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Peyre Levade (La Borie Rouge)
Trip No.203 Entry No.213 Date Added: 21st Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 17th Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Peyre Levade (La Borie Rouge) submitted by theCaptain on 17th Jan 2012. Remains of a small dolmen in a garden just to the north of Lalbenque.
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Log Text: Remains of a small dolmen in a garden just to the north of Lalbenque. It is not well cared for and has had a large hedge planted between it and the roadside to presumably stop people like me having a look. In fact it looks as if one of the side slabs has recently been split.
Giverzac Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.215 Date Added: 21st Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Aquitaine:Dordogne (24))
Visited: Yes on 16th Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Giverzac dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 16th Jan 2012. Remains of a little dolmen now outside the gates to the Banque de France’ Giversac Enterprise Centre, where it is used for sheltering a couple of floodlights.
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Log Text: Remains of a little dolmen now outside the gates to the Banque de France’ Giversac Enterprise Centre and it shelters a couple of floodlights. The capstone is about 2.5 by 2 metres broken at one end and it sits on a few various support stones. I suspect it’s been jumbled about a bit.
Finding this involved some extremely steep and narrow lanes up the vertiginous sides of the Dordogne river from Vitrac and getting away again after was just as bad as the roads through Domme are banned to campervans due to the small narrow cliff face hanging roads so although you can park next to the dolmen an access rating of 5 is perhaps a bit high ! There are no signs.
Les Grosses Devises (W)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2012
Les Grosses Devises (W) submitted by theCaptain on 15th Jan 2012. The western of the two main Les Grosses Devises stones still standing, seen here on a sunny winter morning looking north from the farmtrack which leads up from the west at Barbieres.
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Les Grosses Devises (E)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2012
Les Grosses Devises (E) submitted by theCaptain on 15th Jan 2012. The eastern of the two main Les Grosses Devises stones still standing, seen here on a sunny winter morning looking northeast from the farmtrack which leads up from the west at Barbieres.
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Menhir des Planches
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 29th Dec 2011
Menhir des Planches submitted by theCaptain on 29th Dec 2011. The stone can be seen clearly against the skyline, although it is not on the top of the hill.
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Pierre du Hu
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 15th Nov 2011
Pierre du Hu submitted by theCaptain on 15th Nov 2011. At the northeastern corner of the field of the Montchauvin Alignements, the largest, The Pierre du Hu, stands just under three metres tall.
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Camp du Castel
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 8th Nov 2011
Camp du Castel submitted by theCaptain on 8th Nov 2011. View south from Camp du Castel towards the old coast guard station and the Pierre au Rey
Site in Normandie:Manche (50) France
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Grosse Pierre de la Bergerie
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 7th Nov 2011
Grosse Pierre de la Bergerie submitted by theCaptain on 7th Nov 2011. Tried to visit this stone while driving on a different ferry route from Le Havre to my Sisters's, and drove to a place to the south where some tracks are marked on the map which would lead to the orchard. However, once we got to the orchard, we found it had been newly and securely fenced, with no way in.
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Portbury
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2011
Portbury submitted by theCaptain on 1st Nov 2011. The little plaque mounted near the top of the stone, telling its recent history.
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Priddy Circles N
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 25th Oct 2011
Priddy Circles N submitted by theCaptain on 25th Oct 2011. Priddy Northern circle, June 2011.
Seen here looking west from the B3134, it is quite difficult to make the circle out, but it is mostly to be seen. Look over the three foreground fences, then you see lumps and bumps of the eastern arc. The next wall and fence cut the circle pretty much in half, and the western arc is quite clear beyond that as it is where all the dark bushes are growing.
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Priddy Circles C
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Oct 2011
Priddy Circles C submitted by theCaptain on 22nd Oct 2011. Priddy Central circle, June 2011.
Looking north at the eastern edge where the wall cuts the circle
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La Loge aux Sarrasins
Trip No.211 Entry No.4 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 9th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
la Loge aux Sarrasins submitted by hrun95 on 21st Jun 2011. These photos were taken in 2007, in the garden of the owners. So it's a bit boring because you are in their propriety. I get there by the little path coming by la Chaudronniere.
Site in Normandie:Calvados (14) France
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Log Text: Having gone to Vire for a Vide Grenier and country show, persuaded Trevor and Sara to visit this stone for another look. Followed the same path as last time, and this time, once at the corner of the garden, the dolmen was clear to be seen in the back garden. At Last!
Its a lovely looking little dolmen. I can only assume that last visit there was a shed in the way, preventing it being seen. To get a better view, went back to the cornfield, and walked along its edge and up along outside the garden. I noticed that a bit further to the west, behind the garage, there was a separate standing stone, a couple of metres tall.
Blaise Castle
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Blaise Castle submitted by theCaptain on 1st Dec 2011. Some of the remaining ramparts on the northern side of the hill
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King's Weston Hill stockpound
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
King's Weston Hill stockpound submitted by theCaptain on 13th Apr 2012. plan on the noticeboard showing the various items of historical interest on the King's Weston Hill ridgetop
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Log Text: A few hundred metres west along the hilltop ridge from the Kings Weston Hillfort can be seen the remains of a large circular earthwork, of unsure date. People have been living and working on this hilltop ridge since neolithic times, and it is thought that this earthwork is some sort of stockpound dating from perhaps bronze or iron age times. It is a very pleasant spot up on this hilltop, surrounded by the northwestern suburbs of Bristol, but you would hardly know it, and can easily get taken back in time while up here.
King's Weston Hill barrow cemetary
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
King's Weston Hill barrow cemetary submitted by theCaptain on 13th Apr 2012. Walk several hundred metres west along the hilltop ridge from the Kings Weston Hillfort, past the large circular earthwork, across the roman road and its earthwork bank, and the open grassland of the hilltop now has several bushy clumps dotted around.
Some of these clumps hide the remains of several bronze age burial mounds.
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Log Text: Walk several hundred metres west along the hilltop ridge from the Kings Weston Hillfort, past the large circular earthwork, across the roman road and its earthwork bank, and the open grassland of the hilltop now has several bushy clumps dotted around. Some of these clumps hide the remains of several bronze age burial mounds. The burial mounds are not in the best of condition, but are thought to date back to almost 2000BC. It is a very pleasant spot up on this hilltop, surrounded by the northwestern suburbs of Bristol, but you would hardly know it, and can easily get taken back in time while up here.
King's Weston Hillfort
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
King's Weston Hillfort submitted by theCaptain on 13th Apr 2012. The northeastern end of the ridge that is Kings Weston Hill.
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Log Text: At the northeastern end of the ridge that is Kings Weston Hill, now in the northwestern suburbs of Bristol, is to be found the remains of an iron age hillfort and farmstead. It is situated in parkland, just to the southwest of the more impressive Blaise Castle. The hill and immediately surrounding area is nowadays parkland, a part of the Blaise Castle estate. The steeply sloping sides of the hill are thick woodland, while the flat top of the ridge is open grassland, and makes for a nice walk. There is an informative noticeboard. The defended enclosure at the end of the ridge has been dated to 800BC and was in use until Roman times. The steep northern edge of the ridge still has some remains of earthern ramparts, while on the flat top of the hill is a rectangular banked enclosure.
Stokeleigh Camp
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stokeleigh Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 19th Aug 2011. Plan of Stokeleigh Camp from
Notes on the Clifton, Burwalls and Stokeleigh Camps
by Professor C. Lloyd Morgan,
Clifton Antiquarian Club 1900.
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Log Text: Iron age promontary hillfort on a spur overlooking the Avon Gorge from the high plateau at the western side of the Gorge, now a part of the large Leigh Woods nature reserve. This is one of three iron age forts here probably guarding a ford crossing of the river Avon at the bottom of the Avon Gorge, below where is now the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The promontary points towards the east, with the steep sided Nightingale valley marking the southern edge, where the hillside has been sculpted, with another smaller steep sided valley making the northeastern edges of the camp. The camp is completed around its northwestern sides by a double arc of massive ditch and bank ramparts, both once topped with stone walling. The main entrance was probably at the northern edge of the plateau, beside the steep cliff edge, where there is a third row of ditch and bank to help gaurd. I decided on a walk round Leigh Woods and to take in Stokeleigh Camp, on a showery bank holiday afternoon. Several things took my notice since my last visit here many years ago, firstly that it has all been tidied up by National Trust and much of the woodland cleared around the ramparts, making them very visible (I wasn't expecting to really be able to see them or get any decent pictures at all). I was most impressed with the massive size of the main ramparts, the inner bank being about 5 metres above the ground level inside, while the ditch outside must be almost of equal depth, making a top to bottom height of between 8 and 10 metres! Massive! Outside the inner bank and ditch is a second ring of bank and ditch, this time the relative heights and depth being about +/- 2 metres. At places around the top of the major rampart, there are places where stretches of vertical stone walling can be seen. In order to keep the vegetation down, NT and English Nature have decided to graze half a dozen Devon Red cattle around the camp.
Burwalls Camp
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Burwalls Camp submitted by theCaptain on 15th Sep 2011. View of the site of Burwalls Camp, as seen from Clifton Down Camp across the Avon Gorge.
In the woods to the right, the steep sided Nightingale Valley, which separates Burwalls Camp from Stokeleigh Camp.
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Log Text: The Burwalls Camp hillfort is one of three iron age forts here probably guarding a ford crossing of the river Avon at the bottom of the Avon Gorge, below where is now the Clifton Suspension Bridge. Now mostly destroyed, with the western end of the Clifton Bridge and massive houses built all over it, a few remnants of the original ramparts can still be seen among the gardens of Burwalls. The neighbouring forts are Stokeleigh camp, just across Nightingale Valley, also on the western side of the Avon Gorge, and Clifton Down Camp on the eastern, Clifton side.
Clifton Down Camp
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2011
Clifton Down Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Aug 2011. Remains of the ramparts at the northwestern side
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Polissoir avec Plage
Trip No.204 Entry No.231 Date Added: 4th Sep 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Bourgogne:Yonne (89))
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Polissoir avec Plage submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Aug 2011. This one is a smaller stone, about 2 metres by 0.5 metres, and a nice smoothed crescent shape, hence the name.
As well as the entire polishing "beach", there are at least three bowls for keeping water or polishing.
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Log Text: A further 40 metres downstream from the second polissoir stone, is found a third. This one is a smaller stone, about 2 metres by 0.5 metres, and a nice smoothed crescent shape, hence the name. As well as the entire polishing "beach", there are at least three bowls for polishing, some of which are quite deep, and about 20 cm in diameter. This is quite some industrial centre, isn't it!
As I write this I am being watched by at least two deer, no more than 40 metres away from me. Oh well, better get back.