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King's Weston Hill barrow cemetary
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
King's Weston Hill barrow cemetary submitted by theCaptain on 13th Apr 2012. Walk several hundred metres west along the hilltop ridge from the Kings Weston Hillfort, past the large circular earthwork, across the roman road and its earthwork bank, and the open grassland of the hilltop now has several bushy clumps dotted around.
Some of these clumps hide the remains of several bronze age burial mounds.
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Log Text: Walk several hundred metres west along the hilltop ridge from the Kings Weston Hillfort, past the large circular earthwork, across the roman road and its earthwork bank, and the open grassland of the hilltop now has several bushy clumps dotted around. Some of these clumps hide the remains of several bronze age burial mounds. The burial mounds are not in the best of condition, but are thought to date back to almost 2000BC. It is a very pleasant spot up on this hilltop, surrounded by the northwestern suburbs of Bristol, but you would hardly know it, and can easily get taken back in time while up here.
King's Weston Hill stockpound
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
King's Weston Hill stockpound submitted by theCaptain on 13th Apr 2012. plan on the noticeboard showing the various items of historical interest on the King's Weston Hill ridgetop
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Log Text: A few hundred metres west along the hilltop ridge from the Kings Weston Hillfort can be seen the remains of a large circular earthwork, of unsure date. People have been living and working on this hilltop ridge since neolithic times, and it is thought that this earthwork is some sort of stockpound dating from perhaps bronze or iron age times. It is a very pleasant spot up on this hilltop, surrounded by the northwestern suburbs of Bristol, but you would hardly know it, and can easily get taken back in time while up here.
King's Weston Hillfort
Date Added: 6th Nov 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
King's Weston Hillfort submitted by theCaptain on 13th Apr 2012. The northeastern end of the ridge that is Kings Weston Hill.
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Log Text: At the northeastern end of the ridge that is Kings Weston Hill, now in the northwestern suburbs of Bristol, is to be found the remains of an iron age hillfort and farmstead. It is situated in parkland, just to the southwest of the more impressive Blaise Castle. The hill and immediately surrounding area is nowadays parkland, a part of the Blaise Castle estate. The steeply sloping sides of the hill are thick woodland, while the flat top of the ridge is open grassland, and makes for a nice walk. There is an informative noticeboard. The defended enclosure at the end of the ridge has been dated to 800BC and was in use until Roman times. The steep northern edge of the ridge still has some remains of earthern ramparts, while on the flat top of the hill is a rectangular banked enclosure.
Kings Lynn Museum
Date Added: 21st Jun 2024
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2024
Reflection submitted by Tragic on 11th Jul 2009. Reflected Tragic aka Paul Brooker at the Sea Henge display in Kings Lynn, Norfolk
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Log Text: A visit to the Lynn museum in Kings Lynn, hopefully to see the remains of Seahenge, removed from Holme beach and displayed here. I had seen online that the gallery in the museum was closed for building work, stating that it would reopen in "early June". It is now the 11th June, so not expecting to be able to see it, I was hoping! Upon getting to the museum, the people at the reception told me that the building work was over running, it was not open, but they were now hopeful for some time in July 2024. No good to me.
Kingston Russell Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Apr 2004
Kingston Russell Circle submitted by TheCaptain on 22nd Apr 2004. Kingston Russell Stone Circle, Dorset, SY577878.
View of this pleasant circle on a nice early evening, September 2003. It was good to be able to see the circle properly, as when I have visited here in years gone by, the field within which it lives has been used for crops. I seem to even remember struggling to see it through a field of maize one year.
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Kirkton Of Bourtie
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2017
Kirkton Of Bourtie submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Jul 2017. Kirkton Of Bourtie in the low sun of an October late afternoon
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Kit's Coty.
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 30th Aug 2004
Kit's Coty. submitted by thecaptain on 30th Aug 2004. The sad remains of Kit's Coty House in its cage. Surely it deserves better.
Seen here from the west.
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Knap Hill
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jul 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Knap Hill submitted by Wolfie on 19th Sep 2003. Knap Hill.
Hill fort or settlement
Nearest Town: Marlborough (9km NE)
Ordnance Survey: SU121636
Landranger Sheet: 173
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Knelston standing stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2013
Knelston standing stone submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Jun 2013. A big triangular slab of stone standing 2.2 m tall.
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Knowle Hill Barrows
Date Added: 21st Oct 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Knowle Hill Barrows submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Oct 2021. Remains of several small barrows are found on the top ridge of Knowle Hill, a kilometre or so from the Corfe Castle end.
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Log Text: Remains of several small barrows are found on the top ridge of Knowle Hill, a kilometre or so from the Corfe Castle end.
Knowle Hill Cross Dyke
Date Added: 21st Oct 2021
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Knowle Hill Cross Dyke submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Oct 2021. On the top of the ridge
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Log Text: Remains of a cross dyke is found crossing the top ridge of Knowle Hill, a kilometre or so from the Corfe Castle end. There are other cross dykes crossing this ridge at various places.
Knowlton Great Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2004
Knowlton Great Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 27th May 2004. Knowlton Great Barrow, Dorset, SU025100.
Large tree covered mound, seen here from within the remaining church henge of the knowlton circles group.
There seems to be some debate as to whether this is in fact a burial mound, or some form of viewing area, positioned as it is near to the henges at Knowlton.
Aerial photos have shown lovely rings around this mound as crop marks during dry years.
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Knowlton Rings
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2004
Knowlton Rings submitted by TheCaptain on 27th May 2004. Knowlton Circles, Dorset, SU024103.
Ruined church inside a lovely henge, viewed from the south.
I have been meaning to visit here for many years, and it was well worth it.
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Kornevec Alignement
Trip No.204 Entry No.61 Date Added: 11th Jul 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Kornevec alignement submitted by theCaptain on 3rd Jan 2012. The Kornevec alignement is a row of menhirs, now nearly all fallen, which runs for about 300 metres through the forest on a bearing of 065°. The stones are all about 3 metres in length, and are spaced at about 4 metre intervals.
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Log Text: This alignement can be found just to the south of Loge Charlotte, and is signposted. The alignement is a row of menhirs, now nearly all fallen, which runs for about 300 metres through the forest on a bearing of 065°. The stones are all about 3 metres in length, and are spaced at about 4 metre intervals.
Over 200 stones have been found here. It would be nice to see these stood up again, at least the non broken ones, and also a bit better looked after, as it is all very overgrown. The site is not helped by there being new trees planted in amongst the stones.
Kostivere Sliding Stone
Date Added: 27th Oct 2019
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Estonia
Visited: Yes on 19th Oct 2003
Kostivere Sliding Stone submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Nov 2003. Kostivere Sliding Stone. A sacred Cult Stone in Estonia, a few miles to the East of Tallinn. The stone is a glacial erratic, but has been used for ceremonial purposes for many thousands of years, and has the remains of a burial mound associated with it, and is covered in ancient cup marks. The legend associated with this stone is that it can cure infertility. Women slide down the rock bare bottomed, and their infertility will be cured.
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Kraps Ring
Date Added: 27th Sep 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Kraps Ring submitted by simonsworn on 8th May 2005. Facing north from the isolated hut circle southwest of the settlement which is just over the ridge in the background.
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Log Text: Time is getting on, and clouds seem to be coming over, and I am getting tired. What to do now, I don't want to give up and return the way I came, but completing the planned walk will be a lot further in distance. However, most of the rest of the walk will be on marked pathways, which is probably 3 times easier than tromping over open moorland, so I decide to carry on. So I head northwards downslope to Kraps Ring, past a lovely fallen tree which is still growing from its horizontal position, the branches now turning upwards. Then there is a lovely hut circle with a tree in its entrance. Then Kraps Ring itself. For some reason I was expecting some reasonably sized earthworks (no idea why, its not what you get on Dartmoor), but what I found was large low banks of stone, no doubt from a fallen wall with remnants of many hut circles within, rather like a smaller version of Grimspound. Again, I wonder the wisdom of the full walk via Postbridge which would involve a significant loss of altitude, so I decide to make a cut eastwards through the forest along what I assume is a track, but just turns out to be a firebreak or something. However walking through the forest adjacent to the break is pleasant and easy enough, encountering all sorts of toadstools and birds in the process, until I come to a fence at the side of the road from Postbridge to Bellever which is easy enough to get through. The walk is now much easier along the bridleway across open common land to Bellever where I decide to drop down to the river for a look at the pretty old clapper bridge in a wonderful riverside area of trees and grass. There are a couple of people having a picnic, and further down the river a couple fly fishing. Apart from all the no parking cones and other signs, there are no signs of the chaos that was supposedly here a month or so ago with masses camping out in the woodland. What a beautiful and idyllic place. Back to the bridleway which climbs up through the forest to Laughter Hole with its incredible lichen covered trees, and further up and eventually out onto the open moorland below Laughter Tor.
l'Accomodement Menhir
Trip No.204 Entry No.102 Date Added: 20th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49)
Visited: Couldn't find on 16th Jul 2005
l'Accomodement Menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Aug 2013. This menhir is about 3 metres in length, but only a metre high. I think probably it is broken.
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Log Text: Somewhere between a new major road junction and a railway junction, in farmland. I tried, including driving round many farm tracks, but could find no signs of this at all.
l'Accomodement Menhir
Trip No.204 Entry No.112 Date Added: 20th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Maine-et-Loire 49)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
l'Accomodement Menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Aug 2013. This menhir is about 3 metres in length, but only a metre high. I think probably it is broken.
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Log Text: Passing again, I tried again to find this menhir. This stone is actually right beside the railway cutting on the eastern side, just to the south of the new ring road, and visible from it. It is on the hilltop, but fallen - perhaps just put there when they were building the railway - who knows ? The stone is about 3 metres in length, but only a metre high. I think perhaps it is broken.
L'Affiloire de Gargantua
Trip No.202 Entry No.59 Date Added: 28th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Orne (61))
Visited: Yes on 1st May 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
L'Affiloire de Gargantua submitted by TheCaptain on 11th May 2005. Pierre de Gargantua, Craménil, Orne
A four metre high shaped menhir in a field near a marshy area, and perhaps with a spring close by.
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Log Text: A four metre high shaped menhir in a field to the north of the little lane running west from Chêneduit to Craménil. It is across a field near a marshy area and perhaps with a spring close by. Many other stones lay around in the area.
L'alignement d'Espiaub
Trip No.205 Entry No.68 Date Added: 26th Oct 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Midi:Haute-Garonne (31))
Visited: Yes on 9th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
L'alignement d'Espiaub submitted by thecaptain on 8th Oct 2005. A view looking up the most readily identifiable stone row on Mail de Soupene mountain high up above Bagneres-de-Luchon.
This row is perhaps double, with a possible parallel row just at the edge of and in the bracken to the left.
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Log Text: I have seen nothing definite about what is to be found up here, but it is possible to imagine/envisage that there are perhaps 4 or 5 lines of stones running across the hillside, with one or more crossing them, but it is very difficult to know exactly what is what. I walked down from the second set of cromlechs to something I could see, and found a manhole cover for a little cattle trough reservoir !
Looking back up the hillside from here, I would swear that I can see lines of stones coming down the hill from the first set of cromlechs. The stones are all in the bracken, but the bigger stones stand out above this. I think I can see 4 or 5 parallel rows of stones running down the hillside, with the stones looking evenly spaced. They extend to beyond where I am - perhaps 500 metres or more in total length, and I would estimate about 20 metres between rows. This is very difficult to photograph. But am I seeing things ? Not for nothing is there something up here called the Espiaube alignments.
While searching around on the slopes for closer signs of the parallel rows, and I still believe that I can see them, I clearly see a row running up and down the slope, across the lines of possible alignments. The top of the row starts at a spring, which has several large stones standing within a little pool, and continues downslope for about 100 metres, with perhaps more lost in the thick bracken. The stones are spaced evenly, about 8 metres apart from each other. I started to count the stones while walking up from the bottom, but part way up I am sure I saw another line running in parallel with the obvious one. The second line is in the bracken, while the first is in clear grass, as if lots of people have walked up and down here. This all reminds me very much of various Dartmoor and Exmoor rows.