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Cathair Deargáin cashel
Date Added: 13th Sep 2021
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cathair Deargáin cashel submitted by GaelicLaird on 9th Sep 2021. The view to the south west.
Photo taken August 2021.
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Drombeg Stone Circle
Date Added: 20th Dec 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2010
Drombeg Stone Circle submitted by Ebor on 30th Apr 2016. Drombeg by night
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Log Text: Visited in 2010 with Lou & the legendary Roy Harper
Kilcatherine standing stone (west)
Date Added: 14th Jan 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Cork)
Visited: Would like to visit
Kilcatherine standing stone (west) submitted by GaelicLaird on 9th Jan 2021. Looking south west to Inishfarnard island.
Photo taken December 2020.
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Poulnabrone
Date Added: 20th Dec 2020
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Clare)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2003
Poulnabrone submitted by SteveC on 13th Oct 2010. Poulnabrone Dolmen September sunset
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Browne’s Hill
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Carlow)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1991
Browne’s Hill submitted by ainsloch on 23rd Dec 2016. The immense Brownshill dolmen on a very chilly winter solstice evening
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Log Text: University field trip with the late Prof Marek Zvelebil
Grand Menhir Brisé
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1988. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3
Grand Menhir Brisé submitted by ermine on 27th Jun 2004. Grand Menhir Brisé, Locmariaquer.
A megalithic tragedy.
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Log Text: Visited in 1988 during the Brittany project excavations
Gavrinis Cairn
Date Added: 20th Dec 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1988
Gavrinis Cairn submitted by neolithique02 on 24th Aug 2011. With thanks to Françoise Guy whose images they are. (Les photos sont libres de droit pour la presse.)
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Log Text: Visited in 1988 as part of an archaeological project
La Table des Marchands
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1988
La Table des Marchands submitted by JJ on 9th Nov 2002. La Table des Marchands
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Log Text: Visited in 1988 as part of the Brittany Project.
Rudston Monolith
Date Added: 12th Mar 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Yorkshire (East))
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1990
Rudston monolith submitted by rldixon on 25th Dec 2005. rudston monolith in colour
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Silbury Hill
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jan 1987
Silbury Hill submitted by Scanner on 27th Sep 2019. Silbury Hill by Simon Ferguson
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Avebury
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Avebury Aerial 0507 submitted by JJ on 4th Nov 2003. Here's my theory: As you can see, the shadows cast on the western side of the circle point to the exact spot for the next stone in line. Perhaps this is why Avebury is more hexagonal in shape than round.
Based on this assumption, then it would be easy to work out the heights of the missing stones without too much difficulty. Maybe the distance between each stone along this side was calculated not by 'linear measurement' but rather set by the preceding stone and shadow cast.
Obviousl...
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Cherhill White Horse
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987. My rating: Ambience 3
Cherhill White Horse submitted by SolarMegalith on 16th Oct 2010. Cherhill White Horse - the 18th century hill figure located below the earthwork of Oldbury Castle, an Iron Age hillfort (photo taken on June 2010).
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West Kennett Long Barrow
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989. My rating: Ambience 4
West Kennett Long Barrow submitted by jackdaw1 on 16th Oct 2007. A shot taken inside West kennet long barrow nr. Avebury on 25 sec exposure at f16-conjuring spooky feels.
A small child called jake was happily playing and respectfully enjoying the atmosphere in there.
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Silbury Hill
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989
Silbury Hill submitted by Scanner on 27th Sep 2019. Silbury Hill by Simon Ferguson
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Stonehenge.
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1983. My rating: Ambience 4
Stonehenge. submitted by davidmorgan on 4th Dec 2006. This was at the Winter Solstice.
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Log Text: Spent a week at the Stonehenge free festival in 1983 (had to go 250 miles home & back midway through to cash my giro!).
Glastonbury Tor
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987. My rating: Ambience 4
Glastonbury Tor submitted by coldrum on 29th Jul 2009. Glastonbury Tor
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Goughs Cave (Cheddar)
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987
Goughs Cave (Cheddar) submitted by dodomad on 16th Feb 2018. A forensic reconstruction of Cheddar Man’s head, based on the new DNA evidence and his fossilised skeleton. Photo Credit: Channel 4
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Cheddar Museum of Prehistory
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987. My rating: Ambience 4
Cheddar Museum of Prehistory submitted by theCaptain on 5th Jan 2014. Cheddar Museum of Prehistory at the lower end of Cheddar Gorge.
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Log Text: Visited during a tour of sites in the SW of England 1987
Wayland's Smithy
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989. My rating: Ambience 4
Wayland's Smithy submitted by StoneLee on 11th Jun 2015. Wayland's Smithy
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Uffington White Horse
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989. My rating: Ambience 3
Uffington White Horse submitted by SteveC on 15th Jun 2020. Unable to be seen in it's entirety from the ground, this is an image taken from a drone.
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