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Whiteleaf Barrows
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Buckinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2006
Whiteleaf Barrows submitted by thecaptain on 18th Oct 2006. On the hilltop above Whiteleaf Cross are the remains of two bronze age round barrows, both much disturbed.
This one is pretty much directly above the cross.
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Bradenham Puddingstone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Buckinghamshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2006
Bradenham Puddingstone submitted by thecaptain on 20th Oct 2006. The village green at Bradenham is surrounded by lumps of the local puddingstone, a geological oddity related to sarsen, and of which lumps were thought to have been used as prehistoric trackway markers.
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Must Farm
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cambridgeshire)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jan 2016
Must Farm submitted by TheCaptain on 12th Jan 2016. Overview of the Must Farm site excavations.
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Madron Well
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jan 2004
Madron Well submitted by thecaptain on 21st Jan 2004. Madron Baptistry
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Trippet Stones
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jan 2004
Trippet Stones submitted by thecaptain on 29th Jan 2004. The Trippet Stones circle, Bodmin Moor, July 2003. By now back in the rain storms.
Note in these pictures how much the moors are being destroyed by the ceasless use of quadbikes and 4wd vehicles all over it.
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Boscawen Un
Date Added: 7th Aug 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jul 2003
Boscawen un submitted by thecaptain on 30th Jan 2004. Boscawen un circle, Penwith, Cornwall in July 2003. I just love the place. Interested to see Ocifants picture from march with the circle cleared, I thought I'd send this picture showing how rapidly it had overgrown again.
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Log Text: Visited during a day in Penzance before catching a train to Plymouth for a sailing trip to the Scilly Isles
Men Scryfa
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Men Scryfa submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. Men Scryfa
Inscribed standing stone near the Men-an-tol. July 2003
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Carn Gluze
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Carn Gluze submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. Ballowall Barrow / Carn Gluze. July 2003
Difficult to get a good picture of, but I quite like the way this one shows the position of the barrow with respect to the clifftop views.
Others will probably have better pictures of the structure itself
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Boskednan stone circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Boskednan stone circle submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. Boskednan stone circle.
Standing high on the moors above the Men-An Tol
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Pipers (nr Merry Maidens)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Pipers (nr Merry Maidens) submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. The Pipers of Boleigh, with both of the massive stones in the same picture.
These two massive stones are said to be the Pipers playing the music to which the Merry Maidens were dancing, before they all got turned to stone.
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Merry Maidens Holed Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Merry Maidens Holed Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. The holed stone near to the Merry Maidens stone circle. This stone stands at SW 432246.
It is now in use as part of a gatepost entry to a field near to the Gun Rith standing stone
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Porthmeor Circle
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Feb 2004
Porthmeor Circle submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Feb 2004. Treen Common stone circle, also known as Porthmeor
I knew nothing of this very ruined circle until I found it in the excellent Belerion book. So I just had to go and have a look.
It is largely an embanked ring with plenty of stones sticking up out of the top in a very haphazard way. It is possibly the remains of a henge, rather than a proper stone circle.
This picture was taken from a high point on the embankment, and can be seen curving away to the right, more by the dark green of t...
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Tregiffian Barrow
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2004
Tregiffian Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 28th Feb 2004. Tregiffian Barrow.
Not the best photo of this nice barrow, but this picture shows its situation quite well. Not only can the road which cuts through its back be seen (thankfully the road straightening in the the 1960's was not completed), but in the background of the photo can be seen the Merry Maidens stone circle. And the Gun Rith menhir lives in the field to the left of the road.
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Tregeseal East
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2004
Tregeseal East submitted by thecaptain on 28th Feb 2004. Tregeseal Stone Circle, July 2003
The circle was completely surrounded by gorse, ferns and other growth, which made getting to the stones practically impossibe. Getting a photo was difficult too. To get this picture I had to climb on top of the wall surrounding the field the circle is in.
Surely these monuments deserve better treatment
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Dodman Point
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2004
Dodman Point submitted by thecaptain on 28th Jul 2004. The Dodman is a massive defended headland projecting into the ocean south of Mevagissey.
Seen here from the sea to the southwest.
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Rame Head
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2004
Rame Head submitted by thecaptain on 29th Jul 2004. Rame Head promontary fort, Cornwall, SX418482
Sunset over Rame Head Iron Age promontary fort.
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Boskenna Cross
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Nov 2004
Boskenna Cross submitted by thecaptain on 27th Nov 2004. Close up of the front face of the Boskenna Cross as promised.
Unfortunately it isnt as clear as I would like it to be, but still shows the wonderful charm of the carving I think.
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Emblance Down stone row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Mar 2005
Emblance Down stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Mar 2005. Sunday I had a day walking on northwestern Bodmin moor, and visited about a dozen prehistoric sites. While on King Arthur’s Downs, I wondered whether I had found a possible stone row, at SX137775. Unusual for round here I agree, but it wouldnt be too dissimilar to the Nine Maidens row at St Breock.
Walk eastwards from the two circles along the edge of the southern wall, and after a couple of hundred yards can be seen a large pointed stone flat to the ground. This stone is about three and a ...
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Leaze Cist
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2005
Leaze Cist submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Mar 2005. Walking northwards towards King Arthur’s Hall from the end of the road out into Bodmin Moor near Leaze waterworks, the remains of a fine cist within a kerbed cairn are to be found.
The cist is about 3 foot long by 18 inches wide, and a couple of feet deep, lined with good slabs of stone. The surrounding cairn is fairly small, probably only about 3 metres in diameter, but with a clear circle of stones surrounding it.
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King Arthur's Down SE
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2005
King Arthur's Down SE submitted by TheCaptain on 24th Mar 2005. King Arthur’s Down SE stone circle.
View of the 4 large fallen slabs in the southwest quadrant. The NW circle is seen beyond.
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