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Trehudreth Downs row
Date Added: 25th Sep 2022
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Trehudreth Downs row submitted by Bladup on 16th Jul 2015. Trehudreth Downs row. The western part of the stone row (SX125730).
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Log Text: I spent a pleasant afternoon wandering Trehudreth Downs. I was successfully searching for cairns but also stumbled on this short stone row running WSW-ENE. The stones were low lying and difficult to locate in rough moorland. Upon consulting my GPS I noted that this was the W end of a long stone row. At the time I couldn't locate its remaining portion. The Stone Rows of Great Britain includes Trehudreth Down. Stone 19 (SX 12464 72955) and Stone 13 (SX 12499 72967) gives the full range of the stones I found.
Trehudreth Downs East
Date Added: 26th Sep 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Trehudreth Downs East submitted by markj99 on 25th Sep 2022. Trehudreth Downs E Cairn viewed from N.
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Log Text: Trehudreth Downs East is difficult to pick out in open moorland. It only appears at close quarters.
Trehudreth Downs C
Date Added: 26th Sep 2022
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Trehudreth Downs C submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Jul 2022. The big stone stands proudly, a bit taller than myself.
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Log Text: I parked at the Temple/A30 Junction to visit Trehudtreth Downs via Greenbarrow Downs. There are multiple sites to visit in this area. Trehudreth Downs C Stone Setting is located c. 40 yards E of Trehudreth Downs W Cairn. The stone is obscured by a gorse bush as viewed from the cairn. The three stone appear to form a shallow arc. It is an intriguing site prompting more questions than answers.
Tregiffian Barrow
Date Added: 5th Apr 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 18th Feb 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Tregiffian Barrow submitted by Richard13 on 23rd Jul 2022. Tregiffian Barrow, showing the cup marked stone, and the proximity of the road!
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Log Text: It is always disappointing when a monument loses out to a road however the remains of Tregiffian Barrow are only a short walk from The Merry Maidens.
Torhouseskie South West Standing Stones
Date Added: 24th Dec 2023
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 20th Feb 2020. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Torhouseskie South West Standing Stones submitted by markj99 on 21st Feb 2020. Candidates for Torhosekie Stones SW?
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Log Text: I conducted a field walk around the Grid Reference given by Canmore but found only flat pasture land. However I noticed two stones around 100 yards SW. They are on a natural knoll with a feed trough. The larger stone is around 5 feet with an irregular X or cross visible on the exposed top surface. The OSGR is NX 38117 56372, approximately 200 yards SW of the circle.
Torhousekie Stones East
Date Added: 24th Dec 2023
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 7th Feb 2009. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Torhousekie Stones East submitted by vicky on 29th Oct 2002. The ruined stone row near Torhousekie stone circle.
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Log Text: I am incline to agree with Sandy G's interpretation of this dubious stone row. The scale and random nature of the stones make me interpret this as field clearance stones.
Torhousekie stone circle
Date Added: 24th Dec 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 7th Feb 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Torhousekie stone circle submitted by Energyman on 27th Jul 2019. First Gleam on the 7th July 04:10 an alignment with 3 stones. On processing this image, I hadn't noticed the 'fairy ring' of mist to the right
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Log Text: I have visited this stone circle more times than any other ancient site. It was my first glimpse of ancient remains, leading ultimately to my obsession with megalithic sites. My first available digital photos were taken on 07/02/09 though I lost earlier photos due to a hard drive crash.
Torhousekie Standing Stone
Date Added: 13th May 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 11th May 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Torhousekie Standing Stone submitted by SumDoood on 22nd Mar 2016. Just over the wall near the gate into the 2nd field on the right (west), when approaching the farm "Cunninghame".
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Log Text: The Cunningham Stone is easily visited from Cunninghame Farm road, lying adjacent to a gateway. It is close to some cattle feeders so the area surrounding it may be muddy.
Torhousekie N
Date Added: 25th Dec 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Torhousekie N submitted by Anne T on 25th Jun 2019. Part of this 240ft diameter cairn appears over the dry stone wall as you walk west from the stone circle, on the northern part of the road. Canmore tells us that most of it has been removed to build walls, but it is still a reasonably substantial mound. It lies some 60m north of the milestone. I was left wondering if the area to the centre right was field clearance, or the eastern side of the 240ft circumference cairn.
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Log Text: I looked for this cairn adjacent to the stone circle. The remains of the stone robbed mound may be bisected by the dry stane dyke, constructed using the cairn stones. I thought the E cluster of stones were field clearance stones.
Torhousekie Farm Cairn
Date Added: 25th Dec 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Torhousekie Farm Cairn submitted by cosmic on 17th Oct 2004. Remains of Cairn near Torhousekie Farm
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Log Text: Torhousekie Farm Cairn has survived in better condition than the E cairns which have been erased from the landscape. The overall footprint of the cairn is intact and there are original stones scattered on the centre of the low mound.
It is possible to park in a gateway on the B733 at NX 3790 5669. Head N across the field for c. 130 yards to a gate in the dry stane dyke. Torhousekie Farm Cairn is c. 70 yards SW of here parallel to the dry stane dyke. My route is viewable on Torhouse Farm Cairn.
Torhousekie East
Date Added: 24th Dec 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 7th Feb 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Torhouskie East submitted by DrewParsons on 19th Oct 2010. PID
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Log Text: Torhousekie Stone Row is located c. 150 yards E of Torhousekie Stone Circle. It consists of three boulders similar in character to those found in Torhousekie Stone Circle. The tallest stone is c. 4 feet high and the row measures c. 15 feet long on a NE-SW axis.
Walk c. 50 yards E from the Torhousekie Stone Circle Parking to a gateway. Torhousekie Stone Row is c. 100 yards NE in the field from here.
Torhouse North Side Cairn
Date Added: 25th Dec 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Torhouse North Side Cairn submitted by Anne T on 25th Jun 2019. Armed with the GPS, the location is exactly as described by SumDoood, although we couldn't find any trace of field clearance stones in this field - it appeared to be improved pasture land. The red arrow marks the spot where the cairn should be (although there is a brighter green central 'button' just to its left, behind the fence line which might possibly be it?)
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Log Text: I scanned the area indicated by the grid reference but like Anne T, I failed to discern the shape of a cairn. Perhaps I need to revisit in twilight like SumDoood.
Torhouse North Cairn
Date Added: 25th Dec 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Torhouse North Cairn submitted by Anne T on 26th Jun 2019. Nothing to see now, but the site of the cairn, now destroyed, would have been at the top of the 'hump' of this natural knoll. The stone row is 200m to the north east and the stone circle 180m to the south.
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Log Text: While visiting Torhouse Stone Circle on a fine day I resolved to investigate the speculative destroyed cairns NW of the circle. I followed a grass track towards the northernmost cairn. The site is now a grassy round hill with no trace of any stones. It is such a shame that this area rich in antiquities has been altered by modern farming.
Tiree Ringing Rock
Date Added: 26th Nov 2022
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Scotland (Isle of Tiree)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 1
Tiree Ringing Rock submitted by nosas on 13th Jun 2017. Photogrammetry view by James McComas June 17
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Log Text: Tiree Ringing Rock, known locally as Clach a' Choire is an isolated erratic on the N coast of Tiree. The boulder is visually impressive with its numerous large cup marks; however, the ringing sound of the metallic stone adds an extra dimension.
Tinnis Hill
Date Added: 10th Apr 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Scottish Borders)
Visited: Yes on 26th May 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 1
Tinnis Hill submitted by howard_mattinson on 25th Apr 2005. Tinnis Hill. NY431854. Don't know if this a big cairn or a wall round a hill fort, it's interesting though
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Log Text: I climbed Tinnis Hill after visiting Windy Edge Long Cairn. I failed to recognise the cairn on the summit but did notice the remains of the outer enclosure at the base of the mound.
The Thieves
Date Added: 9th May 2022
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
The Thieves submitted by mickm on 6th Feb 2005. View from the southwest.
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Log Text: There is such a wealth of ancient sites on Drennandow Moor, however The Thieves Standing Stone are the best site to my eyes. I feel a magnetic attraction to Standing Stones generally so a pair of six footers are irresistible.
The Polisher (Fyfield Down)
Date Added: 17th Jul 2022
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Feb 2011. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 1
The Polisher (Fyfield Down) submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Sep 2019. At long last, I have been to visit this fabulous stone.
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Log Text: There is a large flat slab with a large rock basin on its upper surface c. 50 yards E of Fyfield Down Polisher Stone. I wonder if the Rock Basin was made by the same people who made the Polisher Stone?
The May Cairn
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 16th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
The May Cairn submitted by markj99 on 20th Jul 2023. The May Cairn viewed from the north.
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Log Text: There are often Beef Cattle in the field which surrounds The May Cairn. It took several visits before I was able to access the cairn.
The Long Stone (Minions)
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
The Long Stone (Minions) submitted by thecaptain on 31st Aug 2008. Long Tom, near Minions.
Picture from about 1980.
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Log Text: I found an OS Benchmark on the W Face of The Long Stone (Minions) on my latest visit.
The Hurlers Pipers
Date Added: 7th Mar 2023
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
The Hurlers Pipers submitted by JimChampion on 24th Aug 2007. View through the 'goalposts' of the Pipers, neatly framing Stowe's Hill in the distance (home of the Cheesewring natural rock feature and the neolithic enclosure of Stowe's Pound). These two stones stand to the west of the Hurlers stone circles. The dung in the foreground is from the ponies that graze the moor.
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Log Text: These standing stones would be the star attraction if the Hurlers Stone Circles were not several hundred yards away. As it is this pair of stone have a strong gravitas.