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Craigbirnoch Central NW Cairn
Date Added: 22nd Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Craigbirnoch Central NW Cairn submitted by markj99 on 21st Jan 2023. Craigbirnoch Central NW Cairn viewed from S.
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Log Text: I have driven past the Craigbirnoch cairns many times without being aware of their existence. They aren't obviously visible in the landscape. I found them using Canmore Search Map.
Craigbirnoch NW Cairn
Date Added: 22nd Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Craigbirnoch NW Cairn submitted by markj99 on 22nd Jan 2023. Craigbirnoch NW Cairn viewed from W.
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Log Text: I have driven past the Craigbirnoch cairns many times without being aware of their existence. They aren't obviously visible in the landscape. I found them using Canmore Search Map.
Craigbirnoch NE Cairn
Date Added: 22nd Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Craigbirnoch NE Cairn submitted by markj99 on 22nd Jan 2023. Craigbirnoch NE Cairn viewed from E.
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Log Text: I have driven past the Craigbirnoch cairns many times without being aware of their existence. They aren't obviously visible in the landscape. I found them using Canmore Search Map.
Callanish 15
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Callanish 15 submitted by markj99 on 8th Apr 2019. Callanish 15, a recumbent standing stone.
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Log Text: I didn't find any rolling stones (I didn't write the description of this site: I inherited it) but I did find a candidate for a recumbent standing stone on the hillside at NB 17754 34588.
Callanish 8A
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Callanish 8A submitted by SHUGS on 28th Sep 2015. Looking South
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Log Text: Callanish VIIIa Standing Stone is accessible via a path up a steep bank on the S End of Bernera Bridge. At least it hasn't been resited in a concrete plinth.
Callanish 8
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Callanish 8 submitted by Tom_Bullock on 8th Dec 2004. 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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Log Text: Callanish 8 "stone semi-circle" is one of the most unusual megalithic site I have visited. It is a must visit if you are in the area.
Callanish I
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Callanish I submitted by Megalithicmatt on 17th Sep 2015. One quarter of the circle.
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Log Text: The drawback with visiting Callanish in the summer is sharing the stones with lots of people. Seeing the stones in sunlight is a compensation.
Callanish 2
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Callanish 3 submitted by jayney on 16th Jul 2003. Solstice 2001
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Log Text: There is a charming simplicity to Callanish II in comparison to its complicated neighbour.
Callanish 3
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Callanish 3 submitted by Andy B on 13th Nov 2022. Bruce Adams, one of our members since 2012, sadly died last month - he had motor neurone disease. Bruce wrote: "Over the years I have assembled albums recording my visits to stone circles and related sites. I would very much like to pass these on to someone who will appreciate them. I am not asking for payment and only have a desire to see them go to a good home. I would rather not see them broken up and dispersed."
I am currently looking after Bruce's albums and will be sharing some of the...
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Log Text: The variety of sites in the Callanish landscape is a delight. Callanish 3 is a complex stone circle, open to interpretation.
Callanish 4
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Callanish 4 submitted by LivingRocks on 30th Jul 2005. Solstice eve, June 2005.
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Log Text: For some unknown reason I prefer the simplicity of a small stone circle round a cairn to the complex arrangement of stones at Callanish I. Additionally, there is a greater satisfaction in a solitary visit to Callanish IV.
Callanish 5
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Callanish 5 submitted by Tom_Bullock on 8th Dec 2004. 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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Log Text: After a yomp over boggy moorland, it was somewhat underwhelming to find three short stones in a line. Maybe I have been spoilt by Cornish stone rows, up to half a mile long, but I struggled to appreciate the significance of Callenish V.
Callanish 6
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Callanish 6 submitted by Tom_Bullock on 8th Dec 2004. 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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Log Text: I wasn't convinced about the stone circle interpretation: stone circles are usually erected on flat ground. If it was a cairn where did all the stones go? The two standing stones are ill-matched. Callanish VI is a difficult site to interpret.
Callanish 7
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Callanish 7 submitted by Tom_Bullock on 8th Dec 2004. 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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Log Text: On passing through this site I found a charming reconstructed shieling hut (but no stone circle).
Sharpitor cairn circle
Date Added: 2nd Feb 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sharpitor cairn circle submitted by bec-zog on 28th Nov 2003. Sharpitor : central cyst in barrow remains.
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Log Text: Sharpitor cairn circle is located in moorland c. 130 yards E of a lay-by at SX 55707 70679. Follow a path heading ENE out of the lay-by to find the low lying cairn and cist.
Sharpitor NW double row
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2023
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Sharpitor NW double row submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Sharpitor NW double row looking southwest
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Log Text: The Sharpitor NW Stone Rows are easily visited by parking at SX 55707 70679, adjacent to a pool S of the B3212. The stones are mostly small and hidden under the moorland vegetation. The rows are delineated by a few exposed stones.
Sharpitor NW single row
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 28th Nov 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Sharpitor NW single row submitted by Brian Byng on 7th Feb 2002. Sharpitor NW single row, looking northeast
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Log Text: The Sharpitor NW Stone Rows are easily visited by parking at SX 55707 70679, adjacent to a pool S of the B3212. The stones are mostly small and hidden under the moorland vegetation. The rows are delineated by a few exposed stones.
Siblyback Menhir
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 4th May 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 1
Siblyback Menhir submitted by Bladup on 24th Apr 2013. Siblyback Menhir.
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Log Text: Sibleyback Standing Stone is a high and handsome stone in an isolated location. It is erected at SX 24072 73838, c. 100 yards NW of a disused railway bed at the foot of Newell Tor. I walked SW from Kilmar Tor to access it. I would consider a GPS device essential to find this stone.
King Arthur Stone
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2023
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
King Arthur Stone submitted by Maeg on 27th Aug 2012. A view of the 6th century inscribed stone at Slaughterbridge, as seen from the adjacent footpath. The script is both latin and ogham and reads "Latini [h]ic iacit fili Macari" = Latinus son of Macarus lies here. Latinus is thought to have been a local celtic chief (according to Wikipedia at least).
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Log Text: King Arthur Stone lies prone on the W bank of the Camel River at SX 10916 85690. I accessed the stone from a path within the The Vale of Avalon Visitor Centre near Camelford.
Penderry Hill
Date Added: 9th Feb 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (South Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Penderry Hill submitted by markj99 on 7th Feb 2023. Penderry Hill Cairn viewed from E.
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Log Text: Penderry Hill Cairn is not spectacular but there are good views from the cairn.
Carlock Hill
Date Added: 9th Feb 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (South Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carlock Hill submitted by markj99 on 7th Feb 2023. Carlock Hill Cairn viewed from SW.
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Log Text: Many people speed past this small conical hill W of the A77, but it is a short scramble up a steep slope to a 360° panoramic view.