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Hillsborough
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2008
Hillsborough submitted by nicoladidsbury on 15th Sep 2008. Hillsborough Hillfort - Ilfracombe
Iron age hillfort overlooking the harbour at Ilfracombe
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High Ireby Standing Stone
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2008
High Ireby Standing Stone submitted by nicoladidsbury on 18th Oct 2008. High Ireby Standing Stone
I spotted this stone close to my parents farm, and am wondering if it could be a standing stone. There are possibly two? more further down the field, and made me wonder if it was a stone row. Photo taken on full zoom.
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Heysham Labyrinth
Date Added: 9th Oct 2010
Site Type: Carving
Country: England (Lancashire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Heysham Labyrinth submitted by connoreast on 9th Oct 2010. This image by connoreast has been resized
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Hazel Moor Enclosure
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2005
Hazel Moor Enclosure submitted by nicoladidsbury on 21st Jan 2005. Hazel Moor Enclosure
A difficult site to photograph.
Kings Well lies in the fold of land just below the stone wall, where the wall turns to the left.
Rising up from this point and going between the two trees, is a very large earth bank, up to five feet high in places. This bank leads up to the plateau of Hazel Moor, which is enclosed with further banks.
There also appears to be a bank to the left hand side of the photo
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Harestanes (Kirkurd)
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Scottish Borders)
Visited: Yes on 14th Oct 2007
Harestanes (Kirkurd) submitted by nicoladidsbury on 14th Oct 2007. Harestanes stone circle.
Small stone circle in garden - no access without permission.
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Harestanes (Ancrum)
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Scottish Borders)
Visited: Yes on 14th Oct 2007
Harestanes (Kirkurd) submitted by nicoladidsbury on 14th Oct 2007. Harestanes stone circle.
Small stone circle in garden - no access without permission.
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Hallrigg Standing Stone
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 9th Apr 2007
Hallrigg Standing Stone submitted by nicoladidsbury on 9th Apr 2007. Hallrigg Standing Stone - rediscovered standing stone, 2 miles north of Lowhouse Standing Stone, 5 miles north of Penrith. It appears to be red sandstone, approx 1.5m tall
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Hadrian's Wall
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 29th Nov 2008
Hadrian's Wall submitted by nicoladidsbury on 29th Nov 2008. Hadrians Wall near Birdoswald Roman Fort
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Green How Enclosure
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2004
Green How Enclosure submitted by nicoladidsbury on 16th May 2004. Grid Ref: NY257375
Green How, Cumbria
The photo shows two of the enclosures on Aughertree Fell. There are also two bronze age burial mounds and two ancient springs nearby, one called Pike-eel Well, and the other called Elfa Well, where fairies are to be found....
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Great Urswick Cross
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2005
Great Urswick Cross submitted by nicoladidsbury on 5th May 2005. Ancient Cross at St Mary and Michael's Church, Great Urswick.
This side of the cross shaft is carved in intertwining vines.
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Gosforth Cross
Trip No.1 Entry No.1 Date Added: 11th Feb 2014
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 8th Feb 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Gosforth Cross submitted by nicoladidsbury on 30th Aug 2006. Gosforth Norse Cross
Driving northwards towards Gosforth I saw a magnificent rainbow in the east, lighting up the fells with wonderful colour. I prayed, please last until I get to Gosforth!
I parked, jumped out of the car, ran across the graveyard (trying not to be disrespectful) and managed to get two shots of the fading rainbow.
60 seconds later I would have been too late!
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Log Text: Escaping from the horrendous weather during a weekend in Wasdale, we took shelter in the Church and played with side lighting to perfect the pictures of the Hogbacks and the Fisher Stone. This is such a marvellous place, so full of ancient Viking carvings. It never fails to stir me, to make me think about the ancestors of Cumbria.
One stone is called the Warrior Stone, and shows two Viking armies on one side, and the serpents on the other. The ends are possibly bears, and the roof may depict shingles. the other hogback is the Saints Stone, this one has a image of Jesus on the cross at the ends, and some fantstic carvings on the sides. The style is very reminisent of the Cross at Adlington, Penrith and Dacre.
Glennan Standing Stone
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2004
Glennan Standing Stone submitted by nicoladidsbury on 21st Sep 2004. The Glennan standing stone rises to a height of 2.2 meters and stands in the remains of a ruined wall. This view looks south to the ruined Glennan Farmsted.
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Glassonby
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 13th Mar 2005
Glassonby submitted by nicoladidsbury on 13th Mar 2005. Glassonby Cairn Circle.
Beautiful, peaceful, teaming with wildlife, remote and serene.
Until a great big 4x4 came across the field and informed me the land was private and that I should have asked for permission.
The ambience was gone in an instant, Katie was quite shaken.
Please take my advice and try to get permission to visit. Then at least you can relax and enjoy the site to the full.
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Girdle Stanes
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 31st Mar 2004
Girdle Stanes submitted by nicoladidsbury on 31st Mar 2004. This is an evocative large stone circle, surrounded by ancient hawthorn trees which are covered in large lichen. Half the circle has been eroded by the river running by leaving only a semi circle. The stones stand on a low earth bank. Close by are the Loupin Stanes. We visited this circle on a beautiful hot day in summer, there was no one else around, it was a very peaceful place to be. To see images please visit my website www.northernfells.co.uk
Grid Ref: NY253962
Condition:4 Ambience:5 A...
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Giants Grave, Penrith
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2005
Giants Grave, Penrith submitted by nicoladidsbury on 12th Feb 2005. Giants Grave, Viking Crosses and Hogback stones
The 'Giants Grave' is a collection of ancient grave stones comprising two 11' high stone crosses and four hog-back stones. An excavation of the 'Giants Grave' showed a skeleton underneath with a sword. The four hogback stones surrounding the grave are said to represent wild boar he killed in nearby Inglewood Forest.
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Giant's Stone (Scottish Borders)
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Scottish Borders)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jan 2005
Giant's Stone (Scottish Borders) submitted by nicoladidsbury on 28th Jan 2005. Eastern stone of group of three.
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Gamelands
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2005
Gamelands submitted by nicoladidsbury on 2nd Feb 2005. Gamelands at Sunset.
The grass in the field had just been cut for silage, and the stones lie is a long curved strip of high grass.
You can just make out one of the stones nestling in the grass... (if you look really hard!)
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Four Stones Hill Standing Stones
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2005
Four Stones Hill Standing Stones submitted by nicoladidsbury on 11th Jan 2005. Standing Stones at Four Stones Hill near Haweswater
Two stones remain, just below the summit of Four Stones Hill.
One of the stones is leaning towards its neighbour, and looks like it may fall.
There are excellent views from the stones down to the reservoir, and over to the magnificent fells of high street and Kidsy Pike.
A great place to go for a walk, but I didn't feel any special ambience there, I rather thought the stones looked like two gate posts.
Perhaps I should revisit witho...
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Filitosa Museum
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: France (Corsica:Corse-Sud (2A))
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2004
Filitosa Museum submitted by nicoladidsbury on 9th Jun 2004. Filitosa: Statue named Tappa II.
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Filitosa Central Monument
Date Added: 4th Feb 2011
Site Type: Cairn
Country: France (Corsica:Corse-Sud (2A))
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2004
Filitosa Central Monument submitted by nicoladidsbury on 9th Jun 2004. Corsica
On road D57 north of Propriano
Filitosa, the mysterious, and most celebrated prehistoric site on Corsica. There are six menhir statues aligned on the central monument, with steps leading up to the highest point. This enclosure is thought to have been a temple. The statues have carved human faces, wearing helmets and some carry weapons. In fact some of the statues are very phallic, and its suggested they may have been used to encourage fertility of the land.
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