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Goose Stones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2007
Goose Stones submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Jan 2007. One of the Goose Stones, to the north of the lane across Chastleton Common near the western end.
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Luc-sur-Mer menhir
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 29th Dec 2006
Luc-sur-Mer menhir submitted by thecaptain on 29th Dec 2006. Remains of a menhir about a metre tall, which can be found beside a garden hedge at the eastern end of Rue du Menhir.
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Almsworthy
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 24th Nov 2006
Almsworthy submitted by thecaptain on 24th Nov 2006. Almsworthy Common. This is stated by various sources to be the remains of two concentric ovals, or up to six lines of stones, but I could see no particular pattern.
Here we see about 6 of the little stones poking up above the heather, looking southeast.
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Withypool Hill Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Nov 2006
Withypool Hill Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 19th Nov 2006. This is large 25 metre diameter round barrow on the top of Withypool Hill. It’s been much dug about in the middle but is still well over a metre high.
The outside circumference is still in very good condition, and almost looks like it had a ditch and outer bank around it originally.
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Withypool Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2006
Withypool Circle submitted by thecaptain on 17th Nov 2006. The eastern part of Withypool stone circle seen looking northish towards the top of the hill.
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Gaer (Trellech)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Nov 2006
Gaer (Trellech) submitted by thecaptain on 16th Nov 2006. Depending on the scale of map you are using, this hilltop earthworks a mile or so to the south of the ancient village of Trellech is variously described as fort or settlement.
Some of the earthworks can clearly be seen in the low November afternoon sunlight of this picture from the south.
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The Queen Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Nov 2006
The Queen Stone submitted by thecaptain on 13th Nov 2006. The Queen Stone, Symonds Yat, seen from across the River Wye to the north at the Old Forge.
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Thornwell Farm
Date Added: 31st Mar 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Nov 2006. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Thornwell Round Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 15th Nov 2006. About 100 metres to the east of the chambered tomb, the remains of a bronze age round barrow can be found in another green grassy area left between the houses.
The large oak tree growing in the chambered tomb can be seen above the rooftops to the left of centre.
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Log Text: On a housing estate to the south of Chepstow, right beside the Severn Bridge motorway junction from where it can be seen, are to be found the sad remains of a once major neolithic chambered tomb. It is to be found on a green space between the houses of Fountains Way and the back of a shopping area, and has a very large old oak tree growing on top of it. Under the tree can be seen remains of a large mound with various rocks sticking out, particularly on the northern side. Closer inspection of the high ground beside the tree reveals what looks to be the remains of a tomb chamber. Several edge set stones are to be seen sticking out of the ground, forming a rectangular structure about 3 metres by 2 metres, with a right angle incorporated – perhaps remains of an entrance and side chamber ? Below the tree the ground drops away quite steeply, and indeed may be the remains of the edge of the tomb, which has been shown to have once consisted of a large drystone wall surrounded structure. Within the rubble in this bank are several large stone slabs, which may once have been part of a side chamber. The stones are the local hard puddingstone type conglomerate of sandstone with gravel in it. When I was visiting, I was not sure whether this was the right place for this tomb, and so asked a local lady. She told me that although she did not know what was there, she had been told that her views would never be spoiled because no new building would ever be allowed on the green space because of some historical site. Excavations here in the past have revealed drystone walling, one main and two side chambers (one with a porthole) plus human bones, pottery, flints etc.
Thornwell Round Barrow
Date Added: 31st Mar 2022
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Nov 2006. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 5
Thornwell Round Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 15th Nov 2006. About 100 metres to the east of the chambered tomb, the remains of a bronze age round barrow can be found in another green grassy area left between the houses.
The large oak tree growing in the chambered tomb can be seen above the rooftops to the left of centre.
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Log Text: About 100 metres to the east of the chambered tomb, following a footpath up between the houses, the remains of a bronze age round barrow can be found in another green grassy area left between the houses. Its about 10 metres in diameter, and in a few places an occasional stone can be seen to be sticking through the grass.
Porlock Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 10th Nov 2006
Porlock Circle submitted by thecaptain on 10th Nov 2006. Just uphill to the north is another little standing stone, and the remains of a cairn. It looks possible that there was once more stones here. Is this the remains of another little row associated with the circle ?
This is the view to the south from the cairn over the circle.
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Alderman's Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Nov 2006
Alderman's Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 9th Nov 2006. This is a very large round barrow in a very prominent position high up on Exmoor.
The area around here is used as a meeting place, and as a place to park landrovers and horse boxes.
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Porlock Common SW
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Nov 2006
Porlock Common SW submitted by thecaptain on 4th Nov 2006. Seen here looking east, away from the circle.
I found 5 tiny little stones in two parallel rows. There was one row of three stones, spaced about 1.5 metres apart. Adjacent to this is a second row consisting of one stone at the western end, and one more beyond the eastern end, which would seem to be from a fourth pair. The two rows are less than a metre apart. The largest stone is no more than 6 inches in height !
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Porlock Allotment NE
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Nov 2006
Porlock Allotment NE submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Nov 2006. About 0.7 kilometres walk to the west of the stone circle, across rough moorland, is marked a cairn and stones. Although it is in quite a prominent position, it was not easy to find amongst all the bracken and heather.
The cairn is about 8 metres in diameter, and still perhaps half a metre high.
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Lanyon Quoit
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Nov 2006
Lanyon Quoit submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Nov 2006. My effort a few years ago on a misty murky day to get the Ding Dong Minehouse inside Lanyon Quoit.
I was quite disappointed with the results, and not only because of the murky day. I of course should have done some gardening before laying on the damp ground to remove the foreground grass. A wide angle shot of the quoit would have looked much more like I was wanting, but to get the engine house bigger, a telephoto shot was required. Or of course some jiggery pokery, as I suspect was done in t...
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Whit Stones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Oct 2006
Whit Stones submitted by thecaptain on 29th Oct 2006. Two large (for Exmoor) stones are sticking out of the deep heather, leaning beyond 45° downhill. They are about 5 metres apart.
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Wambarrows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 25th Oct 2006
Wambarrows submitted by thecaptain on 25th Oct 2006. There are three large barrows on top of Winsford Hill, known as the Wambarrows.
The one nearest the top of the hill is about 20 metres in diameter and up to 2.5 metres in height.
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Caratacus Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Oct 2006
Caratacus Stone submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Oct 2006. This engraved stone sits in a little stone shelter in order to protect it from the worst of the elements, near to a road junction a couple of kilometres to the southwest of Winsford.
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Bradenham Puddingstone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Buckinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2006
Bradenham Puddingstone submitted by thecaptain on 20th Oct 2006. The village green at Bradenham is surrounded by lumps of the local puddingstone, a geological oddity related to sarsen, and of which lumps were thought to have been used as prehistoric trackway markers.
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Whiteleaf Barrows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Buckinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2006
Whiteleaf Barrows submitted by thecaptain on 18th Oct 2006. On the hilltop above Whiteleaf Cross are the remains of two bronze age round barrows, both much disturbed.
This one is pretty much directly above the cross.
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Princes Risborough Puddingstone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Buckinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2006
Princes Risborough Puddingstone submitted by thecaptain on 16th Oct 2006. The puddingstone is now lovingly presented with floral surrounds and an informative little sign.
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