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Swarth Fell
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 27th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 1
Swarth Fell submitted by Andy B on 13th Jun 2011. Stone Circle
Above Swarth fell. The circle had proved elusive on previous visits but this appears to be the one marked on the maps.
Copyright Michael Graham and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
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The Cockpit
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
The Cockpit submitted by postman on 25th Oct 2012. An early morning hauling of stepladders affords an unusually good photo of this often difficult to photograph stone circle.
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Moor Divock 4
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Moor Divock 4 submitted by h_fenton on 7th Oct 2010. An oblique Kite Aerial Photograph of 'Moor Divock 4' ring cairn, viewed from roughly south.
11 September 2010
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Castlerigg
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Castlerigg submitted by Pressure on 9th Nov 2022. Castlerigg October 22
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Log Text: Second visit, very busy with summer tourists (compared to previous visit with no one else at all!)
Mayburgh
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mayburgh submitted by wildtalents on 15th May 2024. The henge banks at Mayburgh were built up mainly using cobbles like those surrounding the one remaining megalith at the site. It's a really large structure and may have been a meeting point for many hundreds of people at a time. These days mainly sheep throng the henge. Image from spring 2023.
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Log Text: Finally managed to visit after a number of visits called off due to poor weather. Incredible scale, especially considering it being built from cobbles taken from the river. Was once told it is made up of three colours of rock, from three different sources?
Long Meg
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
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: Has been on my list of sites to visit for some time, but always a bit far from my where I am in Cumbria or the Dales. What a great stone, complete with cup and ring marks (a first for me on anything other than exposed bedrock or stone repurposed in drystone walls). Standing stone (as a single object) feels well placed to cast a shadow across the landscape, but the subsequent stone circle seems quite odd as it flows down hill. An archaeologist friend of mine was lucky enough to be on a dig here in late 2022!
Long Meg And Her Daughters
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Long Meg And Her Daughters submitted by Iain_P on 12th Aug 2017. Another. It was the only sun we saw all week!
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Log Text: Has been on my list of sites to visit for some time, but always a bit far from my where I am in Cumbria or the Dales. What a great stone, complete with cup and ring marks (a first for me on anything other than exposed bedrock or stone repurposed in drystone walls). Standing stone (as a single object) feels well placed to cast a shadow across the landscape, but the subsequent stone circle seems quite odd as it flows down hill. An archaeologist friend of mine was lucky enough to be on a dig here in late 2022!
Langdale Axe Factory
Date Added: 3rd Dec 2024
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 1
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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Kemp Howe
Date Added: 3rd Dec 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 20th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4
Kemp Howe submitted by nicoladidsbury on 29th Mar 2004. This is the remains of what must have been a beautiful stone circle. The stones are pink granite and have a lovely glow. Unfortunately the ambience has been shattered by the "wonderful" victorians, who built the railway on top of it.
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Carn Euny Village
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carn Euny Village submitted by AngieLake on 31st Oct 2004. This view over the Carn Euny Settlement was taken in two shots, which are cobbled together to give an idea of how it looked in March 2004. Bec-Zog's pic is similar to this.
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Carn Euny Fogou
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carn Euny Fogou submitted by AngieLake on 2nd Jan 2005. This shot shows the huge but low (4.5ft - 1.4m) SE-facing doorway of the Carn Euny 'Beehive Hut' underground chamber, with its own short passage leading into the fogou passage which runs SW/NE, (but snaking here with a flatter, more W/E run), just outside the doorway. It is thought that the Beehive Hut (chamber) was the first structure on this site, so that originally the eastern wall of the fogou passage would not have obstructed the view. It is possible that the sun was meant to shine down t...
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Lanyon Quoit
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Lanyon Quoit submitted by Bladup on 24th Dec 2022. Lanyon Quoit after Sunset on the Winter Solstice 2022
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Four Parishes Rock
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Four Parishes Rock submitted by Bladup on 4th Dec 2017. Four Parishes Rock, I believe the right hand side of this stone is a slightly different colour because it was once in the ground (for a long time), therefore making this a former Standing Stone. The weathering at the other end (left) is also going in the right direction if made when stood up. Ding Dong mine is visible on the right.
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Boskednan Menhir 1
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Boskednan Menhir 1 submitted by theCaptain on 14th Oct 2014. From my dim memories, I thought that the menhir was somewhere between the stone circle and the cairns along the path towards Men-an-Tol.
On the way back I notice indeed there is a stump and perhaps a fallen stone right on the pathway where I was expecting it, is it remains of a pair?
Pipers perhaps?
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Boskednan stone circle
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Boskednan stone circle submitted by LINCOOK on 23rd Jun 2022. Boskednan Nine Maidens - Summer Solstice Sunrise 2022 (Photo Competition)
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Ding Dong Standing Stone
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Ding Dong Standing Stone submitted by Bladup on 5th Dec 2017. Ding Dong Standing Stone, St Michael's Mount is visible in the distance.
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Men-An-Tol
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Men-An-Tol submitted by karolus on 5th Jan 2023. Men-An-Tol Winter Solstice set, 2022
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Tubby´s Head
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 28th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 5 Access 2
Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup on 9th Oct 2020. Tubby's Head (mid distance) from the South
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Macclesfield Forest
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2023
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Would like to visit