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Île Melon Dolmen
Trip No.203 Entry No.501 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Île Melon dolmen submitted by rw1 on 6th Mar 2008. 09/2007
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Log Text: This is frustrating. There is only 15 metres of water between me and the island from where I sit, but the tide is coming in and the island is not going to get any nearer. The dolmen is on top of the island and looks a nice one, its capstone sitting on at least four support stones. There are also at least two menhirs further down to the south of the island, and looking towards the shore. Perhaps a swim is needed !
Île Longue tumulus
Trip No.203 Entry No.333 Date Added: 4th May 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 10th Jun 2005
Île Longue tumulus submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Jun 2020. Plan of the tumulus taken from "Il faut qu’une tombe soit ouverte ou fermée" by Charles-Tangay Le Roux
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Log Text: I took a walk out to the Pointe de Penbert, from where the entrance to the Golfe de Morbihan can clearly be seen, and all the many islands within the gulf. It is a smashing day with a good breeze, and lots and lots of sailing boats are out having fun. There's a cracking tacking duel going on between two large single handed craft as I was writing. It all looks lots and lots of fun.
Just offshore can be seen the islet of Er Lannic, with its double cromlech. Many of the stones stand proud of the island, and indeed the sea, where these half submerged circles are situated, and can clearly be seen from here. Just beyond that is Gavrinis, with its large cairn and entrance overlooking the whole scene. The entrance seems to be looking directly towards me, although in reality it is probably looking a bit more towards the east. The cairn is clearly visible, looking pale against the dark background of a pinewood. A boat trip of people has just landed on the island for the guided visit to the cairn, with its magnificent carvings.
A bit further away to the west is Isle Longue, with its large tumulus at the south end of the island visible, and beyond that is Locmariaquer, with all its sites.
Ile Guénioc
Trip No.203 Entry No.519 Date Added: 28th May 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 21st Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 1
Ile Guénioc submitted by thecaptain on 17th Jun 2006. This island, which is difficult to get to, has on it three massive cairns with their multitude of chambers and dolmens within them.
This is the best picture I could get on my little camera, taken on full zoom from Ile Tariec, which can be walked to at very low tide.
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Log Text: Just offshore from Presqu'ile Ste-Marguerite near the town of Landéda, and due west of Ile Tariec, can be seen Ile Guénioc (Ile Gaignog). This island, which is difficult to get to, has on it three massive cairns with their multitude of chambers and dolmens within them. In order to get here a boat is needed, and I think that landing on the island is controlled, so I am not going to manage it now, as there is nobody about with a boat who I can try and persuade!
Through my binoculars from where I am sat on Ile Tariec it looks superb. The southernmost cairn seems to have about half a dozen entrances in the eastern side and facing towards me, but it isn't a very high cairn. The middle cairn is even larger, but it is slightly obscured by a rise in the land in front of it. Several large dolmenic structures can be seen, with slabs of rock in places. The northern cairn is even higher, and looks to have about 4 entrances.
I feel that I really need to get out onto the island to have a proper look. I must come back one day with a small boat. Oh well, the tide has turned half an hour ago, I'd better start making my way back, I don't want to be stuck out on this little island for the next ten hours !
Ile Carn menhir
Trip No.214 Entry No.9 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ile Carn menhir submitted by theCaptain on 9th May 2014. I read somewhere that a menhir was reported on this island, but has become missing.
So, before we went for a look at the cairn, I had a brief look all over the rest of the island, and just behind one of the ruined concrete look out positions is a large long stone laying flat to the ground and mostly now buried, which would have made a perfect menhir, probably just below 2 metres tall, fitting my memory of the description.
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Log Text: I read somewhere that a menhir was once reported on this island, but has become missing. So, before we went for a look at the cairn, I had a brief look all over the rest of the island, and just behind one of the ruined concrete look out positions is a large long stone laying flat to the ground and mostly now buried, which would have made a perfect menhir, probably just below 2 metres tall.
Île Carn cairn
Trip No.203 Entry No.514 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 20th Jun 2005. My rating: Access 2
Île Carn cairn submitted by thecaptain on 15th Jun 2006. Île Carn, just off the northwestern coast of Brittany.
Unfortunately, when I was passing here the tide was not fully out, and rising, so I could not get out onto the little island with its massive and spectacular cairn.
I tried stopping nearby for the night, which would have let me get out onto the island next morning, but the local campsite was closed and deserted, and I had worldly needs, so had to move on elsewhere, still hoping to come back the next morning.......
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Log Text: Just offshore is this little island which can be reached a low tide, with a massive cairn containing three dolmenic chambers. There are also some WW2 gun emplacements and lookouts which spoil it a bit. The cairn is massive, and looks like its been quarried into, and from the shore the entry to one of the chambers can be seen. Its a pity I cannot get out to have a look. Should I borrow a boat ?
Île Carn cairn
Trip No.214 Entry No.10 Date Added: 27th May 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Île Carn cairn submitted by theCaptain on 18th Apr 2014. Re-incarnation from the left side chamber, Easter 2014.
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Log Text: Just offshore from the bay of Porsguen in the community of Ploudalmézou at the northwestern point of Finisterre, Brittany, lies a small island, which can be walked to at low tide from the mainland. A large part of this small island is made up of a massive and remarkable round cairn which contains three dolmenic chambers. The outer round cairn is about 30 metres in diameter, and perhaps still almost 10m in height. It seems to have only been recognised that an ancient cairn was here in the late 19th century, which was further recognised by others in the early 20th century, with a description of 1925 mentioning the presence of an anthropomorphic stele, 1.75m in height.
During the course of the second world war, construction of a lookout post and gun battery on the island broke through into the monument and revealed the presence of the southern chamber. During the following ten years degradation of the monument became rapid, accelerated by clandestine excavations, until in 1954 a rescue plan was put into place under the direction of P-R Giot. Following an interruption, further excavations occurred between 1964 and 1967, which showed that the construction was made using local materials, mostly granite stones with occasional use of megalithic slabs. Several phases of construction were revealed.
The initial construction was a circular chamber of diameter approx 3.5 metres with an entrance passageway from one side of the chamber thus making a q shape, leading in from the southeast. The structure is all of dry stone walling technique except for the entrance passage which is covered with megalithic slabs. The chamber is roofed with a circular corbelled structure which remains intact to this day. Drystone walling had been used to block off the chamber at both extremities of the passageway. The whole of this was enclosed in a circular cairn. Carbon dating has been used to suggest the structure dates back to as long as 4700BC.
The second construction was the addition of a second chamber to the south, with a rectangular plan, and long entrance passageway approx 5 metres in length to the southeast. Carbon dating has been used to suggest this structure dates back to perhaps 4500BC.
Further construction followed with the addition of a third tomb to the northern side of the first, within which are two conjoined chambers, the southern of which is perhaps double the size of the northern, which has a couple of large megalithic slabs used in its construction. Dating of this structure has been used to show a possible date of as far back as 3900 BC or more recently of 2000BC, suggesting a possible long term use of this particular structure.
Following these three cairns, a fourth stage of construction was to possibly make a single large rectangular cairn covering the three adjacent structures. This was then probably followed by a fifth construction stage of an approximately 30 metre diameter circular structure with a facing wall, up to a metre in height surrounding the whole thing, and this blocking off all three chambers.
Within the central chamber were found several small vases and other crescent shaped items which have become eponymously named in the Carn style, along with several pearls and flint tools. The southern chamber revealed more pots including a single small vase of just 5cm diameter, but of similar styling, whilst the northern chamber revealed a splendid 10cm diameter flask and some fine polished flint items, and some fragments of red ochre.
Fabulous
Ibsley Common barrows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Yes on 6th May 2006
Ibsley Common barrows submitted by thecaptain on 6th May 2006. On the western edge of the New Forest plateau above the river Avon is this fine disc barrow with splendid views in all directions.
This is the view towards the northeast.
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Iasos
Date Added: 1st Dec 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2002. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Iasos submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Nov 2010. Turbintorium ruins at Ancient Iasos
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Hypogee du Castelet
Trip No.205 Entry No.199 Date Added: 26th Nov 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 1 Access 5
Hypogee du Castelet submitted by thecaptain on 25th Apr 2007. It is about 20 - 25 metres long, 2 metres deep and 2 - 3 metres wide, and covered with large slabs, but very overgrown.
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Log Text: Beside the road between Arles and Fontvieille, this hypogae has a little signpost, from where the monument can be found in the bushes and marsh to the side of the road. It's unbearably mosquito infested and I couldn’t get away quick enough.
There is a trench carved into the rock, which is now filled with boggy water, and there is a nice entrance ramp down at the west end. It is probably about 20 metres long, 2 metres deep and up to 2 metres wide, and covered with large slabs. Just inside the trench is a carved entrance stone. I cant stay here any longer, I have got to get away, as I am being bitten to death.
Hypogée de Bonnias
Trip No.205 Entry No.202 Date Added: 29th Nov 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13))
Visited: Couldn't find on 22nd Sep 2005
Log Text: I could find no way to this hypogae, as everywhere has lots of big high security fences.
Hwasun dolmens
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: South Korea
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2014
Hwasun dolmens submitted by theCaptain on 28th Feb 2014. One of the Hwasun dolmens in South Korea as featured on a postage stamp
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Hvar Island
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country:
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2004
Hvar Island submitted by thecaptain on 30th Sep 2004. The lovely island of Hvar is situated at an ancient crossroads of searoutes through the Adriatic Sea, and as such has many traces of history.
This is Hvar town seen from its harbour.
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Hvar Castle Museum
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Croatia
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2004
Hvar Castle Museum submitted by thecaptain on 30th Sep 2004. Within Hvar Castle is a small museum, which contains some items found in ancient shipwrecks of the Dalmatian region. Amongst these remains are several amphorae, some of which date back to the 5th century BC.
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Hurston Ridge
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 11th Aug 2006
Hurston Ridge submitted by thecaptain on 11th Aug 2006. The top half of the lovely Hurston Ridge double stone row.
Viewed here looking towards the southeast.
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Hurley Beacon Tumulus
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2017
Hurley Beacon Tumulus submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Nov 2017. Hurley Beacon with its large barrow seen here on the right, Black Hill further away on the left.
There was a freezing cold wind, and some heavy showers, so we did not detour to look at this barrow.
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Hunt House Road Waymarkers
Date Added: 9th Dec 2024
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Hunt House Road Waymarkers submitted by johndhunter on 12th Jun 2022. Stone 2 at NZ 81833 00076 – East Face, September 2019.
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Log Text: Had an hour or so to spare, but it was foggy on the moor so had to be careful where I went. Decided that having a look for the stones beside the road from Goathland was sensible, then maybe walk over to the roman road. First one was easy, but nowhere obvious to park on the single track road out past the next two.
Hunt House Road Standing Stone
Date Added: 9th Dec 2024
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Hunt House Road Standing Stone submitted by johndhunter on 18th Oct 2019. Stone at NZ 81929 00430 – Viewed looking north easterly, July 2019. The village on the right in the distance is Goathland , The arrow on the left in the distance indicates the area known as Allan Tofts, there are ancient fields and numerous pieces of rock art located here.
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Log Text: Had an hour or so to spare, but it was foggy on the moor so had to be careful where I went. Decided that having a look for the stones beside the road from Goathland was sensible, then maybe walk over to the roman road. First one was easy, but nowhere obvious to park on the single track road out past the next two.
Huish Champflower Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Apr 2007
Huish Champflower Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 4th Apr 2007. This is a large, but well messed about with barrow surrounded by trees and sheep. There was no obvious way into the field, so I did not go in.
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Housesteads Tumulus
Date Added: 22nd Apr 2023
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Housesteads Tumulus submitted by SolarMegalith on 21st Jul 2016. The mound seen from the S-SE (photo taken on July 2016).
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Log Text: A day on Hadrians Wall. Drive to Housesteads to park, and before catching the bus to The Sill, have a look at the prominent barrow just the other side of the road. The fog is starting to lift now, thank goodness.
Housesteads Roman Fort
Date Added: 24th Apr 2023
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Oct 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Housesteads Roman Fort submitted by jeffrep on 6th Apr 2020. Housesteads was a Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland near the border with Scotland constructed around 124 A.D.
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Log Text: A day on Hadrians Wall. Drive to Housesteads, bus to The Sill, then walk up to the trig point on Winshield Crag before walking eastwards along Hadrians wall back to Housesteads Fort, having lunch at Sycamore Gap. A long look round Housesteads Fort with its large colourful artwork gatehouse created for the 1900 years celebrations, fabulous latrines and a decent little museum.