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Berkswell
Date Added: 15th May 2020
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Warwickshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Berkswell submitted by jamesrattue on 25th Oct 2007. The holy well at Berkswell, seen on 15th October 2007.
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Log Text: Nice village in the borough of Solihull, near Balsall Common.
In some old documents we found the names: Beorcoles well or Beorcol’s spring and Berchewelle, the name could originate from the anglosaxon word: "berc" which in modern English is a "birch".
The English place names society suggested that the name Berkswell means the Well of Bercul. A Bercul is noted in a 748AD document drawn up by Mercian King Ethalbald which granted the church indemnity from any services or taxation.
It is said that the area was Christianized by travelling monks from the city of Lichfield. A local leader, Bercul, is said to have been baptised in the well in the 8th Century.
St. John's Well (Warwickshire)
Date Added: 15th May 2020
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Warwickshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th May 2020. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 1 Access 4
St. John's Well (Warwickshire) submitted by HarryTwenty on 10th Jan 2019. Overgrown by weeds.
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Log Text: It was not even worth a picture, the place is full of brambles and nettles. It was very disappointing. Worth the walk from Kenilworth Castle to Honiley.
Barnmoor Wood Camp
Date Added: 27th Apr 2020
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Warwickshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Barnmoor Wood Camp submitted by james_d02 on 3rd Apr 2013. Hillfort rampart with clear old coppicing.
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War Stone
Date Added: 17th Apr 2019
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (West Midlands)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
War Stone submitted by baz on 21st Mar 2004. The War Stone sits on its plinth in Warstone Lane, overlooking the people who pass by. Birmingham has no natural rock, so this stone, which was deposited nearby by a glacier during the last ice age, has done well to remain here since the Mesolithic.
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War Stone
Date Added: 17th Apr 2019
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (West Midlands)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
War Stone submitted by baz on 21st Mar 2004. The War Stone sits on its plinth in Warstone Lane, overlooking the people who pass by. Birmingham has no natural rock, so this stone, which was deposited nearby by a glacier during the last ice age, has done well to remain here since the Mesolithic.
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Burnt mound in Fox Hollies Park
Date Added: 17th Apr 2019
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (West Midlands)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Burnt mound in Fox Hollies Park submitted by dancing_star on 10th Mar 2025. Burnt Mound, Fox Hollies Park.
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Cournols allée couverte
Date Added: 21st Aug 2016
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Cournols allée couverte submitted by thecaptain on 6th Sep 2006. Said to be an allée couverte, its not much like any other allée couvertes I have seen!
It looks more to me like a sort of double dolmen, with two chambers beside one another. The entrance would have been from the east, and central to the two chambers.
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Pierre Plantade Menhir
Date Added: 3rd May 2016
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Cantal (15))
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pierre Plantade Menhir submitted by alchemille on 3rd May 2016. La Pierre Plantée de Talizat, a small menhir found in Auvergne, department of the Cantal (15) France
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Log Text: la pierre plantée de Talizat, Cantal, Auvergne, France.
Coeur Ballant
Date Added: 19th Apr 2016
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2016. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Coeur Ballant submitted by alchemille on 19th Apr 2016. Le coeur Ballant, Ballages, Combronde, Puy de Dôme
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Log Text: Le Coeur Ballant or the Dancing heart is found in the wood near the village of Les Ballages, near Combronde in the Puy de Dôme, region of Auvergne. France
Dolmen de Loubaresse
Date Added: 14th Mar 2016
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 13th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen de Loubaresse submitted by alchemille on 14th Mar 2016. Dolmen de Loubaresse. Le Broc. Issoire. Puy-de-Dôme
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Log Text: The Dolmen de Loubaresse is found in the road between Le Broc and Issoire in the department of Puy de Dôme. It is a medium size dolmen with a big capstone. The stones are dark, probably volcanic.
The dolmen is situated 5 minutes away from the national road, and walking through a narrow path through a wood. The dolmen is on the hillside. I could only take pictures from two sides as there is a barbed wire around the field where the dolmen is sitting. It is clear the site is a private property. However there is sign in the national road pointing to the megalithic site.
Chemin Fais'Art
Date Added: 28th Aug 2015
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Would like to visit
Chemin Fais'Art submitted by neolithique02 on 22nd Apr 2014. "The" perfect place to organise the next Annual General Meeting of the Megalithic Portal...
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Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp)
Date Added: 27th Aug 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 27th Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen de Pierre Fade (Lachamp) submitted by alchemille on 27th Aug 2015. La pierre Fade en Puy de Dôme, Auvergne.
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Log Text: dolmen in the lieu dit Chez Gailles near the village of St Etienne des Champs, departement of PUY DE DôME.
Menhirs of Barbouly
Date Added: 27th Jun 2015
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Menhirs of Barbouly submitted by alchemille on 27th Jun 2015. The menhirs of Barbouly are found by the pond called “ L'Etang des Planches” in the hamlet of Barbouly, commune of Sainte Christine en Combraille, in the Puy de Dôme, Auvergne.
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Log Text: The menhirs of Barbouly are found by the pond called “ L'Etang des Planches” in the hamlet of Barbouly, commune of Sainte Christine en Combraille, in the Puy de Dôme, Auvergne. There are two menhirs one step away from the other, one couché (laying down, gray stone) the other standing (granite stone). The pond is 10 metres away.
Menhir des Autais
Date Added: 24th Jun 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Allier (03))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Menhir des Autais submitted by alchemille on 24th Jun 2015. Menhir des Autais, Allier, AUVERGNE
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Log Text: The site is in a pitiful state, I would love to take a sickle with me and cut all the thorns and brambles around the standing stone.
Menhir du Puy de la Poix
Date Added: 24th Jun 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 24th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir du Puy de la Poix submitted by alchemille on 24th Jun 2015. Menhir couché du Puy de la Poix between Aulnat and Clermont Ferrand. Puy de Dôme.
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Log Text: Menhir couché du Puy de la Poix between Aulnat and Clermont Ferrand. The menhir is laying flat near the top of the little knoll, an ancient volcano from the Oligocene period, there is a ravine of stinky bitumen at the bottom of the knoll, hence the name "la Poix”
Pessat-Villeneuve menhir
Date Added: 7th Jun 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pessat-Villeneuve menhir submitted by alchemille on 7th Jun 2015. Menhir de Pessat, in Pessat-Villeneuve, near Riom, Puy de Dôme, Auvergne.
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Log Text: This menhir is found by the road D211 Riom Thuret. I found the stones around the cross quite interesting. I dont know whether there is a connection between the small stones round the cross and the menhir. I ll find out about it.
Pierre du Tombeau
Date Added: 6th Mar 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Would like to visit
Pierre du Tombeau submitted by thecaptain on 13th Oct 2006. Right in the middle of the village of Davayat, near to the traffic lights, this menhir resides in amongst the houses, and is half hidden in a garden yard.
It is 4.8 metres high, and is one of the biggest menhirs in the Auvergne region.
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Menhir de la Grande Borne
Date Added: 5th Jan 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 5th Jan 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir de la Grande Borne submitted by alchemille on 5th Jan 2015. Le Menhir de Beaulieu in CLERMONT FERRAND in Auvergne
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Log Text: This granite stone is found near le centre INRA de Cruel, by the roundabout Avenue du Brèzet and le Chemin de Beaulieu. Park before the roundabout and take a walk through an old unused road to the field where the stone is situated.
This menhir is also called le Brezet and Ste Anne or pierre longue de Beaulieu.
Menhir (cad. H 931 ; 2003 CP 65 ; CP 47) : classement par arrêté du 17 janvier 1924.
La Pierre Plantée (Le Pigeon Haut)
Date Added: 5th Jan 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 26th Dec 2014. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
La Pierre Plantée (Le Pigeon Haut) submitted by divergerry on 1st Jul 2008. Menhir near to Le Pigeon.
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Log Text: The name of this stone is La pierre plantée de Mayrac. It is found in Le Pigeon Haut in Mayrac and not in Pinsac.
Thedes Menhir
Date Added: 24th Dec 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Puy-de-Dôme (63))
Visited: Yes on 24th Dec 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Thedes menhir submitted by ocdolmen on 20th Sep 2009. Site in Auvergne: Puy-de-Dôme (63) France: Thedes menhir
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