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Wain's Hill
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2015
Wain's Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Aug 2015. The northeastern corner of Wain's Hill showing part of the ramparts outside the woodland. Clevedon Pier in the background.
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Eastwood Fort, Portishead
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Eastwood Fort, Portishead submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Mar 2016. The western end of Eastwood Hill and fort, as seen from Battery Point.
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Log Text: Ancient woodland covered limestone hill, now a nature reserve, to the north of Portishead, beside the shipping channel into Portbury and Avonmouth docks, and the river Avon up to Bristol. As such has been an important strategic place since history began. There's a lot of history to the area - the remains of an Iron Age fort can be seen above the path on the north side of the Wood. The Romans also arrived at some point. World War 2 gun emplacements were sited at Battery Point and a military presence has been here as far back as the Civil War when a fort on the site was stormed by parlimentarians.
Battery Point
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Battery Point submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Mar 2016. The Seafarers Memorial Stone, at Battery Point, Portishead.
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Log Text: A nice stone with many fossilised shells to be seen within it, stands strategically at Battery Point, Portishead, as the Seafarers Memorial Stone, a memorial to seafarers of the west country. The stone monument marks the closest place on a UK coast which large ships pass. The dedication is to the seafarers of the West Country who, “since the Middle Ages, on voyages of discovery in times of peace and war, have passed this point, some never to return.”
Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st Nov 2016
Tarr Steps Prehistoric Bridge submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Nov 2016. Tarr Steps pictures after Storm Angus had done its worst on Saturday. The follow up storm today has also completely flooded the bridge and threatened more damage.
Picture from ENPA
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East Pinford (NW)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2017
East Pinford (NW) submitted by TheCaptain on 15th Jun 2017. This stone setting in the wilds of Exmoor is a lovely 6 stone rectangle, or two rows of three stones arranged like the dots on a domino. A proper Exmoor 6 Pack.
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Toms Hill
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2017
Toms Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 15th Jun 2017. This stone setting in the wilds of Exmoor is a 6 stone rectangle, or two rows of three stones arranged like the dots on a domino.
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Black Down barrows (Mendip)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2017
Black Down barrows (Mendip) submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Sep 2017. Bronze age round barrows sit on top of the western end of the Black Down ridge, the highest part of the Mendip Hills.
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Tynings Farm Barrow Group
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2017
Tynings Farm Barrow Group submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Sep 2017. Bronze age round barrows of the Tynings Farm Barrow Group, high on the Mendip Hills.
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Beacon Batch
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2017
Beacon Batch submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Sep 2017. Many round barrows sit on top of Beacon Batch, the highest point of the Mendip Hills.
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Charterhouse Earthwork
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2017
Charterhouse Earthwork submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Sep 2017. Charterhouse Amphitheatre
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Stanton Drew NE Circle
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2017
Stanton Drew NE Circle submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Sep 2017. Stones of the Stanton Drew NE Circle from the field gate.
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Thorncombe Hill Cairns
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Thorncombe Hill Cairns submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. Remains of several barrows on Thorncombe Hill, part of the Quantock Hills ridge
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Thorncombe Barrow
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Thorncombe Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. Large 17m diameter bowl barrow on Thorncombe Hill high above the Trendle Ring at the top of the Quantock Hills ridge.
There was a freezing cold wind, and some heavy showers, so we did not delay our walk by detouring to look at this barrow.
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Wilmots Pool Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Wilmots Pool Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. A large 22m diameter Bronze Age barrow beside Wilmot's Pool, below Black Hill, a high point of the Quantock Hills ridge.
By this time we were cold and soaking wet, so were cutting our ridgetop walk short!
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Hurley Beacon Tumulus
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Hurley Beacon Tumulus submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. Hurley Beacon with its large barrow seen here on the right, Black Hill further away on the left.
There was a freezing cold wind, and some heavy showers, so we did not detour to look at this barrow.
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Black Hill Tumuli
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Black Hill Tumuli submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. Remains of several barrows on Black Hill, part of the Quantock Hills ridge
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Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. Approaching the summit cairn of Beacon Hill, near the northwestern end of the Quantock Hills ridge
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Priddy Nine Barrows
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Dec 2017
Priddy Nine Barrows submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Dec 2017. Priddy Nine Barrows seen here from the south, near Eastwater Cavern
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Stanton Drew - The Cove
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Dec 2017
Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Dec 2017. The Cove at Stanton Drew, seen here in spring 2004
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Stanton Drew
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Dec 2017
Stanton Drew submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Dec 2017. Stanton Drew siteplan, from English Heritage
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