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Matfen
Trip No.2 Entry No.12 Date Added: 26th Aug 2017
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 26th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Matfen submitted by PaulH on 2nd Mar 2003. In the village of Matfen. About 2km north of the B6318, the modern road that follows the course of Hadrian's wall.
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Bygate Hill
Trip No.2 Entry No.13 Date Added: 27th Aug 2017
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 27th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bygate Hill submitted by Anne T on 23rd Jun 2014. The standing stone itself is heavily weathered on the north and south sides, and is gathered at lot of moss on its top surface.
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Standingstone Rigg
Trip No.2 Entry No.15 Date Added: 29th Aug 2017
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Standingstone Rigg submitted by Anne T on 15th Jul 2014. This photograph is taken from the top of Standingstone Rigg looking south east. The pairing of the stones is identifiable.
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Goatstones Four-Poster
Trip No.2 Entry No.14 Date Added: 3rd Sep 2017
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 28th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Goatstones Four-Poster submitted by Bladup on 20th Feb 2014. Goatstones Four-Poster.
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Mare and Foal
Trip No.2 Entry No.16 Date Added: 29th Aug 2017
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Mare and Foal submitted by spoors599 on 13th Apr 2002. Mare and Foal standing stones, Northumberland.
Landranger Sheet No:86 Grid ref: NY72546632
Located just off the B6318 and close to Hadrians Wall are two standing stones, the larger stone standing 1.51m high, the other 0.98m high at a distance apart of 4.82m. The 1769 Armstrong map of Northumberland marks 3 stones in situ. It has been suggested that the stones formed part of a ?four ? poster?. Loose boulders were packed around the base of the stones to prevent damage by cattle in 1992. The b...
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Mitchell's Fold
Trip No.23 Entry No.1 Date Added: 8th Aug 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 2022. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Mitchell's Fold submitted by PaulM on 22nd Jan 2002. Mitchell's Fold in the snow on New Year's Day 2002.
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Caratacus Stone
Trip No.11 Entry No.1 Date Added: 24th Apr 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Caratacus Stone submitted by Celia_Haddon on 28th Jun 2003. Caratacus stone, Winsford Hill. SS 88983355
The inscription reads “CARAACI NEPUS’, kinsman of Caratacus. The stone
originally lay close to a track running out of the Exe valley. A shelter was
built for it in l906. Caratacus was the British leader of the rebellion
against the Romans in 47-51 AD. The stone was first documented in 1219 as a
Forest boundary and called the "Langeston".
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Withypool Circle
Trip No.11 Entry No.2 Date Added: 27th Apr 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Withypool Circle submitted by thecaptain on 17th Nov 2006. Some of the many stones still in place in the northern arc of Withypool stone circle, seen here looking east.
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Yenworthy
Trip No.11 Entry No.5 Date Added: 29th Apr 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Yenworthy submitted by bishop_pam on 29th Apr 2019. Two lovely stones almost at the top of the hill opposite County Gate car park
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Log Text: Opposite County Gate car park there is a bridlepath. Follow this for 50 yards or so and you will see a grass path in front of you heading up to the top of the hill. The path goes off to the right from the bridlepath just before a signpost. Follow it almost to the top, where you will find the stones.
Culbone Stone
Trip No.11 Entry No.6 Date Added: 28th Apr 2019
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Culbone Stone submitted by TimPrevett on 5th Jul 2002. Culbone Stone
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Date Visited Sunday 7th May 2000
Heading east on the A39 Lynmouth to Porlock road, you will see a pub (Culbone Inn?) to your right; imminently, there is a left hand turn onto a minor road, as the main road veers right. Take this left. Soon, to your left is a parking area, with a little sign and information board for the Culbone Stone:
"The Culbone Stone is an early medieaval standing stone approximately one meter in height, which was discovered in 1940. It lies in ...
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Whit Stones
Trip No.11 Entry No.7 Date Added: 28th Apr 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Whit Stones submitted by paulcall on 23rd Apr 2007. Whit Stones with Easter Daffodils. View from the south.
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Porlock Circle
Trip No.11 Entry No.8 Date Added: 28th Apr 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Porlock Circle submitted by thecaptain on 10th Nov 2006. View roughly northwest across the circle, with the large prone stone in the foreground and the next largest stone on the western side in the distance.
The diameter is about 25 metres and I counted 16 stones, but many of these are just loose stones on the surface.
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St Decumen's Well
Trip No.31 Entry No.1 Date Added: 23rd Feb 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Feb 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
St Decumen's Well submitted by HOLYWELL on 11th Mar 2008. St. Decumen's Well found signposted from the church.
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Stoney Littleton
Trip No.33 Entry No.4 Date Added: 10th Jun 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
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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Avebury
Trip No.33 Entry No.5 Date Added: 10th Jun 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Avebury submitted by dodomad on 30th Jun 2017. The reconstructed ground plan of the Southern Inner Circle combining the results of the current survey with the 1939 excavation
Image Credit: University of Leicester
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Log Text: Earlier visit was 15 October 2017
West Kennet Avenue
Trip No.4 Entry No.2 Date Added: 15th Oct 2017
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Oct 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
West Kennet Avenue submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Nov 2007. Sunrise on the West Kennet Ave 25/11/07.
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The Sanctuary.
Trip No.4 Entry No.3 Date Added: 15th Oct 2017
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
The Sanctuary. submitted by JJ on 4th Nov 2003. Aerial Photograph copyright JJ Evendon
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West Kennett Long Barrow
Trip No.4 Entry No.4 Date Added: 17th Oct 2017
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
West Kennett Long Barrow submitted by jackdaw1 on 16th Oct 2007. A shot taken inside West kennet long barrow nr. Avebury on 25 sec exposure at f16-conjuring spooky feels.
A small child called jake was happily playing and respectfully enjoying the atmosphere in there.
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Bratton Long Barrow
Trip No.33 Entry No.1 Date Added: 9th Jun 2024
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bratton Long Barrow submitted by DavidCWoods on 26th Sep 2004. Some spectacular views from up here - there is a car park next to the hillfort, and the area is used for kite flying and hang gliding.
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Bratton Camp
Trip No.33 Entry No.2 Date Added: 9th Jun 2024
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Bratton Camp submitted by DavidCWoods on 26th Sep 2004. Also known as Bratton Camp. This is surrounded by a double earthwork wall with a deep ditch.
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