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Boskednan stone circle
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 1987. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Boskednan stone circle submitted by JimChampion on 22nd Aug 2005. The portal stones illuminated by the last rays of the setting sun. The tallest one (on the left) has a diagonal groove present on this and the opposite side. The holes that the restored stones were raised from have been covered with pegged down foliage, presumably to encourage regrowth on the bare earth.
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Men-An-Tol
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 1987. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Men-An-Tol submitted by sem on 15th Jun 2005. Never visited before so I had to take a shot from the classic angle.
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Chun Quoit
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 1987. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Chun Quoit submitted by sem on 16th Jun 2005. The capstone and the horizon.
There is a theory that dolmens (or quoits as they are known in Cornwall) were not totally covered in earth but the capstones were left uncovered and were a copy of the horizon. I have manipulated the tones in this shot to show this, but no shapes have been altered.
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Merry Maidens (Circle)
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 1987. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by JimChampion on 27th Oct 2006. August 2005. The Merry Maidens under fluffy white clouds. I rediscovered this photo and selectively manipulated the contrast so that you can now see the stones (previously they were too dark). I've uploaded a similar photo to Wikimedia Commons - they need pictures of ancient sites for use on free sites like Wikipedia.
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Boscawen Un
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1999. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Boscawen Un submitted by BazCross on 30th Mar 2012. Boscawen Un photographed March 2012.
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Moel Ty Uchaf
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Denbighshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Moel Ty Uchaf submitted by LivingRocks on 19th Mar 2005. A near perfect circle in a magnificent location.
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Log Text: Not a long walk, but very arduous and up a fairly steep rough track, but worth it, awesome views, note from the 1:25000 OS map the nearest parking place (end of the road) is 2 fields away.
Tyfos
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Denbighshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Tyfos submitted by vicky on 7th Jun 2002. Tyfos Circle, Llandrillo, Denbighshire GR: SJ028388
This fantastic little circle lies in a farmer's field adjacent to a country lane near Llandrillo. Around 20 stones stand in a ring which has been described as either a denuded ringcairn or a free-standing stone circle. Although it is on private land it is well worth a visit and there are several gaps in the hedge making viewing easy.
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Cerrig Arthur
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 1998. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cerrig Arthur submitted by LivingRocks on 30th Aug 2005. These three large stones stand in the centre of the circle.
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Cerrig Pryfaid
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 1984. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cerrig Pryfaid submitted by stonedowser on 23rd Feb 2002. This is a good circle, though not easily seen until you are actually standing by it. There are a couple of outliers associated with the circle and what dowses as a cairn also. More pictures and dowsing diagram on web pages. Ian.
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Cerrig Duon stone circle
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 1998. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by enkidu41 on 28th Apr 2004. SN 851206
Cerrig Duon (Black Stones) is a 60' x 57' slightly egg-shaped ring of about 22 stones no more than 2' high. The most prominent feature is the outlier, Maen Mawr, standing 30' to the north.
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Gray Hill circle
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Couldn't find on 1st Sep 1985. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Gray Hill circle submitted by sem on 6th May 2013. Vandalism!
The idiot who sprayed this hand-print probably thought he was being very clever and somehow "enhancing" the work of his ancestors. The sane and sensible among us will view it for what it is, graffiti.
This has been reported to the relevant archaeo trust. Unfortunately I doubt the culprit will be found..... unless anyone knows of someone bragging on a social network site????
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Pentre Ifan
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Pentre Ifan submitted by PaulM on 24th Aug 2001. PENTRE IFAN CHAMBERED LONG CAIRN WITH FORECOURT
NGR: SN09953702 (Landranger map 145/Outdoor Leisure North Pembrokeshire map (No 35))
Located 4km east of Newport on a public footpath. One of the most spectacular and famous monuments of its type it consists of a tilted capstone perched on three uprights. A blocking stone obstructs the doorway and a semi-circular forecourt is found at the southern end. Originally covered by a huge long mound - traces of possible kerbstones can still be fou...
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Meini Gwyr
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Henge
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 1999. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Meini Gwyr submitted by PaulM on 28th Aug 2001. Meini Gwyr embanked stone circle near Glandy Cross, Carmarthenshire(SN14172658)
Two remaining stones of Meini Gwyr once a spectacular circle (part of the Glandy Cross monument complex). Sketched by William Stukely in the 18th century as being one of the three main 'gorsedds' of Britain along with Boscawen-Un and the Merry Maidens in Cornwall.
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Gors Fawr Stone Circle
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1993. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Gors Fawr Stone Circle submitted by enkidu41 on 3rd Jun 2004. A circle of 16 stones in an almost perfect 73’ diameter circle. This shot proves that it's not always wet in Wales.
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Mitchell's Fold
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1998. My rating: Condition 4 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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Hoarstones
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1998. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hoarstones submitted by baz on 24th Sep 2001. The Hoarstones Stone Circle,Black Marsh,nr Shelve,Shrops.(SO324999)
Access to this stone circle is more difficult than the map suggests.I took a circuitous route and,approaching from the south-west, across the fields I saw a circular patch of hay in a recently mown meadow.The tallest stone,at one metre,lies near the centre.This image was taken from inside the circle looking south past the central stone.Most of the other stones are hidden in the vegetation.
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Na Clachan Bhreige
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jul 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 1
Na Clachan Bhreige submitted by LivingRocks on 27th Jul 2005. Telephoto shot in torrential rain of the three remaining stones of Na Clachan Bhreige. Close access to the stones was blocked by a flooded stream which feeds a small dam close to the site.
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Log Text: Didn't have a boat or deep waders so was defeated by the lake/river and not enough time or energy to take the long route upstream.
Meal-da-Bheinn
Date Added: 7th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Couldn't find on 27th Jun 2004. My rating: Access 1
Meal-da-Bheinn submitted by BolshieBoris on 27th Jun 2007. Meal-da-Bheinn - This was as close as I could get - according to the OS Map the circle should be on the sunlit bit of the hillside, but it was not accessible from the road without wading equipment. Very boggy ground and 2 deep streams in the way.
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Log Text: Tried to find it but ran out of time, and it was the other side of a river and very boggy ground in between.
Strontoiller circle
Date Added: 6th Jun 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1996. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Strontoiller circle submitted by Tom_Bullock on 1st Mar 2005. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM.
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Nether Largie standing stone
Date Added: 6th Jun 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1996. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Nether Largie standing stone submitted by caradoc68 on 18th Aug 2012. This standing stone is in the middle of a field, a short distance of the footpath. The farmer does not like you being there and might put a angry looking bull in the field to put visitors off. Cant find a lot written about this stone or why it seems to be leaning at 45 degrees and pointing to the southeast.
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