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Anderlingen Steinkistengrab (Hannover)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2007
Anderlingen Steinkistengrab (Hannover) submitted by JimChampion on 14th Jul 2007. A reconstructed dolmen outside the Niedersächsischen Landesmuseum, central Hannover. It was originally discovered during sand extraction near Anderlingen, and moved here for public display. It was originally covered by an earth mound, 25 metres in diameter and 2 metres high. It is most famous for containing a stone with three human figures carved into it - Anderlingen's coat of arms features a representation of this carved stone.
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Niedersächsischen Landesmuseums Hannover
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2007
Niedersächsischen Landesmuseums Hannover submitted by JimChampion on 14th Jul 2007. Looking down on the Niedersächsischen Landesmuseum building from the viewing gallery at the top of the New Town Hall (Neue Rathaus) in Hannover.
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High Bridestones (Yorks)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 7th Dec 2007
High Bridestones (Yorks) submitted by JimChampion on 7th Dec 2007. August 2007. The High Bridestones, on the moor. Just one of the megaliths is still standing, with small change firmly wedged into its many crevices. A megalithic shambles indeed. The heather in bloom says that it is summer, although the temperature (and wind) on this day was more like winter!
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Blakey Topping
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 7th Dec 2007
Blakey Topping submitted by JimChampion on 7th Dec 2007. August 2007. This stone is at the field gate, near to the larger standing stones to the south-west of Blakey Topping (just visible in the background).
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Danby Beacon
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2009
Danby Beacon submitted by JimChampion on 30th Jul 2009. The mound on the left is the Bronze Age burial mound re-used in more modern times as Danby Beacon. The beacon sculpture on the barrow was erected the Danby Beacon Trust in 2008, and first lit on the anniversary of Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. The top of Beacon Hill, beyond the barrow, was the site of a major Second World War radar station.
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Avebury - The Cove
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005
Avebury - The Cove submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. August 2004. Lichen on one of the tremendous Cove stones.
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Avebury
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005
Avebury submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. August 2004. North-east portion of the ditch, looking towards the causeway where the road enters the site. There are lots of colourful small flowers on the embankment.
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Figsbury Rings
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jan 2005
Figsbury Rings submitted by JimChampion on 23rd Jan 2005. January 2005. Looking at the NE section of the ramparts from within the rings. The highest portion of the rampart is visible behind the ash trees growing in the inner ditch. These are the only significant trees within the rings, which are now grazed to conserve the chalk grassland habitat. The red flag is a warning that the neighbouring MOD range is in use. From the ring you get an amazing view of the MOD's impact on the modern landscape north-east of Salisbury.
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Old Sarum
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jan 2005
Old Sarum submitted by JimChampion on 26th Jan 2005. January 2005. Eastern side of Old Sarum hillfort, viewed from the earthworks at Figsbury Rings, 5km to the east.
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Stonehenge.
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2005
Stonehenge. submitted by JimChampion on 4th Apr 2005. 4 April 2005: like something from "The Birds" huge numbers of starlings swoop around Stonehenge and settle on the stones. Some birds of the crow family (not sure which ones) are busy making their nests in holes in the trilithons.
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West Kennett Long Barrow
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2005
West Kennett Long Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 5th Apr 2005. April 2005. A long picture of a long barrow: composite of three photos showing the West Kennet Long Barrow in silhouette against the spring sunshine.
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2005
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum submitted by JimChampion on 30th Apr 2005. March 2005: the front of Salisbury and South Wiltshire museum. The noticeboard features a recommendation from one of Bill Bryson's books: "Salisbury museum is outstanding and I urge you to go there at once."
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The Sanctuary.
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2005
The Sanctuary. submitted by JimChampion on 10th May 2005. February 2005. Looking over the Sanctuary site, from the Avenue entrance. The modern ambience is a bit weird, like Woodhenge, with the little concrete markers showing where several phases of posts/stones once stood.
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West Kennet Avenue
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2005
West Kennet Avenue submitted by JimChampion on 10th May 2005. February 2005. A popular view, but I like the quality of the light and colour in this particular picture with the the sun setting behind Walden Hill.
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Clearbury Ring
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2006
Clearbury Ring submitted by JimChampion on 31st May 2006. Southwest ditch and rampart (right) at Clearbury, from grid ref SU15232432. The ramparts were planted with beech trees long ago, as was the fashion to "improve the aspect" of prominent landmarks. Clearbury is a univallate hillfort, meaning that it has a single ditch and bank.
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Whitsbury Down
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2006
Whitsbury Down submitted by JimChampion on 26th Oct 2006. The barrow is separated from a byway by a high hedge and this is all I could see leaning over the fence. The view is along the back of the barrow. To get a better view one would need to revisit when the crop has been harvested.
(c) Peter Facey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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Silbury Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Nov 2006
Silbury Hill submitted by JimChampion on 20th Nov 2006. Silbury Hill from the bottom of the path up to the West Kennett long barrow. The autumnal oak on the right usually has 'clouties' hanging from it, there are just a few there at the moment.
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Overton Hill barrow cemetery
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Nov 2006
Overton Hill barrow cemetery submitted by JimChampion on 21st Nov 2006. Looking up towards the beech-planted barrows on Overton Hill from the B4003 road that follows the West Kennett Avenue from Avebury down to the village of West Kennett (sign in the foreground).
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Avebury Down barrow cemetery
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Nov 2006
Avebury Down barrow cemetery submitted by JimChampion on 25th Nov 2006. Dusk telephoto shot of one of the beech-planted round barrows on Avebury Down. Taken from the West Kennet avenue. Trees are in transition from summer to winter.
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Cley Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2007
Cley Hill submitted by JimChampion on 16th Apr 2007. A three-photo composite of Cley Hill, from "Little Cley Hill" to the northeast, connected to the main hill by a saddle. This is an impressive piece of geomorphology, a chalk outlier of Salisbury Plain, with some human-added trimmings (the ramparts, lynchets and barrows).
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