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Cosdon Hill Multiple Stone Rows
Date Added: 13th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Cosdon Hill Multiple Stone Rows submitted by SandyG on 27th Sep 2014. The triple stone row with blocking stones. View from east.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 65810 91500. From here head south west to Shilley Pool. Carefully cross the stream and walk north west up the steep slope for about 850m. The row is the visually most impressive triple row in Great Britain and well worth the effort of getting to.
Pig Hill (S)
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pig Hill (S) submitted by thecaptain on 18th Mar 2007. It is a great pity that one of the stones has recently been broken, possibly by somebody driving a 4x4 over the moor (the tracks are everywhere), perhaps horses, or perhaps maybe just wanton vandalism, as a pathway runs right past this stone.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SS 76006 44289. Take care when crossing the road.
Porlock Common SW
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Porlock Common SW submitted by thecaptain on 4th Nov 2006. Seen here looking west, towards the circle.
I found 5 tiny little stones in two parallel rows. There was one row of three stones, spaced about 1.5 metres apart. Adjacent to this is a second row consisting of one stone at the western end, and one more beyond the eastern end, which would seem to be from a fourth pair. The two rows are less than a metre apart. The largest stone is no more than 6 inches in height !
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SS 84543 44569. From here walk northward along the roadside verge for about 50m then veer to the right and walk up the hill for about 50m. The row is not at all obvious and may take you a while to find.
Stanton Drew - Avenue
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stanton Drew - Avenue submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2006. For evidence of the avenue, go past the NE circle, and look for the linear earthwork. The line is visible here on the LH corner of the picture; the group is on another part of the earthwork. Looking on the aerial pics, and on the ground, this can be traced from 3 o'clock to 12 o'clock outside the Great and NE circles. I did have an excellent picture of this from the ground, but have accidentally overwritten it!
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Log Text: Car parking is available at ST 59808 63260. From here follow the sign posts to the stone rows and circles. A fee for access is charged. In 2016 this was £1.
Stanton Drew NE Circle
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Circle submitted by ogham on 12th Mar 2013. Interesting site to wander round and usually there no others with you.
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Stanton Drew NE Avenue
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Avenue submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Dec 2017. Looking along the NE Avenue to the NE circle at Stanton Drew, seen here in spring 2004
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Log Text: Car parking is available at ST 59808 63260. From here follow the sign posts to the stone rows and circles. A fee for access is charged. In 2016 this was £1.
Longstone Cove
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Avebury Beckhampton Avenue Adam submitted by vicky on 26th Apr 2002. The other of the Longstones - Adam, part of the Beckhampton Avenue near Avebury at GR: SU088694.
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The Sanctuary.
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2016. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 5
The Sanctuary. submitted by JJ on 4th Nov 2003. Aerial Photograph copyright JJ Evendon
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West Kennet Avenue
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
West Kennet Avenue submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Nov 2007. Sunrise on the West Kennet Ave 25/11/07.
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Avebury
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Avebury submitted by dodomad on 30th Jun 2017. The reconstructed ground plan of the Southern Inner Circle combining the results of the current survey with the 1939 excavation
Image Credit: University of Leicester
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Carreg Cadno
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carreg Cadno submitted by sem on 9th Aug 2014. I've been trying for 6 years to see the sunrise here and due to the background cloud did not expect to see it this time.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SN 85567 15530. From here walk north east along the waymarked path to SN 86957 16141. Head south east up the hill for about 850m.
It is always difficult to establish whether a line of boulders were deliberately placed or are instead the result of glacial or periglacial activity. Generally there must be a presumption in favour of natural origin, but occasionally some detail may hint at the possibility of human intervention. At Carreg Cadno a number of the boulders have been propped into position indicating that this site has been deliberately fashioned. What is less clear is whether this happened in prehistoric times. On balance the possibility of this feature being a form of prehistoric stone row remains the most likely explanation.
Pump Maen (Five Stones)
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Pump Maen (Five Stones) submitted by sem on 25th Apr 2010. Pump Maen - Five Stones
The first four can be seen but a fifth lies hidden among the grey of rock outcrops.
The row points to a sixth stone on the horizon. This marks a route down a treacherous scree/cliff slope.
The row is aligned at the same angle as Carreg Cadnow Row, but as CC also points to a way down whether there is an Astronomical angle is debateable.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SN 85567 15530. From here walk north east along the waymarked path to SN 86267 15799. Head south east up the hill for about 400m.
It is always difficult to establish whether a line of boulders were deliberately placed or are instead the result of glacial or periglacial activity. Generally there must be a presumption in favour of natural origin, but occasionally some detail may hint at the possibility of human intervention. At Careg Lwyd a number of details support the possibility that this line of stones was created by people. The first is the three stone arrangement at the southern end and the second is the fact that the northern stone is prominent on the skyline when viewed from the southern end. Finally, and most convincingly is the evidence that at least one of the stones has been propped into position with trig stones. Together these details strongly suggest that this site was deliberately fashioned, but whether this happened in prehistoric times is less certain. On balance there is a sound possibility of this feature being a form of prehistoric stone row.
Saith Maen NW
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jul 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Saith Maen NW submitted by SandyG on 29th Dec 2014. View from west (21st July 2014).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SN 84104 15231. Walk north along the public highway to SN 84017 15329. From here head west along a footpath to SH 65545 13823. Then head west to SN 83747 15410 and continue to follow the track westward to the stone row.
Cerrig Duon Row
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 26th Dec 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cerrig Duon Row submitted by SandyG on 26th Dec 2014. Single row terminates at Maen Mawr standing stone. View from north west (21st July 2014).
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Log Text: This row can be a tricky one to get to. The easiest way involves crossing a river on foot and utmost care needs to be taken. A visit should not be contemplated after heavy rain and even at others times this is not one to be visited alone. If any doubt do not attempt the crossing. Car parking is available at SN 85314 20324. From the car parking area carefully cross the river and then head uphill and northwards towards the row. The stones in this row are all tiny and a careful search will be required to find them. Good luck.
Nant-y-Llyn (Powys)
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 15th Nov 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Nant-y-Llyn (Powys) submitted by SandyG on 26th Dec 2014. The cairn seems to have been positioned to maximise views of the nearby waterfalls. View from east (15th November 2012).
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Nant Tarw WNW
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by enkidu41 on 9th Jun 2004. SN 8197 2584
A 65' diameter circle of 15 or so stones. It lies 354' away (centre to centre) from its companion circle, Nant Tarw ESE.
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Nant Tarw ESE
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Nant Tarw ESE submitted by enkidu41 on 9th Jun 2004. SN 819 258
This 8' long stone outlier lies WNW of the Nant Tarw ESE circle. The small upright slab standing next to it suggests it may be the remains of a row connected with this circle in the same way the Nant Tarw Stone Row is connected with the Nant Tarw WNW circle.
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Godre'r Garn Las Cairn
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Godre'r Garn Las Cairn submitted by sem on 14th Nov 2017. Taken from Coflein - "Despite its ruinous condition, the cairn's proximity to two stone circles suggests a Bronze Age date for the mound."
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Nant Tarw Stone Row
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Nant Tarw Stone Row submitted by Postman on 18th Oct 2015. April 2009
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SN 81996 27149. From here take the track leading south to SN 82216 26547. Cross the wall via a stile and head across open moorland to the row. It is worth having a look at the stone circles a short distance to the south east of the row. A stream needs to be forded and wellingtons may be the best footwear for this one.
Trecastle Mountain Row
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jul 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Trecastle Mountain Row submitted by SandyG on 27th Dec 2014. Stone alignment leading towards the small stone circle. View from south west (5th July 2014).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SN 84525 30024. From its a bit of a hike along the track leading west. After about 1.5km head north across open moorland to the row and stone circles. Don’t forget to visit the cairn at SN 83140 30992.