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Oliver's Castle
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Oliver's Castle submitted by Thorgrim on 31st Aug 2003. Accessible by footpath from Bromham or Roundway, this Iron Age promontory fort of 1.2 hectares is at SU 001646.
It has a single ditch and bank with post holes for gates in the eastern entrance.
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Log Text: Part of a days off road cycling from Devizes. Lovely place, people flying radio controlled planes and gliders from up there. Horrifically muddy on the way down from the hills to the north.
Dolmen de Pineyre
Trip No.204 Entry No.187 Date Added: 3rd Oct 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 25th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen de Pineyre submitted by TheCaptain on 13th Feb 2011. High up in the hills to the northwest of St-Nectaire can be found this dolmen, still almost entirely contained within its cairn of stones. The capstone is visible above a chamber, just above the top level of the present day cairn, and is about 4 metres by 3 metres.
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Log Text: High up in the hills to the northwest of St-Nectaire can be found this dolmen, still almost entirely contained within its cairn of stones. The capstone is visible above a chamber, just above the top level of the present day cairn, and is about 4 metres by 3 metres. Apart from one squared corner, and the upper most row of side support stones, not much can be seen at all of the chamber below, which may have been quite large. The stone cairn is approximately 20 metres in diameter, and still about 2.5 to 3 metres high.
The dolmen is fairly easily found by taking a trackway south from the D.640 road along the hilltop above St-Nectaire near Sailles, and is the same trackway which leads to the easily visible Freydefrond menhir. But where a right turn leads to the menhir, take a left turn along a track into the woods, and after a couple of hundred metres the cairn becomes obvious, right at the end of the track.
Pierres Meslières Menhirs
Trip No.204 Entry No.67 Date Added: 3rd Oct 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Pierres Meslières menhirs submitted by Dipo on 26th Oct 2008. Site in Pays de la Loire: Loire-Atlantique:
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Log Text: Pierres Meslières, menhir 2: This menhir is between 3 and 4 metres tall, with a lot of ivy growing on it, besides the trackway at the bottom of the vineyard to the south of the rock outcrop. It is in need of a haircut.
Pierres Meslières Menhirs
Trip No.204 Entry No.66 Date Added: 3rd Oct 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Pierres Meslières menhirs submitted by Dipo on 26th Oct 2008. Site in Pays de la Loire: Loire-Atlantique:
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Log Text: Pierres Meslières, menhir 1: This is a squat little menhir, half hidden in the hedge and bank between the railway and the vineyard. It is possible that ground level is now much higher here than it was, the railway line being about 10 metres lower. As I write, a TGV whizzes past. The remaining menhir is about 1.5 metres above track level, and looks lost in the hedge, almost like a field clearance stone.
West Kennet Avenue
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
West Kennet Avenue submitted by Humbucker on 12th Jan 2019. West Kennet Avenue in the summer. Looking south towards West Kennet.
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Log Text: Down to the bottom of Waden Hill and now head up the West Kennet Avenue towards Avebury. Its stones are positively glowing in the afternoon sunshine. This is obviously the way to approach Avebury, and even a herd of bullocks in the enclosure couldn't deter me from walking all the way up, although I did divert to the top of the area to avoid most of them, which meant not seeing the stone with the polishing grooves again. At the top of the Avenue, cross the road and enter the enormous henge through the entrance portal with the beautiful trees and enormous Barber Stone, which I make sure I get a sit down on. The stones of the inner circle are glowing in the bright sunshine, as I decide to go for a pint in the Red Lion.
Falkner's Circle
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 25th Sep 2020
Falkner's Circle submitted by Humbucker on 16th Feb 2019. The last stone of Falkners Circle - taken in the snow earlier in February.
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Log Text: Climbing over Waden Hill before walking up the avenue back to Avebury, got a good view of the site of Falkners Circle with its singular stone glowing in the afternoon sun.
Silbury Hill
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Silbury Hill submitted by Scanner on 27th Sep 2019. Silbury Hill by Simon Ferguson
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Log Text: Good views of Silbury today, so I decide to walk to it along the path in the fields north of the busy A4 road. It looks lovely in this light, sometimes in the sunshine and sometimes in the shade. With the bright green grass of the fields blowing around in the wind, it looks to be floating in a sea of green. Beautiful, and strangely compelling. From here I walk towards Avebury along the stream, but see people walking over Waden Hill, so decide to go over that and down to the Avenue, so as to approach Avebury along the West Kennet Avenue. There are fabulous views of Silbury Hill in its plain from up here, probably the best views of it there are to be had.
West Kennett Long Barrow
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
West Kennett Long Barrow submitted by jackdaw1 on 16th Oct 2007. A shot taken inside West kennet long barrow nr. Avebury on 25 sec exposure at f16-conjuring spooky feels.
A small child called jake was happily playing and respectfully enjoying the atmosphere in there.
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Log Text: Up the hill across the fields to West Kennet longbarrow. Its bright and clear but very windy up here, which gives good views all around. A steady stream of people are coming up here for a look, but not enough to get in the way. As I suspect is often the case, there is quite a bit of tat and suchlike inside, put there by people who should know better.
Silbaby
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 25th Sep 2020
Silbaby submitted by marcgreenman on 21st Sep 2020. Approaching waden hill, tree and nettle coverage can be clearly seen from here this also gives an approximate idea of the mound's size
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Log Text: Walking along the fields beside the stream, get clear views of Silbaby mound, recently declared to be not prehistoric but medieval, and officially named The Waden Mound. There is a dead tree in front of it with a large hollow near the top which makes it look like an owl from a distance.
East Kennett longbarrow
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 25th Sep 2020
East Kennett longbarrow submitted by Humbucker on 21st Nov 2017. East Kennet Longbarrow. Without the leaves on the trees you can appreciate just how big this longbarrow is!
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Log Text: I should have gone a bit further up the road from East Kennet to get a view of the long barrow on the hillside. However, good views over to East Kennet longbarrow from the hills near West Kennet barrow.
The Sanctuary.
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
The Sanctuary. submitted by JJ on 4th Nov 2003. Aerial Photograph copyright JJ Evendon
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Log Text: Over the A4 to the Sanctuary, perhaps I can sit and have lunch here, but the circle of concrete breezeblocks has a couple of alternative types sat in the centre and dinging little bells. Couple of photos and move on.
The Sanctuary Barrows
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
The Sanctuary Barrows submitted by vicky on 26th Apr 2002. The linear barrow cemetery on the opposite side of the road to the Sanctuary in Avebury.
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Log Text: The plan was to stop here to eat my lunch but the field was full of bullocks, the wind was blowing strong and there was too much noise from the traffic on the A4.
Overton Hill barrow cemetery
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Overton Hill barrow cemetery submitted by Humbucker on 26th Dec 2017. Overton Hill Barrow Cemetery. A fantastically atmospheric place to visit, especially during the winter months when most other visitors tend to stick to Avebury or The Ridgeway itself.
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Log Text: Good views of the barrows on Avebury Down from the Ridgeway, but I don’t take any photos. Get my hand scratched and stung as I try to get some decent blackberries, because the wind is blowing so strongly.
Avebury Down barrow cemetery
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Avebury Down barrow cemetery submitted by JimChampion on 10th Jan 2009. November 2006. Dusk telephoto shot of one of the beech-planted round barrows on Avebury Down. Taken from the West Kennet avenue.
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Log Text: Good views of the barrows on Avebury Down from the Ridgeway, but I don’t take any photos. Get my hand scratched and stung as I try to get some decent blackberries, because the wind is blowing so strongly.
The Polisher (Fyfield Down)
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
The Polisher (Fyfield Down) submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Sep 2019. At long last, I have been to visit this fabulous stone.
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Log Text: Yes indeed, the chap in the black fleece has gone to the polisher, and is taking all sorts of photos. I sit and wait halfway down the hill, but may still be in some of his pictures. He moves on downhill, and I see him busily taking lots of pictures of some of the stones. I take my chance and go have a good look at the polisher. Fabulous. After my 5 minutes here I walk back up to the Ridgeway and stop for a sit down and to collect my thoughts etc. noticing that the bloke in the black fleece has moved back up to the Polisher. He must have moved away to let me have my visit. As I walk on south I notice he is following behind me, but heads back towards Avebury, so was obviously only on a mission to the Polisher.
Overton Down Barrow
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Overton Down Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 22nd Sep 2019. Seen from the Ridgeway, the remains of the Barrow at SU12607104
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Log Text: North up the Ridgeway past more barrows. The chap in the black fleece with all sorts of badges etc has also turned this way. I get the feeling he is off to the Polisher!
Overton Down
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2020
Overton Down submitted by Ogham on 16th Apr 2017. Winters day up on the ridgeway.
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Log Text: Walking up Green Street to the ridgeway, there are good view of the plentiful barrows dotted about on the hillsides. I am passed several times by a chap who is walking quicker than me, but stops for lots of photos.
Avebury - The Cove
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Avebury - The Cove submitted by Wolfie on 19th Sep 2003. Avebury - The Cove
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Log Text: After a pint at the Red Lion, I go for a look at the Cove, gleaming in the low afternoon sun. Those stones are huge.
Avebury
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Avebury - The Cove submitted by HarryTwenty on 13th May 2019. Another view of the Cove stones.
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Log Text: The electric at home is off for the day so they can cut some trees, so I have a trip to Avebury for a long walk up to the polisher, down the Ridgeway and back to Avebury via Overton Down, East Kennet, West Kennet longbarrow, Silbury Hill, Waden Hill and the Avenue. Well deserved pint at the Red Lion. Beautiful day out.
West Kennett Long Barrow
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
West Kennett Long Barrow submitted by jackdaw1 on 16th Oct 2007. A shot taken inside West kennet long barrow nr. Avebury on 25 sec exposure at f16-conjuring spooky feels.
A small child called jake was happily playing and respectfully enjoying the atmosphere in there.
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Log Text: Having failed to get dinner at The Barge Inn, we got sandwiches in Marlborough, and then went and sat up on top of WKLB to eat them in the lovely sunshine, overlooking Silbury Hill and Avebury. Its lovely up here. But, there are always nutters about, banging drums, dowsing, tealights etc. What a shame the place has to put up with this.