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Longstone (Challacombe)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 17th Mar 2008
Longstone (Challacombe) submitted by thecaptain on 17th Mar 2008. The view from the top of Longstone Barrow, showing the situation of the Longstone, which can be seen as a small dark mark just below the skyline about two thirds to the right of the picture, easy to find (as in reality) by following the path from the barrow.
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Chapman Barrows Quincunx
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2008
Chapman Barrows Quincunx submitted by thecaptain on 16th Mar 2008. Looking up the slope from the bottom stone.
The broken central stone is in a depression beside the marsh grass below my bag - which marks the position of the upper stone.
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Drizzlecombe Cist 6
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Feb 2008
Drizzlecombe Cist 6 submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Feb 2008. Drizzlecombe Cist 6 looking southwest, with the upper end of row1 at the upper left of the picture.
There is a capstone 1.8 m by 1.2 m sitting on top of a broken box, which is now three side set slabs, probably two side slabs and a single end stone.
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Drizzlecombe menhir 3
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th Feb 2008
Drizzlecombe menhir 3 submitted by thecaptain on 15th Feb 2008. The northwestern flat face of Drizzlecombe menhir 3.
Several of the stones of row 1 can be seen in the background.
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Drizzlecombe menhir 1
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2008
Drizzlecombe menhir 1 submitted by thecaptain on 1st Feb 2008. Drizzlecombe menhir 1 viewed from the southwest, with the row running away to the left.
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Drizzlecombe cist 21
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jan 2008
Drizzlecombe cist 21 submitted by thecaptain on 20th Jan 2008. Drizzlecombe cist 21 is a splendid box cist, found further up the Drizzlecombe valley from the main sites, on the eastern side of the stream.
The remains of the tin workings in this picture should give some clues for finding it.
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Drizzlecombe cairn 14
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 19th Jan 2008
Drizzlecombe cairn 14 submitted by thecaptain on 19th Jan 2008. Seven side set stones touching together make up the remains of a stone ring here, less than half of the circumference, and about 3.5 metres in diameter.
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Trigalle dolmen
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 12th Jan 2008
Trigalle dolmen submitted by thecaptain on 12th Jan 2008. These large stones are in the wall of a barn, near to Trigalle hamlet.
Could this be the remains of the Dolmen de Trigalle, reported to have been destroyed in the early 1800s ?
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Le Cul du Diable
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 30th Dec 2007
Le Cul du Diable submitted by thecaptain on 30th Dec 2007. The stone is on the Manoir side of the road, perhaps 30 metres to the north of the entrance. Most of the stone is indeed enclosed within the hedgebank, but there is a clear part of it which is visible.
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Lanacombe 1
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Dec 2007
Lanacombe 1 submitted by thecaptain on 9th Dec 2007. This stone setting is more nearly on the ridgetop of Lanacombe Hill, with super views to the south and east.
Although the views when I was first here were shrouded in mist.
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Drizzlecombe stone 4
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 21st Nov 2007
Drizzlecombe stone 4 submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Nov 2007. Drizzlecombe stone 4 seen here looking south west over Gutter Mire.
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Broad Stone (Dorset)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Nov 2007
Broad Stone (Dorset) submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Nov 2007. Some of us mega Portal admins met up for lunch and a chat in Dorset today. And despite the apalling weather, we made the effort out of the pub to check out a few old things.
Here we are at the poor old Broadstone. Poor abused thing. We tidied it up a bit, making sure it doesn't become comletely buried.
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Craig-Y-Fan Ddu
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 14th Nov 2007
Craig-Y-Fan Ddu submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Nov 2007. On the southern slopes of Craig-Y-Fan Ddu are marked Stones on the 1:25000 OS map. They reminded me very much of the Exmoor stone settings.
View downhill towards the east.
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Bwlch Bach a'r Grib cairns
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Nov 2007
Bwlch Bach a'r Grib cairns submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Nov 2007. On top of the second hilltop on the Y Grib ridge, at SO18503073, is a stonebuilt round cairn about 10 metres in diameter.
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The Langstone
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2007
The Langstone submitted by TheCaptain on 1st Oct 2007. The Langstone, with Great Mis Tor in the background.
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White Tor (Peter Tavy)
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2007
White Tor (Peter Tavy) submitted by thecaptain on 1st Oct 2007. View of White Tor, from the Langstone.
It was once thought to be an iron age hillfort, but study of the structures has shown it to be a Neolithic enclosure, adapted over the millennia.
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St-Malo-de-la-Lande menhir
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Normandie:Manche (50))
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2007
St-Malo-de-la-Lande menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 30th Sep 2007. Beside a track near the top of the hill above the stream, a kilometre or so to the south of St Malo-de-le-Lande, can be found this menhir.
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Langstone Moor row 2
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2007
Langstone Moor row 2 submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Sep 2007. There is possibly a cairn to be found at the upper, northern end, and the remains of some sort of structure made with larger stones at a southern position, just about 70 metres from the Langstone.
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Langstone Moor stone row
Date Added: 18th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2007
Langstone Moor stone row submitted by TheCaptain on 18th Sep 2007. Running off to the north from the Langstone is the remains of a stone row, which can be followed for about 100 metres before it runs out.
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Devils Den
Date Added: 8th Oct 2020
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Sep 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Devils Den submitted by thecaptain on 18th Sep 2007. The view of Devil's Den in its landscape.
As seen from the pathway down from the ridge from the northeast.
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Log Text: As I was driving westwards along the A4 Sunday afternoon, I decided to stop in at the Devils Den for a look round, having not been there for many years - the stony delights a bit further west usually taking my attention. Knowing it is difficult to park on the A4 in order to walk up the track from Clatford Bottom, I decided to take the little road to the north, I believe towards Manstone farm, where there is a fairly large car park near to the racing stables. From there it is a pleasant walk along the ridge before dropping down into the valley where the Devils Den resides, with some nice views over the site as a whole to be had on the way (it always strikes me what a strange place this is for such a monument, low down in the valley like it is).
Unfortunately, when down on the overgrown trackway along the sarsen scattered valley bottom, there was no way into the field of the dolmen, with fences, nettles and much scrub preventing access to its field. Even getting to a point quite close by is not recommended in shorts - quite a painful experience ! I can only assume that the landowners are perhaps letting a fairly large strip of land become completely overgrown in order to deter people from clambering over the fences to go for a closer look.