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Newgrange
Date Added: 19th Mar 2014
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Would like to visit
Newgrange submitted by McDeil on 8th Jan 2002. Entry at Newgrange showing massive carved stone which once blocked the entry. Not shown are the tourists who in Summer would queue for up to an hour to be taken through the tomb!
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Canadian Museum of History
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2014
Site Type: Museum
Country: Canada
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Canadian Museum of History submitted by Flickr on 1st May 2014. Canadian Museum of Civilization
Image copyright: Diorama Sky (Jeff Stvan), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: As a resident of Ottawa I have visited this museum on numerous occasions and I am proud of the quality of its exhibitions, both permanent and temporary. The name has recently changed to the "Canadian Museum of History".
Serpent Mound, Keene
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2014
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: Canada
Visited: Would like to visit
Serpent Mound, Keene submitted by eforrest25 on 20th Jun 2005. Serpent Mound in Keene, Ontario as viewed from surrounding walkway. This mound is quite different from the Ohio serpent and much more difficult to photograph. The Ohio mound has an elevated platform. There is no elevated location at the Ontario site.
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Manitou Mounds
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2014
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Canada
Visited: Would like to visit
Manitou Mounds submitted by Flickr on 24th Dec 2018. Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historic Centre Image copyright: whataride247 (What A Ride), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Göbekli Tepe
Date Added: 14th May 2014
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Göbekli Tepe submitted by AlexHunger on 1st Aug 2006. Segment D is one of the near circular shaped pillared areas in the best condition of Göbekli Tepe.
There are 5 more, usually smaller such pillared areas on this site, many of the pillars having elaborate carvings.
Göbekli Tepe is apparently a Pre Pottery Neolithic Temple dating back to about 9,000 BCE near the Euphrates in South Eastern Turkey.
With kind permission from Dr. Klaus Schmidt, of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.
Original text provided: Anlage D ist die bes...
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Majorville Medicine Wheel
Date Added: 25th May 2014
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Canada
Visited: Would like to visit
Majorville Medicine Wheel submitted by Runemage on 18th Jan 2011. Looking East towards the Bow River
Image copyright John Nightingale who writes: "although I was somewhat sceptical , I borrowed a friends dowsing rods and "Wow" they actually moved when approaching the summit and
especially in and around the top. Powerful stuff!"
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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
Date Added: 25th May 2014
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Canada
Visited: Would like to visit
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump submitted by thecaptain on 24th May 2009. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
The welcome sign with logo.
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Sundial Medicine Wheel
Date Added: 27th May 2014
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Canada
Visited: Would like to visit
Sundial Medicine Wheel submitted by Runemage on 20th Jan 2011. Sundial Medicine Wheel looking south showing the 'passage'
Photo by John Nightingale.
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Callanish
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2014
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Would like to visit
Callanish I submitted by chrispy on 2nd Jan 2010. Callanish 1 june 2009 at sunset showing the central circle
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Old Sarum
Date Added: 1st Mar 2015
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Old Sarum submitted by AngieLake on 2nd Jan 2007. The footbridge to the fort at Old Sarum spans the 'new' Salisbury Cathedral's spire in the distance.
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Log Text: I recall visiting this many years ago as a young man. I particularly remember the remnants of Bishop Roger's Cathedral.
Cissbury Ring
Date Added: 15th Jul 2016
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (West Sussex)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cissbury Ring submitted by Andy B on 1st Jul 2016. Flint mine shaft 27, Cissbury. Art was present 15 feet (4.58m) down on the shaft wall to the east, a metre above the shaft floor at 18 feet (5.5m) and opposite the skeleton (found in the west gallery), though this was not illustrated or described. Art was present in galleries 7 and 8 as noted and illustrated.
Figure 5 from the World Archaeology Interpreting hidden chalk art in southern British Neolithic flint mines by Anne Teather (World Archaeology 42:2 230-251)
Image credit: Wor...
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Devil's Jumps
Date Added: 25th Jun 2017
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (West Sussex)
Visited: Would like to visit
Devil's Jumps submitted by paulcall on 2nd Feb 2007. Site in West Sussex
A panorama of the five bell barrows from the north. (See my comments for a description of the site)
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Farley Mount
Date Added: 12th Oct 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1970. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Farley Mount submitted by JimChampion on 29th May 2005. May 2005. The mound and obelisk from the southwest. Not all sources agree as to whether this mound was originally a round barrow or not. There are many other round barrows in the surrounding area, but if this was a barrow it must have been made much more prominent when it was turned into the grave for a lucky 18th century horse: it currently has a Silbury-esque gradient.
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Log Text: I have visited this many times in the past, including one visit on horseback.
Carcassonne - La Cité
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2014
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Languedoc:Aude (11))
Visited: Yes on 31st Jan 1999. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Carcassonne - La Cité submitted by thecaptain on 19th Feb 2005. La Cité de Carcassonne, seen here from the south.
Ancient citadel which goes back as far as time. Although the main remains of this fantastic fairy story city are now mediaeval much of the walls can be seen to date back to Visigoth and Roman times. This is of course, all built upon a citadel which was here long before any of them came here.
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Log Text: Carcassonne is an impressive fortress with many interesting areas to visit. The history of the region is reflected in many places, including the Abbey. My time there was limited and I would go back to see more if the opportunity were to arise.
Avebury
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2014
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Avebury submitted by h_fenton on 4th Aug 2009. Avebury, Oblique Kite Aerial Photograph
12 July 2009
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Log Text: The integration of the village into the superb stone circle is in part a distraction and yet a wonder in itself. The site is impressive both on its own and as a part of the many sites in this area of Wiltshire.
The ability to walk through the stones and experience the location gives it some advantages over Stonehenge.
Silbury Hill
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2014
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2000. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4
Silbury Hill submitted by MikeyB on 26th Nov 2012. Reflections of Silbury Hill
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Log Text: The hill is impressive when seen from the road but I did not have the opportunity to determine if it was possible to get closer. The potential linkages of this structure with the sites in the area are not easy to understand. The effort put into the construction makes it clear that it held particular significance for our ancestors.
Stonehenge.
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2014
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jun 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stonehenge. submitted by Feanor on 23rd Jun 2011. Inside the Ring
26 October 2010, ~9.30 AM
Shot inside the Eastern edge of the Circle, looking due north.
We have the NorthEast Trilithon on the left with the morning-shadow of Stones 6/7/107 falling across it.
Bluestone 32-C is in the shadow of Stone 6.
It was a lovely morning!
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Log Text: Easily recognized by just about anyone I was always impressed to see the structure at close range. As a young boy growing up less than an hour from the site I recall still being able to walk through the remaining stones.
The vast amount of work done over the years, and continuing today, to understand the development and meaning of the site often raises as many questions as it does answers. There are many books to choose from if anyone wishes to enter into the intrigue presented by the discipline of archaeoastronomy.
Parthenon
Date Added: 23rd Mar 2014
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Parthenon submitted by Antonios on 30th Jul 2008. Site in Attica/Central Greece: Parthenon
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Log Text: In addition to the building being a classic worldwide symbol it is particularly breathtaking in its hill top location. Despite the work being done to restore much of the structure it is still possible to feel the grandeur of the past.
Sounion Temple of Poseidon
Date Added: 24th Jun 2016
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sounion Temple of Poseidon submitted by AlexHunger on 23rd Aug 2006. 5th century BCE Temple of Poseidon on the the southernmost point of Attica surounded by the Aegean on 3 sides.
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Log Text: A beautiful place to be at sunset.
Teotihuacan
Date Added: 17th Mar 2014
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico
Visited: Yes on 6th Feb 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Teotihuacan - Pyramid of the Moon submitted by LivingRocks on 19th Apr 2007. The Pyramid of the Moon from the Pyramid of the Sun.
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Log Text: The scale of the structures leave you in complete wonder at they must have looked like in their day. It was well worth the slow journey out of Mexico City in the heavy traffic.