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Stanton Drew NE Avenue
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 11th Dec 2017
Stanton Drew NE Avenue submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Dec 2017. Looking along the NE Avenue to the NE circle at Stanton Drew, seen here in spring 2004
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Rolstone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jan 2018
Rolstone submitted by TheCaptain on 20th Jan 2018. Near Cannaway's Farm, this stone stands in the middle of a field.
Apologies for awful picture. It was a miserable wet and misty day, and the batteries on my camera had died, so this was taken from the fieldgate on my phone.
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Triscombe Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018
Triscombe Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 21st May 2018. noticeboard in the car park
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Fire Beacon Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018
Fire Beacon Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 21st May 2018. Fire Beacon Cairn seen from the Drove Road along the top of the Quantock ridge
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West Hill Platform Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018
West Hill Platform Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 21st May 2018. West Hill Platform Cairn seen from the Drove Road along the top of the Quantock ridge
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Great Hill Platform cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018
Great Hill Platform cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 21st May 2018. Nearby towards the main ridgetop is another smaller platform cairn.
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Wills Neck
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 21st May 2018
Wills Neck submitted by TheCaptain on 21st May 2018. Several cairns are on the top of and around Wills Neck, the highest point (386m) of the Quantock Hills.
This one is to the southeast of the summit
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Plainsfield Camp
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2018
Plainsfield Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 25th May 2018. Plainsfield Camp. View south along the east bank from the entrance to the southeast corner.
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Cadbury Camp
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2018
Cadbury Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 20th Oct 2018. Noticeboard at the site
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Wavering Down cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2018
Wavering Down cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Nov 2018. Cairn at the top of Wavering Down at the western end of the Mendip Hills (viewed looking west).
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North Stoke Promontory Fort
Date Added: 11th Apr 2022
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
North Stoke Promontory Fort submitted by Bladup on 10th Jan 2015. The bank and ditch at the eastern entrance of North Stoke Promontory Fort.
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Log Text: A walk round Lansdown battlefields and around the racecourse, making sure to check out the hillfort defences this time, which are more substantial than I remember. Lovely views to south and west, overlooking the Avon valley and watch the birds.
Doulting Quarries barrow
Date Added: 20th Mar 2023
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2023. My rating: Access 5
Doulting Quarries barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 20th Mar 2023. In some open land behind the bus stop at Doulting, opposite to the stone quarries entrance, I saw what looked like a longbarrow with stone entrance. Closer inspection showed this to be a modern interpretation, with a large stone standing on the top.
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Log Text: In some open land behind the bus stop at Doulting, opposite to the stone quarries entrance, I saw what looked like a longbarrow with stone entrance. Closer inspection showed this to be a modern interpretation, with a large stone standing on the top.
Beacon Hill (Oakhill) Barrows
Date Added: 20th Mar 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2023. My rating: Access 4
Beacon Hill (Oakhill) Barrows submitted by dooclay on 20th Aug 2023. From the East
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Log Text: Several round barrows can be clearly seen from the roman road in an open field along the ridgetop, with several more to be found in Beacon Hill Woods. I didn't have time to park and go and have a proper look.
West Cranmore Round Barrows
Date Added: 20th Mar 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2023
West Cranmore Round Barrows submitted by TheCaptain on 20th Mar 2023. Seen from the carriage of the East Somerset steam railway. Two large round barrows in a field, with fairly distinct ditches around them.
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Log Text: Seen from the carriage of the East Somerset steam railway near Merryfield Lane halt. Two large round barrows in a field, with fairly distinct ditches around them. There is remains of a third much ploughed out barrow. Looks like badgers are starting to dig away at one of the two large barrows.
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.
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?
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.
Lanhill
Date Added: 6th Mar 2022
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Lanhill submitted by thecaptain on 16th Apr 2004. Lanhill, Chambered Tomb, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, ST877747
At the centre of the southern side is a rock lined chamber, about 2½ m in length by 1½ metres in width, which has obviously been restored, as the roof is now supported on steel bars. The opening to the chamber has a curved, dry stone walled forecourt, and there is a blocking stone across the opening.
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Log Text: This very nice long barrow, which lies on an east west axis, is in a field just to the south of the A420 a couple of miles east of Chippenham. The remains of the barrow still seem largely intact, and it is several metres high along its central axis. At the centre of the southern side is a rock lined chamber, about 2½ m in length by 1½ metres in width, 1m height, which has obviously been restored, as the roof is now supported on steel bars. The opening to the chamber has a curved, dry stone walled forecourt, and there is a blocking stone across the opening. Apparently, other chambers were found along the northern side of the barrow, and the remains of many skeletons were found in them.
Giant's Caves
Date Added: 6th Mar 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2004. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Giant's Caves submitted by thecaptain on 16th Apr 2004. Giant’s Caves, Chambered Tomb, Luckington, Wiltshire, ST820830
Within this central part of the barrow can be seen the remains of four chambers, constructed using large rock slabs. These chambers are approximately 3 to 4 metres long and 1 to 1½ metres in width, and strangely would not have been located at the bottom ground level of the mound, but at a slightly higher level.
This is the southeast chamber.
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Log Text: This fantastic long barrow, which lies on an east west axis, is in a field just to the north of a little stream on the edge of the Badminton estate. The initial impression is that it is fairly ruinous, and has become overgrown with trees and undergrowth, but closer inspection reveals that there is much left here. Although the ends of the barrow appear to have been removed at sometime in the past, the remaining central part show what a large structure this once was. Within this central part of the barrow can clearly be seen the remains of four chambers, constructed using large rock slabs, which either opened onto a central corridor, or to the sides of the barrow, although they would have been blocked off with stone slabs. These chambers are approximately 4 metres long and 1 to 1½ metres in width, and strangely would not have been located at the bottom ground level of the mound, but at a slightly higher level.
Ridgeway
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Trackway
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2005
Ridgeway submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Feb 2005. The Ridgeway near to Waylands Smithy after sunset, February 2005, showing just what a terrible state it has been turned into. Thankfully it was all frozen, and so walking along it wasnt too problematical.
Those who insist on driving their 4WD vehicles all over everything say they are not destroying things, and that walkers, mountain bikers and horses cause as much destruction.
I'll let the viewer be the judge.
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