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Morfa Bychan
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2006
Morfa Bychan submitted by sem on 21st Aug 2006. Only the uprights remain from this chamber, but there are many candidates for the capstone lying nearby.
This site is very reminiscent of King's Quoit in nearby Manorbier with a line of stones, in this case natural, behind the chamber.
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King Arthur's Cave
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Aug 2006
King Arthur's Cave submitted by sem on 23rd Aug 2006.
This cave was inhabited from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age, a period of over 50,000 years. Finds here include bone, flint and "imported" pebbles. Caves nearby have also yielded Beaker and Roman pottery, but as this cave was also used to extract iron in the 18th and 19th centuries much archaeological evidence has been destroyed.
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Garn Turne
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Sep 2006
Garn Turne submitted by sem on 10th Sep 2006. Garn Turn looking roughly North towards the rock outcrop that gives the site it's name.
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Bedd yr Afanc
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Sep 2006
Bedd yr Afanc submitted by sem on 10th Sep 2006.
My Welsh dictionary translates this as "Grave of the beaver," but I think I prefer water monster.
Supposedly difficult to find I had no problems. When you leave the road just head roughly South towards the most significant point on the horizon and the grave "emerges" from the ground in front of you.
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Carreg Bica Stone
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2007
Carreg Bica Stone submitted by sem on 19th Sep 2007. Carreg Bica was called Maen Bradwen in "Glamorgan,Its History and Topograhy" (1943) and is mentioned in a charter of King John as a Gower Boundary.
It is reputed to bathe in the Neath River on Easter Morning.
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Saith Maen NW
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2007
Saith Maen NW submitted by sem on 19th Sep 2007. Although less than 1km from the road it took 40mins to reach this site up a very steep hill.
Not one for the faint-hearted but the views are superb.
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Carn Llechart Megalithic Complex
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 10th Nov 2007
Carn Llechart Megalithic Complex submitted by sem on 10th Nov 2007. Site 1: View from Carn Llechart
Map ref SN69670627
Taken from the burial chamber at Carn Llechart, something can be seen in the centre of the picture just below the skyline. Was this a stone or maybe just a cattle feeder ? Even a pair of binoculars failed to decipher the puzzle.
Returning home, forays on the Internet showed nothing of archaeological value in this area and, until returning a few years later, I had no answer.
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Nant Tarw WNW
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jan 2008
Nant Tarw WNW submitted by sem on 13th Jan 2008. Situated at SN80702467 this stone appears to be a Winter Solstice sunset marker. The circle is about 1ml away (to the right of the stream above my wife's white hat). Despite the distance it is perfectly visible from the circle.
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Saith Maen SE
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2008
Saith Maen SE submitted by sem on 24th Mar 2008. In between hail storms.
This is certainly one of the most unusual sites I've visited as the stones are set on a bare rock surface.
The walk there is a nightmare. Only just over a mile but across scree slopes, bogs and dense, tussocky grass.
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Nicholaston Long Cairn
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2008
Nicholaston Long Cairn submitted by sem on 24th Apr 2008. Unfortunately this tomb is on open heath used for grazing cattle, so the ground is covered in straw and cow***t.
Very little remains to be seen.
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Llanmadoc Hill Great Cairn
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2008
Llanmadoc Hill Great Cairn submitted by sem on 24th Apr 2008. The climb up Llanmadoc hill is hard going, but the view from the summit of the North Gower coast is amazing.
There are many other cairns up here but they are all but destroyed.
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Carn Caca Cairn
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2008
Carn Caca Cairn submitted by sem on 30th Apr 2008. Caca cairn seems intact but is difficult to find (and photograph) in the vegetation. The "lumps" in the background are the result of medieval quarrying and the flat stone roughly marks the robbed cist.
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Long Hole
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2008
Long Hole submitted by sem on 14th Jul 2008. Very difficult to find with a six figure GPS reference.
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Carreg Cadno
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 6th Nov 2008
Carreg Cadno submitted by sem on 6th Nov 2008. The "apex" stone of Carreg Cadnow rows.
This is the central stone of both rows.
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Gournia
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 9th Dec 2008
Gournia submitted by sem on 9th Dec 2008. Mooring Post
I found this placed on top of a pillar in the central courtyard. Judging by the way it has been eroded, I assume it was used to moor boats with and as there is no modern settlement nearby, I assume it is Minoan.
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Azoria
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 9th Dec 2008
Azoria submitted by sem on 9th Dec 2008. Azoria - general view.
In the background are the Orno Mountains.
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Farmakokefalo
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 9th Dec 2008
Farmakokefalo submitted by sem on 9th Dec 2008. Hole!
The one surviving tomb of a cemetary. Unfortunately I have been able to find out very little about the site.
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Vronda
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 9th Dec 2008
Vronda submitted by sem on 9th Dec 2008. Tholos Tomb
One of eight tombs at the site.
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The Nipple
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jan 2009
The Nipple submitted by sem on 7th Jan 2009. From the photo you can see why we gave this cairn it's name.
Astoundingly, it is right next to a walkers path but is not shown on OS maps nor mentioned in the RCAHMW database.
That's the problem with archaeologists, they can't tell a nipple when they see one and they think cairns are just a pile of old stones.
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Ty Du Stone or Scratching Post?
Date Added: 11th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Mid Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2009
Ty Du Stone or Scratching Post? submitted by sem on 10th May 2009. A general view. Get the correct angle and a "face" becomes visible.
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