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Barclodiad-y-Gawres (Anglesey)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2017
Barclodiad-y-Gawres (Anglesey) submitted by TheCaptain on 13th Jun 2017. Getting my torch out, and shining it onto the dark side of some of the chamber stones, and the engravings show up fairly clearly, so not too disappointed to not get right inside.
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Bargueyrac Menhir
Trip No.205 Entry No.256 Date Added: 13th Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Auvergne:Cantal (15))
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Bargueyrac Menhir submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Nov 2008. West of the village of Sériers, along the new D.990 road towards Pierrefort can be found this little menhir, right beside the road and with a little sign.
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Log Text: About half a kilometre further west along the D.990 road can be found this little menhir, right beside the road and with a little sign. Its only about 1.3 metres tall basalt, and in the past has obviously had something stuck on top, probably a cross, due to the hole which can be seen drilled into it.
Barnenez Cairn
Trip No.203 Entry No.539 Date Added: 29th May 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 4
Barnenez Cairn submitted by thecaptain on 17th Oct 2004. Barnenez Cairn.
View of the quarried away bit of the northwestern side, showing the remains of one of the central chambers.
When the workmen found these internal structures in 1955, the thankfully stopped taking the stone away to make roads, and we are thankfully left with the majority of this wonderful tomb still here after 6500 years.
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Log Text: This magnificent large cairn, is now signposted from miles around as Le Grand Cairn (de Barnenez). It costs €4.60 to get in, and there is a little visitor centre and shop, with replicas of some of the carved stones on display. Unlike 12 years ago, or whenever, you cannot go into many of the chambers, which are now walled off fairly crudely and unimaginatively, which I think really spoils the place. Its not just that you cant get in, but the way its been done really detracts from the view of the cairn and all its many entrances.
Only two chambers and passages are now open, these being the two beehive construction open chambers, but these seem to be cracking and breaking up. I was told by the man in the centre that they are not, and that they have been like that since their discovery. Perhaps its my memory, but I wonder if the 1960s restoration work is not lasting anywhere near so long as the original 6,000 year old work!
It's still a mighty impressive and imposing tomb sitting on top of its headland, and I think that more land has been cleared around it, allowing much better views over the Bay of Morlaix on one side, and Anse de Terenez on the other, which during this visit were full with a high tide, making the whole place seem truly wonderful.
I got talking to the men in the shop, and they were interested to hear about what I was doing, and one of the guys suggested a couple of places that I shouldn't miss. Commana allee couverte near Roche Trevezel, and Chapelle des Sept Saints near Lannion - a chapel built on top of a dolmen, which can still be seen.
Barnenez Cairn
Trip No.193 Entry No.31 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 1993. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Barnenez Cairn submitted by neolithique02 on 22nd Feb 2014. Cairn de Barnenez Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 4. Primel, Barnenez, picnic by Morlaix river. Carantec, St Pol de Leon, Roscoff. Overnight ferry back to Plymouth.
Barnenez Cairn
Trip No.214 Entry No.12 Date Added: 29th May 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Barnenez Cairn submitted by neolithique02 on 22nd Feb 2014. Cairn de Barnenez Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France
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Log Text: After our visit to Ile Carn, we really had to pay a visit to this, to show Dad the sanitised version of one of these big Brittany Cairns, and just how big they can get. Unfortunately, we arrived just after 5:00, and the man would not let us in, saying that yes, it is open till 5:30, but last entrance was before 5:00 (now about €5:50).
Never mind, we had time to wander round the outside, and although the fence and hedges now prevent any view from the south or east, from the north most of the cairn can be seen through a few gaps from where the cairn 2 is. I am not sure how many of the 11 passages and chambers can be entered these days, as most look closed off. However, for our purposes, this was enough of a visit really; as Dad said, it wouldn't be as good as the one out on the island.
Barnenez cairn #2
Trip No.214 Entry No.13 Date Added: 23rd Jul 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Barnenez cairn #2 submitted by theCaptain on 21st Apr 2014. The make-up of the ground at the raised area, which I take to be cairn 2.
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Log Text: Leaving the car in the main Barnenez car park, we walked the few hundred metres up to the top of the hill and then took the first trackway to the left (west) just before the first house. Between 50 and 100m along here, and a field to the south opens up from which gives views over the main Barnenez cairn site, with a few gaps in the hedges at the fence allowing decent views.
The northwestern side of this field is slightly raised, and all covered in impenetrable scrubland, which I assume is the remains of the cairn 2. Back to the top, and taking the path westwards into the next field, and a clear raised area is passed over, and looking at the ground, and along the edge of the ploughed field, the whole lot is made up of stones, mostly between 20 and 50 cm size, but some being much bigger. Perfect cairn material. A bit further round, and another splendid view of the main Barnenez cairn can be seen, side on from the northwestern side. Splendid.
Barraque-des-Fourniols statue-menhir
Trip No.205 Entry No.119 Date Added: 10th Nov 2020
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: France (Midi:Tarn (81))
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Barraque-des-Fourniols statue-menhir submitted by thecaptain on 14th Mar 2009. This statue-menhir is now to be found at the entrance to the car park at the Rieu-Montagné Musée des Traditions, beside the Lac du Lauzas, near to Nages.
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Log Text: This statue-menhir is now to be found at the entrance to the car park at the Rieu-Montagné Musée des Traditions, beside the Lac du Lauzas, near to Nages. It is about 1.4 metres high, and it is well shaped, but any engravings are extremely faint, to the point of being invisible to me.
Barrow House Farm Long Barrow
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jun 2011
Barrow House Farm Long Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Jun 2011. Just to the west of the A39, on the top of the hill just before it descends southwards into Chewton Mendip, there are some lumps and bumps which can be seen in the field.
It looks to be two or three round barrows with a fairly large long barrow in between them.
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Barry Island Cairns
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Mid Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 11th Oct 2018
Barry Island Cairns submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Oct 2018. The cairn at the end of Friar's Point, Barrybados.
Difficult to get much more of it in from this angle without falling off the cliff edge !
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Bas Villette Dolmen
Trip No.202 Entry No.40 Date Added: 28th Mar 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Mayenne (53))
Visited: Couldn't find on 30th Apr 2005
Log Text: I could find nothing here despite it being marked on my ign map. It is perhaps in private woodland.
Bassin de Bois-del-Rey
Trip No.203 Entry No.188 Date Added: 20th Apr 2020
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: France (Midi:Aveyron (12))
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Bassin de Bois-del-Rey submitted by regina on 25th Jul 2014. Site in Midi:Aveyron (12) France
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Log Text: Just a few dozen metres from the Bois-del-Rey dolmen, and thought to be connected in some way to it, can be found a 40 cm diameter 10 cm deep circular basin cut into a slab of rock, for unknown purpose.
Battery Point
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Battery Point submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Mar 2016. The Seafarers Memorial Stone, at Battery Point, Portishead.
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Log Text: A nice stone with many fossilised shells to be seen within it, stands strategically at Battery Point, Portishead, as the Seafarers Memorial Stone, a memorial to seafarers of the west country. The stone monument marks the closest place on a UK coast which large ships pass. The dedication is to the seafarers of the West Country who, “since the Middle Ages, on voyages of discovery in times of peace and war, have passed this point, some never to return.”
Battlegore
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2014
Battlegore submitted by theCaptain on 3rd Apr 2014. The furthest north barrow, in the field just to the south of the stream, is around 18 metres diameter and 1 metre high. It is partially surrounded by a ditch.
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Baugé Polissoir
Trip No.204 Entry No.313 Date Added: 12th Sep 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Baugé Polissoir submitted by theCaptain on 7th Dec 2011. Right outside the front of the chateau, in the town square, can be found this nice polissoir stone, which was found in the forests to the east of the town, and is now proudly on display.
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Log Text: Right outside the front of the chateau, in the town square, can be found this nice polissoir stone, which was found in the forests to the east of the town, and is now proudly on display. The stone itself is a 2.5m by 1.5 m lump, and on the top surface are two large grooves, and many flat polishing surfaces. In fact, pretty much the whole stone is polished smooth. Excellent !
Beacon Batch
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2017
Beacon Batch submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Sep 2017. Many round barrows sit on top of Beacon Batch, the highest point of the Mendip Hills.
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Beacon Hill (Burghclere)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Mar 2004
Beacon Hill (Burghclere) submitted by thecaptain on 7th Mar 2004. Hillfort at Beacon Hill, SU458573, Hampshire.
Kite flying on top of Beacon Hill. Its a wonderful place for kite flying for all ages. View looking north towards Newbury.
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Beacon Hill (Oakhill) Barrows
Date Added: 20th Mar 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2023. My rating: Access 4
Beacon Hill (Oakhill) Barrows submitted by dooclay on 20th Aug 2023. From the East
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Log Text: Several round barrows can be clearly seen from the roman road in an open field along the ridgetop, with several more to be found in Beacon Hill Woods. I didn't have time to park and go and have a proper look.
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Beacon Hill Platform Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. Approaching the summit cairn of Beacon Hill, near the northwestern end of the Quantock Hills ridge
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Bearah Common Long Cairn
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2009
Bearah Common Long Cairn submitted by thecaptain on 26th Sep 2009. Although the long cairn is right beside the trackway, it is difficult to see as you approach unless you are really looking !
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Beardown Cairn and Cist
Date Added: 21st Sep 2021
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 1988. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Beardown Cairn and Cist submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Mar 2017. Beardown Cairn and Cist, near the Lich Way on the heights between the Cowsic and West Dart rivers.
My friend Antony tries out the cist for size, during a memorable walk along the Lich Way across the moor at Easter 1988.
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Log Text: Visited while on walk across Dartmoor on the Lich Way Easter 1988. Walked right by Beardown Cairn and Cist, on the heights between the Cowsic and West Dart rivers. My friend Antony tries out the cist for size. It certainly was the start of a funny event. It was very damp down the bottom of the cist. Sometime later along the walk towards Wistman's Wood, Antony was bringing up the rear, and it was noticed he was walking along with his trousers round his neck, hoping for them to dry out in the sun, wondering how long it would be until anyone noticed... However, we later all ended trouserless with very wet and mucky lower limbs, due to a bog near the Powder Mills.