Domsteinane

Date Added: 8th Oct 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle Country: Norway (Rogaland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5

Log Text: The site was very impressing and puzzling, what was the purpose. We have never seen anything like this, unique in its sort.
It is sighposted - next to a golfclub.
And at the golfclub we habe seen some standing stones.

Vistehola

Date Added: 8th Oct 2024
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter Country: Norway (Rogaland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5

Log Text: We have visited the cave.
It was not easy to find it as the routeplanner got confused.It is at the road Goaveien.
I took these coordinates: 58.9872198, 5.5966682.
From the street, just take the deadend street for cars and it is also a bikepath. There are 3 parkingplaces for cars next to the cave and a picknicktable.

Ausevik Rock Art

Date Added: 4th Oct 2024
Site Type: Rock Art Country: Norway (Sogn og Fjordane)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5

Log Text: We habe visited this large site with rockpaintings. The bay area was very appealing, we could imagine this was a safe harbour to gather and live for our ancestors.
The rock art was pretty hard to see, due to mosses and water, the colours have disappeared.
But it was so great to be here.

Søfstadklubben

Date Added: 26th Sep 2024
Site Type: Rock Art Country: Norway (Møre og Romsdal)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4

Log Text: An impressive area with those smooth rocks and astonishing paintings. Loved the valley.

Alnestrøya standing stone

Date Added: 24th Sep 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir) Country: Norway (Møre og Romsdal)
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 3

Log Text: The Menhir is still in the backyard of a house, on the hilltop, though some further in the street. Look for the house with red rooftiles.
The right coordinates of Alnestrøya are 62.29096N and 5.58206E.
It was a pity we could not come closer, not from the hill and not via the backyard.
Menhir Alnestrøya must have had a stunning strategic view from the seaside as well from the fjordside.

Skjonghelleren

Date Added: 24th Sep 2024
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter Country: Norway (Møre og Romsdal)
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3

Log Text: As it has rained the path was pretty wet. The stones were slippery.
Unfortunately trees are growing before the entrance of the cave so the entrance is hard to see from half way up.
But it was a challinging site, the rocks in front and the view on the bay/fjord.

Blimshaugen mound

Date Added: 24th Sep 2024
Site Type: Round Barrow(s) Country: Norway (Møre og Romsdal)
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4

Log Text: The burial mounds are fenced, but you can enter.
There is an information board that tells a dramatic story of a family burial 3/400AD.
The view of the mounds over the sea / fjord is stunning.
The entrance of some graves are still visible.

Sjøskardet standing stone

Date Added: 24th Sep 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir) Country: Norway (Møre og Romsdal)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4

Log Text: There is a parking lot for both the menhir as the 300AD burial mounds and information. As the gate was closed we went over the fence. The rope of this megalithic area is too close to the menhir to make a nice picture. The menhir has a prominent overview over the bay (beach).

Synes standing stone

Date Added: 24th Sep 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir) Country: Norway (Møre og Romsdal)
Visited: Yes on 24th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4

Log Text: The right coordinates are
62.5516493
6.0506860
The menhir next to the F136 has a very nice overview over the land and fjord. It is the same road as the churches'.
Unfortunately they were building and put the roadsign in front of the Menhir.

L'Alcúdia

Date Added: 23rd Apr 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement Country: Spain (Comunidad Valenciana)
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5

Log Text: Parts of L'Alcúdia are still under construction as it was a very large site.
L'Alcúdia Iberic was strictly defensive, prestigious, hierarchic and ruled by the Iliti from an early date. L'Alcúdia.
Alcúdia
500BC
Iberian Period
Place where the Lady of Elche was found in an ancient Iberian wall.
Maybe the Lady of Elch was hidden in a secret section of the defensive founding wall.
Later the Roman Empire took over this area.
The Archeological Museum is on this location too.

La Fonteta

Date Added: 23rd Apr 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement Country: Spain (Comunidad Valenciana)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 1924. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5

Log Text: In the regions of El Bajo Segura and El Bajo Vinalopó, there are archeological remains that allow us to know the Phoenician colonization and its impact on the native communities of this area. 
Under the sand the large settlement is hidden and part of it is excavated. The walls are impressive and the 
Guardamar is part of the Route de Phoenicians across many countries in the Mediterranean, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Other sites that are connected 
Cabezo Pequeño del Estaño or Guardamar del Segura, Peña Negra in Crevillente and Los Saladres in Orihuela.
Yacimeniento arquelógico Fenicio la Fonteta
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Next to Fenicio la Fonteta the Caliphal Ribat was built, partly with stones of La Fonteta; it is dated 944AC and has 21 prayer cells, a Mosque and community area.
 This mosque, including the quila of closure of the southern wall that was used to correctly direct the prayers of the faithful towards the sacred Kaaba in Mecca. They have also found a mihrab, a small, vaulted niche indicating the direction in which to face while praying. The construction of the arches of some of these reused elements are from the Phoenician site of La Fonteta. The rooms had a door and tiny windows to provide dim light inside that created a feeling of isolation and mysticism. At night they were lit with oil lamps that fitted into the walls.
Some of the cells were made of mud and whitewashed, others were made of lime mortar. Some of the cells have their original plaster, that show geometric motifs. A large number of ceramics were found, jugs, pots, alcadafe bowls, pitchers, lamps decorated plates and plates with the ancient Kufic characters. - these can be seen in the museum of Guadamar.

Ràbita Caliphal
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Rabat Caliphal
Alicante Guardamar del Segura

Yacimiento Arqueológico La Bastida

Date Added: 18th Apr 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement Country: Spain (Murcia)
Visited: Yes on 17th Mar 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4

Log Text: La Bastida is dated 2200 - 1550 BC.
This site can be visited with a guide during the weekend. It is signposted from Totana. More information is on the website.
It is a very remote site high upon a hill, at the steep borders of a canyon river.
It was discovered in the end of the 1869.
La Bastida is a Bronzeage city of the Al Algar Culture that conquers cities as Knossos and Mykonos. Archeologists are still excavating the hill and probebly is was completely inhabited.
The defence walls are thick and high.
The work, which continues today, shows an authentic city of some 40,000 m2 which, at its peak, some 3,800 years ago, was inhabited by some 1,000 people. At that time, it was one of the largest settlements in Europe and the western Mediterranean.

Dozens of dwellings have been found, terraced in artificial terraces along the slopes of the hill. The enclave itself is situated in a strategic location, hidden from the Guadalentín valley and with good natural conditions for defence.

The tombs are of particular interest, as they are located under the floor of the dwellings. They usually contained one or, sometimes, two individuals in a shrunken position, inside ceramic vessels or cists, i.e. boxes made of stone slabs or walls. Some of these tombs also contained offerings, such as ceramic bowls and pots, weapons, tools and ornaments of copper or silver, and necklaces of bone, shell and stone beads. The differences between these offerings tell us of a community divided into social classes.

It was an overwhelming archeological site.

Dolmen El Charcón

Date Added: 25th Feb 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Feb 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3

Log Text: The Dolmen El Charcón was signposted well at the CA-0419 near (above) El Gastor.
The strenuous walk is uphill is 1.2 km with very nice views.
A beautifull site with large capstones, very special indeed.
It is situated next to the rim of the gorge of the river Arroyo de la Angostura.

After the climb uphill there is a sort of a valley with many heaps of stones and that area looks like other Castro's we have seen up north. In that area is Dolmen El Charcón II.

Alberite Dolmen

Date Added: 25th Feb 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Yes on 25th Feb 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4

Log Text: The site was in good condition. The entrance, the fence, to the site was closed so you had to step over the side lower fence. That would be impossible with a wheelchair.
About the Dolmen, it is situated in a flat landscape and the shape is round hill and therefore peculiar in itself. Unfortunately another Dolmen nearby was destroyed in the 70's. In the area are traces found of villages, occupation and mines.
It is not mentioned where you can see the artifacts found, he beads. paints and tools.
I will add some pictures of the other sites in Vilamartín - most of them cannot be found.

Castelo de Tavira

Date Added: 9th Feb 2024
Site Type: Castro or Chafurdão Country: Portugal (Faro)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4

Log Text: An impressive castle with a stunning view and a nice garden.

Vila Romana do Montinho das Laranjeiras

Date Added: 9th Feb 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement Country: Portugal (Faro)
Visited: Yes on 4th Feb 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4

Log Text: The Roman site can be reached by a save WOODEN footpath along the road all the way from GUERREIROS DO RIO. This village has a smuggler museum.
This is an authentic remote rural area.

Torshøj Rundhøj

Date Added: 23rd Aug 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound Country: Denmark (Nordjylland)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3

Log Text: The offering of the more than 100 goldfoil ships can be seen in the National Museum of Denmark, and e few can be seen in the Museum of Thisted.

Abterp Langdysse 1

Date Added: 23rd Aug 2023
Site Type: Long Barrow Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5

Log Text: What a beauties in this landscape - can be reached by gravel road - open 24 hours a day and there is an information board and picknicktable.

Abterp Langdysse 2

Date Added: 23rd Aug 2023
Site Type: Long Barrow Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5

Log Text: We have visited these beauties in august'23 and the mounds can be reached by car over a gravel road. There is a nice picknickplace next to it (open 24 hours a day). The graves are well maintained and it makes you wonder how people could bring these stones to this marshlands.

Seem Rundhøj

Date Added: 19th Aug 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s) Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 3

Log Text: The mounds are still visible.
We could park the car on a small inlay of the 24. The grass has been cut so we could enter the privat land. There are two round barrows and we fotographed them both.