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Hopewell Culture National Historic Site
Date Added: 5th Jul 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Hopewell Culture National Historic Site submitted by bat400 on 27th May 2006. Hopewell Culture NHP, Mound City Group.
Inside the main enclosure, this is a view looking toward the west. The large mound farthest back is the "Central Mound," the largest of the group. Closer is an elliptical mound, and a smaller conical mound is closest.
* The "Central Mound" was erected over the remains of two timber buildings with 13 cremated burials. Artifacts found included falcon effigies cut from copper sheets and fragments of human skull that had been cut and drilled (perhaps ...
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Log Text: Rangers are very helpful and answer all questions. There is also a 20 minute film giving an overview of the culture.
Serpent Mound, Ohio
Date Added: 3rd Jul 2015
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Serpent Mound, Ohio submitted by durhamnature on 26th Jan 2013. Old photo, from "Mound Builders..." via archive.org
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Log Text: Excellent preserved. The tall platform offers a great view of the mound except for the tail and part of the head. The alignments with the Sun and Moon are clearly marked. The museum offers a nice collection of books and souvenirs as well as a 20 minute movie.
Newark Earthworks - Great Circle
Date Added: 3rd Jul 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Newark Earthworks submitted by aluta on 29th Apr 2005. A view from the center of the Great Circle Earthwork at Newark, Ohio, looking through the only entrance toward the museum on the grounds. The photo is taken from the low, broken-cross-shaped mound in the center. It is very difficult to get photos that give any sense of the whole at an earthwork this large.
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Log Text: Unfortunately the site does not have a platform to view at least parts of it such as the Eagle mound in the center. However the visitor center does have some nice films and exhibits.
Newark Earthworks - Octagon
Date Added: 3rd Jul 2015
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: United States (Great Lakes Midwest)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Newark Earthworks - Octagon submitted by durhamnature on 26th Jan 2013. Old drawing from "Mississippi Valley..." via archive.org
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Log Text: The entire place is a golf course which may contribute to its damage. There is a small platform from where you can see part of the octagon and observatory circle but it is too short. It should be at least as tall as the one at the Serpent Mound (another site). From the platform you can best view the passage way between the circle and the octagon.
Pictograph Caves
Date Added: 24th Jun 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Northwest Mountains)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2015. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 4
Pictograph Caves submitted by Flickr on 15th Jul 2015. Pictograph_Cave_09 Image copyright: koloth440, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Unfortunately when I got here the cave was closed due to some rock slides. It was due for reopening by mid July. Hopefully the cave itself was not damaged.
Legend Rock
Date Added: 24th Jun 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The Northwest Mountains)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Legend Rock submitted by mfrincu on 25th Jun 2015. Petroglyph panel at Legend Rock. Some of the drawings are 10,000 years old.
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Log Text: The place is open May through September. Outside this interval a key is needed from the Chamber of Commerce in Thermopolis. The site contains 15 petroglyph panels each explained in the free brochure. There is some damage to some but not considerable.
Bighorn Medicine Wheel
Date Added: 24th Jun 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: United States (The Northwest Mountains)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bighorn Medicine Wheel submitted by bat400 on 26th Aug 2006. This sun wheel cairn arrangement is in the Bighorn National Forest, on Medicine Mountain. The fencing discourages casual vandals. Many visitors leave offerings.
Photo by bat400, June 2001.
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Log Text: I visited this place aiming to catch the summer solstice sunrise and sunset here. While it was cloudy for the sunset the sunrise offered a magnificent view and the stone alignment was perfectly visible.
Tataviam Pictograph Site
Date Added: 14th Jun 2015
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: United States (The West)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Tataviam Pictograph Site submitted by mfrincu on 13th Jun 2015. Pictograph depicting a snake in the Vasquez Rocks park.
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Les Bornes Saint-Martin
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Alsace-Lorraine:Bas-Rhin (67))
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Les Bornes Saint-Martin submitted by KaiHofmann on 16th Jul 2010. St-Martin Menhirs/Stonering.
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Sattelfelsen
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Alsace-Lorraine:Bas-Rhin (67))
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Sattelfelsen submitted by AlexHunger on 4th Sep 2005. Sattelfelsen
Translation: Saddlestone. It is about 2.5 Meters tall with carvings done in recent century, such as the dates 1883 and 1945 as well as numerous crosses and the town seal.
About 1 KM north of Military Communications tower on hiking path, marked by club Vosgien.
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Log Text: There are other smaller menhirs nearby. Take your time and explore a bit the surroundings.
Dolmen de Purifaing
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Alsace-Lorraine:Vosges (88))
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Dolmen de Purifaing submitted by mfrincu on 17th May 2015. A neolithic dolmen in Alsace. Dolmen de Purifaing
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Log Text: Requires to venture deep in the forest. Fortunately the road is paved. Be sure to ask locals for directions as there are many dirt roads to choose from.
Langenstein de Dorlisheim
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Alsace-Lorraine:Bas-Rhin (67))
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Langenstein De Dorlisheim submitted by AlexHunger on 25th Mar 2005. Langenstein De Dorlisheim
Side. About 1.4 Meter tall Menhir made out of local Limestone. Thought to date to about 2000 BCE.
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Appenthal Menhirs
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Alsace-Lorraine:Haut-Rhin (68))
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Appenthal Menhirs submitted by AlexHunger on 1st Sep 2005. Side view of North West Allignment and North Allignment up the Hill.
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Pierre Borne (Bertrichamps)
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Alsace-Lorraine:Meurthe-et-Moselle)
Visited: Yes on 17th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Pierre Borne (Bertrichamps) submitted by HansBriaire on 21st May 2010. Pierre Borne (Bertrichamps)
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Camp Celtique de la Bure
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Alsace-Lorraine:Vosges (88))
Visited: Yes on 17th Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Camp Celtique de la Bure submitted by mfrincu on 17th May 2015. Spiral motif at Camp Celtique.
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Log Text: The site is located on top of a hill. You need to leave the car by the roadside and hike uphill a short trail. Once there you will find petroglyphs and ruins of an ancient Celtic settlement.
Teotihuacan
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico
Visited: Yes on 30th Dec 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Teotihuacan - Pyramid of the Moon submitted by LivingRocks on 19th Apr 2007. The Pyramid of the Moon from the Pyramid of the Sun.
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Log Text: The pyramids are some of the best preserved I've ever seen! A must. Take a local bus from Mexico City and stay there for 4-5 hours! Explore on your own.
Chichen Itza
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Mexico (Yucatan)
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Chichen Itza submitted by Jurgen on 5th Dec 2006. Mayan Temple complex in Yucatan, Mexico.
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Log Text: Breathtaking! The size and complexity of the site is amazing! You need at least a couple of days to explore. Don't take bus tours as you'll arrive late and don't see much!
Costesti-Cetatuie Dacian citadel
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Romania
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Costesti-Cetatuie Dacian citadel submitted by AlexHunger on 10th Jul 2007. Stairwell leading up to lower tower or garisson at Dacian Hillfort in Romania.
This is the most accessible of the 5 Dacian Hillforts I visited. You can drive up to the 200 Meters away to it.
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Log Text: The initial Dacian capital. There are few fortified houses visible as well as a religious sanctuary.
Newgrange
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Newgrange submitted by McDeil on 8th Jan 2002. Entry at Newgrange showing massive carved stone which once blocked the entry. Not shown are the tourists who in Summer would queue for up to an hour to be taken through the tomb!
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Log Text: My first passage grave. I heard from it when reading about the megalithic yard and Uriel's device in a recent book. Fairly reconstructed so it may have lost some of its original "magic".
Avebury
Date Added: 17th May 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd May 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Avebury submitted by h_fenton on 4th Aug 2009. Avebury, Oblique Kite Aerial Photograph
12 July 2009
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Log Text: Not as popular as Stonehenge but by far more complex. You have earth mounds, earth pyramids, passage graves, stone avenues, and yes stone circles.