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Lancy Polissoir
Trip No.204 Entry No.228 Date Added: 4th Sep 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Bourgogne:Yonne (89))
Visited: Yes on 5th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Lancy Polissoir submitted by thecaptain on 20th Jun 2008. As polissoir stones that I have seen go, this is not very impressive. Its a nice stone in the forest, about 2.5m by 2.5 m laying on the ground, with a couple of polishing grooves and a basin which can be determined. The basin is actually very nicely polished.
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Log Text: About 350 metres to the north of the D.110 road through Lancy Forest can be found this polissoir stone. Park at the Pavillon-de-Lancy picnic site, and the stone can be found down the track along the edge of the forest from there. Luckily it is signposted, as without them I would never have found it.
As polissoir stones that I have seen go, this is not very impressive. Its a nice stone in the forest, about 2.5m by 2.5 m laying on the ground, with a couple of polishing grooves and a basin which can be determined. The basin is actually very nicely polished. This seems a slightly strange place for a polissoir stone, as I can see no natural source for any water nearby, although the stone itself has a large hollow which could have been used as a reservoir. And it is raining !
Lande de Rousse
Trip No.204 Entry No.7 Date Added: 22nd Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 9th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Lande de Rousse submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Jun 2007. Deep into the forest is what looked to me to be a row of fallen menhirs, with one large rock still protruding from the ground.
It wouldn't surprise me if there was another row here, like some of those at the nearby Pierres Droites, or perhaps something like La Pièce Couverte.
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Log Text: Beside the track to the Loge Morinais is marked a menhir on the local maps. I had a good look around, and deep into the forest is what looked to me to be a row of fallen menhirs, with one large rock still protruding from the ground. It wouldnt surprise me if there was another row here, like those at the nearby Pierres Droites, or La Pièce Couverte.
Landigou Menhir
Trip No.205 Entry No.1 Date Added: 13th Oct 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Orne (61))
Visited: Couldn't find on 29th Aug 2005
Log Text: Looking for this menhir marked on my map, I could find nothing
Langault Dolmen
Trip No.204 Entry No.287 Date Added: 11th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Centre:Loire-et-Cher (41))
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Langault dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 20th Dec 2011. The dolmen is made from lumps of puddingstone, and the capstone sits on 4 support stones. The entrance, was probably originally to the east, as seen here.
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Log Text: This is a pleasant little dolmen sat right beside the D.19 road between Cloyes and Morée just after the railway crossing as you travel south, and it has a little parking and picnic area beside it. It’s a pity the road is so busy with big lorries hammering past. The dolmen is made from lumps of puddingstone, and the 3m by 2m capstone sits on 4 support stones, and is open to the south, although this is possibly due to missing stones rather than being a large entrance, which was probably originally to the east.
Langcombe Brook 4
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jul 2006
Langcombe Brook 4 submitted by thecaptain on 27th Jul 2006. Langcombe Brook Cairn 4.
Three slabs of the central kist are in place, and a capstone covering half of it is still in place.
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Langlade Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.94 Date Added: 6th Apr 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Aquitaine:Dordogne (24))
Visited: Couldn't find on 21st May 2005
Langlade dolmen submitted by regina on 21st Jun 2013. Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France
The dolmen is about 100 m. from the hamlet Langlade under chestnut trees.
coordinate N44.74965 E1.05031(GPS)
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Log Text: I spent hours looking for this after it looked easy on the 1:25000 map in the supermarket. To start with I was looking on the wrong ridge for a different stone called Cayrelevada. After asking some people logging in a forest they pointed me in the right direction which was several kilometres away ! The book says it’s a beau dolmen beside the road in a garden in the hamlet of Langlade. Try as I might I couldn’t find this. I even looked in the woods around here. I really do need the 1:25000 maps to hunt these things down but at €10 a time for such small areas that’s just not on.
Langrais menhirs
Trip No.202 Entry No.12 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 23rd Apr 2005
Langrais menhirs submitted by TheCaptain on 6th May 2005. Langrais menhirs, Soumont-Saint-Quentin, Calvados.
2 large menhirs in a field to the east of the village near Mont Joly, but which are 500 metres from the road across a field surrounded by barbed wire and with very clear keep out signs. One of the two menhirs stands 3.6 metres high, while the other is fallen.
The standing menhir can be seen here between the third and fourth fencepost along to the right of the sign.
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Log Text: Two large menhirs in a field to the east of the village near Mont Joly but which are 500 metres from the road across a field surrounded by barbed wire and with very clear keep out signs. One of the two menhirs stands 3.6 metres high while the other is fallen.
In the region around here are many other large stones some of which may well be fallen menhirs and indeed perhaps a row can be determined in the lane called “Route des Menhirs”.
Langrais menhirs
Trip No.212 Entry No.6 Date Added: 26th Mar 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Langrais menhirs submitted by Rida on 27th Feb 2011. Site in Normandie:Calvados (14) France
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Log Text: Having had a good look at the IGN 1:25000 map, I saw that there is a trackway running east from the road south of Mont Joly, which runs from the bottom of the hill diagonally up to the approximate position of the stones. Even better, when arriving there for a look, the trackway was open and easily driveable, and so I took this option on this showery afternoon, and when emerging from below the wood at the top of the hill, there was plenty of space to park amongst a large composting area! Left Dad in the car while I went out into the wind and drizzle to find the stones, and there they were, just round the back of the big pile of manure!
The two stones stand at the edge of an open rocky outcrop at the top of the hill, covered in wildflowers at this time of year, but I learned that the stones are not in their original positions, having been moved there by the farmer at some point in the past. The two stones are very different, the larger stone being a whitish quartz type stone, between 3.5 nd 4 metres tall, while its shorter neighbour is a reddish colour, and only about 1.6 metres tall. There are plently of other large lumps of stone laying about here, which may have been broken from the two menhirs, or just other examples of field clearance.
On the way down from the stones, through a gateway into the wood I could see another rocky outcrop with various large stones standing around, a couple of them probably at least 2 metres tall. This was all now made into a nice garden feature, but is there any ancient significance to the stones? Back onto the road, and I noticed it was called Route des Menhirs, and up towards the top of the hill there was another garden with some large rocks standing in it.
Onto the top of Mont Joly, and it is clear that there are large rocks all over the place, and it is easy to imagine that thee was once an alignement of large stones running along the top of the hill into the ancient settlement. Walking along the edge of the field, and then the pathway to the end of the promontary, and large stones can be seen laying around everywhere, many clearly not just a local outcropping of rock, but various shapes, sizes and types of stone. Many of these rocks were now incorporated into garden features, but many more are just laying there, slowly getting buried by the undergrowth. It really is a fascinating area, and I do wonder what a proper survey of this ancient hilltop would turn up.
Langstone Moor circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 7th Sep 2007
Langstone Moor circle submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Sep 2007. The fractured remains of Langstone Moor stone circle, seen here looking towards the south.
Great Mis Tor on the left, Great Staple Tor in the distance to the right.
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Langstone Moor row 2
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2007
Langstone Moor row 2 submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Sep 2007. There is possibly a cairn to be found at the upper, northern end, and the remains of some sort of structure made with larger stones at a southern position, just about 70 metres from the Langstone.
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Langstone Moor settlement
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 10th Sep 2007
Langstone Moor settlement submitted by TheCaptain on 10th Sep 2007. Remains of a large ancient settlement, on the south facing slopes of Langstone moor above the Walkham valley.
The settlement consists of at least seven enclosures and more than 50 huts.
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Langstone Moor stone row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2007
Langstone Moor stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Sep 2007. Running off to the north from the Langstone is the remains of a stone row, which can be followed for about 100 metres before it runs out.
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Lanhill
Date Added: 6th Mar 2022
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2004. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Lanhill submitted by thecaptain on 16th Apr 2004. Lanhill, Chambered Tomb, near Chippenham, Wiltshire, ST877747
At the centre of the southern side is a rock lined chamber, about 2½ m in length by 1½ metres in width, which has obviously been restored, as the roof is now supported on steel bars. The opening to the chamber has a curved, dry stone walled forecourt, and there is a blocking stone across the opening.
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Log Text: This very nice long barrow, which lies on an east west axis, is in a field just to the south of the A420 a couple of miles east of Chippenham. The remains of the barrow still seem largely intact, and it is several metres high along its central axis. At the centre of the southern side is a rock lined chamber, about 2½ m in length by 1½ metres in width, 1m height, which has obviously been restored, as the roof is now supported on steel bars. The opening to the chamber has a curved, dry stone walled forecourt, and there is a blocking stone across the opening. Apparently, other chambers were found along the northern side of the barrow, and the remains of many skeletons were found in them.
Lann Ar Peulven menhir
Trip No.214 Entry No.16 Date Added: 23rd Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Couldn't find on 16th Apr 2014
Lann Ar Peulven menhir submitted by FelixBerger on 28th Aug 2017. Well hidden in the woods - this site is not easily accessible, there are thorny shrubs and ticks around, and no path. It is an enchanted place, make sure to not disturb it.
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Log Text: A five metre tall menhir which should be found in the forest to the west of the D.88 to the north of Lannion, however I could not find a way to get to it.
Lann Doaur menhir
Trip No.204 Entry No.38 Date Added: 8th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Lann Doaur menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 20th May 2011. This menhir, more than 4 metres tall, is right beside the dirt track between Kertuhet and Kercado.
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Log Text: This menhir, more than 4 metres tall (4.5m), is right beside the dirt track between Kertuhet and Kercado. Its almost 3 metres in width, but less than a metre thick
Lann-er-Bein allée couverte
Trip No.204 Entry No.60 Date Added: 11th Jul 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Couldn't find on 13th Jul 2005
Lann-er-Bein allée couverte submitted by Ogham on 20th Jan 2012. You can sit in your car and look at this site.
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Log Text: I had a quick look for this, now to be found somewhere in the outskirts and building land of Camors, but could see no signs or obvious place for it to be, so moved on.
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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Lanyon Quoit
Date Added: 13th Jul 2023
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Lanyon Quoit submitted by Bladup on 24th Dec 2022. Lanyon Quoit after Sunset on the Winter Solstice 2022
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Log Text: It had been swelteringly hot and sunny all day on the southern coast, but there had been a cool sea mist blowing across all day from the north coast. Despite it being very foggy, I decide on an evening visit Madron Well, and anyway, it all adds to the atmosphere. Leaving Madron well, I drive north perhaps to Men-an-Tol but the fog up here is even thicker. I give up with that idea and just park to visit Lanyon Quoit, where I eat my pasty in the cold damp fog blowing across the moor!
Larcuste Cairns
Trip No.204 Entry No.42 Date Added: 8th Jul 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Larcuste Cairns submitted by TheCaptain on 25th May 2011. The deteriorating noticeboard at the site.
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Log Text: The remains of these chambered cairns are easily found by following the plentiful roadsigns a couple of kilometres to the south of Colpo. This well known and important site occupies a hilltop position in open countryside, but has a large area set aside around it. What it consists of these days are the remains of two cairns, but once there were several more lined up with them. Looking around, a bit further to the south on the top of the hill it is easy to imagine there being another large cairn or two, with undulations in the ploughed fields suggesting their position.
The two cairns we have today are largely made up of dry stones, and sit beside one another, with their eastern entrances aligned with one another. The site has been dated to about 4000 BC. Both of the cairns have had major restoration work carried out on them after excavations in 1968 to 1972, and its a shame to report that, although lots of concrete and cement has been used to hold them together, much of this work is now falling apart. I guess its due to the number of visitors this place must get, but its in need of further work to prevent deterioration. This is what prevents me giving a 5 for the condition of the place.
I have since read that there were indeed once 4 cairns here originally, the other two of which have been completely ploughed out. I have also read that there are some very faint engravings and carvings of crooks and serpents on a few of the large stones inside cairn 1.
Larcuste cairns 1
Trip No.204 Entry No.43 Date Added: 8th Jul 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Larcuste cairns 1 submitted by TheCaptain on 26th May 2011. Cairn 1, the northern of the two restored cairns, contains two dolmens with entry passageways, which both open to the east.
Only the northern chamber has its capstone in place, along with one of its passageway covers.
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Log Text: Cairn 1, the northern of the two, contains two dolmens with entry passageways, which both open to the east. The chambers are made up of alternating slabs and drystone walling. Only the northern chamber has its capstone in place, along with one of its passageway covers.
If the reconstruction is accurate, then it looks to me as if this was built in two stages, the southern single dolmen built first in a smaller cairn, with the northern chamber being added at a later dateto the outside of the original cairn. Each chamber is about 3 metres by 2.5 metres, with a 3 to 4 metre long entry passageway.
I have read that there are some very faint engravings and carvings of crooks and serpents on a few of the large stones inside this cairn 1.