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West Kennet Avenue
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2009
West Kennet Avenue submitted by pab on 31st Aug 2009. Wanton destruction along West Kennet Avenue!
ShropshireTraveller's photo of a snail at Avebury aroused my suspicions, and a walk along the Avenue this weekend seemed to confirm them.
Although most of his/her accomplices were skulking at ground level, this brazen lithovore was still munching away in broad daylight.
It is unclear whether the snails are directly eating the rock surface for their shells, or whether they are dissolving & dislodging the grains to get to tasty morsels inside li...
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Flimston Castle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2009
Flimston Castle submitted by pab on 6th Jun 2009. Flimston Fort. View of ramparts and ditches, taken from the west. The large crack in the cliff shows just how much the headland will have reduced in extent since its use as hillfort.
Photo taken 31 May 2009 - before travelling far to see the site, check first that access is allowed as the raod goes through the Castlemartin (tank) firing range.
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Hobbyhorse Bay
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2009
Hobbyhorse Bay submitted by pab on 6th Jun 2009. Site in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro) Wales:
Linney Head Hillfort, Iron Age and earlier. This is the general view from the west. Would have preferred not to have the minibus in shot, but it does actually give some idea of scale...and it did allow us to go through the Artillery Range as well!
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Tafarn-y-Bwlch
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2009
Tafarn-y-Bwlch submitted by pab on 10th Apr 2009. View between Talfarn y Bwlch stone pair. This photo, taken Good Friday 2009, shows (I'm fairly sure) Garn Farw on the horizon, bearing 282, and 11.9 miles away.
It really can be that clear in Wales, but please don't tell anyone!
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Waun Mawn NE
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2009
Waun Mawn W submitted by pab on 10th Apr 2009. View eastwards along northern slopes of Preselli Hills. The highest point on the ridge (right) will be Carn Sian, bearing 106...if I am reading the map correctly.
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Waun Mawn W
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2009
Waun Mawn W submitted by pab on 10th Apr 2009. View eastwards along northern slopes of Preselli Hills. The highest point on the ridge (right) will be Carn Sian, bearing 106...if I am reading the map correctly.
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Hengwm Ring Cairn
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2009
Hengwm Ring Cairn submitted by pab on 8th Mar 2009. Stitched set of photos of this circle, which is in one of the most wonderful settings imaginable! Hope the panorama works....
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Bron y Foel Isaf
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2009
Bron y Foel Isaf submitted by pab on 8th Mar 2009. This picture show the position of the capstone (centre of picture) in the network of stone walls which now divide the landscape following enclosure.
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Castell Coch (Abercastle)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2009
Castell Coch (Abercastle) submitted by pab on 8th Mar 2009. Castell Coch. View from east, from coastal path. The 2 ditches (arrowed) are about 25 metres apart.
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Dyffryn Ardudwy
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2009
Dyffryn Ardudwy submitted by pab on 7th Mar 2009. Looking towards the hills on Lleyn Peninsula.
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Cors y Gedol
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2009
Cors y Gedol submitted by pab on 7th Mar 2009. The capstone looks fairly slender from the path - this picture shows it is not exactly small though! COFLEIN gives the dimensions as "c.3.6m by 3.0m & 0.45m thick".
COFLEIN also has an aerial photo of the site, which nicely shows the extent of the original cairn.
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Rhos y Clegyrn
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2009
Rhos y Clegyrn submitted by pab on 2nd Mar 2009. This stone stands proudly at 2.7m high. Part of its impact may be the fact that you can see so much of its surface from each angle - it seems more 'triangular with blunt edges' rather than rectangular, if that makes sense!?
A kites-eye view would help - if only...!
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Ffyst Samson
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2009
Ffyst Samson submitted by pab on 2nd Mar 2009. Looking under Ffyst Samson out towards the Irish Sea. This photo shows just how massive the capstone is. Combined with there being only 2 uprights with very limited contact with the capstone they support, the whole thing manages to look very strange!
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Rhiw fort
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 8th Feb 2009
Rhiw fort submitted by pab on 8th Feb 2009. Rhiw defended enclosure (SH23003 28312), October 2007 taken from Mynydd Rhiw (SH22816 29001)
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Mynydd Rhiw Neolithic axe factory
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 8th Feb 2009
Mynydd Rhiw Neolithic axe factory submitted by pab on 8th Feb 2009. Neolithic axe factory on Mynydd Rhiw, Lleyn Peninsular. The disturbed ground is from the 2007 excavations referred to elsewhere in these postings - having left it till now to post, I assume they will no longer show on the ground.
The picture is taken looking north-east, so both Caernarfon Bay and Cardigan Bay can be seen - with Yr Eifi and its magnificent iron age settlement visible on the skyline leading towards Snowdonia.
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Cross Stones, Llanddowror
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jan 2009
Cross Stones, Llanddowror submitted by pab on 31st Jan 2009. Both 'cross stones' referred to by COFLEIN, the nearer (easterly) one being larger and sporting a much clearer cross marking.
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Llandawke Inscribed Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jan 2009
Llandawke Inscribed Stone submitted by pab on 31st Jan 2009. Side view of the Ogham and Latin script.
Mary Curtis' book contains some very clear sketches of both scripts...well worth looking out for a copy of her work, which was produced as a facsimile by the former Dyyed County Council.
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Coetan Arthur Dolmen
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jan 2009
Coetan Arthur Dolmen submitted by pab on 29th Jan 2009. The scale of this wonderfully sited structure can be more easily gauged with the benefit of my 5ft marker. Photo taken 25Jan 2009.
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Gors Fawr Stone Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2009
Gors Fawr Stone Circle submitted by pab on 11th Jan 2009. Gors Fawr, frozen in time!
Normally very boggy (as its name means in Welsh), the current cold spell has made even the mud walkable on!
This picture, taken 10 Jan 09, reminded me of mountainman's recent comments (in a forum near you!) about moving stones from here to Stonehenge over the ice & snow.
It may not have worked over grass a couple of years ago, but given a run of harsh winters, I can see it being a different prospect.
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Llanddowror Standing stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Nov 2008
Llanddowror Standing stone submitted by pab on 3rd Nov 2008. Slender and modest standing stone which is on the flood-plain of the river Taf near St Clears (not to be confused with the slightly larger river Taff running through Cardiff!).
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