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Taversoe Tuick
Trip No.6 Entry No.15 Date Added: 24th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Taversoe Tuick submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 426276
On Rousay this is a two-storied stalled cairn, one of only two known. The round cairn is about 30' in diameter. The lower chamber, reached by a 19' passage, is about 12' long x 5' wide x 5' high, and is divided into 4 cells by upright slabs. The upper chamber, whose floor is the celing of the lower chamber, is reached by an 11' long passage, and is divided into 2 compartments. The cairn is built on a hill so each passage is at ground level, one on the uphill side, the other on the dow...
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Yetnasteen
Trip No.6 Entry No.16 Date Added: 24th Apr 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Yetnasteen submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 447327
An over 7' high standing stone on Rousay. The name comes from Old Norse "Jotunna-steinn" meaning Giant Stone.
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Langstane (Orkney)
Trip No.6 Entry No.17 Date Added: 25th Apr 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2018. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 5
Langstane (Orkney) submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 403275
This standing stone on Rousay is just over 8' high. It has a flat face.
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Knowe of Yarso
Trip No.6 Entry No.18 Date Added: 25th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Knowe of Yarso submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 404281
On Rousay. A neolithic stalled cairn about 50' long x 25' wide entered by a 13' long passage at the eastern end. The chamber (which my have originally been two-storied) is divided into 4 compartments by 3 pairs of upright slabs.
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Blackhammer
Trip No.6 Entry No.19 Date Added: 25th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Blackhammer submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Blackhammer Chambered Cairn HY415276. Ancient cairn entombed in a modern bunker.
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Dwarfie Stane
Trip No.6 Entry No.20 Date Added: 30th Apr 2018
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Dwarfie Stane submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Dwarfie Stane Rock Cut Tomb HY244005. Unique to the this area of abundant ancient sites.
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Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles
Trip No.6 Entry No.22 Date Added: 30th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles submitted by cosmic on 20th Feb 2005. Exiting the Tomb
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Eastside
Trip No.6 Entry No.21 Date Added: 30th Apr 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Eastside submitted by howar on 27th May 2016. Now the stone is unencumbered by the fences, but be careful of your footing on the way to it.
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Grave of Diarmid
Trip No.5 Entry No.1 Date Added: 11th Apr 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Perth and Kinross)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Grave of Diarmid submitted by cosmic on 23rd Jun 2006. View of the mound on which the four poster sits.
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Log Text: From Spittal of Glenshee walk along the Cateran Trail, over one cattle grid, past one bothy. Just before the second cattle grid/bothy take the grass trail forking up to the left and steeply up. The grave is a mound with four stones at the top.
Brothers' Stones
Trip No.2 Entry No.8 Date Added: 22nd Aug 2017
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Scottish Borders)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Brothers' Stones submitted by cosmic on 11th Aug 2004. The Brothers.
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Five Stanes A
Trip No.2 Entry No.9 Date Added: 24th Aug 2017
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Scottish Borders)
Visited: Yes on 24th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Five Stanes A submitted by Andy B on 27th Feb 2003. Part of the Burnham family trip to Northumberland, August 2002
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Trestle Cairn
Trip No.2 Entry No.10 Date Added: 24th Aug 2017
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Scottish Borders)
Visited: Yes on 24th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Trestle Cairn submitted by minteddy on 4th Dec 2006. NT752162
Looking north over Trestle Cairn
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Pen Yr Orsedd
Trip No.12 Entry No.1 Date Added: 28th May 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pen Yr Orsedd submitted by stu on 28th Jun 2002. Pen-yr-Orsedd Standing Stone. Easily seen from road. Map ref-333903
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Pen yr Orsedd 2
Trip No.12 Entry No.2 Date Added: 28th May 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pen Yr Orsedd 2 submitted by TimPrevett on 2nd Jul 2002. Turn right just down the lane from site 1, and before long you should see this other stone to the right, just after a farm track.
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Tre-Gwehelydd
Trip No.12 Entry No.5 Date Added: 29th May 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Tre-Gwehelydd submitted by TimPrevett on 15th Feb 2007. The most unusual spectacle I think I have ever seen - a standing stone held together with huge metal braces.
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Presaddfed
Trip No.12 Entry No.6 Date Added: 28th May 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Presaddfed submitted by pab on 25th Sep 2012. Presaddfed, September 2012
Timber support which features in most photos on Portal has now been removed, so the more southerly chamber looks even better.
Delightful location - the walk over the field feels more like a procession, with the chambers looking more impressive all the time.
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Llynnon Mill and Iron Age Settlement
Trip No.12 Entry No.4 Date Added: 29th May 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 28th May 2019
Llynnon Mill and Iron Age Settlement submitted by raythemapman on 29th Nov 2009. 3.One of the two reconstructed roundhouses.
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Log Text: This site is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, which prevented a visit on this occasion
Penrhos-Feilw
Trip No.12 Entry No.7 Date Added: 28th May 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Penrhos-Feilw submitted by DrewParsons on 28th Oct 2010. The lovely pair of standing stones photographed on a fine day in late September 2010. The stones are located behind some houses along a short track from the roadside sign. September 2010.
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Bod Deiniol
Trip No.12 Entry No.3 Date Added: 29th May 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Would like to visit on 28th May 2019
Bod Deiniol submitted by TimPrevett on 1st Jul 2002. Bod Deiniol SH368857
Visited Tuesday 15th June 1999
Access: We parked at nearby Llyn Alaw reservoir visitors' centre car park (some of the lanes to here are very narrow and bendy!). The stone I estimated about 10 to 11 feet tall, about 6 feet at its widest; covered in lichen. One side very smooth, and one side very rough.
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Log Text: We parked at the entrance to the nearest farm but were told it was private land so were not able to access this stone
Holyhead Mountain
Trip No.12 Entry No.8 Date Added: 29th May 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Holyhead Mountain submitted by TimPrevett on 14th Apr 2004. At the base of Holyhead Mountain, is this impressive, substantial group of hut circles. In the 1860s in excess of 50 buildings were recorded, but now numbers around 20.
Active settlement was on this location for sometime, and not all the remains seen are contemporary with each other.
Finds at this location, and very nearby, date occupation from mesolithic to Romano British times.
The hut circles seen are obvious, but there are a number of square features. The guidebook likens them to s...
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