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Coate circle
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Aug 2002. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 5
Coate circle submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Nov 2007. Coate Circle, wedged between Swindon and the M4 Motorway, visited with permission of the landowner 25/11/07. 5 Stones remain in an arc; 1 additional stone is to the SE towards a tree, and a further stone to the S. There is another stone to the W in a field in front of a barn, visible from the main circle.
An attempt to get something atmospheric from the ruinous circle...
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Coberley
Date Added: 7th Aug 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Aug 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Coberley submitted by TheCaptain on 7th Aug 2021. Substantial remains of a longbarrow beside a lovely old green trackway partway down a ridge on the downslope from the top of the Cotswold Hills above the small village of Coberley
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Log Text: Cotswold Way walk around Leckhampton Hill from Seven Springs, south to Ullenwood, turning east past Cuckoopen Farm and then down past the substantial remains of a longbarrow beside a lovely old green trackway partway down a ridge on the downslope from the top of the Cotswold Hills above the small village of Coberley.
Coët Correc allée couverte
Trip No.203 Entry No.584 Date Added: 8th Jun 2020
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 26th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Coët Correc allée couverte submitted by greywether on 26th Jun 2005. Detail of the entrance and porthole at the E end.
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Log Text: A few kilometres to the east of Liscuis can be found this nice allée couverte. Once off the busy N.?? Road, it is thankfully signposted, as it's a bit of a tortuous journey to get there. From a parking place up a steep lane, it's then several hundred metres of walking, some of which is overgrown, to find the monument.
Once you get there, you are immediately taken aback by what has happened to it, presumably as an act of christianisation, as a large double staircased calvary has been built right over the end of the chamber ! A most interesting feature !
The prehistoric remains are of an 11 metre long allée couverte, facing east at 095°, but with a lateral entry on the southern side near the eastern end. The main chamber is about 1.5 metres wide, up to 2 metres tall, and is paved, but has only the two westernmost capstones still in place. There is a little vestibule arrangement south of the entry, which is blocked off with two doorstones, which have an oval entrance carved into them, which is only just big enough for me to squeeze through, a very nice feature. A pity it was all a bit overgrown though.
Coet-ar-Bei
Trip No.203 Entry No.399 Date Added: 14th May 2020
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Coet-ar-Bei submitted by binardino on 9th Jun 2006. Caesar's Chair alignement in morbihan.
we can see on picture Caesar's seat on left of the picture. Legend says that Caesar was standing up on this stone during a battle. true or false?
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Log Text: Travelling along the Chemin des Megalithes, I was wondering what would surprise me next, and the first thing I come to along this path has done it already. What on Earth is this ? Loads of big stones in a wood just off the track. At first it looked like another rectangle, but then I saw more stones. And more. And More.
Some of them are quite big and well over 3 metres tall. Some are lined up, perhaps about 10 rows, with the biggest stone in each row lined up perpendicular to each other, making a massive checkerboard formation. But they are not all in straight lines.
It is wonderful, I think I could spend hours here, but its already 6:00pm and I am getting further away, and not nearer to the van! Must get on. The Chaise de César is no doubt the large chair like menhir at the end of one of the rows. I couldn't get up there to have a sit down - its too high for me alone. I have just had a look at the maps, and none of this is marked on there.
Coetan Arthur Dolmen
Date Added: 29th Oct 2019
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jan 2018
Coetan Arthur Dolmen submitted by TheCaptain on 26th Jan 2018. Coetan Arthur Dolmen September 2015
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Coeur de Birette
Trip No.205 Entry No.12 Date Added: 13th Oct 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Centre:Indre-et-Loire (37))
Visited: Yes on 30th Aug 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Coeur de Birette submitted by thecaptain on 17th Jun 2008. In the gardens of the Chateau de Grand Pressigny is a polissoir stone called (I believe) the Coeur de Birette, moved to here from the nearby village of Le Petit Pressigny.
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Log Text: In the gardens of the Chateau de Grand Pressigny are, amongst many other things, a polissoir stone called (I believe) the Coeur de Birette ???.
Coffin Stone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2004
Coffin Stone submitted by thecaptain on 1st Sep 2004. Whatever this site is, or was, it is obviously in a varying state, as there are now more stones here than in the previous pictures on the portal.
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Cohporh Menhir
Trip No.203 Entry No.341 Date Added: 10th May 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 3
Cohporh menhir submitted by thecaptain on 11th May 2006. This poor menhir is totally enclosed by massive undergrowth, and just the top of the 3.5 metre tall stone can be seen poking its head out.
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Log Text: This poor menhir is totally enclosed by massive undergrowth, and just the top of the 3.5 metre tall stone can be seen poking its head out. It looks to be a good one in there somewhere.
Coinche polissoir
Trip No.204 Entry No.236 Date Added: 5th Sep 2020
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: France (Centre:Loiret (45))
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2007. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 3
Coinche polissoir submitted by thecaptain on 12th Feb 2007. Coinche polissoir stones can be seen here in the ploughed field.
The Coinche menhir stands in the field of sunflowers beyond the polissoir stones, towards the top end of the wood.
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Log Text: About 80 metres from the menhir are several large rocks laying flat in the next field. One of these stones has three lovely polishing grooves in the top at one side, each about 50 cm long, and a big cuvette basin for polishing the flat sides. As for the menhir, these stones are in a cropped field, and not normally possible to find, but I was again taken to them. There were more polishing grooves elsewhere on the rocks, but these have been broken off when the rocks were partly broken several hundred years ago to build houses. Somebody has a house with polishing grooves incorporated in their walls !
It is now all very dry land round here, but in the past this was an area of swamp and marsh, which would have provided the water necessary for the polishing task. The ancient people didn't live here, but had a village a bit further down the valley.
Also found near here in the past was a portable polishing stone, which is now in the safe keeping of a museum somewhere.
These two stones would have been impossible for me to find and see had it not been for the kindness and help of the farmers wife. And although she spoke quick French, I gained a lot of information from her that I would otherwise never have been able to find out. She is obviously very proud to have these stones on her land, and interested in them. Many thanks to her.
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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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-de-la-Bole menhir
Trip No.205 Entry No.118 Date Added: 9th Nov 2020
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: France (Languedoc:Hérault (34))
Visited: Yes on 15th Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Col-de-la-Bole menhir submitted by thecaptain on 13th Mar 2009. I saw no carvings on the front (now the back in the shadows), although supposedly there are some to be seen.
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Log Text: Driving west along the D.14 road towards Le Salvetat, in a rush to get diesel and washing done, I saw a sign to menhir Col-de-la-Bole, so of course I just had to go and have a look. At the top of a steep track is the broken off top of a statue-menhir, only about 0.75 metres of it, with its back having had a bishops cross carved into it. I saw no carvings on the front, although supposedly there are some, but I was in a bit of a rush.
Colchester Castle Museum
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Essex)
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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Cold Aston
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jan 2007
Cold Aston submitted by thecaptain on 7th Jan 2007. Cold Aston longbarrow seen close up at the northwestern end.
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Coldrum
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Sep 2004
Coldrum submitted by thecaptain on 3rd Sep 2004. The eastern face of Coldrum long barrow. It is said that it was built on a natural terrace in the chalk landscape, which has now partly worn away due to erosion, so letting the eastern end of the barrow collapse down the slope.
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Colého Menhir
Trip No.204 Entry No.31 Date Added: 6th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Couldn't find on 11th Jul 2005
Colého menhir submitted by Ogham on 19th Dec 2011. Site in Bretagne:Morbihan (56) France
The menhir is well hidden in the woods at GPS location
47 47.943N 002 45.029W it is 6m in height, 1m in width and 0.5m in depth.
The location was obtained by hand held GPS.
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Log Text: Marked on my map as not far from the roadside near to a junction, I thought that this would be an easy menhir to visit. However, the woodland is very thick and filled with bracken, and I could not get to see it.
Collard Tor E
Date Added: 30th Apr 2022
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Would like to visit
Collard Tor E submitted by SandyG on 27th Sep 2014. The eastern row without labels. View from north west.
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Collard Tor W
Date Added: 30th Apr 2022
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Would like to visit
Collard Tor W submitted by SandyG on 27th Sep 2014. The western row. Natural clitter makes it more difficult to see this row. View from north along the row.
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Colline de Moulin Menhir
Trip No.205 Entry No.194 Date Added: 26th Nov 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Languedoc:Gard (30))
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2005. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Colline de Moulin menhir submitted by regina on 13th Dec 2009. Colline de Moulin menhir in Gard (30) France
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Log Text: From the cemetary to the south of Aubais, walk southwest up the little track to the ancient windmill, and after about 800 metres you arrive at the top of this windy little hill. Here, about 50 metres from the old windmill, has been re-erected the menhir, mended from several parts and mounted on a little plinth. It is only about 1.5 metres high, but has several legends associated with it. There are three circular cupules to be seen in the southern face.
Colombiers-sur-Seulles tumulus
Trip No.202 Entry No.2 Date Added: 25th Mar 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Normandie:Calvados (14))
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2005. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Colombiers-sur-Seulles tumulus submitted by TheCaptain on 7th May 2005. Colombiers-sur-Seulles tumulus, Calvados.
The circular burial chamber in the northern side of the mound.
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Log Text: A long barrow which has been excavated and destroyed several times in the past but which has recently been restored to some form of its former glory by local enthusiasts. It is situated about half a kilometre east of the village just beyond the menhir signposted in a little copsed area just south of the road.
The barrow is about 50 metres in length and about 9 metres in width at the narrow west end and 18 metres width at the wide eastern end with an orientation of 280°. It is about 5 metres in height at its maximum and has several drystone walled sections running around it. In the middle of the mound is a little circular burial chamber about 2.5 metres in diameter with its entrance chamber running from the north side at an orientation of 010°. The chamber is made using 6 large upright stones with drystone walling between them but how much is now original is not known. The view along the entrance chamber does not see over the local horizon which is just a hundred metres or so distant. At the smaller western end there is a pair of large upright stones set into the external wall and as far as I can find once formed the entrance to another smaller burial chamber.
This is obviously now a well looked after and cared for monument set within a fenced off area using rustic fencing and also within the area are a mock up of an ancient oven and some hearths. with drystone walling between them but how much is now original is not known.