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Great Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge
Date Added: 5th Jul 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Great Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2004. One of the most impressive bell barrows - which we thought resembled landed 'flying saucers'.
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Log Text: The Great Cursus Barrows are obvious on the horizon viewed from the stone circle. It is more prominent than the nearby Great Cursus. It's a shame that the majority of visitors to Stonehenge take the bus to and from the stone circle missing out on the less spectacular barrow cemetery and cursus.
Heel Stone
Date Added: 5th Jul 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Heel Stone submitted by dodomad on 22nd Jun 2020. In this enhanced image the lower left corner of Stone 30 is in shadow - the Heelstone's shadow, confirming Terence Meaden's shadow casting hypothesis
Photo Credit: Simon Banton
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Log Text: It is only possible to get close to the heel stone if you buy a ticket at the visitor centre, allowing a closer circuit of Stonehenge round the roped-off monument.
Stonehenge.
Date Added: 5th Jul 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stonehenge. submitted by AngieLake on 22nd Feb 2012. This old photo-postcard is captioned 'Altar Stone', with a small white arrow pointing to the enigmatic stone which lies partly buried underneath the fallen lintel [156] and upright [55] of the Great Trilithon.
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Log Text: I was travelling to Cornwall on the A303 when Stonehenge popped up on the horizon. I was magnetically drawn to revisit one of the great wonders of the world. The difference between my 2 visits, 14 years apart, was that I appreciated the surrounding barrows near Stonehenge so much more.
Great Cursus W Barrow
Date Added: 7th Nov 2023
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Great Cursus W Barrow submitted by markj99 on 1st Jul 2023. Great Cursus W Barrow viewed from S.
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Log Text: Starting at the Stonehenge visitor centre, take the path E for c. 400 yards. Bear left onto a footpath heading for Fargo Plantation. Go through a gate after c. 400 yards. The Great Cursus starts here bisecting Fargo Plantation. Follow the path E for c. 100 yards to the start of the trees. Great Cursus W Barrow is c. 30 yards N of this point.
Bawd Stone
Date Added: 14th May 2021
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Staffordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2009. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bawd Stone submitted by vicky on 2nd Sep 2001. The Bawdstone, possible dolmen, near Hen Cloud, The Roaches, Staffordshire GR: SJ009620
This so called ‘dolmen’ was described by antiquarian J.D. Sainter in his book ‘Scientific Rambles Round Macclesfield’ in 1878:
"At a short distance south of Rock Hall, there may be observed on the opposite side of Hen Cloud a block of gritstone, which upon approaching it, is found to be rested or balanced, in the first place, upon a short edge of rock and then upon two upright and pointed pilla...
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Log Text: The Bawd Stone is located between The Roaches and Hen Cloud. It may be a natural dolmen enhanced to locate a burial below the massive stone. The setting is certainly spectacular.
There is parking available at SK0061961882 c. 30 yards SE of the start of the path. Follow the path for c. 300 yards uphill to reach a crossroad. Turn R for c. 30 yards until a faint path veers L. Take this path E for c. 50 yards to reach the Bawd Stone.
Aveline's Hole
Date Added: 17th Apr 2021
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Mar 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Aveline's Hole submitted by Andy B on 14th Aug 2007. Artists reconstruction of Britain's Earliest Cemetery - Aveline's Hole in the Mendip Hills Somerset is approximately 10,000 years old. Image by Judith Dobie, English Heritage, used with permission.
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Log Text: It is amazing that such an important archaeological site is so easily visited. I am a troglodyte at heart so I always enjoy visiting a cave.
Hautville's Quoit
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Hautville's Quoit submitted by bec-zog on 29th Oct 2003. Hautville Quoit. Late neolithic remnant. Located @ ST 602,638 (NNE 0f Stanton Drew Great Circle)
Aligns with centre of the Great Circle & the SW Circle.
Possibly part of a larger, now destroyed, structure.
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Log Text: The remaining stone of Hauteville's Quoit half-buried next to a hedge requires more imagination than I have to reconstruct the monument. One for the completists.
Stanton Drew NE Avenue
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Avenue submitted by SandyG on 12th Jan 2018. Stone alignment approaching a stone circle.View from south east.
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew NE Circle
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Circle submitted by Horatio on 23rd Apr 2022. The NE circle the smallest of the 3 circles at Stanton Drew, includes some of the heaviest blocks of stone. Within this circle geophysics have shown that four enormous timber once once stood., it is not yet understood if these where buildings, raised platforms or some other form of ceremonial structure.
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew - Avenue
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew - Avenue submitted by SandyG on 12th Jan 2018. Row leading from the Great Circle. View from east.
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew Great Circle submitted by JJ on 6th Oct 2003. Aerial photo copyright JJ Evendon
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew Great Circle
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew Great Circle submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Apr 2009. Stanton Drew Great Circle 01/04/09
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Log Text: At first sight I thought Stanton Drew circles were a jumble of stones, however after a 15 minute walk around the site the circles and avenues appeared before my eyes.
Stanton Drew SSW
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Stanton Drew SSW submitted by HarryTwenty on 17th Sep 2019. Fallen and nearly forgotten.
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Log Text: The SSW Circle is badly neglected in comparison with its larger neighbours. Admittedly, there is also much less to see.
Stanton Drew - The Cove
Date Added: 18th Mar 2023
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Apr 2009. The Cove 01/04/09
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Log Text: Combining standing stones and a pub is always a good idea. Probably the best standing stones in the world!
Stoney Littleton
Date Added: 19th Mar 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
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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Log Text: This restored long barrow is an unexpected gem, given its relative isolation. The restoration is more sympathetic than Newgrange.
Home Covert Tumulus
Date Added: 29th May 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Home Covert Tumulus submitted by Runemage on 28th Feb 2014. Image from R Gadsby. Tumulus with trees removed.
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Log Text: Home Covert Tumulus is easy to visit from a lay-by on the A1066. The tumulus is also known as Boudicca's Grave, one of several sites around Southern England claiming to be Boudicca's last resting place.
Robin Hood's Stone
Date Added: 10th Jan 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Merseyside)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Robin Hood's Stone submitted by vicky on 24th Jan 2004. A close up of Robin Hood's stone showing the weathering grooves.
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Log Text: Robin Hood's Stone is the definitive example of an anachronism, a standing stone in an urban environment. The green iron railings which imprison the standing stone emphasise it's alienation.
Arthur's Stone
Date Added: 15th Apr 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Aug 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Arthur's Stone submitted by Adam Stanford on 21st Jul 2006. Taken during recent work to investigate the full extent of the covering mound for this monument. Cheers AS.
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Log Text: There is no logical reason that the amount of effort required to reach a site should affect your interpretation of the site. However I have found that I undervalue sites adjacent to the roadside in comparison with sites in the middle of nowhere. That said, the remains of Arthur's Stone are quite impressive.
Avening burial chambers
Date Added: 17th Apr 2021
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jan 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Avening burial chambers submitted by theCaptain on 20th Apr 2010. The entrance stones of the SE chamber.
No remains of the supposed porthole entrance can be seen, its now buried below ground level after the hillslide.
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Log Text: The burial chambers have been artfully placed in the rectory garden in Avening, however, in principle I do not agree with people removing parts of an ancient monument for their own gratification. The original site is devalued and the new site is questionable at best.
Crickley Hill
Date Added: 30th Jun 2022
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Mar 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Crickley Hill submitted by h_fenton on 19th Sep 2011. Crickley Hill, viewed from roughly south east.
Kite Aerial Photograph
18 September 2011 @ 5.18pm
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Log Text: Crickley Hill Enclosure is a large space that requires imagination to interpret the remains. The most impressive feature is the Iron Age Rampart at the entrance to the Enclosure.