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Ab Kettleby
Date Added: 1st Mar 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Leicestershire and Rutland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Ab Kettleby submitted by enkidu41 on 30th Aug 2004.
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Arbor Low 1
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987
Arbor Low 1 submitted by SueS on 23rd Oct 2011. Aerial photo of the central prt of Arbor Low taken by a camera hanging on the kite line
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Log Text: Visited with the MSC scheme folks from Creswell Crags, 1987
Aswan Museum, Elephantine Island
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: Egypt (Upper Egypt (South))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2009
Aswan Museum, Elephantine Island submitted by Orcinus on 18th Jan 2021. Pharaoh in Aswan Museum, 2009
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Log Text: None
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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Log Text: None
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire)
Date Added: 20th Jan 2021
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Leicestershire and Rutland)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2015
Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) submitted by Bladup on 22nd Apr 2013. An outcrop on Beacon hill, A good natural defence on this side for the iron age fort and/or a much older stone axe factory?
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Log Text: Visited frequently 2015-2019
Binn (Burntisland)
Date Added: 27th Aug 2023
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Fife)
Visited: Would like to visit
Binn (Burntisland) submitted by Nick on 2nd Nov 2003. Fife
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Neolithic cup and ring carvings were discovered this summer on the Binn, a hill just north of Burntisland. The hill is known simply as the Binn - a volcanic plug, the name is thought to be derived from the Brythonic Bryn - hill, degraded over the years simply to Binn. From the Cowdenbeath road, take the path signposted 'To Standing Stanes Road' (leads to Glassmount stones). Head uphill, over the first stile, cross the field and over the second stile. Bear up on the right han...
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Borth Sands Submerged Forest
Date Added: 19th Jan 2021
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Wales (Ceredigion)
Visited: Yes
Borth Sands Submerged Forest submitted by geoffstickland on 5th Jun 2019. these roots would have been several feet underground when the tree was in its prime
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Log Text: The submerged forest and peat beds extend a little further north and can also be seen at low winter tides in Tywyn on the north side of the Dyfi Estuary
Bottesford Cross
Date Added: 17th Jan 2022
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Leicestershire and Rutland)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jan 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Bottesford Cross submitted by Anne T on 19th Mar 2019. Market Cross in Leicestershire and Rutland England. Looking east across the market cross and the remains of the stocks and whipping post, down Grantham Road.
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Log Text: None
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
Brwyno-Canol
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Ceredigion)
Visited: Would like to visit
Brwyno-Canol submitted by SandyG on 3rd Jan 2019. Stone 1 in the foreground and others beyond. View from WSW (Scale 1m). This stone measures 1.60m long, 0.79m wide, stands 1.13m high and would have originally stood 1.4m high. This stone leans severely to the south.
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Bryn Cader Faner
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Would like to visit
Bryn Cader Faner submitted by celticmaiden55 on 5th Jun 2017. Bryn Cader Faner aka Crown of Thorns in Gwynedd. Taken on a beautiful day in May with the Snowdonia Range as a spectacular backdrop.
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Caerberllan Farm
Date Added: 2nd May 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2021. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Caerberllan Farm submitted by Postman on 13th Oct 2012. My car shows how close you can get.
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Log Text: Just at the crossroads, behind a 5-bar gate
Castell y Gaer
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Would like to visit
Castell y Gaer submitted by Postman on 13th Oct 2012. Earthfast boulder in the ditch wall on the right.
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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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Cefnfeusydd Farm Cairns
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cefnfeusydd Farm Cairns submitted by TAlanJones on 1st Oct 2020. The smaller cairn.
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Cerrig Arthur
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cerrig Arthur submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Jan 2018. The remaining large stones of Cerrig Arthur, with Cadair Idris beyond in the distance
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Charnwood Museum
Date Added: 20th Jan 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Leicestershire and Rutland)
Visited: Yes on 20th May 2017
Log Text: None
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
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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Log Text: None
Coed y Glyn Burial Chamber
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Would like to visit
Coed Y Glyn Burial Chamber submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Jul 2002. Coed Y Glyn Burial Chamber SH514817
Visited Thursday 28th September 2000
SW Benllech; this sad and sorry chamber is nearly covered with vegetation swallowed up! The pictures say it all, really. Accessed by a footpath, and the chamber is to the left.
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