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The Beacon Cairns
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 9th Feb 2019
The Beacon Cairns submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Feb 2019. At the summit of The Beacon near Altarnun a couple of cairns are marked.
I did not get a proper look, but they looked to be in a bit of a ruinous state.
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Dolmen Don Bosco
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Switzerland (Wallis)
Visited: Yes on 7th Feb 2019
Dolmen Don Bosco submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Feb 2019. Archaeologists in the canton of Valais have discovered a 5,000-year dolmen, or megalithic tomb, during construction of an underground garage.
Picture from www.lenouvelliste.ch
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Cat's Well
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jan 2019
Cat's Well submitted by TheCaptain on 28th Jan 2019. Was out for a post Burns night walk to blow away the cobwebs, and passed this well
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Ringmoor Down Stone Row
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jan 2019
Ringmoor Down Stone Row submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Jan 2019. Ringmoor Down Stone Row looking back south uphill towards the circle.
April 2013
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Tumuli Landes de Jobourg
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 18th Jan 2019
Tumuli Landes de Jobourg submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Jan 2019. Plot of the Joburg Tumuli site by R. Lemière in 1962
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Cow Stone (Shropshire)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jan 2019
Cow Stone (Shropshire) submitted by TheCaptain on 9th Jan 2019. From Mitchell's Fold stone circle, we walked on along the trackway northeasterly direction to find the Dead Cow Stone, stated as being 400 metres away. Nothing. Kept walking and eventually found it right beside the track almost double that distance away.
November 2018
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Norton Camp (Shropshire)
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jan 2019
Norton Camp (Shropshire) submitted by TheCaptain on 5th Jan 2019. The large double ramparts of Norton Camp, northeastern section, November 2018
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King Doniert's Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jan 2019
King Doniert's Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Jan 2019. Inspecting the inscription on King Doniert's Stone in 1973
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Wern Derys
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jan 2019
Wern Derys submitted by TheCaptain on 3rd Jan 2019. I found a side lane off to the south of the lane, guarded by a magnificent old oak tree with a wooden sign hanging on it, and various carved pumpkins etc positioned around
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Heel Stone
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Dec 2018
Heel Stone submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Dec 2018. I have been sorting through the old family slides, and found these of Stonehenge from I believe 1969. I thought I would share them here.
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Holmhead stone circle
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Dec 2018
Holmhead stone circle submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Dec 2018. Newly discovered Recumbent Stone Circle near Holmhead farm, in the parish of Leochel-Cushnie in Aberdeenshire.
image from https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/historic-stone-circle-discovered-at-north-east-farm/
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Stretton Sheela
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Nov 2018
Stretton Sheela submitted by TheCaptain on 23rd Nov 2018. Above the old Norman doorway on the north side of the church at Church Stretton is a much older carved Sheela-na-gig stone, presumably from an earlier time and built into the church.
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Wavering Down cairn
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2018
Wavering Down cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Nov 2018. Cairn at the top of Wavering Down at the western end of the Mendip Hills (viewed looking west).
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The Stiperstones
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2018
The Stiperstones submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Nov 2018. The large cairn on the top of the Stiperstones ridge, between Manstone Rock and the Devil's Chair.
Its over 500m above sealevel, and we were in the clouds on this November day.
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Mitchell's Fold outlier
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2018
Mitchell's Fold outlier submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Nov 2018. The cairn near the outlier at Mitchell's Fold.
Corndon Hill in the fading light beyond
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Shooting Box Disc Barrow
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2018
Shooting Box Disc Barrow submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Nov 2018. The large barrow on the top of Long Mynd where the road crosses over.
View looking west with Corndon Hill in the distance
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Killievair
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2018
Killievair submitted by TheCaptain on 1st Nov 2018. Borrowed from Historic Environment Scotland facebook page.
"While visiting the Killievair Standing Stone near Brechin recently, one of our Heritage Casework Team field officers found it had fallen over.
We commissioned the re-erection of the stone so the public could appreciate the monument as it was supposed to be.
This involved moving the stone, undertaking an excavation to record its socket and check for burials, and then re-erecting the stone in a new socket in its original locati...
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Cadbury Camp
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Oct 2018
Cadbury Camp submitted by TheCaptain on 20th Oct 2018. Noticeboard at the site
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Worms Head, Promontary Fort
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 17th Oct 2018
Worms Head, Promontary Fort submitted by TheCaptain on 17th Oct 2018. Worms Head, as seen from the top of Rhossili Down
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Bindon Hill
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 15th Oct 2018
Bindon Hill submitted by TheCaptain on 15th Oct 2018. The climb up to the top of Bindon Hill from West Lulworth. One of the cross ditches.
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