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Broad Stone (Dorset)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Nov 2007
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Nov 2007. Some of us mega Portal admins met up for lunch and a chat in Dorset today. And despite the apalling weather, we made the effort out of the pub to check out a few old things.
Here we are at the poor old Broadstone. Poor abused thing. We tidied it up a bit, making sure it doesn't become comletely buried.
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Drizzlecombe stone 4
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Nov 2007
Drizzlecombe stone 4 submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Nov 2007. Drizzlecombe stone 4 seen here looking south west over Gutter Mire.
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Lanacombe 1
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Dec 2007
Lanacombe 1 submitted by thecaptain on 9th Dec 2007. This stone setting is more nearly on the ridgetop of Lanacombe Hill, with super views to the south and east.
Although the views when I was first here were shrouded in mist.
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Le Cul du Diable
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 30th Dec 2007
Le Cul du Diable submitted by thecaptain on 30th Dec 2007. The stone is on the Manoir side of the road, perhaps 30 metres to the north of the entrance. Most of the stone is indeed enclosed within the hedgebank, but there is a clear part of it which is visible.
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Trigalle dolmen
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 12th Jan 2008
Trigalle dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 12th Jan 2008. These large stones are in the wall of a barn, near to Trigalle hamlet.
Could this be the remains of the Dolmen de Trigalle, reported to have been destroyed in the early 1800s ?
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Drizzlecombe cairn 14
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Jan 2008
Drizzlecombe cairn 14 submitted by thecaptain on 19th Jan 2008. Seven side set stones touching together make up the remains of a stone ring here, less than half of the circumference, and about 3.5 metres in diameter.
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Drizzlecombe cist 21
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jan 2008
Drizzlecombe cist 21 submitted by thecaptain on 20th Jan 2008. Drizzlecombe cist 21 is a splendid box cist, found further up the Drizzlecombe valley from the main sites, on the eastern side of the stream.
The remains of the tin workings in this picture should give some clues for finding it.
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Drizzlecombe menhir 1
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2008
Drizzlecombe menhir 1 submitted by thecaptain on 1st Feb 2008. Drizzlecombe menhir 1 viewed from the southwest, with the row running away to the left.
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Drizzlecombe menhir 3
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th Feb 2008
Drizzlecombe menhir 3 submitted by thecaptain on 15th Feb 2008. The northwestern flat face of Drizzlecombe menhir 3.
Several of the stones of row 1 can be seen in the background.
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Drizzlecombe Cist 6
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Feb 2008
Drizzlecombe Cist 6 submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Feb 2008. Drizzlecombe Cist 6 looking southwest, with the upper end of row1 at the upper left of the picture.
There is a capstone 1.8 m by 1.2 m sitting on top of a broken box, which is now three side set slabs, probably two side slabs and a single end stone.
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Chapman Barrows Quincunx
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2008
Chapman Barrows Quincunx submitted by thecaptain on 16th Mar 2008. Looking up the slope from the bottom stone.
The broken central stone is in a depression beside the marsh grass below my bag - which marks the position of the upper stone.
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Longstone (Challacombe)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 17th Mar 2008
Longstone (Challacombe) submitted by thecaptain on 17th Mar 2008. The view from the top of Longstone Barrow, showing the situation of the Longstone, which can be seen as a small dark mark just below the skyline about two thirds to the right of the picture, easy to find (as in reality) by following the path from the barrow.
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Longstone Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Mar 2008
Longstone Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 18th Mar 2008. This large round barrow is still in a very fine condition, with the ditch around it almost like a moat and full of water on a damp March day.
Viewed here from the southeast.
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Chapman Down Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Mar 2008
Chapman Down Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 18th Mar 2008. This large round barrow on the southeastern slopes of Chapman Down has a large slice cut through to the middle, rather than the usual hole in the top.
View here to the southeast, with the steep valley down towards Challacombe seen, where the Longstone stands at the top of. It can be seen on a better res version of the picture, about 2/3 from the left below the skyline.
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Longstone Barrow Row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Mar 2008
Longstone Barrow Row submitted by thecaptain on 18th Mar 2008. There should be three stones in a row here.
I spent much time searching around amongst the tall wet grasses and heather, but I couldn’t find a single stone.
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Woodbarrow (Exmoor)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2008
Woodbarrow (Exmoor) submitted by thecaptain on 19th Mar 2008. This is another large round barrow high up on Exmoor which is still in a good condition, although a very well used trackway runs past it just to its eastern side.
As usual it has been dug into from the top, there is a very marsh and boggy remains of a ditch running around the outside.
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Woodbarrow Hangings
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2008
Woodbarrow Hangings submitted by thecaptain on 19th Mar 2008. Somewhere here is a stone setting, which is a rarity that merits a mention on the little local maps which are attached to several of the gates around here.
I had a very good look around but could find nothing at all. Either it is all well hidden under the long reed grass which is growing all around here, or perhaps has all been broken and destroyed like many other Exmoor stone settings.
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Chapman Barrows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2008
Chapman Barrows submitted by thecaptain on 19th Mar 2008. There are about half a dozen large round barrows in an east to west line running up the western slope and over the top of Chapman Down.
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Dent de Gargantua
Trip No.208 Entry No.1 Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Dent de Gargantua submitted by thecaptain on 6th Apr 2008. Le Dent de Gargantua. The view from the roadside. It's in there, honestly !
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Log Text: This 4 or 5 metre tall white quartz menhir is contained within a private orchard near to Chablé in the community of St Suliac, near the Rance estuary south of St Malo. Although it is very close to the road, getting to see it through the hedges which surround it is not easy. Not too long ago, there was an allée couverte nearby which has now been destroyed by the farmer, and also another menhir, Le Gravier de Gargantua.
Champ des Roches
Trip No.208 Entry No.2 Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Champ des Roches submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Jul 2005. About 70 big white quartz stones arranged in 5 lines, perhaps 6, which are not quite parallel as they converge towards the east.
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