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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 |
| Betty Watson's Hill | Round Barrow(s) | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 28th Jul 2012 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Accessed by a short walk from Piercebridge, through a wood and field. Tumulus is easily visible as you exit the wood, beside a PROW. Oak tree on edge of mound. Depression in the top may be where a dig has taken place. | ||
| Copt Hill | Cairn | England | Tyne and Wear | Visited | Copt Hill is City of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, not County Durham. | ||||||
| Ephesus Temple of Artemis | Ancient Temple | Turkey | Visited | 1st Jan 2009 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Hasting Hill | Round Barrow(s) | England | Tyne and Wear | Visited | 23rd Jul 2012 | 2 | 4 | 3 | The tumulus is just the very top of the hill, underneath the trig point. The hill itself is an outcrop of the magnesian limestone. Very colourful today, with dozens of species of wild flowers including hundreds of Pyramidal Orchids. The fly tipping along the track below the hill detracts from the am... Read More |
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| Howe Hill (Piercebridge) | Round Barrow(s) | England | Yorkshire (North) | Visited | 4 | 4 | 4 | Not immediately noticeable, as it has been planted with large lime trees. Can be seen from Betty Watson's tumulus. | |||
| Maiden Castle (Durham) | Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle | England | County Durham | Visited | 23rd Jul 2012 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Miletus | Ancient Village or Settlement | Turkey | Visited | 4th Apr 2009 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Offerton Cursus | Cursus | England | Tyne and Wear | Visited | 23rd Jul 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Under crops, nothing visible in July. | ||
| Offerton Cursus | Cursus | England | Tyne and Wear | Visited | 23rd Jul 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Under crops, nothing visible at time of my visit. | ||
| Old Fulling Mill Museum of Archaeology | Museum | England | County Durham | Visited | 4 | 5 | 4 | The ambience score should be 6, with its superb location below the cathedral in this world heritage site. | |||
| St Michael and All Angels (Houghton-le-Spring) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | England | Tyne and Wear | Visited | This site is in Tyne and Wear, not County Durham. | ||||||
| St. Oswald's Well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | County Durham | Visited | 23rd Sep 2012 | 4 | 4 | 3 | A lovely site. Ivy hangs over the entrance of the small cave, and the water was running clean and strong. | ||
| The Museum of Antiquities | Museum | England | Visited | 4 | 4 | 5 |