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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.
Warham Camp
Date Added: 22nd Jun 2024
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Warham Camp submitted by h_fenton on 14th Mar 2014. Warham Camp viewed from the north west.
Kite Aerial Photograph
9 March 2014
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Log Text: A recommended visit from the bar lady at the Binham pub, to occupy a loose hour. Its really impressive in its scale and completeness. Lots of orchids are flowering on the banks in the sunshine.
Holme II
Date Added: 21st Jun 2024
Site Type: Timber Circle
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Holme II submitted by dodomad on 16th Apr 2023. This is what remains of Holme II in 2023:
Tom writes: After reading Seahenge by Francis Pryor I finally got to Holme Beach on a low tide. Stunning.
Photo by Tom Charlton @TomCharlton25 on Twitter, reposted with permission - glad I did as the original is now gone
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Log Text: After many years, and a fair bit of planning, I got to visit the site of Seahange. It needed a significantly low tide, and a long walk with no features to aim for. It was also a complete unknown as to whether any of the timbers would still be there, and not covered by the sands and mud. I started from the pay car park at Holme, near the golf course, and followed the well marked and made coast path to the north then east, through the marshes and sand dunes. Whern I got to near where I thought the site was, I started looking for the signboard, but it had been knocked over so was not easy to find. I then tried to get down onto the beach, which was not easy with cliffs in the dunes and fences, so I retraced my steps back for a fair old way until I could get down onto the beach, before heading back east to the area of the site. After a fair bit of searching around, near to where it is marked on our map, I first saw a pole and stump sticking up, but nothing else. I wondered whether this was a marker for the site of the original Seahenge now removed. Walking in the wet mud and sand further to the east, I some dark shapes. Is this it? I walked over, and indeed it was a sector of timber stumps poking above the water. Further looking, and there were some more sectors, generally under pools, with a few other stumps showing above the sands, which would have made a circle about 15 metres diameter. Fantastic, and well worth the effort. I noticed that there were a few large timbers on their sides nearby, and many other odd stumps. Nearby were a couple of places with arrangements of stumps showing above the sands, are these remnants of other structures. There are a couple of much more modern linear timber structures heading directly towards the sea from the shore, arranged in pairs, and when speaking to a local, he told me that these were constructed by the army and used as devices to move targets up and down the beach, for training the gunners and tanks that were there at the time. These can be used to give a good indication of where the site is.
Seahenge
Date Added: 21st Jun 2024
Site Type: Timber Circle
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 4 Access 2
Seahenge submitted by Andy B on 14th May 2002. The original 'Seahenge', now removed to safety, but much remains on Holme beach. Photo copyright English Heritage, used with permission
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Log Text: After many years, and a fair bit of planning, I got to visit the site of Seahange. I started from the pay car park at Holme, near the golf course, and followed the well marked and made coast path to the north then east, through the marshes and sand dunes. Whern I got to near where I thought the site was, I started looking for the signboard, but it had been knocked over so was not easy to find. I then tried to get down onto the beach, which was not easy with cliffs in the dunes and fences, so I retraced my steps back for a fair old way until I could get down onto the beach, before heading back east to the area of the site. After a fair bit of searching around, near to where it is marked on our map, I first saw a pole and stump sticking up, but nothing else. I wondered whether this was a marker for the site of the original Seahenge now removed.
Holme II
Date Added: 21st Aug 2024
Site Type: Timber Circle
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Holme II submitted by dodomad on 16th Apr 2023. This is what remains of Holme II in 2023:
Tom writes: After reading Seahenge by Francis Pryor I finally got to Holme Beach on a low tide. Stunning.
Photo by Tom Charlton @TomCharlton25 on Twitter, reposted with permission - glad I did as the original is now gone
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Log Text: Went for a walk around the marshes from Thornham, and ended up walking out along the coast path to the north and west. I noticed that there were signposts to "the site of Seahenge". Anyways, I just kept going, past all sorts of interesting wildlife including spoonbills, and up to the Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Holme Dunes visitor centre, which was closing. Found myself drawn down onto the beach, and saw that it was quite close to the position of Seahenge, and was drawn to wander towards it. As I got there, I was looking for the post which I think marks the site of Seahenge, all still under water. But the tide was going out, and slowly things came into view. Now knowing where it all is, I headed back to Seahenge 2, and noted a couple of timbers poking through the waves, so I waited. Slowly more was revealed, but much less than a few days ago, the sand now right up over the inland side, leaving just the tops of a few of the major sector I had previously seen. I stayed for ages as the site was slowly uncovered. When you know where it is, its remarkably easy to find, and also so much easier to walk to from the east at Thornham rather than the west from Holme. In fact, along the coast path on top of the seawall, it would be possible to push a wheelchair, and only half an hour from the public parking. This said, it is possible to park at the Wildlife centre. I took a three little words position from the centre of the circle; garlic clockwork mole. TF 71234 45246
Grime's Graves Flint Mines
Date Added: 18th Oct 2024
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Grime's Graves Flint Mines submitted by Andy B on 19th May 2024. Join us at the Grime's Graves Festival - Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th June 2024
Free to attend.
Andy B from the Megalithic Portal will be there on both days amongst lots else - come and join us!
The talks and hands-on activities are free to attend thanks to generous support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. If you’d like to visit the exhibition space, or venture down into the pits, you’ll need a booking for Grime’s Graves.
Come and explore the wondrous lunar landscape of...
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Log Text: At last got here on my way up to North Norfolk. Not quite sure what I was expecting, but I can't say I was completely impressed to start with, and I couldn't help thinking of West Wycombe caves. Strange, as for something that old, I'd have thought I would be really impressed. This feeling gradually changed into one of awe at what I was seeing. Nice to be able to get down one of the shafts to see the workings as a brand new entrance building enables visits down into one of the mineshafts. Once down in the shaft, a very interesting and impressive audio visual showing the history of this place is projected onto the shaft walls, from the ancient seas depositing to form the chalk and flint, up to the prehistoric mining of the flint. All very well done I thought. Down the bottom of the shaft there are various galleries which can be crawled into. Some of the tools used for excavation and flint nodules are left to be seen. I would not recommend doing this with bare knees or on a very wet day! Some of the items found by Armstrong during the 1939 excavations are on display in the museum. But the big question is this. Are they real or fake?
Red Rocks
Date Added: 4th Jul 2024
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Merseyside)
Visited: Yes on 11th Sep 2023. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 4
Red Rocks submitted by TheCaptain on 4th Jul 2024. Hilbre Point seen from some of the offshore Red Rocks
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Log Text: Visit to Hilbre Point and a walk out to the Red Rocks
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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Addington Long Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 30th Aug 2004
Addington Long Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 30th Aug 2004. Large long barrow with many stones still to be seen surrounding it. The barrow has been effectively cut in two by the little road which goes right over the top. This is the western end of the barrow.
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Chestnuts
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 30th Aug 2004
Chestnuts submitted by thecaptain on 30th Aug 2004. To see the remains of this chambered long barrow, which lies in private ground, a visit needs to be arranged in advance with the owners, which I hadnt done, as I hadn't planned in advance to be here. However, the top of the stones can be seen over the field from the road through Addington Barrow.
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Coffin Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2004
Coffin Stone submitted by thecaptain on 1st Sep 2004. Whatever this site is, or was, it is obviously in a varying state, as there are now more stones here than in the previous pictures on the portal.
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Little Kit's Coty
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Sep 2004
Little Kit's Coty submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Sep 2004. The Countless Stones from the north side. There are many stones here, and trying to make out any semblance of what they once were is not easy.
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Coldrum
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2004
Coldrum submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Sep 2004. The eastern face of Coldrum long barrow. It is said that it was built on a natural terrace in the chalk landscape, which has now partly worn away due to erosion, so letting the eastern end of the barrow collapse down the slope.
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Dane John Mound
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 12th Oct 2018
Dane John Mound submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Oct 2018. At the southern corner of the Canterbury city walls is a large mound, known as the Dane John Mound.
When the Romans built the Canterbury City walls, they were arranged to incorporate an ancient mound, thought to be a large burial mound within a barrow cemetary.
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Bant's Carn
Date Added: 11th Oct 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 1986
Bant's Carn submitted by Postman on 7th Aug 2015. Probably the best burial chamber in the world, pyramids not included.
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Log Text: During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew.
Halangy Down
Date Added: 11th Oct 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 1986
Halangy Down Settlement submitted by Thorgrim on 1st Jul 2003. Iron Age courtyard house settlement similar to Chysauster. Situated on St Marys at SV 90981237, it overlooks the sea and is below the much older Bant's Carn entrance grave.
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Log Text: During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew.
Nornour
Date Added: 11th Oct 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 8th Sep 1986
Nornour submitted by Thorgrim on 4th Nov 2003. The island of Nornour (SV 944147) is less than four acres in size and is joined to Great Ganilly at low tide. Yet the excavations of the early '70's revealed the remains of a major settlement which was occupied from the middle of the Bronze Age to the Romano-British Iron Age. Nornour clearly reveals the effects of rising sea levels, as this tiny scrap of land could never have supported such a thriving community. Many more houses are doubtless lost beneath the sea and right up until Tudor ...
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Log Text: During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew.
Great Arthur
Date Added: 11th Oct 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 8th Sep 1986
Great Arthur submitted by Thorgrim on 14th Aug 2004. Three entrance graves and two cairns joined by a prehistoric wall are located on this tiny island.
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Log Text: During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew.
Innisidgen Upper
Date Added: 11th Oct 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 1986
Innisidgen Upper submitted by enkidu41 on 27th Apr 2004. SV 9220 1265
This entrance grave on St. Mary's comprises a 26' diameter mound and an 18' long entrance passage roofed with 5 large capstones.
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Log Text: During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew.
Innisidgen Lower
Date Added: 11th Oct 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 8th Sep 1986
Innisidgen Lower submitted by enkidu41 on 27th Apr 2004. A poorly preserved entrance grave. Most of the roofing stones have disappeared although the passage is still clearly visible.
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Log Text: During a 2 week sailing trip with friends, I left the rest of the crew to sail L'Aurian from St Mary's all the way round the Western Rocks and in to New Grimsby harbour, Tresco for the night. I spent the day walking round the entire coast of St Mary's visiting many ancient sites, before catching a ferry over to Bryher in the evening and getting picked up by the crew.