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Cerrig Arthur
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jan 2018
Cerrig Arthur submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Jan 2018. View of Cerrig Arthur in its surroundings
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Challacombe Cross Settlement
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 5th Mar 2017
Challacombe Cross Settlement submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Mar 2017. A photo of what I have called Shapley Common Hut, taken during a walk at Easter 1988.
I dont believe this would be at the location given on the Portal sitepage, but more to the northeast, around SX697830, as our walk first took us south along the ridge to Hookney Tor and Grimspound
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Challacombe Down Cairn Circle
Date Added: 31st Jan 2023
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd May 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Challacombe Down Cairn Circle submitted by davep on 19th Aug 2019. The Challacombe Down Cairn Circle, set just to the west of the northern end of this triple stone row. From the Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks website (site 270).
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Log Text: At the bottom end of the Challacombe stone rows, most of the stones are showing white amongst the heather. It is all a bit of a jumble, no doubt many of the stones moved during the extensive mining here, several of which seem to have been placed in surprising positions, with a sort of semicircular feature to one side.
Challacombe Down Standing Stone
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd May 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Challacombe Down Standing Stone submitted by cazzyjane on 31st May 2012. The large terminal stone looking across to Birch Tor.
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Log Text: Park in a little quarry by the roadside, before heading west down to Headland Warren farm with its alpacas, then up over the mining remains to the lower end of the Challacombe stone rows. Most of the stones are showing white above the heather and it looks splendid. The bottom end is a bit of a jumble, no doubt many of the stones moved during the extensive mining here, several of which seem to have been placed in surprising positions. Up the hill to the south, its a clear treble row, which can be followed up the hill to the large 2m tall stone at the top. Can see Grimspound to the east, and over to the Warren House Inn to the west.
Challacombe rows
Date Added: 28th Apr 2022
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 1988
Challacombe rows submitted by thecaptain on 21st Oct 2004. Challacome Multiple Stone Rows.
A fairly old view from Brian Byng looking up the hill along this triple stone row.
This is how I remember the place many years ago - all very overgrown. I must go back sometime to see if its any clearer now.
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Challacombe rows
Date Added: 31st Jan 2023
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd May 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Challacombe rows submitted by Bladup on 11th Sep 2013. The North end of Challacombe stone rows.
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Log Text: Drive from Postbridge to Challacombe via the Soussons cairn stone circle, and park in a little quarry by the roadside, before heading west down to Headland Warren farm with its alpacas, then up over the mining remains to the lower end of the Challacombe stone rows. Most of the stones are showing white above the heather and it looks splendid. The bottom end is a bit of a jumble, no doubt many of the stones moved during the extensive mining here, several of which seem to have been placed in surprising positions. Up the hill to the south, its a clear treble row, which can be followed up the hill to the large 2m tall stone at the top. Can see Grimspound to the east, and over to the Warren House Inn to the west. Back to the car, and drive round to the Warren House Inn for a pint of Black Tor "Pride of Dartmoor" and a look at its everlasting fire, before going to sit outside admiring the views, where I can make out some of the stone row and Grimspound. Must be one of the best pub views in southern England. Fabulous.
Champ des Courses Tumulus
Trip No.203 Entry No.132 Date Added: 10th Apr 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 24th May 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Champ des Courses Tumulus submitted by thecaptain on 5th Jan 2006. To the west of the town of Gramat, along the D.15 road just before the hippodrome can be found this enormous tumulus.
It’s a big one, perhaps 50 metres in diameter, and 12 metres high, and is in a swampy area beside a fishing lake, which is surprising for round here as most of the area is so arid. It must be an area of springs above an impermeable layer of rock.
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Log Text: To the west of the town of Gramat, along the D.15 road just before the hippodrome can be found this enormous tumulus. It’s a big one, perhaps 50 metres in diameter, and 12 metres high, and is in a swampy area beside a fishing lake, which is surprising for round here as most of the area is so dry. It must be an area of springs above an impermeable layer of rock.
There are a couple of limestone blocks visible at the top, and one or two more large slabs visible at places around the outside. Who knows what may be within ? But even here, somebody has decided that they have to drive their 4WD vehicle over the top of it.
Champ Des Louères Menhir
Trip No.204 Entry No.322 Date Added: 16th Sep 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Pays de la Loire:Loire-Atlantique)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Champ Des Louères Menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Aug 2013. This is a big stone, which lives in a field beside the trackway behind the sports centre.
There are a couple of intriguing round holes/niches within it, but I dont know whether these are natural or have been cut.
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Log Text: Well signposted from the village of Saint-Aubin-Des-Châteaux, these lead to a parking area beside the sports centre, from where the menhir is a walk of a few hundred metres. It's a very big stone, 3.5 metres tall, 3 metres wide and over a metre thick, and it lives in a field beside the trackway. There are a couple of intriguing round holes/niches within it, but I don't know whether these are natural or have been cut.
Champ des Roches
Trip No.203 Entry No.596 Date Added: 10th Jun 2020
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Champ des Roches submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Jul 2005. Signpost at the site.
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Log Text: Just behind the churchyard to the south of the village of Pléslin and well signposted is this “field of rocks” which is kept in a nice and shady oak garden and included on a couple of signposted local walks. I didn’t know of this place beforehand despite having been near it several times before, it not being far from St-Malo, yet it is described as Brittany’s third most important site (which seems a bit over the top considering some of the other places).
What it basically consists of these days is about 70 big white quartz stones arranged in 5 lines perhaps 6 which are not quite parallel as they converge towards the east and apparently focus on a large stone of which I found no obvious evidence. It really is a nice quiet calming place away from all the busy roads and bustle of this part of Brittany.
Why are these stones here ? Well legend tells us it was the fairies who were building Mont St-Michel who got tired carrying their stones out to sea and they dropped them here.
Just to the north of the stones is an open field with various structures within it which is used for a festival each year to celebrate the stones. It’s been happening longer than anyone can tell on or around the Fete St Pierre. This year (2005) the “Fête des Megalithes” will happen on Saturday July 16th and there will be a big feast bands playing dancing and fireworks. Within this festival ground there is a large gravel circle with 8 telegraph poles arranged around the outside and then a further 4 at the cardinal points positioned outside them. Various other poles are dotted about some with white painted bottoms some with black. I like to think it is for some ancient dancing and festivity but my sister told me it was probably for a large tent. Surely any tent would come with its own poles !
As I said I didn’t know of this lovely place before I learn something every day. It had a lovely atmosphere and was very pleasant to just sit there in the shade.
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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Champ Dolent Menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.602 Date Added: 13th Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Champ Dolent menhir submitted by thecaptain on 6th Jul 2005. Champ Dolent menhir.
At more than 9 metres tall, its a bigg 'un.
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Log Text: This is a glorious 9 metre tall shaped and sculpted granite menhir, the stone for which has been brought here from over 4 kilometres away. It stands high on a little hillock overlooking the ancient city of Dol, with the rock which has been inhabited for many thousands of years just beyond that. At its base is another small and polished stone, the origins of which are unknown.
Looking carefully at parts of the stone in the shadow, and it wouldn't surprise me if there are carvings on it. Having seen St Samson, it seems possible to make out various crosses and lines and daggers. Or is this just me seeing things now ?
This is of course another stone surrounded by legends and folklore. It is said to be here to commemorate a great battle perhaps. It is also said that it was thrown down from the sky by an over seeing being in order to separate two fighting brothers. Whatever, it is a most wonderful stone. Come and see it for yourselves.
Champ Dolent Menhir
Trip No.208 Entry No.6 Date Added: 13th Jun 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2008. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Champ Dolent menhir submitted by rw1 on 2nd Mar 2008. 09/2007
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Chantecoq dolmen
Trip No.204 Entry No.261 Date Added: 9th Sep 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Centre:Eure-et-Loire (28))
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Chantecoq dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 10th Feb 2007. Here there is a big natural outcropping of rocks, which may have been used for dolmen making.
There is lots of it, and it makes very good slabs, and in many ways reminds me of the rock outcrops / quarries at Tinkinswood.
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Log Text: Marked on my ign map near to the village of Ymeray is the Dolmen de Chantecoq. I had a good look around, but could find no obvious signs to a dolmen of any kind, but there was a trackway called "Sentier des Roches" which I found near to the railway bridge, so I went for a walk up there. After several hundred metres was a little area being turned into a little public parkland, with picnic tables etc. Here there is a big natural outcropping of rocks, which may have been used for dolmen making. There is lots of it, and it makes very good slabs, and in many ways reminds me of the rock outcrops / quarries at Tinkinswood. It looks like there are soon to be some interpretive signs put here, but without any more information, it was difficult to know exactly what there is here.
Within the soon to be grassy area is a slab of rock, half on the ground, half on another stone, which may be the remains of a dolmen. At the top of this stone are four grooves and a little basin, where it has been used as a polishing stone.
Chapel Carn Brea Cairns
Date Added: 8th Aug 2022
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chapel Carn Brea Cairns submitted by Bladup on 19th Nov 2013. Stones of the kerb cairn at SW 38372806. It is 5.5m in diameter and is about 1.5m high on the lower, west side and 0.5m high on the east. The interior is earth filled to within 0.2m of the top of the inner kerb, of which three upright slabs can be detected. Five stones of the outer kerb can be seen.
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Log Text: As it is such a lovely afternoon, I decided to climb Chapel Carn Brea hill with its cairns, and a fabulous view all the way around, the Isles of Scilly very clear out in the distance. Apart from the large hilltop cairn, there are clearly a couple of other cairns up here. First is an elongated stone structure on the southern hilltop, quite near to the modern firebeacon. It appears to have a kerb structure around a large chamber at the southern end. Secondly is an obvious cairn to the northwest of the hilltop, just downslope of the summit. It seems to have been a round cairn with internal chamber, which has been dug into in the past.
Chapel Carn Brea Tomb
Date Added: 8th Aug 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chapel Carn Brea Tomb submitted by enkidu41 on 29th Aug 2004.
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Log Text: As it is such a lovely afternoon, I decided to climb Chapel Carn Brea hill with its cairns, and a fabulous view all the way around, the Isles of Scilly very clear out in the distance. The main hilltop cairn is very large, but very difficult to make anything out properly as it has been very mutilated. Could it once have been a bit like Carn Gloose, with a large internal cairn surrounded by a ring, with at least one chamber?
Chapel Euny Well 2
Date Added: 9th Aug 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Chapel Euny Well 2 submitted by AngieLake on 5th Jul 2019. The dappled sunlight made the site even more inviting.
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Log Text: From Boscawen-Un stone circle I move on to Carn Euny, walking up to the village via an old well site, in the very dark shade below some trees.
Chapelle de Lannourec stèle
Trip No.203 Entry No.481 Date Added: 26th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Chapelle de Lannourec stèle submitted by theCaptain on 21st Dec 2010. The octagonal shaped Iron Age granite stèle seen here in its setting below the Chapelle de Lannourec.
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Log Text: There is an octagonal shaped Iron Age granite stèle about 2 metres tall which can be found just below the Chapelle de Lannourec, and by the springs. It has a large groove cut down one side.
Just below the Chapelle de Lannourec, are several springs and wells. This is obviously a very old sacred place, with its remaining sprngs, and stèle to be seen, as well as the Chapel.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bon Voyage cairns
Trip No.203 Entry No.477 Date Added: 26th May 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bon Voyage cairns submitted by theCaptain on 18th Jun 2012. A couple of large cairns can be found, the footpath goes right over the top of one, but nothing else can be seen due to all the gorse and bracken covering everything here.
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Log Text: On the ridge to the southeast of the Chapelle de Notre Dame de Bon Voyage is a large cairn, which I am lead to believe contains remains of a large compartmented burial chamber. A large cairn can be found, a footpath goes right over the top of it, but nothing else can be seen due to all the gorse and bracken covering everything here. It is possible that there are several more cairns to be found around here.
Chapelle-des-Sept-Saints
Trip No.203 Entry No.552 Date Added: 2nd Jun 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2005
Chapelle-des-Sept-Saints submitted by thecaptain on 5th Jul 2005. Chapelle-des-Sept-Saints, not too far from Lannion in Brittany.
The chapel is built right on top of a dolmen, which makes up the southern crypt, which can be seen through the square entrance, slightly below ground level.
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Log Text: I had terrible trouble finding this from the south. The road signs are almost non existent, and very inconsistent, and its all windy lanes and farm tracks. None of the roads, or the names on any of the rare signs seem to agree with the maps. I think the maps are in French, while the signs are in Breton ! I eventually found it by a bit of a fluke, after travelling for a fair distance along a road I was wanting to turn round on, and go back, there it was, right in front of me. That said, when I left, and went northwards, it couldn’t be much problem to find it coming from the north, it seems like one road to get there, and its signposted from the main road.
By the time I got here, it was 7:00 pm, and it was all closed up. However, there was a little sign outside telling you about the place in four languages, one of which was English. The Chapel is built right on top of a dolmen, (Stivel dolmen), and the southern Crypt is within the dolmen itself. The dolmen is a big one, and a registered historic monument, being about 4 metres by 2 metres, made with 4 sidestones and 2 capstones. From the outside, there is a little gated doorway, through which you can see partly into the inside, and the dolmen is plain to see. It has been adapted somewhat for its new role, and I think that there are little statues of the seven saints contained in alcoves within the dolmen.
Now this is one way of Christianising an ancient site !!! although it must be said that the chapel is a place of pilgrimage for Moslems. So, there’s at least three beliefs all coming together at the same place.
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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