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Nant Gwinau
Date Added: 11th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 6th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Nant Gwinau submitted by SandyG on 11th Feb 2020. Loosely set stone forming part of a line of similar stones (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: These stones are loosely set into the upper part of a deep peat deposit and cannot therefore be of prehistoric date. The most likely interpretation is that they are post-medieval boundary markers, perhaps indicating the extent of proposed peat cutting.
Cefn Car Standing Stones
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 6th Sep 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Cefn Car Standing Stones submitted by SandyG on 10th Feb 2020. The southern stone measures 0.29m long by 0.22m wide, stands up 0.76m high and is orientated at 160°. View from west (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SO 00760 12840. From here (taking extra-special care) walk on the road verge to SO 00690 12985. Take the track up the hill to SO 00890 13625, then turn right and follow the track to SO 01037 13343. Turn left and follow the path to SO 01295 13540. From here head south east to the stones.
Lordenshaw Hillfort
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Lordenshaw Hillfort submitted by DrewParsons on 2nd Oct 2011. View of the second of the two entrances. September 2011.
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Log Text: None
Whittondean Farm
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Whittondean Farm submitted by SandyG on 10th Feb 2020. Line of close set stones is described in the Historic England scheduling documentation as a stone alignment. View from above and south.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NZ 05267 98785. From here head north. There is plenty of rock art and some interesting prehistoric field boundaries to see.
Hoccombe Hill (E)
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Hoccombe Hill (E) submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Jul 2007. In the deepest, darkest depths of Exmoor, can be found the remains of this stone setting, which is probably hardly ever seen or known by anybody.
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Log Text: Plenty of car parking is available at Brendon Two Gates at SS 76510 43254. From here head north for a short distance along the road verge to SS 76505 43285 and then take the footpath leading east to SS 78024 43550. The stones are situated to the south below the slope. The footpath may be rather soft underfoot in places.
White Moor (Hillend)
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 26th Mar 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4
White Moor (Hillend) submitted by SandyG on 10th Feb 2020. Northern side of the D-shaped enclosure. View from north west (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: This is not a stone row. The stones previously identified form part of a D-shaped enclosure which is probably of prehistoric date.
Ladystone Farm
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Highlands)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2018. My rating: Access 2
Ladystone Farm submitted by SandyG on 10th Feb 2020. Looking west along the feature. The rubble bank leads away behind the ranging rod (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: This is a boundary wall and not a stone row.The feature is situated next to The Great Glen Way. Parking is available at NH 63879 44891. From here follow the road uphill to NH 63324 44654 and take the track on your right which joins the Great Glen Way at NH 62634 43756.
Giant's Stones Row (Shetland)
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Giant's Stones Row (Shetland) submitted by Tom_Bullock on 28th Nov 2004. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM
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Log Text: This is not a stone row. It is rubble boundary bank which incorporates the Giant's Stones.
Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by Tom_Bullock on 28th Nov 2004. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM
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Log Text: Parking is available at HU 24245 80576. The Giants’ Stones stand nearby.
Yahaarwell
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Yahaarwell submitted by Anne T on 3rd Aug 2017. The Yahaarwell Standing Stone, submitted on behalf of Spike of Chesterfield. Photograph taken 02/10/2011. Spike describes the stone as being 'a walk up an incline; follow the sheep paths, the stone is so visible. There was a pool of water at the base of the stone, west side.'
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Log Text: Parking available at HU 3047 4321. Ground conditions are rather damp.
Stanydale
Date Added: 9th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Stanydale submitted by h_fenton on 12th Jan 2015. Stanydale 'Temple', Vertical Kite Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1 metre.
23 September 2014
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available on the road side. The route to the site is well marked with black and white poles.
Stanesland standing stone
Date Added: 9th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 14th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stanesland standing stone submitted by Jackanol on 11th Oct 2018. Stanesland standing stone Image copyright: jackanol, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: None
St Ninian's Isle
Date Added: 9th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
St Ninian's Isle submitted by pab on 17th Nov 2006. St Ninian’s Isle lies off the western coast of the most southerly part of the Shetland Mainland. It is linked to the mainland by a beautiful stretch of sand (called a tombola), which locals advised us would only be covered by the sea in extreme storms every decade or so. It is an absolutely wonderful place.
St Ninian’s Isle was the site of a valuable find of a hoard of ecclesiastical silver-ware in July 1958, and it was also found to have been in use through the Iron and Bronze ages.
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Log Text: The site is not sign-posted from the adjacent footpath.
Scord of Brouster
Date Added: 9th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Scord of Brouster submitted by jeffrep on 28th Jul 2010. Ruins of House 2, Largest Dwelling at Scord of Brouster Ancient Settlement, West Mainland, Shetland, Scotland
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Log Text: Make your way up to the information board at the top of the hill first. From this point you get an overall view of the site.
Papil Pictish Stone Cross Slab
Date Added: 8th Feb 2020
Site Type: Class III Pictish Cross Slab
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Papil Pictish Stone Cross Slab submitted by jeffrep on 9th Aug 2010. Papil Pictish Symbol Stone Replica, West Burra, Shetland, Scotland
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Log Text: The perfect condition relates to the original which is now far away in Edinburgh. The replica unlike some others looks like a replica which is disappointing.
Sumburgh Airport Broch
Date Added: 8th Feb 2020
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Sumburgh Airport Broch submitted by cosmic on 24th Jan 2005. Hearth reconstruction. Photo taken in 1998.
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Log Text: Still feels like a work in progress, but well worth a visit.
Mousa Broch
Date Added: 8th Feb 2020
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Mousa Broch submitted by h_fenton on 18th Dec 2010. Mousa Broch, Photographed August 1967.
U. Fenton
Uploaded with my mothers permission
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Log Text: None
Loch of Houlland
Date Added: 8th Feb 2020
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Loch of Houlland submitted by pab on 28th Oct 2006. The broch at the Loch of Houlland is one of about 120 around the coast of Shetland. It is very close to the lighthouse at Echaness, which must have some of the most spectacular sea scenery in the UK. It would be hard to improve on the description given in the very informative guide I used in Shetland (written by Peter Guy: Walking the Coastline of Shetland, ISBN:1904746179) - "The broch dominates a small promontory which juts out from the NW into the loch. It is an impressive ruin with walls on ...
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Log Text: None
Levenwick Broch
Date Added: 8th Feb 2020
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Levenwick Broch submitted by SolarMegalith on 2nd Jul 2015. Interior of Levenwick broch - view from the north (photo taken on June 2015).
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Log Text: Walked here from the campsite at Levenwick. Loads of wildlife and archaeology along the way. Watch out for the arctic terns.
Jarlshof
Date Added: 8th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Jarlshof submitted by LizH on 17th Nov 2004. This picture of Jarlshof shows the beautiful setting of the site, and I think the foreground is the bronze age buildings!
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Log Text: A must visit site. There is so much to see - a veritable palimpsest.