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Allt nan Uamh Bone Caves
Date Added: 7th Apr 2021
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Allt nan Uamh Bone Caves submitted by freedomandpeace on 6th Feb 2014. Entrance to one of caves
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Log Text: The Bone Caves are set at the base of Creag nan Uamh in a spectacular highland glen. All of the discoveries have been removed to museums so it requires some imagination to reconstruct the caves as they were discovered. The impressive nature of the site more than makes up for this.
Altnacealgach
Date Added: 10th Apr 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Altnacealgach submitted by markj99 on 12th Dec 2020. Approaching Altnacealgach Cairn from the east.
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Log Text: Altnacealgach Cairn is accessible from Altnacealgach Motel if you have walking boots or wellies as it situated on a rough moorland slope. The c. 0.5 mile return trip is more than compensated by a heather clad cairn with a 45 degree arc of exposed stones in the SE.
Ardvreck
Date Added: 14th Apr 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Sutherland)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ardvreck submitted by markj99 on 8th Sep 2021. Ardvreck Chambered Cairn viewed from SE looking towards Quinag.
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Log Text: Ardvreck Chambered Cairn lies c. 250 yards NE of Ardvreck Castle. Therein lies the problem. Thousands of people walk past an anonymous grass mound transfixed by its more attractive companion. I myself was guilty of this on my first visit. It was only on my second visit to Ardvreck that I targeted the cairn using its grid reference.
Achlochan Broch
Date Added: 24th Dec 2022
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Achlochan Broch submitted by markj99 on 17th Jan 2021. A preserved arc of interior wall in Achlochan Broch.
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Log Text: I was disappointed by the scant remains of Achlochan Broch. Only diehard broch fans need to visit this much reduced site.
Crickley Hill
Date Added: 30th Jun 2022
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Mar 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Crickley Hill submitted by h_fenton on 19th Sep 2011. Crickley Hill, viewed from roughly south east.
Kite Aerial Photograph
18 September 2011 @ 5.18pm
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Log Text: Crickley Hill Enclosure is a large space that requires imagination to interpret the remains. The most impressive feature is the Iron Age Rampart at the entrance to the Enclosure.
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.
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.
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 - 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
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 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 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 - 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!
Arthur's Stone
Date Added: 15th Apr 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Arthur's Stone submitted by Adam Stanford on 21st Jul 2006. Taken during recent work to investigate the full extent of the covering mound for this monument. Cheers AS.
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Log Text: There is no logical reason that the amount of effort required to reach a site should affect your interpretation of the site. However I have found that I undervalue sites adjacent to the roadside in comparison with sites in the middle of nowhere. That said, the remains of Arthur's Stone are quite impressive.
Mynydd Cefn Amlwch
Date Added: 15th Apr 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 25th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mynydd Cefn Amlwch submitted by pab on 16th Oct 2007. On a wonderfully clear day in October, looking north east up the Lleyn Peninsula.
The location is noted on COFLEIN as also being known as Coetan Arthur, their ref being NPRN: 93509, at GR SH22973456.
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Log Text: Mynydd Cefn Amlwch is in a pastoral setting protected from livestock by a wooden fence. It is a classic tripod dolmen. I enjoyed the quiet ambience of the site.
Coetan Arthur Dolmen
Date Added: 15th Apr 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Coetan Arthur Dolmen submitted by Johnny on 25th Aug 2001. Coetan Arthur, St. David's Head, Dyfed
(SM725 281):
Impressively situated on the hillside close to St. David's Head, Coetan Arthur is the collapsed chamber of what is presumed to be a passage grave which also has a round barrow. The massive capstone measures approximately 5.9 meters by 2.6 meters and is supported on one side by an orthostat approximately 1.5 meters in height.
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Log Text: Coetan Arthur Dolmen is in a superb coastal setting on St David's Head. The dolmen is perfectly proportioned. The capstone lies at a pleasing 20 degrees angle from horizontal.
This site is just picture perfect.
Guidebest
Date Added: 19th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Guidebest submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Guidebest Stone Circle ND181351. A GPS was very helpful in finding this one.
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Log Text: It is difficult to capture Guidebest Stone Circle in one photo due to its scale and the shrubs in the circle. Is it a coincidence that there is a large split stone in the circle, similar to the split stone at Latheron?
Lligwy Burial Chamber
Date Added: 15th Apr 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Access 4
Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by Jimwithnoname on 8th Sep 2011. Amazing dolmen and very unnerving sat underneath the 25 ton capstone. It's perched on very little it seems on the one side. The warden approached us as we sat eating at the site. He asked if we were thinking of stopping the night, which we were, but as he said. that's a no no. We respected him and moved on after our picnic. He was quite pleasant and only doing his job. Many people wild camp as he said, and set fire to crops or drive through hedges!
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Log Text: Lligwy Burial Chamber has one of the most impressive capstones in the British Isles. The cuboid shape is different from the slab like capstones found in Cornwall.
Apron Full of Stones
Date Added: 11th Apr 2021
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Apron Full of Stones submitted by Blingo_von_Trumpenstein on 27th Mar 2017. Apron Full Of Stones ring cairn. Very obvious placement facing the gorge that contains Yordas cave.
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Log Text: There is a convenient lay by c. 100ft WNW of Apron Full of Stones at SD7065578918. If Kingsdale Beck is in spate there is a bridge c. 200ft N of a lay-by at SD7023078010. The cairn is c. 0.5 mile walk by the river from this point.
Apron Full of Stones is a much reduced cairn however there is sufficient original structure to suggest how impressive it would have been in its low lying landscape. The proximity of Yordas Cave is a bonus.
Yordas cave
Date Added: 1st Jun 2024
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 6th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Yordas Cave submitted by andy_h on 27th Apr 2004. Previously a Victorian Showcave in which evidence of early human habitation was found. A wonderful place to spend an afternoon exploring with a torch. The highlight being the underground waterfall chamber at the back of the cave.
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Log Text: The troglodyte in me can never pass up a chance to explore a cave. Yordas Cave is easily accessible with a bonus waterfall.