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Callanish 4
Date Added: 30th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4
Callanish 4 submitted by LivingRocks on 30th Jul 2005. Solstice eve, June 2005.
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Log Text: Like Callanish 1 2 and 3 it sits well below the top of the hill.
Callanish 3
Date Added: 29th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Callanish 3 submitted by Andy B on 13th Nov 2022. Bruce Adams, one of our members since 2012, sadly died last month - he had motor neurone disease. Bruce wrote: "Over the years I have assembled albums recording my visits to stone circles and related sites. I would very much like to pass these on to someone who will appreciate them. I am not asking for payment and only have a desire to see them go to a good home. I would rather not see them broken up and dispersed."
I am currently looking after Bruce's albums and will be sharing some of the...
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Log Text: Callanish 1 2 and 3 are all located on NS hills, and placed well below the summits. From Callanish 2, call 1 and 3 are on the skyline.
Callanish 2
Date Added: 29th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Callanish 2 submitted by Humbucker on 28th Sep 2018. Cnoc Ceann a'Gharraidh (Callanish II) at sundown - September 2018
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Log Text: Good idea to at least visit Callanish 2 and 3 and walk the wider landscape.
Cairnholy 2
Date Added: 28th Jul 2019
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 27th Sep 2018
Cairnholy 2 submitted by drolaf on 27th Sep 2018. cairn side from north
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Cairnholy 1
Date Added: 28th Jul 2019
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 27th Sep 2018
Cairnholy 1 submitted by drolaf on 27th Sep 2018. view to Whithorn and Isle of Man. Possibly a reason for this location site.
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Cairn 330m NW of Craonaval
Date Added: 30th May 2024
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cairn 330m NW of Craonaval submitted by h_fenton on 15th Jan 2008. Shielings built/excavated/created in the top of the cairn.
15 May 2006
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Bury Ditches (Shropshire)
Date Added: 28th Jul 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bury Ditches (Shropshire) submitted by TimPrevett on 13th Feb 2006. A composite of 3 shots, looking south at the eastern entrance of Bury Ditches. John & Lynne K here help give a sense of scale.
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Log Text: None
Buckholt Wood
Date Added: 5th Aug 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Access 3
Buckholt Wood submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 17th Jun 2011. Fairly easy to find - near entrance to overspill car park for Woodchester Mansion - if you miss the Barrow which is not that conspicuous then look for the Glider Winch at the W end of the Airfield
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Log Text: ploughed out
Brownthwaite Pike Round Cairn
Date Added: 21st Sep 2021
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Brownthwaite Pike Round Cairn submitted by SumDoood on 27th Oct 2017. Photo by Carol Doughery (taken with a not-smart phone).
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Log Text: lucky with the weather-a fine clear day for the views
Brough of Deerness
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Brough of Deerness submitted by howar on 8th Apr 2007. Entire brough, vallum LH, chapel RH top
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Log Text: you can view from the mainland but the path is closed due to repairs needed.
Brinklow Tumulus
Date Added: 28th Jul 2019
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Warwickshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Brinklow Tumulus submitted by Iain_P on 11th Jul 2017. A general view of this huge mound
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Log Text: always worth stopping on the way up/down the Fosse way
Brat's Hill
Date Added: 24th Sep 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Brat's Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Jan 2018. Brat's Hill stone circle is a splendid thing, in a magnificent location.
Seen here looking northeast towards Sca Fell
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Braeside
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Braeside submitted by LizH on 19th Nov 2004. Braeside Orkney
I was on a minibus trip round Eday when I insisted on jumping out to take a picture of this; even though it was very misty. The other 6 people stayed firmly on the bus, although this was one of Eday's 'sights'. But despite the mist, I got a nice picture.
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Brackenbury Ditches
Date Added: 17th Jun 2023
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Brackenbury Ditches submitted by drolaf on 23rd Jun 2016. Brackenbury camp from the north, above North Nibley.
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Bosta Beach
Date Added: 30th May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2024. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bosta Beach submitted by SandyG on 14th Jan 2015. The reconstructed Iron Age house. Sadly closed at time of visit. View from south (31st August 2014).
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Log Text: The original settlement has eroded away but the reconstruction is very good. An archaeological guide gives good talk and can answer queries.£5 fee but flexible
Blackhammer
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5
Blackhammer submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Blackhammer Chambered Cairn HY415276. Ancient cairn entombed in a modern bunker.
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Birsay
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2022. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Birsay submitted by howar on 23rd Jan 2013. Earl's place and some of the longhouses outlined by snow.
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Bigland Round
Date Added: 26th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bigland Round submitted by drolaf on 25th Jun 2022. the end slab and partition
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Log Text: These smaller chambered cairns are often ignored but there are several in NE Rousay
Berrybrae
Date Added: 14th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Berrybrae submitted by cosmic on 19th Oct 2005. Recumbent from outside
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Log Text: getting overgrown with nettles grass etc. dark in summer when the trees are in leaf. the east flanker is cracked and the west flanker in massive. As with other local RSCs the stones and bank include some bright orange/pink granite. in flat rolling landscape no long views.
Belas Knap
Date Added: 17th Jun 2023
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Belas Knap submitted by drolaf on 1st Jun 2017. Detail of the stonework on the northern horn at Belas Knap which possibly means good view hill.
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Log Text: a mile walk from Cleeve common car park