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Maen Cadoar
Date Added: 31st Jan 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jan 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Maen Cadoar submitted by lucasn on 24th Apr 2020. Maen Cadoar, moved here from near Connor Downs
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Log Text: Lovely stone that's easy to find and prominent compared to it's surroundings. Area was roped off during my visit so could not get too close on the grass.
Maiden Tor hut circle
Date Added: 14th Jan 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
Maiden Tor hut circle submitted by dooclay on 22nd Jul 2022. Looking across a postmedieval prospecting pit to the Medieval enclosure the stones of the hut circle are just visible
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Market Cross (Glastonbury)
Date Added: 2nd Aug 2023
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Would like to visit
Men Scryfa
Date Added: 30th Jan 2022
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 3
Men Scryfa submitted by BazCross on 22nd Apr 2007. Midsummer dawn at the Men Scryfa standing stone. The oblique angle of the newly risen sun helps pick out the inscription
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Log Text: Beautiful inscribed stone, though it does appear to be in a farmer's field. The inscribed markings are sometimes hard to see if it's overcast.
Men Scryfa
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Men Scryfa submitted by BazCross on 22nd Apr 2007. Midsummer dawn at the Men Scryfa standing stone. The oblique angle of the newly risen sun helps pick out the inscription
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Log Text: Still a great stone, tried to take a rubbing of the carvings but didn't manage too.
Men-An-Tol
Date Added: 30th Jan 2022
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Men-An-Tol submitted by cromagnonman on 6th Sep 2019. Taken on 29th August 2019.
Foreground: 9 exposures of 30 seconds f/8.0 ISO 100
Sky: 300 exposures of 45 seconds f/4.0 ISO 1600
I find something magical about the process of creating a startrail picture. Sitting under the stars for three or four hours with no lights so my eyes have adjusted to the dark so well that I don't need any additional light. Gazing at the vastness of the universe, spotting meteors, satellites, aircraft, all in complete silence. I don't really sleep because ...
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Log Text: The third time I've visted the site, still as magical - to the north, but not far (I believe) of the stones under a bush is a small plastic box with a local schools story of how the stones arrived there. Wonderful little surprise!
Of course, a friend and I went through the stone several times to make sure we wouldn't get any rickets.
Men-An-Tol
Date Added: 20th Feb 2023
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2023. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Men-An-Tol submitted by karolus on 5th Jan 2023. Men-An-Tol Winter Solstice set, 2022
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Log Text: The considerable die back during winter means it's easy to see this site from the boskednan stone circle.
Merry Maidens (Circle)
Date Added: 23rd Jun 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by Bladup on 19th Aug 2013. A Rainbow and the light from the setting sun shining onto Merry Maidens stone circle.
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Log Text: None
Merry Maidens Holed Stone
Date Added: 23rd Jun 2023
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Merry Maidens Holed Stone submitted by enkidu41 on 15th Nov 2004. A definite change of use over the millennia!
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Log Text: None
Mithras Temple (London)
Date Added: 10th Dec 2023
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Would like to visit
Mithras Temple (London) submitted by dodomad on 8th Nov 2017. Situated on the site of Bloomberg’s new European headquarters, this new cultural hub showcases the ancient temple, a selection of the remarkable Roman artefacts found during the recent excavations, and a series of contemporary art commissions responding to one of the UK’s most significant archaeological sites.
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Mylor
Date Added: 30th May 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Mylor submitted by theendlessbreeze on 2nd Dec 2004. The Holy Well of St Mylor at Mylor.
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Log Text: Gorgeous and quiet well with a very storied church close by.
New Town Cross
Date Added: 18th Sep 2022
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
New Town Cross submitted by Bladup on 4th May 2013. New Town Cross, I presume it's been broken as it now looks more like one of the very nearby Merry maidens circle stones.
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New Town Standing Stone
Date Added: 20th Jun 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
New Town Standing Stone submitted by Bladup on 11th May 2023. The now recumbent New Town Standing Stone
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New Town Tumulus
Date Added: 18th Sep 2022
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Would like to visit
New Town Tumulus submitted by Bladup on 29th May 2017. New Town Tumulus, When inside [the dark area] you are surrounded by a large wall, It's very hard to work out which parts are to do with the tumulus [if any at all].
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Nun Careg Cross
Date Added: 23rd Jun 2023
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Nun Careg submitted by enkidu41 on 15th Nov 2004. Somewhat weatherworn the cross on its face is diificult to discern.
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Log Text: None
Old Sarum
Date Added: 15th Jan 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Old Sarum submitted by AngieLake on 2nd Jan 2007. The footbridge to the fort at Old Sarum spans the 'new' Salisbury Cathedral's spire in the distance.
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Log Text: None
Omphalos Stone (Glastonbury Abbey)
Date Added: 15th Jan 2025
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Omphalos Stone (Glastonbury Abbey) submitted by hamish on 16th Jun 2005. Here snuggled away out of sight is the omphalmos stone, it would have originally come from the Tor. There are other similar stones or Burrs on the South slopes of the tor.
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Log Text: None
Oxenham Arms
Date Added: 6th Apr 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Would like to visit
Oxenham Arms submitted by TheCaptain on 26th Apr 2004. Oxenham Arms, South Zeal, Devon SX651935.
An enormous and magnificent menhir built into the wall of a tremendous pub on the main street in the village of South Zeal, Devon.
In fact, the pub is believed to have been built by monks in the twelfth century around the menhir. As the pub website says "A very interesting part of the house is the small lounge behind the bar. In this room, set in the wall, is a monolith and the theory of archaeologists is that the monastic builders placed the...
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Penzance Market Cross
Date Added: 27th May 2023
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Penzance Market Cross submitted by Stonefly on 5th Aug 2011. The south-facing side.
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Log Text: Lovely market cross with carvings on one side (one appears to be a little guy). Easy to access with a cafe right beside it up a few steps.
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Date Added: 10th Dec 2023
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Would like to visit
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology submitted by Flickr on 5th Oct 2014. Petrie Museum A LOT of pottery!
Petrie Museum, London Image copyright: konde (Heidi Kontkanen), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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