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Chianca Dolmen
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Italy (Puglia)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2014
Chianca Dolmen submitted by theCaptain on 1st Mar 2014. Postage stamps of Chianca Dolmen in Italy
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Macellum of Pompeii
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Italy (Marche)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2012
Macellum of Pompeii submitted by theCaptain on 15th Jun 2012. A circle of 12 volcanic tuff stones erected in the central Macellum of the ancient city of Pompeii.
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Museo Archeologico (Mantova)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: Italy (Lombardia)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 2007
Museo Archeologico (Mantova) submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Aug 2007. In a part of the Palazzo Ducale, on Piazza Castello, in the lovely ancient city of Mantova, is a branch of the Italian Museo Archeologico Nazionale.
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Ötzi Memorial
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: Italy (Lombardia)
Visited: Yes on 25th May 2010
Ötzi Memorial submitted by TheCaptain on 25th May 2010. The Memorial to Ötzi the Iceman, found in 1991 on the Austria-Italy border close to the Hauslabjoch Pass.
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Terramara di Montale
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Emilia-Romagna)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2008
Terramara di Montale submitted by thecaptain on 20th Sep 2008. In a little park area outside the church, faint remains of the ancient ditch and embankment can be seen, and there is an enclosed area where excavations were carried out in the 1990s, and many of the finds are displayed in here. However, it has a glass front, and so something of what is inside can be seen at all times.
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Althing
Date Added: 3rd Jan 2011
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Iceland
Visited: Yes on 21st Apr 1995
Althing submitted by DrewParsons on 10th May 2010. The Law Rock or Lögrétta is a high rock on European side of the chasm and was the site from which laws were passed and trials conducted. April 2010.
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Log Text: Rent Jeep Cherokee with big wheels. Do the Golden triangle, íngvellir, Geysir and Gullfoss. Back via Bläfjöll Ski area.
Col du Petit Saint-Bernard Cromlech
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Rhone:Savoie (73))
Visited: Yes on 4th Feb 2007
Col du Petit Saint-Bernard Cromlech submitted by thecaptain on 4th Feb 2007. There is a 75m diameter Cromlech which sits at the top of the Col du Petit Saint-Bernard. This col is historically a very important route through the Alps, nowadays between France and Italy, and across which Hannibal took his elephants with which to raid Rome.
The cromlech obviously cannot be seen in this photograph, but it gives a good overall picture of its position.
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Col des Ves
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Rhone:Savoie (73))
Visited: Yes on 10th Feb 2009
Col des Ves submitted by thecaptain on 10th Feb 2009. Is this an ancient menhir which has been re-erected, or a more modern marker stone ? I don't know. I can find nothing out about it. But here it stands, up in the high mountains above Tignes near to the Col des Ves.
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Menhir des Verdons
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Rhone:Savoie (73))
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2011
Menhir des Verdons submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Feb 2011. Is this an ancient menhir which has been re-erected, or a more modern stone ? I don't know. I can find nothing out about it. But here it stands, proudly at the Verdons lift complex, in the middle of the Courchevel ski area.
The stone itself stands about 2.5 metres tall, and certainly looks the part. I'm guessing a re-erection.
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Dolmen de la Pitchoune
Trip No.205 Entry No.208 Date Added: 29th Nov 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Provence:Vaucluse (84))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Dolmen de la Pitchoune submitted by thecaptain on 21st Jul 2008. The 4m by 3m chamber has a large backstone and two portal entry stones, but the sides are of vaulted drystone construction. It is tall enough to stand up inside the chamber below the single large capstone, the back of which is now within the hillside.
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Log Text: A few kilometres to the east of Ménerbes, along the D.103, and to the west of Lacost, the home of the chateau of the Marquis de Sade, can be found this dolmen which has its own signpost. It is right beside the road and below ground level, below an arched bridge type structure of the road.
The dolmen is now sort of built into the terraced hillside, but whether it was originally, or just that the local land has risen - perhaps due to the hillside falling down - I do not know. The 4m by 3m chamber has a large backstone and two portal entry stones, but the sides are of vaulted drystone construction. It is tall enough to stand up inside the chamber below the single large capstone, the back of which is now within the hillside. Whether the whole thing was cut into the ground, or originally built above ground level with a cairn of stones I cannot tell. I assume it was above ground, but the level of soil around it has risen. The chamber looks to have remains of an entry passageway, which would open to the southwest, at about 235°, looking across the valley and up into the Luberon Hills.
The dolmen has at times been used as a storage shed, and with the road right besides, and the terraced land behind, I wouldn't be surprised if it has been much altered. I assume the bridge bit of the road has been built here to protect the dolmen by arching over the top.
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.
La Grotte des Fées de Cordes
Trip No.205 Entry No.200 Date Added: 29th Nov 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13))
Visited: Couldn't find on 22nd Sep 2005
La grotte des Fées de Cordes submitted by thecaptain on 25th Apr 2007. La Grotte des Fées de Cordes, is on private property, not accessible to public, somewhere up on top of the Montagne des Cordes.
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Log Text: Also known as Le Palet De Roland, this monument is somewhere up on top of the Montagne des Cordes. The rock cut trench of this hypogae is the largest of the many around here, at 43 metres in length. Unfortunately, while I was looking, the entire hill seems to be very heavily fenced off, double fences and razor wire on top of one of them. They don't seem to want people here !
Dolmen de Saint-Contignarde
Trip No.200 Entry No.201 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.
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.
Dolmen de la Mérindole
Trip No.205 Entry No.203 Date Added: 29th Nov 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13))
Visited: Couldn't find on 22nd Sep 2005
Log Text: I could not find this dolmen or hypogae, there are lots of private property signs all around, although not the big fences this time.
Mas Cadenet dolmen
Trip No.205 Entry No.204 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 not find this dolmen or hypogae, there are lots of private property signs all around, although not the big fences this time.
Barbegal Mill and Aquaduct
Trip No.205 Entry No.205 Date Added: 29th Nov 2020
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: France (Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2005. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 4
Barbegal Mill and Aqueduct submitted by Nick- on 28th Sep 2007. 19th April 2007 (Looking South) Ruins of the aqueduct to the mill...
Wikipedia article, with more information.
Aerial view of mill.
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Log Text: I found no dolmens, but did find some intriguing Roman remains. A double aquaduct leads south from the hills over the road and fields to another smaller rocky ridge which water channels are cut through to a big drop at the far side. I had no idea what this was until I found out much later that it was the Barbegal Mill complex, a massive flour mill from Roman times with a total of 16 waterwheels. I wish I had known at the time, but it was truly fascinating.
Les Baux
Trip No.205 Entry No.206 Date Added: 29th Nov 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2005
Les Baux submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Nov 2020. A beautiful and intriguing old village clinging onto the sides of a steep and craggy limestone ridge, riddled with caves and quarries, and with a castle on top.
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Log Text: Beautiful and intriguing old village clinging onto the sides of a steep and craggy limestone ridge, riddled with caves and quarries, and with a castle on top.
Glanum
Trip No.205 Entry No.207 Date Added: 29th Nov 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Glanum submitted by XIII on 19th Jul 2015. Site in Provence:Bouches-du-Rhône (13) France
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Log Text: Just outside St Remy-de-Provence is this ancient city, only discovered last century, and with ongoing excavations. The Roman city was built on top of a previous Hellenic (Greek) city dating from before 300BC, which in turn was built on an old Gallic living place and Oppidum. All the focus seemed to be on the water spring, and there are lots of temples around it. A very interesting place to have a look around.
La Pierre-Levée (Poitiers)
Trip No.204 Entry No.149 Date Added: 17th Aug 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Poitou:Vienne (86))
Visited: Yes on 20th Jul 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
La Pierre-Levée (Poitiers) submitted by thecaptain on 24th Aug 2005. This nice dolmen can be found right in suburban Poitiers, fenced in a little park amongst the flats and houses.
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Log Text: Leaving a major shopping complex having been to buy a new camera, I saw a sign to dolmen, so just followed the signs. Past the Gymnasium de dolmen, past a school and along Rue du Dolmen, and there it is. This suburban dolmen is in a little well tended garden park area amongst the houses in southeastern Poitiers. It has a rectangular chamber about 4 m by 2 m and a large capstone sat on several supports along the south side, but fallen to the ground at the northern side. What a strange place to find something like this.