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King Henry's Mound
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2006
King Henry's Mound submitted by thecaptain on 1st Jan 2006. King Henry's Mound is a much modified large mound in Richmond Park.
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Valence House
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 24th Aug 2008
Valence House submitted by thecaptain on 24th Aug 2008. The Dagenham Idol while on display at Colchester Castle Museum in 2008.
Found in the Thames mud when the Ford factory was built in the 1930's, and dated to 2250BC.
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London Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Greater London)
Visited: Yes on 24th Nov 2013
London Stone submitted by theCaptain on 24th Nov 2013. I struggled to find The London Stone at first, not helped by looking for it at No 110, instead of No 111, and asked several people of its whereabouts, but nobody knew... Then by looking where I was expecting to find it, and walking the street a couple of times, my Dad said "whats this, is this it?"
Have to say its not quite what I was expecting, and is very disappointing, and not only just about impossile to see from outside, covered off from inside now.
Still, its still there, and I...
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Bury Hill Camp (Winterbourne)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Mar 2004
Bury Hill Camp (Winterbourne) submitted by TheCaptain on 27th Mar 2004. Bury Hill Camp, near Winterbourne Down, South Gloucestershire.
View of the ditch and ramparts of the eastern side. The inside of the fort is to the right of this picture
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Horton Camp
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2004
Horton Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Mar 2004. Horton Camp Hillfort, South Gloucestershire, ST765845, March 2004.
View looking northwest along the remaining bank across the top of the hill. There is no sign of a ditch. The "inside" of the camp is to the left.
I may well be wrong, but I think that this bank may be a former internal division of what was once a much bigger camp taking in the entire promontary, not just the southern end.
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Starveall
Date Added: 11th Jun 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Starveall submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Mar 2004. Starveall Barrow, South Gloucestershire, ST794879, March 2004.
View looking west at the barrows east side.
The ploughed field surrounding the barrow is eating away at it. The most recent ploughing must have taken a couple of feet from each end, with all the stones which formerly made up the mound being scattered across the field.
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Log Text: I visited this barrow this afternoon. Its getting in a very poor state. The ploughed field surrounding it is eating away at the mound. The most recent ploughing must have taken a couple of feet from each end, with all the stones which formerly made up the mound being scattered across the field. And there is the remains of a massive dead tree which has died and pulled down lots more stone along one edge. I saw no sign of any chamber, but it was all covered with vegetation and rubble thrown onto it.
Symonds Yat Fort
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2004
Symonds Yat Fort submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Apr 2004. Iron age hillfort on the headland of Symonds Yat Rock, high above a complete U Bend in the river Wye. This promontory hillfort has remains of four rows of ditch and bank ramparts, the largest remaining being the bank on the inside. This is the inner bank.
A lovely place to visit on a nice day Symonds Yat Fort, Symonds Yat Rock, Gloucestershire, SO563157
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Long Stone, Staunton
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2004
Long Stone, Staunton submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Apr 2004. View of this nice standing stone on a foul Sunday afternoon in April 2004. A lot of forest clearance is currently going on around this stone.
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The Grickstone
Date Added: 6th Mar 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2004. My rating: Access 4
The Grickstone submitted by TheCaptain on 13th Apr 2004. Nice standing stone to the south of Grickstone farm, beside a footpath at the corner of a small wood. The stone has about 6 foot in length above ground, but due to the angle at which it leans, is only about 4 feet high. Nicely decorated with lichens. South Gloucestershire, ST777828.
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Log Text: Nice standing stone to the south of Grickstone farm, beside a footpath at the corner of a wood. The stone is about 6 foot in height, but due to the angle at which it leans, is only about 4 feet high. Nicely decorated with lichens.
Grickstone Farm
Date Added: 6th Mar 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2004. My rating: Condition 1
Grickstone Farm submitted by TheCaptain on 13th Apr 2004. Grickstone Farm Long Barrow, South Gloucestershire, ST783833.
This long barrow, once possibly a chambered tomb, has been completely ploughed over, leaving only slight traces of it as a gentle raise in the ground level.
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Log Text: This long barrow has been completely ploughed over, leaving only slight traces of it as a gentle raise in the ground level
Hawkesbury Knoll
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Apr 2004
Hawkesbury Knoll submitted by TheCaptain on 15th Apr 2004. Hawksbury Knoll, Chambered Tomb, South Gloucestershire, ST768872.
The view of the barrow atop Hawkesbury Knoll from the Somerset Monument.
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The Beeracres Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 11th Nov 2004
The Beeracres Stone submitted by thecaptain on 11th Nov 2004. The Beeracres Stone
My new standing stone, almost 6 feet of best Cornish Granite, recently erected in the garden of Beeracres.
Despite a nightmare start to things when getting it delivered, we managed to move it into place and erect it last Sunday afternoon fairly easily, and had a nice little celebratory event.
I think it looks nicely at home here.
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Leighterton Long Barrow
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2004
Leighterton Long Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 15th Nov 2004. View from the lane at the east by the village school.
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Log Text: Massive long barrow to the east of the village of Leighterton, which can be seen walled in across a couple of fields. I could find no public access. The remains of this barrow are massive, and as is often the case, covered with trees. It looks to be one worthy of further exploration if possible.
Woodleaze Farm
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Nov 2004
Woodleaze Farm submitted by thecaptain on 15th Nov 2004. View looking southeast of the remains of this long barrow, seen just to the south of the track past Woodleaze Farm. It has been completely ploughed over, leaving only traces of it as a slight mound in the field level.
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Blackquarries Hill
Date Added: 13th Sep 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2004. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Blackquarries Hill submitted by thecaptain on 17th Nov 2004. Blackquarries Hill Long Barrow, seen here in front of the wood in the November evening sunlight. Picture taken from the Cotswold Way to the northwest.
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Log Text: The remains of this long barrow can be seen in a field at the southern end of the ridge between Tyley Bottom and Ozleworth Bottom near Wotton-under-Edge. There is a track which is part of the Cotswold Way which runs round the hill and passes close to the barrow, but I could find no way in for a closer look, although the field was empty and being used by some people flying model aircraft. The barrow remains have been fenced off, and are becoming grown over. I could see a shadowy shape sticking out of the mound, which was probably an old tree stump, but just could have been a bit of old stone.
Symonds Hall Farm
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Nov 2004
Symonds Hall Farm submitted by thecaptain on 18th Nov 2004. Symonds Hall Farm Long Barrow, as seen when approaching from the west.
It can be seen to be in two parts now, and with the odd stone or two to be seen
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Shortwood Hill barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2005
Shortwood Hill barrow submitted by thecaptain on 25th Jan 2005. Shortwood hill barrow viewed from the north
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Shortwood Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jan 2005
Shortwood Circle submitted by thecaptain on 26th Jan 2005. Shortwood circle. Seen here silhouetted against a setting January sun.
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Adlestrop Hill
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2006
Adlestrop Hill submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Apr 2006. Adlestrop Hill long barrow.
Just about found and identified after a long search by about a dozen hardened stonehunters, and a couple of full time archaeologists.
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Ganborough
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jan 2007
Ganborough submitted by thecaptain on 4th Jan 2007. This was obviously once a large and substantial longbarrow sited on a hilltop ridge. But these days it is very easily missed as you drive past on the busy A424 which cuts through its southeastern end.
Viewed here looking north.
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