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Menzion
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Scottish Borders)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jan 2005
Menzion submitted by nicoladidsbury on 28th Jan 2005. Northern stone of group of three.
Beautiful quiet location, so still and pure, the nearby trees are covered in lichens, as are the stones themselves.
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Mayburgh
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 17th Mar 2005
Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury on 17th Mar 2005. Mayburgh Henge, near Penrith.
Photo taken from the entrance in the eastern side of the henge, looking across the bowl of the henge to the distinctive mountain of Blencathra in the distance.
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Mare and Foal
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2008
Mare and Foal submitted by nicoladidsbury on 29th Nov 2008. Mare and Foal Standing Stones, stand near to Hadrians Wall
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Mam Tor
Date Added: 4th Oct 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Mam Tor submitted by h_fenton on 27th Sep 2010. An almost horizontal kite aerial photograph of Mam Tor viewed from roughly north.
9 September 2010 @ 5.42pm
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Maen Llwyd (Gwynedd)
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Sep 2006
Maen Llwyd (Gwynedd) submitted by nicoladidsbury on 2nd Sep 2006. This photo shows the size of the standing stone, and the rookery by the roadside
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Lowhouse
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 17th Dec 2006
Lowhouse submitted by nicoladidsbury on 17th Dec 2006. Terry plots the stones position on his GPS.
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Long Meg And Her Daughters
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jan 2005
Long Meg And Her Daughters submitted by nicoladidsbury on 28th Jan 2005. A frosty day at Long Meg's Circle.
This photo shows part of the cirlce, with the northern pennine fells covered in snow beyond
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Long Meg
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 17th Mar 2004
Long Meg submitted by nicoladidsbury on 17th Mar 2004. Image of Long Meg with the sun setting over BlencathraGrid Ref: 572373
County: Cumbria
Nearest Town: Penrith
Nearest Village: Little Salkeld
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Lligwy Burial Chamber
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2006
Lligwy Burial Chamber submitted by nicoladidsbury on 25th Apr 2006. Lligwy Burial Chamber - notice board describes how our ancestors cut and moved the massive capstone of Lligwy Burial Chamber.
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Little Meg
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2004
Little Meg submitted by nicoladidsbury on 4th Apr 2004. Photo taken with a zoom lens from the field gate. I liked the way the circle seems to nestle at the edge of the field, overshadowed by conifers.
Grid Ref:NY576374
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Lazonby Ancient Cross
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 13th Oct 2007
Lazonby Ancient Cross submitted by nicoladidsbury on 13th Oct 2007. A cross in Lazonby churchyard, supposed to date from the 8th centuary - please see Steve Bulmans pages for detail dated 1901
http://www.stevebulman.f9.co.uk/cumbria/1901/lazonby1901_f.html
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Lawrence Field
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Mar 2005
Lawrence Field submitted by nicoladidsbury on 6th Mar 2005. Standing Stone at Lawrence Field
The stone has a strange groove in the top. This view looks over to the Tor know as Mother Cap
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Kintraw (Kilmartin)
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 14th Sep 2004
Kintraw (Kilmartin) submitted by nicoladidsbury on 14th Sep 2004. A 4m high standing stone.
This standing stone had been leaning, and finally fell over after a severe winter 1979. An excavation of the socket of the fallen stone was carried out. This showed that one metre of the total length of 5.25 metres had been set into the socket and jammed with several packing stones.
Further intersting information is available at Stones of Wonder
http://www.stonesofwonder.com/kintraw.htm
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Kings Well spring
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2004
Kings Well spring submitted by nicoladidsbury on 29th Mar 2004. Description sent up with "new site" submission
Grid Ref: NY612108
County: Cumbria
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Kildalton Cross
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2004
Kildalton Cross submitted by nicoladidsbury on 21st Aug 2004. Kildalton Cross on the Isle of Islay near Port Ellen.
West side showing carvings of four lions.
Fantastic Early Christian Cross, probably carved by sculptors from the monastery at Iona.
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Khafre's Pyramid
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2005
Khafre's Pyramid submitted by nicoladidsbury on 15th Apr 2005. The Sphinx and Egyptian pharaoh Khefre's Pyramid
Photo taken during the Sound and Light Show.
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Kemp Howe
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2004
Kemp Howe submitted by nicoladidsbury on 29th Mar 2004. Beautiful pink granite stones - railway line ignored. Grid Ref: NY567113
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Ireby Old Church
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 11th Feb 2005
Ireby Old Church submitted by nicoladidsbury on 11th Feb 2005. View over the field to the old church of Ireby, Cumbria
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Iona Cross
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: Scotland (Isle of Mull)
Visited: Yes on 14th Oct 2004
Iona Cross submitted by nicoladidsbury on 14th Oct 2004. Iona Abbey Pictorial Map
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Holyhead Mountain
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 15th Feb 2007
Holyhead Mountain submitted by nicoladidsbury on 15th Feb 2007. Reconstruction picture from information sign at the ancient settlement on Holyhead.
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