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Grime's Graves Flint Mines
Date Added: 18th Oct 2024
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Grime's Graves Flint Mines submitted by Andy B on 19th May 2024. Join us at the Grime's Graves Festival - Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th June 2024
Free to attend.
Andy B from the Megalithic Portal will be there on both days amongst lots else - come and join us!
The talks and hands-on activities are free to attend thanks to generous support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. If you’d like to visit the exhibition space, or venture down into the pits, you’ll need a booking for Grime’s Graves.
Come and explore the wondrous lunar landscape of...
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Log Text: At last got here on my way up to North Norfolk. Not quite sure what I was expecting, but I can't say I was completely impressed to start with, and I couldn't help thinking of West Wycombe caves. Strange, as for something that old, I'd have thought I would be really impressed. This feeling gradually changed into one of awe at what I was seeing. Nice to be able to get down one of the shafts to see the workings as a brand new entrance building enables visits down into one of the mineshafts. Once down in the shaft, a very interesting and impressive audio visual showing the history of this place is projected onto the shaft walls, from the ancient seas depositing to form the chalk and flint, up to the prehistoric mining of the flint. All very well done I thought. Down the bottom of the shaft there are various galleries which can be crawled into. Some of the tools used for excavation and flint nodules are left to be seen. I would not recommend doing this with bare knees or on a very wet day! Some of the items found by Armstrong during the 1939 excavations are on display in the museum. But the big question is this. Are they real or fake?
Buttern Hill row
Date Added: 13th Oct 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Buttern Hill row submitted by SandyG on 16th Jan 2018. Looking north along the northern length of the row (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: From the top of Buttern Hill, in misty drizzly weather, I head down the far side through a load of inquisitive cattle to the source of the river Fowey and the Buttern Hill stone row, which is easier to find than I was expecting, and with larger stones. Probably about a dozen stones remain to be found, with a good section of 5 evenly spaced nearer the uphill, northern end. I head back skirting much of Buttern Hill on its north side, then down the stream trying to avoid the wet on the way back to the car, but still get in knee deep at one place! A change of footwear, then head for a pint at the Rising Sun, Altarnun.
Buttern Hill NE row ?
Date Added: 11th Oct 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Buttern Hill NE row ? submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Oct 2024. Part way up the northeastern slopes of Buttern Hill from Bowithick, I think there is possibly remains of a stone row heading down the hill. There are several large edge set slabs about 50 yards in length, seemingly regularly spaced, particularly noticeable where they cross a leat. I can find no reference to anything being here at all, but have noticed that others mention them. It is possibly remains of an ancient wall or boundary, perhaps to do with the old mineworkings here, but I was intrig...
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Log Text: On the way home from Padstow on a grey mizzley day, I park at Bowithick, then its a wet and muddy at times climb to the top of Buttern Hill. Part way up I think there is possibly remains of a stone row heading down the hill, with several large edge set slabs about 50 yards in length, seemingly regularly spaced, particularly where they cross an old leat. I suspect its more likely remains of an ancient wall or boundary, but I was intrigued all the same. I can find no reference to anything here at all.
Buttern Hill Cairns
Date Added: 11th Oct 2024
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Buttern Hill Cairns submitted by LordMureth on 10th Nov 2019. Visited again today, and realised I'd never uploaded a pic....!
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Log Text: On the way home from Padstow on a grey mizzley day, I park at Bowithick, then its a wet and muddy at times climb to the top of Buttern Hill. Once at the top, with the rain a bit heavier and limited views, I visit the 4 obvious cairns, with wild horses in attendance. What a splendid thing the large cist is in the main cairn, which seems a bit like a ring cairn with the chamber in the centre. I am fairly sure there is more up here than just the four cairns, but I'm not staying here exploring for long in this terrible weather. Then in misty drizzly weather I head down the far side through a load of cattle to the source of the river Fowey and the Buttern Hill stone row. Head back skirting much of Buttern Hill on its north side, then down the stream trying to avoid the wet on the way back to the car, but get in knee deep at one place!. Head for a pint at the Rising Sun, Altarnun.
Cross Shaft and Base at St Petroc's, Padstow.
Date Added: 8th Oct 2024
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cross Shaft and Base at St Petroc's, Padstow. submitted by AngieLake on 5th Mar 2019. The cross shaft taken on May Day in 2013.
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Log Text: On my daily (for the week) walk down into town, I noticed this obviously old stone placed near the lower churchyard gate. How had I not obviously noticed this before? I must have passed right by it many times over the last 50 years!
Bray Down Cairns
Date Added: 8th Oct 2024
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 10th Aug 2024
Bray Down Cairns submitted by dooclay on 16th Jul 2022. The larger Cairn to the West
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Log Text: On the way home from Padstow on a grey mizzley day, park at Bowithick for a walk to the top of Buttern Hill to see its cairns and the stone row. I am feeling weary, and the weather is not good, so rule out a climb to the top of Bray Down as well, but can clearly see one or two cairns on the top.
New Downs
Date Added: 5th Oct 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 5th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
New Downs submitted by Bladup on 9th Oct 2020. New Downs, looking over the Cairn with the two stones behind
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Log Text: A walk along the coast path from Chapel Porth around St Agnes Head to Trevaunance Cove, meeting up with family for lunch at Schooners bar. A lovely walk with lots of old mine remains, I realise that I am near to where the remains of New Downs stone circle are to be found. There are several large boulders spread across the heath in the region and as I head to where I think the circle should be, I see a lovely grass snake romping across the ground. What a thrill. It is hard to be sure that this was once a circle, but there is certainly a stony cairn, with two large stones set about equal distance radially from he centre. Several other stones nearby may well once been a part of a circle around the cairn here.
Tubby´s Head
Date Added: 5th Oct 2024
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 5th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Tubby´s Head submitted by Bladup on 9th Oct 2020. Tubby's Head (mid distance) from the South
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Log Text: A walk along the coast path from Chapel Porth around St Agnes Head to Trevaunance Cove, meeting up with family for lunch at Schooners bar. A lovely walk with lots of old mine remains, from where we can see Tubby's Head jutting out into the ocean below, just about able to make out some of the defensive ramparts.
Blorenge Cairn
Date Added: 5th Sep 2024
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Blorenge Cairn submitted by Annwfn_deCym23 on 25th Feb 2023. Y Blorens / The Blorenge Cairn
Photo looking north.
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Log Text: Day trip to do the strenuous walk around and over Blorenge; having all the up at the end of the day cannot be recommended! Once up to the summit, there is a large circular cairn structure right on top, with the trig point just to the south. I didn't climb onto the cairn, and missed seeing any internal structure, although I now read that a cist can be seen. A bit further to the south, I saw a couple of stones sticking up, and closer inspection suggested another round cairn and these stones gave me the impression that they were three upright slabs in a line, possibly once the sides to an internal chamber.
Stoney Littleton
Date Added: 2nd Sep 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stoney Littleton submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Mar 2005. Stoney Littleton barrow viewed from the west.
Its a cracking little barrow, with the most wonderful passage and chambers inside, and the powers that be have even left a decent sized area around it free of any farming activity. A lovely sunny day, but some of the walk to the barrow was horrendously muddy.
The fields around the barrow had recently been ploughed, a crop of beet of some sort having been the last grown. While walking back after my visit, I found a bit of the lovely golden colou...
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Log Text: I parked in the area by the wooden bridge to the southwest of Wellow, but the bridge had been fenced off with notices stating that it is dangerous. An alternate route is posted, taking the dangerous narrow lane to the west before crossing the river on a concrete farm bridge, then over an electric fence back along the far side of the river through a field with a rampant ram in it, before we are back to the normal way up to the barrow. Lovely to see it again after all this time, and in clear sunlight. I do not recommend crawling inside with bare knees, a bad back and without a torch, but it had to be done, didn't it.
Twinhoe
Date Added: 31st Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Twinhoe submitted by MythicAl on 12th Aug 2024. Ancient stone circle embedded into wall around small green at Mid Twinhoe
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Log Text: I had to come and have a look at this. I can't be sure what this is. There are twelve large upright stones arranged equispaced in a semicircular wall around a green. This all looks like a fairly new construction to me, but were the larger stones there previously? The old country lane here makes a nice curve around the corner, and not the usual right angle. And just what is the green area within, not used for gardens or cropped fields?
Alex Tor Kerbed Cairn
Date Added: 28th Aug 2024
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Alex Tor Kerbed Cairn submitted by Bladup on 19th Dec 2019. Alex Tor Kerbed Cairn, It's well worth a visit
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Log Text: I still have plenty of time, so head over for a walk up to the top of Alex Tor to check out the magnificent cairn with its surrounding circle of slabs. I've not seen anything like this one before, it's marvellous. What a super surrounding kerb of large, leaning and contiguous stones. Is that some sort of chamber remnants within, or just a sort of slotting in the original tor structure? While climbing up onto the nearby tor top highest point, I realise that I have walked into a Bees nest in a gap in the tor rocks which prevented me from getting the best picture looking down on the cairn. Down then out for a look at Middle Moor Cross, before returning to the car and going to the Blisland Inn for crab sandwich and pint.
Selworthy Beacon cairns
Date Added: 27th Aug 2024
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 25th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Selworthy Beacon cairns submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Aug 2024. Several cairns and tumuli are marked at the top ridge of Selwrthy Beacon. Upon visiting in August 2024, most were obscured below the colourful heather and gorse, but several lumps and bumps could be nade out.
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Log Text: Several barrows, cairns and tumuli marked at the top ridge of Selwrthy Beacon. Upon visiting in August 2024, most were obscured below the colourful heather and gorse on the top of this fabulous hill, but several lumps and bumps could be nade out. There is a road and car park up to the top of the beacon, but it is much better appreciated if you make the walk up from Bossington, Selworthy or around the coast path. Tremendous views all around from the top of the beacon with Wales and the Bristol Channel to the north, the fabulous north Somerset coast beyond Porlock to the west, and the heights of Exmoor to the south.
Middle Moor Cross
Date Added: 24th Aug 2024
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Middle Moor Cross submitted by Bladup on 19th Dec 2019. Middle Moor Cross with Alex Tor behind
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Log Text: From the top of Alex Tor I decide to head down then out for a look at Middle Moor Cross, which I could not decide whether it had turned since the last time I visited. It is said to turn on hearing the St Breward church bells. I then returned to the car and going to the Blisland Inn for crab sandwich and pint.
Trippet Stones
Date Added: 24th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Trippet Stones submitted by thecaptain on 25th Oct 2008. Despite the fact that I have visited the Trippet Stones many times over the years, this is the first time I have been able to take some decent pictures of the stones in the lovely golden setting sunshine.
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Log Text: Heading down to Padstow, I make a stop at the Trippet Stones. It is nice to see that they now seem a lot tidier and more looked after than my last few visits, where thay were getting all chewed up with 4wd vehicle tracks all over the top of them.
Holme II
Date Added: 21st Aug 2024
Site Type: Timber Circle
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Holme II submitted by dodomad on 16th Apr 2023. This is what remains of Holme II in 2023:
Tom writes: After reading Seahenge by Francis Pryor I finally got to Holme Beach on a low tide. Stunning.
Photo by Tom Charlton @TomCharlton25 on Twitter, reposted with permission - glad I did as the original is now gone
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Log Text: Went for a walk around the marshes from Thornham, and ended up walking out along the coast path to the north and west. I noticed that there were signposts to "the site of Seahenge". Anyways, I just kept going, past all sorts of interesting wildlife including spoonbills, and up to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Holme Dunes visitor centre, which was closing. Found myself drawn down onto the beach, and saw that it was quite close to the position of Seahenge, and was drawn to wander towards it. As I got there, I was looking for the post which I think marks the site of Seahenge, all still under water. But the tide was going out, and slowly things came into view. Now knowing where it all is, I headed back to Seahenge 2, and noted a couple of timbers poking through the waves, so I waited. Slowly more was revealed, but much less than a few days ago, the sand now right up over the inland side, leaving just the tops of a few of the major sector I had previously seen. I stayed for ages as the site was slowly uncovered. When you know where it is, its remarkably easy to find, and also so much easier to walk to from the east at Thornham rather than the west from Holme. In fact, along the coast path on top of the seawall, it would be possible to push a wheelchair, and only half an hour from the public parking. This said, it is possible to park at the Wildlife centre. I took a three little words position from the centre of the circle; garlic clockwork mole. TF 71234 45246
Longstone Hill cairn
Date Added: 21st Aug 2024
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Longstone hill cairn submitted by Bladup on 5th Oct 2014. Longstone hill cairn.
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Log Text: From the Longstone, I head northwards along the summit trackway which takes me past the stony cairn on my way down to the dam and back across to the car. Now very weary, I head for a well deserved pint at Betty Cottles.
Longstone Hill stone
Date Added: 21st Aug 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Longstone Hill stone submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Aug 2024. It certainly looks like a shaped menhir to me, and not just a piece of granite!
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Log Text: After passing the large ring cairn, heading down from Yes Tor to Longstone Hill, there is no semblance of a pathway, but luckily the visibility is now good, and I can clearly see where I am heading towards, and the trackways across it. Its not too bad going down, and once on Longstone Hill, I find the fallen longstone fairly easily. It certainly looks like a shaped menhir to me, and not just a piece of granite!
Yes Tor cairns
Date Added: 20th Aug 2024
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Yes Tor cairns submitted by TheCaptain on 20th Aug 2024. Just below the summit there is a large ring of stones, the messed about remains of a large cairn with massive stony banks.
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Log Text: Yes Tor is looking good to the north, and it's easily reached, with it's trig point atop a nice rocky outcrop, and although windy, the weather seems to be improving. Now to find the way down, and it's through rough slopes to the west with no semblance of a path. Just below the summit there is a large ring of stones, the messed about remains of a large cairn with massive stony banks. I didn't spend much time investigating, as by now I just wanted to get down from up here.
High Willhays North
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
High Willhays North submitted by TheCaptain on 19th Aug 2024. A stitched together panorama of the semi circular tor top cairn on the northern summit of High Willhays. It looks a bit like a semi circular retaining bank for a pool these days. The southern, actual, top of High Willhays (and southern England) beyond.
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Log Text: Now heading north across the indistinct top of High Willhays towards Yes Tor, I keep an eye open for what we have marked as a ring cairn, which I find positioned adjacent to one of the rock outcrops at the northern top of High Willhays. It seems to be a sort of ring cairn combined with a tor top cairn like that on Showery Tor on Bodmin Moor. It looks a bit like a semi circular retaining bank for a pool.