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Glastonbury Lake Village Museum
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2006
Glastonbury Lake Village Museum submitted by JimChampion on 9th Aug 2006. The rear courtyard at The Tribunal building - the Lake Village museum is upstairs and a preserved dugout canoe is just through the doorway on the left.
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Peat Moors Centre
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2006
Peat Moors Centre submitted by JimChampion on 9th Aug 2006. This is as far as we got - its not open on Wednesdays :( As compensation you can turn a handle on the blue box and hear someone tell their memories of cider drinking and peat cutting.
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Glastonbury Lake Village
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2006
Glastonbury Lake Village submitted by JimChampion on 9th Aug 2006. A view across the field that is the site of the Glastonbury Lake Village (or Godney Lake Village as it was called during the original excavation). Not much to see these days, a few small bumps in a lush grassy field, surrounded by the ubiquitous drainage ditches.
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Sweet Track
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2006
Sweet Track submitted by JimChampion on 9th Aug 2006. The southern half of the course of the Sweet Track runs through Shapwick Heath NNR, which is open to the public - leaflets and maps are available from the English Nature office next to the Peat Moors Centre. This photo shows one of the interpretative boards (with braille) explaining what the track was, how it was discovered and how its remains are being protected today. A modern-day track runs alongside (visible bottom right) - it is made from recycled plastic bottles.
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Glastonbury Tor
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2006
Glastonbury Tor submitted by JimChampion on 11th Aug 2006. Panorama of the Tor bathed in summer evening sunlight. The concrete path isn't pretty, but necessary given the huge numbers of visitors to the summit. Archaeological excavations on the Tor (imagine having to carry the equipment up here every day) have not found evidence of settlement before the Dark Ages, but flint tools and a Neolithic polished axe (an offering?) were discovered.
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St Joseph's Well
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2006
St Joseph's Well submitted by JimChampion on 12th Aug 2006. Just to show that there really is no other angle on this well... I now realise that if I'd turned the camera the other way the flash would have been less intense on the near (left) portion of the arch. Live and learn. Apparently when the well was baled out during an investigation in 1991 they found hundreds of coins dated 1960 and later, which presumably shows when tourist numbers increased dramatically.
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Corfe Common
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2006
Corfe Common submitted by JimChampion on 19th Aug 2006. The two round barrows at SY964804 on the middle part of Corfe Common between the B3069 and A351 roads. The part of the common to the west of the B3069, which has many tumuli, is grazed by cows - the part in this photo looks like it has been machine mowed. The barrows are organised linearly along the ridge through the middle of the common, which is crossed by later hollow ways.
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Corfe Castle West Hill barrows
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2006
Corfe Common submitted by JimChampion on 20th Aug 2006. A broad view of Corfe from the south, showing the Castle Hill between West Hill (left) and East Hill (right). There are round barrows on the summits of West and East Hills, and a linear cemetery of round barrows on Corfe Common (the area seen in front of the village, above the drystone wall).
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Afflington Barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2006
Afflington Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 21st Aug 2006. Looking at the Afflington Barrow from the Purbeck Way to the west.
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Bartine Castle
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Aug 2006
Bartine Castle submitted by JimChampion on 22nd Aug 2006. August 2005. The trig pillar on the summit of the hill, in the middle of Bartine Castle, surrounded by an earthwork bank.
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Stowe's Pound
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2006
Stowe's Pound submitted by JimChampion on 31st Aug 2006. Remains of the rocky enclosure wall on top of Stowe's Hill known as Stowes Pound. The information on the displays at Minions village describe it as a neolithic inclosure. This view looks across the Tamar Valley towards Dartmoor.
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Sancreed Well
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Sep 2006
Sancreed Well submitted by JimChampion on 2nd Sep 2006. There are now two paths to Sancreed Well, this is the end of the older path which approaches from the southeast. The shiny iron railings are part of the landscaping work that took place in the late 19th century when the well and chapel were 'rediscovered' by the vicar of Sancreed. I supposed the remoteness of this site meant that the railings weren't taken for the "War effort" as in so many other places in the U.K. Behind the ferns is a large rectangular moulded fragment of a doorway which has ...
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Giant's Rock, Zennor
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 2006
Giant's Rock, Zennor submitted by JimChampion on 8th Sep 2006. August 2006. View of the Giant's Rock, taken with camera held at arms length above head height. The right of way that leads to the rock from the village of Zennor is an unusual dead-end bridleway. The last 20 metres (or so) is now an impassable mass of brambles and bushes, preventing you from getting anywhere near the rock.
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Men-An-Tol
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 2006
Men-An-Tol submitted by JimChampion on 8th Sep 2006. August 2006. A modern sculpture by Rory te Tigo referencing the Men-an-tol stones, standing outside the St Just library at grid ref SW369313. There is also the large standing stone on the right, inscribed with zig-zag patterns.
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Men-an-tol barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 2006
Men-An-Tol submitted by JimChampion on 8th Sep 2006. August 2006. A modern sculpture by Rory te Tigo referencing the Men-an-tol stones, standing outside the St Just library at grid ref SW369313. There is also the large standing stone on the right, inscribed with zig-zag patterns.
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Bosullow Quoit
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 12th Sep 2006
Bosullow Quoit submitted by JimChampion on 12th Sep 2006. This quoit-style roadside sculpture is much smaller than the ancient quoits found in its neighbourhood. The low angle makes it look bigger, and also hides the adjacent roads from view.
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Hod Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2006
Hod Hill submitted by JimChampion on 17th Sep 2006. Looking west along the earthwork defences on the north side of the hillfort, from the top of the inner rampart at grid ref ST858108.
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Hellstone
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2006
Hellstone submitted by JimChampion on 18th Sep 2006. September 2006. After a very dry summer the pond in front of the Hellstone is empty and grass is growing in its cracked bed.
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Dragon Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2006
Dragon Hill submitted by JimChampion on 25th Sep 2006. The flat-topped mound from alongside the road. The grass to the left of the steps has been recently reinstated and covered with netting to give it a chance to recover.
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Uffington Castle
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2006
Uffington Castle submitted by JimChampion on 25th Sep 2006. Panoramic view of the western side of the hillfort, looking north from the original entrance. The fort is in a very lofty location above the patchwork fields of the Vale of the White Horse.
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