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Swinside
Date Added: 19th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jan 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Swinside submitted by AngieLake on 19th Apr 2020. This large block is stone 30 at the South of Swinside circle. It was one of the focal points in a dowse I did there on 19th June 2002, the evening I met Jack Morris Eyton. It was the link with moves 17 and 18 in this plan.
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Log Text: It takes time and planning to visit Sunkenkirk Stone Circle. However this stone circle, virtually complete in a beautiful location, more than compensates the effort required.
Stoney Littleton
Date Added: 19th Mar 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stoney Littleton submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Mar 2005. Stoney Littleton barrow viewed from the west.
Its a cracking little barrow, with the most wonderful passage and chambers inside, and the powers that be have even left a decent sized area around it free of any farming activity. A lovely sunny day, but some of the walk to the barrow was horrendously muddy.
The fields around the barrow had recently been ploughed, a crop of beet of some sort having been the last grown. While walking back after my visit, I found a bit of the lovely golden colou...
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Log Text: This restored long barrow is an unexpected gem, given its relative isolation. The restoration is more sympathetic than Newgrange.
Woodhenge (Wiltshire)
Date Added: 19th Mar 2023
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2009. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Woodhenge (Wiltshire) submitted by sem on 7th Sep 2015. Woodhenge -The Model
One picture taken of a 3D model conceived during a wet weekend. Projects like this can reveal previously unseen features.
I would point out that the henge itself is now thought to have been built after the timbers decayed.
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Log Text: I was disappointed with the unimaginative use of concrete posts substituted for timber posts. Not worth a visit.
Strichen House
Date Added: 19th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Strichen House submitted by Krautrock on 7th Jan 2009. July 2008
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Log Text: Given its chequered history I was unsure about visiting Strichen House Stone Circle. I was pleasantly surprised by the gravitas of this small stone circle.
Stanton Drew - The Cove
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Apr 2009. The Cove 01/04/09
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Log Text: Combining standing stones and a pub is always a good idea. Probably the best standing stones in the world!
Stanton Drew SSW
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Stanton Drew SSW submitted by HarryTwenty on 17th Sep 2019. Fallen and nearly forgotten.
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Log Text: The SSW Circle is badly neglected in comparison with its larger neighbours. Admittedly, there is also much less to see.
Stanton Drew Great Circle
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew Great Circle submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Apr 2009. Stanton Drew Great Circle 01/04/09
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew Great Circle submitted by JJ on 6th Oct 2003. Aerial photo copyright JJ Evendon
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew - Avenue
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew - Avenue submitted by SandyG on 12th Jan 2018. Row leading from the Great Circle. View from east.
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew NE Circle
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Circle submitted by Horatio on 23rd Apr 2022. The NE circle the smallest of the 3 circles at Stanton Drew, includes some of the heaviest blocks of stone. Within this circle geophysics have shown that four enormous timber once once stood., it is not yet understood if these where buildings, raised platforms or some other form of ceremonial structure.
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew NE Avenue
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Avenue submitted by SandyG on 12th Jan 2018. Stone alignment approaching a stone circle.View from south east.
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Hautville's Quoit
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Hautville's Quoit submitted by bec-zog on 29th Oct 2003. Hautville Quoit. Late neolithic remnant. Located @ ST 602,638 (NNE 0f Stanton Drew Great Circle)
Aligns with centre of the Great Circle & the SW Circle.
Possibly part of a larger, now destroyed, structure.
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Log Text: The remaining stone of Hauteville's Quoit half-buried next to a hedge requires more imagination than I have to reconstruct the monument. One for the completists.
Stalldon Row
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldon Row submitted by thecaptain on 22nd Sep 2006. The northern end of the row has 4 wonderful large (2 metres plus) stones still standing, which can be seen from miles away all over the southern moor, and look in many ways like walkers on the hilltop.
Seen here looking to the north, the wild moorland stretches off into the distance.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldown North
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldown North submitted by Anne T on 8th Oct 2016. The Stalldown North Platform Cairn Circle and Cist, submitted on behalf of Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldown Cairn Circle
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldown Cairn Circle submitted by davep on 8th Nov 2019. The cairn in the middle of Stalldown Stone Row. From the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (PDW) page for Stalldown Cairn Circle.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn E
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn E submitted by markj99 on 3rd Feb 2021. Stalldown Stone Row Cairn E lies in open moorland.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldown Ring Cairn Circle
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldown Ring Cairn Circle submitted by Bladup on 17th Dec 2021. Stalldown Ring Cairn looking West, Some of the stones of Stalldon Stone Row are just visible on the little hillock in the photo's middle distance
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S
Date Added: 12th Mar 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S submitted by markj99 on 3rd Feb 2021. Stalldown Stone Row Cairn S.
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Log Text: There are two main difficulties in visiting Stalldown Row and its associated cairns:
1. Navigating the maze of narrow roads to Stall Moor.
2. Finding a safe place to park up safely close to Stall Moor
Once you have completed these two tasks the walk to Stalldown Stone Row is a picnic.
The Fiddler
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Oct 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
The Fiddler submitted by Bladup on 17th Feb 2023. The Fiddler looking North
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Log Text: The Fiddler Stone is an irregular chest shaped stone in the corner of a field c. 30 yards N of SW 93919 68180. It is difficult to imagine how the stone originally looked.
Nine Maidens Stone Row
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Oct 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Nine Maidens Stone Row submitted by Bladup on 16th Feb 2023. Nine Maidens Stone Row looking SW
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Log Text: It is easy to visit this stone row from a dedicated lay-by on the A39. The substantial length of the stone row and height of the stones are impressive.