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Ur of the Chaldees
Date Added: 30th Jun 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Iraq
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 1
Ur of the Chaldees submitted by h_fenton on 16th Mar 2008. Ram in a Thicket
Ram in a Thicket is one of a pair of figures excavated in the Royal Cemetery at Ur and date from about 2600-2400 BCE, these were found in the grave known as the 'Great Death Pit'. This figure is in the British Museum in London; the other figure is in University of Pennsylvania Museum in Philadelphia.
The figure is better described as a goat and is stood trying to eat the leaves of the bush. When found the whole figure had been crushed flat by the weight of the surround...
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Log Text: A guesstimate on the date. A once in a lifetime experience.
Tarquinia
Date Added: 29th Jun 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Lazio/Roma)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Tarquinia Etruscan Necropolis submitted by AlexHunger on 13th Apr 2009. Site in Toscana, Italy: Stone Sarcophagus from the Tarquinia Etruscan Necropolis now in the Vila Giulia Nazionale Museum. Many of the other sarcophogi from Etruscan tombs that are displayed in Museum were made of ceramics.
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Rome.
Date Added: 29th Jun 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Lazio/Roma)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Rome. Pantheon submitted by Bjorn on 5th Jun 2007. The Pantheon in Piazza della Rotonda in central Rome.
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Messerbrunnen
Date Added: 18th Jun 2019
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (Saarland)
Visited: Yes on 12th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Messerbrunnen submitted by KaiHofmann on 19th Apr 2018. Messerbrunnen holy well.
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Log Text: A short walk but worth it.
Altburg Weiersbach
Date Added: 18th Jun 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Altburg Weiersbach submitted by ELindey on 18th Jun 2019. A view from the road looking up at the hill fort.
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Log Text: A great little hilltop fort with noticeable stone fortifications. A modern built Celtic Zodiac circle
Hasselt Graeberfeld
Date Added: 18th Jun 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 5
Hasselt Graeberfeld submitted by ELindey on 20th Jun 2019. View of the reconstructed tomb with a static display inside.
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Log Text: A rebuilt grave,
Hinkelstein Walhausen
Date Added: 20th Jun 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Germany (Saarland)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hinkelstein von Walhausen submitted by croppy on 10th Jul 2008. Hinkelstein von Walhausen
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Log Text: A very friendly herd of horses greeted us.
Der Gutenbrunnen
Date Added: 20th Jun 2019
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Der Gutenbrunnen submitted by ELindey on 20th Jun 2019. The spring with a modern structure built over it.
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Log Text: A modern housing has been built up around the spring. It sits by the remains of a 18th century chapel, but dates back much older.
Guedesweiler Wildfrauenhoehle
Date Added: 20th Jun 2019
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Germany (Saarland)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Guedesweiler Wildfrauenhoehle submitted by KaiHofmann on 3rd Apr 2016. Wildfrauenhoehle
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Log Text: Shallow cave that could be used for a nights rest if need be. There is a set of stairs and a wooden handrail that leads down to the entrance.
Mommerich Huenenwall
Date Added: 20th Jun 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Germany (Saarland)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mommerich Huenenwall submitted by KaiHofmann on 3rd Apr 2016. Mommerich Huenenwall
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Log Text: The outer wall and parts of what look like entry roads are still recognizable. There is a modern WWI monument built nearby. In the center of the fort is a modern new age energy circle.
Druidenstein Moselkern
Date Added: 29th Jun 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Druidenstein Moselkern submitted by ELindey on 30th Jun 2019. View from the edge of the hill. When seeing this it is quite clear why the fort was positioned here.
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Log Text: With an off road truck the walk could be cut down considerably. An interesting area with the remains of at least one round structure.
Strasse der Skulpturen
Date Added: 30th Jun 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Germany (Saarland)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Strasse der Skulpturen submitted by ELindey on 30th Jun 2019. A modern standing stone.
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Log Text: A modern site of many standing stones.
Wendalinushöhle
Date Added: 30th Jun 2019
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Germany (Saarland)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Wendalinushöhle submitted by KaiHofmann on 19th Apr 2018. the Wendalinushöhle
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Log Text: A short walk with a slightly steep finish. This cave had a somewhat spooky feeling to it and I was uncomfortable turning my back to it.
Hunnenring
Date Added: 7th Jul 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Germany (Saarland)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jul 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hunnenring submitted by KaiHofmann on 9th Jul 2012. the hunnenring celtic hillfort
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Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
Date Added: 7th Jul 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jul 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier submitted by KaiHofmann on 7th Jan 2014. Trier Konstantin-Basilika Rheinisches Landesmuseum_0092 Image copyright: shelteringskies (Eileen), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Fowlis Wester 1
Date Added: 2nd Sep 2019
Site Type: Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland (Perth and Kinross)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Fowlis Wester 1 submitted by cosmic on 19th Jun 2006. Viewed from West - Yes the sign does say replica but the images on it are better (more visible) than on original
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Fowlis Wester 2
Date Added: 2nd Sep 2019
Site Type: Class III Pictish Cross Slab
Country: Scotland (Perth and Kinross)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Fowlis Wester 2 submitted by SandyG on 19th Feb 2020. Quality is not great, but this is what the stone looked like in 1978.
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New Fowlis
Date Added: 2nd Sep 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Perth and Kinross)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
New Fowlis submitted by Tom_Bullock on 6th Feb 2005. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM
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Hallstatt Salt Mines
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Austria
Visited: Yes on 15th Feb 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Hallstatt Salt Mines submitted by Harald_Platta on 19th Sep 2016. Reconstructed part of the "Chamber of Hearts" of the Hallstatt Salt Mine, which can be seen in the Vienna Natural History Museum. During the Iron Age, large tablets of salt were cut in heart shape. The traces can still be seen in the wall and ceiling of the chamber.
The salt mines in Hallstatt (Austria) are the oldest known salt mines in the world. Parts of the below ground mines are 3500 years old. Upper-day finds from Salzberg mountain suggest that the salt production in Hallstatt is eve...
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Log Text: Great site. Was surreal walking in this place.
Museum Hallstatt
Date Added: 23rd Feb 2020
Site Type: Museum
Country: Austria
Visited: Yes on 16th Feb 2020. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Museum Hallstatt submitted by Creative Commons on 21st Sep 2017. The museum is situated in Hallstatt (Austria). It displays finds from the 7000 year old Hallstatt salt mines and the Celtic Hallstatt barrow cemetery.
By Gunnar Richter Namenlos.net (Own work) [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Log Text: Lots of great artifacts.