de Sainte Barbe
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 21st Jul 2009
Le Fuseau de Sainte Barbe submitted by Andy B on 21st Jul 2009. Bretagne: Finistère (29): Vintage photograph from the 1927 book Menhirs et Dolmens Bretons by Paul Gruyer
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Le Pinacle
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man (Jersey)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jul 2012
Le Pinacle submitted by Andy B on 18th Jul 2012. Jersey must be one of the most concentrated places in Europe for prehistoric sites - I remember, many years ago - around 1951/2, climbing down to the "Pinacle Rock" with a friend who was the grandson of Herbert John Baal, who was the first archivist of those caves. I made this sketch on the way down.
Malcolm Reynard
http://www.reynard.fr
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Lehnstedt Steingrab 1
Trip No.13 Entry No.9 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Would like to visit
Lehnstedt Steingrab 1 submitted by holger_rix on 22nd Apr 2010. Lehnstedt Steingrab 1
Last stop on a fantastic tour with krautrock.
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Les Cartesières
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2012
Les Cartesières submitted by Andy B on 15th Jun 2012. Volunteers restore the area around the dolmen in Le Parc de Saint Symphorien des Monts
Photo copyright Le Parc de Saint Symphorien des Monts
Site in Normandie:Manche (50) France
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Les Causeurs
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 21st Jul 2009
Les Causeurs submitted by Andy B on 21st Jul 2009. Vintage photograph from the 1927 book Menhirs et Dolmens Bretons by Paul Gruyer
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Les Vignals statue menhir
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: France (Midi:Aveyron (12))
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2013
Les Vignals statue menhir submitted by Andy B on 21st Sep 2013. Les Vignals statue menhir.
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Llech Y Dribedd
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2014
Llech Y Dribedd submitted by Andy B on 16th Mar 2014. Robin Heath writes: A mirroring of Carningli
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Llwydiarth Esgob Stone
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2012
Llwydiarth Esgob Stone submitted by Andy B on 29th Jun 2012. The Llwydiarth Esgob Stone, photo copyright Aerial-Cam.
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Llyn Fawr
Trip No.7 Entry No.2 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (South Glamorgan)
Visited: Would like to visit
Llyn Fawr submitted by sem on 29th Mar 2012. Looking NW
This site is intervisible with both Llyn y Fan Fawr and the Brecon Beacons (not shown in pic).
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Log Text: The source of the Llyn Fawr hoard, now in the National Museum of Wales. Shown in BBC History of Celtic Britain with Neil Oliver
Loch an Duna
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2010
Loch an Duna submitted by Creative Commons on 16th Apr 2010. Site in Isle of Lewis Scotland
Broch in Loch an Duna
The remains of a broch and, to its right (west) a small man-made cairn.
Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Lochbrow Prehistoric Landscape
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2012
Lochbrow Cursus submitted by dodomad on 4th Sep 2012. What the Neolithic cursus monument at Lochbrow may have looked like.
Image copyright Dr. Kirsty Millican
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Loft Howe
Trip No.8 Entry No.3 Date Added: 14th Apr 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Would like to visit
Loft Howe submitted by kelpie on 22nd Jan 2005. A fine example of a square barrow. A visit to the site is a must to appreciate its outline and surrounding ditch.
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Log Text: Good example of an East Yorkshire square Iron Age barrow as described in BBC's History of Celtic Britain
London Natural History Museum
Trip No.4 Entry No.10 Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 16th Feb 2011
London Natural History Museum submitted by Creative Commons on 16th Feb 2011. The impressive Visions of Earth gallery in the Natural History Museum.
Copyright Sue Adair and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: Location of the ancient bones featured in Episode Two of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Long Meg
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2014
Long Meg submitted by Andy B on 26th Sep 2014. Some very clear images of Long Meg from Karl J Stone - have these extra 'scratch' and pock markings been recorded before? Could there be more rock art here?
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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
Long Meg And Her Daughters
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 7th Nov 2004
Long Meg And Her Daughters submitted by Andy B on 7th Nov 2004. Scan of antiquarian engraving of Long Meg and her Daughters. I think this is from one of Stukeley's books.
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