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Addington Long Barrow
Date Added: 9th May 2024
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 1995. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Addington Long Barrow submitted by bec-zog on 9th Oct 2003. Addington Park Chambered Long Barrow
TQ 653,591
Beside road from Wrotham Heath to Addington
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Log Text: I visited the barrow on the same afternoon as visiting the Chestnuts nearby. Could only view from the roadside and to be honest mot much was visible in the long grass but a couple of stones which were on the tomb's kerb. Disappointing.
Arbor Low 1
Date Added: 10th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Oct 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Arbor Low 1 submitted by wildtalents on 9th May 2024. On a freezing Peak District morning, blowing a gale, the clouds finally parted and there on the horizon was the faint beginnings of a rainbow. Arbor Low is beautiful and that really was the cherry on the cake.
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Log Text: Oh this is a magnificent place, for scenery it is second only to Castlerigg I would say. The day I visited was blowing an absolute gale but just as I was deciding to abandon ship, completely chilled to the bone, a gap appeared in the clouds and a rainbow on the horizon. I absolutely have to go back, in better weather, and explore properly.
Arthur's Stone
Date Added: 20th May 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2001. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Arthur's Stone submitted by wildtalents on 17th May 2024. More than twenty years ago I uploaded an image to the site before becoming a member later on. This photo was from the same reel of film... yup, remember those? The little lad on the right is a dad himself these days. And that's me on the left.
We were renting a cottage somewhere near Leominster, together with sister and brother in law and their young son. Arthur's Stone was a nice day out for us.
A day or two later I picked up a good copy of The Old Straight Track in Hay. It was great...
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Log Text: After a bit of a struggle with map reading, we fluked finding the site, and could park just yards away on the layby. It's a marvellous place and the cracked capstone adds to the marvellousness, in an odd way. Fantastic views across the Golden Valley and definitely a site I'd like to return to.
There's a clearly defined passageway/crawl-space to one side leading to the dolmen.
Avebury
Date Added: 15th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Avebury submitted by wildtalents on 14th May 2024. The missus (foreground) referred to this as The Elephant Stone. While I see the resemblance, it looks more like a knight (as in the chess piece, Staunton design). But either way it's certainly one of the more evocative shapes of sarsen.
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Log Text: Having visited Avebury numerous times I've chosen the date when I last visited, which was already seven years ago. Each time we visited we would take a photo of one of us, or one of the kids, sat on the Devil's Chair, and by estimating ages (if the images themselves aren't dated) could come up with a chronology of some kind.
In 2004 we rented a cottage in the village for a week and that gave us a really good chance to explore more fully. When the kids got bored of that we took them to Swindon for the day. They liked it lol.
We walked the putative route of the Beckhampton Avenue one evening. There really are a lot of sarsens at the sides of the road, incorporated into walls, half-buried at the side of the road and so on. Pete Glastonbury's CD captured these very well.
The walk petered out at the Longstones, Adam and Eve, isolated in their field about two miles or so from Avebury village.
Avebury - The Cove
Date Added: 15th May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2001. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Avebury - The Cove submitted by wildtalents on 14th May 2024. I can't remember when this photo was taken but it was some years before the last time the Cove stones were caged off for stability works, early 2000s? These two stones can look so radically different from various angles and depending on the light, or time of year. Such mighty boulders!
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Log Text: On one of our visits to the village, in August 2001, the Cove was caged within some Heras fence or something of the type as works to stabilise the stones was being carried out. Or had been carried out. I think on at least one other visit a similar structure was in place too. So I chose a photograph taken in, I think, 2004. The mighty Cove stones are a monument in themselves. I might be dreaming this but I'm sure someone had a chicken run or a barn built up against one of the stones, maybe even as recently as Keiller's 'renovation'. (I'm moving house soon and my books are all packed in cartons but seem to remember there's a sketch, one of Stukeley's I think, in one of them. When the dust settles I'll see if I can find it.)
Much as I love Avebury as a whole, and the Cove in particular, my favourite part of the monument is the so-called Z feature, that fairly straight row of stones near the old Methodist church. How I wish the Obelisk stone was still there, not that vile concrete marker.
Barnhouse Settlement
Date Added: 17th May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Barnhouse Settlement submitted by wildtalents on 10th May 2024. One of the Barnhouse houses. The settlement is a stone's throw from the Stones of the Stenness and has a direct view of Maes Howe
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Log Text: A short ramble from the Stones of Stenness, there are several recognisable structures at ground level, with hearths and other characteristic features. Can't hold a candle to Skara Brae, but then what sites can?
Brimham Rocks
Date Added: 11th May 2024
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Brimham Rocks submitted by wildtalents on 10th May 2024. On a soggy day a few miles from Harrogate, 22 April 2023
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Log Text: Rather a grey damp day, hence the site was a bit slippy. Genuinely fun though, and I enjoyed the coy sign near the top of the site which points out all the landmarks you can see on the horizon BUT NOT the bloody awful RAF Menwith Hill NSA complex which we must all apparently pretend does not exist.
I enjoyed the local crows too, very accustomed to begging scraps from tourists but in a gentlemanly sort of a way.They park theyselves nearby, sneak a look at you every now and then, then politely look away in a "I'm just chillin' mate" kinda way. The second you chcuk them a bit of sausage roll though all decorum is abandoned and the victor speeds off to the nearest outcrop to munch smugly. Will definitely go back.
Bryn Celli Ddu
Date Added: 15th May 2024
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Apr 2013. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Bryn Celli Ddu submitted by wildtalents on 14th May 2024. I've plenty of better shots (somewhere) but the wonderful ziggyzag pattern on the stone in front of the portal is captured fairly well here.
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Log Text: A few miles away the Snowdonia peaks were still covered in snow and the lake at the foot of Snowdon was still frozen... but the first signs of a belated spring were all over Anglesey. Which made it a perfect day to visit and appreciate Bryn Celli Ddu, an absolutely perfect chambered tomb that you have to see.
Castlerigg
Date Added: 11th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Castlerigg submitted by wildtalents on 10th May 2024. Portal stones at Castlerigg with another stone being all arty in the foreground
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Log Text: I visited for the first time on my way back south from the Orkney Islands in 2015. The clouds were gathering and followed me home as far as Cambridge, more or less. If it weren't for the weather warning I would have risked a longer stay but having driven from Stromness was beginning to flag.
My second visit in 2023 gave me more time to really savour this utterly beautiful circle and to see it in the context of the surrounding hills (which were shrouded in mist the first time). So so wonderful.
Cerne Abbas Giant
Date Added: 8th May 2024
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 2 Access 5
Cerne Abbas Giant submitted by theCaptain on 2nd Nov 2013. The Cerne Abbas Giant in his latest disguise - having grown his own Movember facial hair.
Thanks to BBC for this picture
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Log Text: Viewed from the tourist car park it is a bit disappointing: you can't necessarily make out the whole outline of this chalk giant. When I get my helicopter license I'll have a better look. But if you're nearby it's worth a quick look-see.
Cherhill White Horse
Date Added: 11th May 2024
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 1997. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Cherhill White Horse submitted by SolarMegalith on 16th Oct 2010. Cherhill White Horse - the 18th century hill figure located below the earthwork of Oldbury Castle, an Iron Age hillfort (photo taken on June 2010).
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Log Text: Mainly glimpsed as driving by towards Avebury but I did make the climb up the hill for a closer look the one time. It's a bit smaller than Westbury WH and doesn't seem quite so well rendered but an impressive gee gee nonetheless.
Chestnuts
Date Added: 9th May 2024
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 1995. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Chestnuts submitted by enkidu41 on 8th Apr 2004. The stones are massive (the 2 capstones and some uprights weigh up to 10 tons) and once formed a rectangular chamber 12' long and 7' high entered through a facade of sarsen stones. The owner will suggest you try dowsing rods. Do so, because you will be able to trace out the full extent of the chamber and long gone mound. TQ 652 592
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Log Text: Having telephone Rose Alba to make an appointment I turned up the appointed hour and what a treat.Imagine having this in your back garden!
The owner of the property was very generous with her time, and had a clearly well rehearsed spiel all typed up on laminated sheets. This was very helpful indeed in interpreting the site. Before heading off to cook her tea, leaving me to explore on my own for a bit, she offered me some dowsing rods, demonstrated the art, and then I had a go. Uncanny. With no intervention from me the rods went spinning about ninety degrees and then back when crossing certain parts of the site. Less movement but still noticeable at other points. You'd gladly pay a tenner or more if it was a National Trust property.
Chysauster
Date Added: 17th May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Chysauster submitted by wildtalents on 15th May 2024. Partial view of the ancient settlement at Chysauster on a very wet spring morning, 2023.
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Log Text: I only had a day to explore Cornwall last 'summer' and the day I chose rained. constantly. all. day.
Chysauster is a fascinating site though, and easily found. It's quite a steep path from the car park but it's well maintained and fairly level.
Such a shame you can't at least have a peer inside the fogou but it has been vandalised far too much to risk further damage. The structures that survive are a little reminiscent of Skara Brae in some aspects but nowhere near as well-preserved. I would have appreciated seeing Carn Euny too but seem to recall it was not open that day.
Coldrum
Date Added: 9th May 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2003. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Coldrum submitted by Eric Jones on 16th Jun 2002. View of remains of Coldrum neolithic burial chamber, Kent. Shame there's no crop circle in the background to finish the pic off.
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Log Text: An amazing site: a really steeply banked mound with the chambered tomb about two-thirds the way up - I've never seen anything quite like it. There are a number of decent sized kerb stones around the front part of the mound which a nearby sign describes as a stone circle. The mound kind of merges with the landscape at the back so you can walk around the gentler slope to the left and sit up top looking down upon the tomb.
Cross Well (Faversham)
Date Added: 11th May 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Cross Well (Faversham) submitted by rhpb on 28th Jul 2023. The only pump I can find near this plaque is the Iron Victorian Grade II listed (ID: 1116164) pump in Market Square.
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Log Text: A 'part of the furniture' in Faversham market place, rarely give it a second glance if I'm honest. Often invaded by a fruit and veg stall on the Tuesday and Saturday markets. The Guildhall is quite picturesque and the nearby building that is partly occupied by a Chinese restaurant has an ancient-looking wooden door and the plaque commemorating Ss Crispan and Crispianus. There's a large house near the zebra crossing further down the Market Place that has a well in its kitchen, tapping the same spring. Most of the water is slurped up free of charge by the local mafia, er, I mean Shepherd Neame brewery,
Cuween Hill
Date Added: 17th May 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 16th Jul 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 2
Cuween Hill submitted by wildtalents on 10th May 2024. Inside, looking down the entrance way of Cuween Hill chambered cairn
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Log Text: A gem of a site, this is like a miniature Maes Howe. Not much room inside and very dark. There's a torch you can borrow but no guarantee the batteries will be any good so you might want to take your own. There are lots of details you will miss in the dark.
Devil's Arrows
Date Added: 8th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Devil's Arrows submitted by Humbucker on 27th Apr 2019. All three Devils Arrows looking from the north. The light improved for a brief few minutes & the sun made a brief appearance while I was there before turning into a flat, grey evening.
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Log Text: On a day when it never stopped raining it was still worth trudging (trespassing) through the farmer's knee-high crops of I don't know what, rather than gazing at the two smaller arrows from afar. The biggest arrow is across the road and mighty impressive.
Easy parking at the roadside: the site is now perched on the edge of a modern "little boxes" housing estate.
Duddo Five Stones
Date Added: 22nd Mar 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Abbotsbury Castle submitted by Bladup on 16th Apr 2024. Eastern side
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Log Text: Visited with Ian M. We took a circular walk approach, with a smattering of lost, which gave a great sense of getting to feel the site as it gradually came into view. Took the direct route back to the lay-by.
Duloe
Date Added: 17th May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Duloe submitted by wildtalents on 15th May 2024. Several of the impressive white quartz menhirs at Duloe, Cornwall, summer 2023
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Log Text: Although it's a tight little circle the stones are of an impressive height and seem to have been well-respected. One is a broken-off stump but it doesn't spoil the SC. The stones look like quartz, white but weathered. I really liked this circle.
Fernworthy
Date Added: 16th May 2024
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Fernworthy submitted by wildtalents on 15th May 2024. The Fernworthy (aka Froggymeade) stone circle looks nearly complete. Mostly quite small stones, standing on the edges of the forest.
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Log Text: On a cold grey Dartmoor day the Froggymeade circle was a real treat. Apart from a pony and her foal there was not another creature to be seen.
Initially, I parked near the reservoir and set off on foot but after about ten minutes the driving rain really intensified and I turned around. A small Peugoet passed me on the road and before I made it back to my car (another small Peugoet) the young woman driving the car motored past the other way, giving a friendly wave as she went. I encountered her twice more that same day as we meandered around the forest: almost old friends by then.
Anyhow I set the sat nav more in hope than expectation and drove off around the reservoir until a fork in the road had me flummoxed. (No satellite or phone signal.) I gazed at the map on my phone but it didn't make much sense either, so I opted to park left and walk right. By now the sun was out. This turned out to be a good guess as, finally, when I was starting to lose heart, the stones became visible on the right.
It's a compact circle on what seems to be a natural bowl of land. There might be a stone or two missing but the ring is pretty much complete and worth a few wrong turnings.
The Greywethers were to be my next port of call but that didn't quite work out!