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Sites AstroGeologist has logged on trip number: 7 (View all trips) View these posts as a blog
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Sites AstroGeologist has logged on trip number: 7 (View all trips) View these posts as a blog
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| Site Name (A/D) |
Site Type | Country (A/D) |
County/ Region | Visited? (A/D) |
Date (A/D) |
Cond | Amb | Acc | Comments | Trip Number (A/D) |
Trip Order |
| Galabraes | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | West Lothian | Visited | 25th Aug 2018 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Gala Braes Menhir :
A 1.6m tall Whinstone Menhir, situated on a ridge 160m above sea level.
It is approximately aligned to the cardinal points, and lies about 1.9km (as the Crow flies) to the South of Cairnpapple.
The Southern Face of the Menhir looks out over the low lying countryside, wi... Read More |
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| Knock Stone Circle | Modern Stone Circle etc | Scotland | West Lothian | Visited | 25th Aug 2018 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Knock Stone Circle :
The Knock Stone Circle has 50 stones, with 17 of them in the smaller circle (although an 18th one may have been moved and now laying in the centre next to the Dolmen)
Inside the inner circle is a mini Dolmen raised up off the grass by 3 tiny stones, and a small Menhir to th... Read More |
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| Cairnpapple Hill | Round Cairn | Scotland | West Lothian | Visited | 25th Aug 2018 | 3 | 5 | 3 | Cairnpapple :
The site contains ;
*Neolithic Henge & Timber post holes
*Bronze Age Cists and Cairns
*Iron age burials
The main attraction is the Cairn with burial Cists inside. What was once a solid Cairn packed tight with thousands of stones, and burial Cists in the centre, it is now empt... Read More |
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| Gormyre | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | West Lothian | Visited | 25th Aug 2018 | 4 | 3 | 3 | Gormyre Menhir :
Made of Red Grit Sandstone, the Menhir is small, only 1.2m tall, but it isnt the size thats important, it's the location that is. l tried to picture the landscape when this may have been placed here, l cant imagine too much having changed, apart from the flora perhaps, and maybe... Read More |
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| Torphichen Churchyard Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Scotland | West Lothian | Visited | 25th Aug 2018 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Torpichen Cup Marked Menhir :
This 75cm tall Cup Marked Menhir sits in the graveyard of the Torpichen Preceptory, which was built around the site of the Menhir by the Knights Hospitallers in 1168, who built the Preceptory on the site of an earlier Celtic Cell.
The Menhir has associations with I... Read More |
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