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Hoar Moor (E)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2007
Hoar Moor (E) submitted by thecaptain on 4th Apr 2007. Hoar Moor standing stone, at Porlock Post, Exmoor.
Seen here looking north east
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Long Holcombe (S)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2007
Long Holcombe (S) submitted by thecaptain on 13th Apr 2007. When I eventually found the stone, which is almost lost among the long grass, it is only about 18 inches high, and it leans to the south, uphill.
I came to the conclusion that this stone is perhaps the last remaining stone of what was originally a stone setting of some kind, and that there was probably further stones in amongst the moor grass at one time.
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Faulkland
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2007
Faulkland submitted by thecaptain on 19th Apr 2007. King Portal in his Megalithic Throne
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Beckham Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2007
Beckham Hill submitted by thecaptain on 30th Apr 2007. Baa Baa Baa, Baa Baa Baa Lambs.
Spring lambs on Exmoor, April 29 2007.
Beckham Hill with its stone setting in the right background of this picture.
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Swap Hill (N)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2007
Swap Hill (N) submitted by TheCaptain on 28th May 2007. The best I could find at the given grid ref for this outlying stone. I dont think it is the one intended.
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Swap Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2007
Swap Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 28th May 2007. Swap Hill stone setting looking southeast.
An edge set outlier in the foreground.
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Trout Hill 3
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2007
Trout Hill 3 submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Jun 2007. I am not sure that I found the right place, but what I found was the only stone I could find in the long grass anywhere near the given grid reference.
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Lanacombe 3
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2007
Lanacombe 3 submitted by TheCaptain on 31st Jul 2007. The first, and only obvious stone I found here at Lanacombe 3.
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Lanacombe 5
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Aug 2007
Lanacombe 5 submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Aug 2007. On the south facing slopes of Lanacombe Hill on Exmoor, are the remains of this fairly recently found stone setting.
I found many stones and stumps of stones standing proud of the ground.
The book I have says 9 stones in 3 rows, but to be honest, it could be anything.
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Lanacombe 2
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2007
Lanacombe 2 submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Aug 2007. The third stone I found, I would estimate to be about 20–30 metres further up the hill, but it is leaning over or fallen, and well hidden in some marsh grass.
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Lanacombe 1
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Dec 2007
Lanacombe 1 submitted by thecaptain on 9th Dec 2007. This stone setting is more nearly on the ridgetop of Lanacombe Hill, with super views to the south and east.
Although the views when I was first here were shrouded in mist.
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East Pinford 2
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 3rd May 2008
East Pinford 2 submitted by thecaptain on 3rd May 2008. Said to be a six stone rectangle similar to East Pinford 1, with only one stone still standing.
I certainly found a stone standing at the grid ref noted here, about 0.3 metres high.
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Trout Hill 2
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 26th May 2008
Trout Hill 2 submitted by thecaptain on 26th May 2008. One of the stones is a full metre high, and a splendid stone for Exmoor.
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Trout Hill 1
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2008
Trout Hill 1 submitted by thecaptain on 20th Jun 2008. Trout Hill 1. Looking uphill towards the south showing stones 2 and 1.
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Bristol City Museum
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2009
Bristol City Museum submitted by thecaptain on 11th Aug 2009. As a part of the fabulous Banksy vs Bristol Museum exhibition this summer, a part of "Boghenge" (originally done at Glastonbury Festival in 2007) has been erected in the museum entrance.
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West Hill Fort, Portishead
Date Added: 16th Aug 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 4
West Hill Fort, Portishead submitted by TheCaptain on 16th Aug 2019. Possible remnants of the ramparts remain in the little wooded area below Wood Hill Park
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Felton Hill Long Barrow T26
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 26th Apr 2004
Felton Hill Long Barrow T26 submitted by TheCaptain on 26th Apr 2004. Felton Hill chambered Cairn, Somerset, ST516649.
Having read the description of this site again, it became obvious that the described cairn was the oval barrow near to the west end of the common by the round house. So I went to have another look, with more determination to get pictures.
This oval barrow is approx 20m by 15m, and has a north south axis. It is very overgrown, and as can be seen in the picture, lies right at the end of the runway of Bristol airport.
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Hoaroak stones
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st Feb 2011
Hoaroak stones submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Feb 2011. After a long while searching around, I found a couple of stones which looked like they might be placed in position, although now broken and fallen.
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Cheriton Ridge Boundary stones
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2011
Cheriton Ridge Boundary stones submitted by TheCaptain on 1st Apr 2011. These two lovely old standing stones are each about 5 feet tall, and look very gnarled. However, they are not prehistoric, although many hundreds of years old.
If you are out on this part of Exmoor, do go and have a look at them - they are far more impressive and beautiful than any of the remaining prehistoric stone setting stones to be found in the vicinity!
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Priddy Circles S
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Jun 2011
Priddy Circles S submitted by TheCaptain on 19th Jun 2011. The field where the southern of the Priddy Circles should be.
Here viewed over the hedge from the B3135 near Harptree Lodge, Sunday June 19th, and there is no immediate sign of the henge at all.
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