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Pointe de Primel menhir
Trip No.193 Entry No.24 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 31st May 1993
Pointe de Primel menhir submitted by Recusant on 22nd Sep 2016. The Pointe de Primel menhir at dusk.
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Wonderful camp-site right on the Pointe de Primel, so I went to look for this menhir marked on the map. I don't remember finding it, so perhaps it was still fallen back then, or it was the dolmen I couldn't find and the menhir was of lesser interest. After a beer and shower, we cycled for an ace meal round the other side of the bay at Le Diben, where I made the waitress laugh because of my Quebec accent and expressions!
Pointe De Primel Dolmen
Trip No.193 Entry No.25 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Couldn't find on 31st May 1993
Pointe De Primel Dolmen submitted by karolus on 10th Jan 2018. General mound of brambles over the dolmen, with some toppled outliers.
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Wonderful camp-site right on the Pointe de Primel, so I went to look for this dolmen marked on the map, but I couldn't find it under the undergrowth. After a beer and shower, we cycled for an ace meal round the other side of the bay at Le Diben, where I made the waitress laugh because of my Quebec accent and expressions!
Toul an Lann menhir
Trip No.193 Entry No.21 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Saw from a distance on 31st May 1993
Toul an Lann menhir submitted by Martin_L on 31st Jan 2009. Toul-al-Lann Menhir.
Situated in a field right North of the Lannion Saint-Michel-en-Grève road (D 786). This fine Menhir is appr. 4m tall, an has a slender shape.
(May 2001)
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 3. Breton Corniche, Treburden, Lannion, Corniche Armorique to Primel Tregastel. Ace dinner at Diben.
Barnenez Cairn
Trip No.193 Entry No.31 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 1993. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Barnenez Cairn submitted by neolithique02 on 22nd Feb 2014. Cairn de Barnenez Site in Bretagne:Finistère (29) France
Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 4. Primel, Barnenez, picnic by Morlaix river. Carantec, St Pol de Leon, Roscoff. Overnight ferry back to Plymouth.
Kerivin Dolmen
Trip No.193 Entry No.32 Date Added: 13th Jul 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 1993
Kerivin dolmen submitted by TheCaptain on 22nd Jun 2011. This Tee shaped allee couverte is supposedly a very good example of the type, but in June 2005it had become very overgrown.
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Log Text: Cycling camping trip of north Brittany, day 4. Primel, Barnenez, picnic by Morlaix river. Carantec, St Pol de Leon, Roscoff. Overnight ferry back to Plymouth.
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.
Tossen-Keler Cromlech (1964-2018)
Trip No.195 Entry No.41 Date Added: 5th Jun 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Côtes-D'Armor (22))
Visited: Yes on 25th Jun 1995. My rating: Access 5
Tossen-Keler Cromlech (1964-2018) submitted by thecaptain on 25th May 2007. The cromlech that once surrounded Tossen Keler tumulus have been moved to the quayside at the pleasant old port town of Tréguier.
Much of the horseshoe is here, but there was once a few stones with engravings on them, which are now in some museum or other somewhere, and have been replaced here with more modern stones.
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Log Text: Cross Channel sailing trip from Plymouth, after a 19 hour crossing in rough conditions we berthed in Treguier for some well deserved rest and relaxation. The remains of this cromlech have been positioned on the quayside.
Peetje en Meetje
Date Added: 9th Apr 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Belgium (Oost-Vlaanderen)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 1998. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Peetje en Meetje submitted by Alta-Falisa on 23rd May 2014. Through the keyhole.
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Log Text: It annoys me that I have no photos of this from my visit in 1998. I had another look through my old boxes of photos and there was nothing at all that day of my cycling holiday, although I could have sworn differently. Perhaps my camera was left in my tent as we visited it on a day ride out from Oudenaaard. Very unlikely, I could swear I had pictures of a local windmill and the bar where we had lunch, but nothing was found.
Avebury
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Avebury Aerial 0507 submitted by JJ on 4th Nov 2003. Here's my theory: As you can see, the shadows cast on the western side of the circle point to the exact spot for the next stone in line. Perhaps this is why Avebury is more hexagonal in shape than round.
Based on this assumption, then it would be easy to work out the heights of the missing stones without too much difficulty. Maybe the distance between each stone along this side was calculated not by 'linear measurement' but rather set by the preceding stone and shadow cast.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Longstone Cove
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Longstone Cove submitted by Humbucker on 5th Jan 2019. Longstones Cove basking in the sunlight on one of the last bright days of late Autumn 2018. The Ridgeway looms if the background.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Longstones Barrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Longstones Barrow submitted by SumDoood on 6th Sep 2019. 040919: From the WSW.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Windmill Hill (Avebury)
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Windmill Hill (Avebury) submitted by Postman on 5th Feb 2017. Barrows and ditches
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Picket Barrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Picket Barrow submitted by Thorgrim on 13th Oct 2003. Picket Barrow is a fine bell-barrow standing within the Causewayed enclosure of Windmill Hill.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Windmill Hill Barrows
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Windmill Hill Barrows submitted by Humbucker on 29th Dec 2018. The big barrow an the top of Windmill Hill.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Old Bath Road Tumulus
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Old Bath Road Tumulus submitted by vieveforward on 23rd Mar 2017. Bronze Age round barrow with WW2 gun emplacement inserted into it. One of the brick entrances can be seen from this side. Visited in December 2014.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Roughridge Hill Long Barrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Roughridge Hill Long Barrow submitted by dooclay on 28th Aug 2022. Looking back across the Longbarrow
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Easton Down Long Barrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Easton Down Long Barrow submitted by dooclay on 28th Aug 2022. Longbarrow from the SE
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Horton Down
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue
Wansdyke
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Oct 1998
Wansdyke submitted by Thorgrim on 9th Jun 2005. Section of the Wansdyke where it crosses the road between Fyfield and Alton Priors. Wansdyke stretches for 45 miles from Bristol to Marlborough and can be walked for much of the way. As it is still quite high, it is free from 4x4 off road vandalism and can be a much pleasanter walk than the unfortunate and much abused Ridgeway.
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke from SU040666 to SU099647, then back up Kennet Avenue
East Kennett longbarrow
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 4th Oct 1998
East Kennett longbarrow submitted by Humbucker on 21st Nov 2017. East Kennet Longbarrow. Without the leaves on the trees you can appreciate just how big this longbarrow is!
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Log Text: Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue