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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 |
| St Peter's Church (Redmile) | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | England | Leicestershire and Rutland | Visited | 12th Mar 2022 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Salt Well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Lincolnshire | Visited | 10th Mar 2022 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Right on the southern boundary of the village, I can't believe that I have driven past this numerous times. Lots of running water from the pipe. | ||
| Holwell Mouth | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Leicestershire and Rutland | Visited | 26th Feb 2022 | 1 | This turned into a major expedition! I was in the area so decided to try and find the spring. I parked at the intersection with Clawson lane opposite the entrance to Fox Holes wood and the public footpath sign. A couple of dogwalkers advised me to walk the shorter way, around the west side of the wo... Read More |
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| St Michael and All Angels (Harston) | Ancient Cross | England | Leicestershire and Rutland | Visited | 23rd Jan 2022 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Bottesford Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Leicestershire and Rutland | Visited | 12th Jan 2022 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Linby Cross and Well | Ancient Cross | England | Nottinghamshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1983 | ||||||
| St Mary's Well (Newstead) | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Nottinghamshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1983 | ||||||
| Nottingham Castle Museum | Museum | England | Nottinghamshire | Visited | 1st Jan 2000 | ||||||
| Southwell Minster | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | England | Nottinghamshire | Visited | 1st Jan 2007 | ||||||
| Lligwy Burial Chamber | Chambered Tomb | Wales | Anglesey | Visited | 14th Sep 2021 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Llanfechell 1 | Standing Stones | Wales | Anglesey | Visited | 13th Sep 2021 | 3 | 4 | I parked in a big layby on the next corner to the footpath and the nice farmer directed me to the stones. There are about three stone wall stiles that involve a bit of a climb. Then the stones just pop out at you on the left, and are pretty impressive.
It seems to me that this is only part of a mo... Read More |
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| Maen Melyn (Lleyn) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 28th Jul 2021 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Maen Llwyd (Machynlleth) | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Powys | Visited | 21st Mar 2021 | 2 | 3 | 5 | What a strange location! I think the neighbours must be used to strange folk doing this now. | ||
| Pentre Ifan | Portal Tomb | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Visited | 28th Apr 2021 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Spectacular monument | ||
| Caerberllan Farm | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 2nd May 2021 | 4 | 3 | 5 | Just at the crossroads, behind a 5-bar gate | ||
| Pompeii | Ancient Village or Settlement | Italy | Marche | Visited | 1st Jul 1991 | ||||||
| Rudston Monolith | Standing Stone (Menhir) | England | Yorkshire (East) | Visited | 1st Aug 1990 | ||||||
| St Lawrence (Eyam) | Ancient Cross | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 1st May 1992 | ||||||
| St Lawrence (Eyam) | Ancient Cross | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 1st Aug 1988 | ||||||
| Warham Camp | Hillfort | England | Norfolk | Visited | 1st Jun 2000 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Craig Yr Aderyn | Hillfort | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 27th Feb 2021 | ||||||
| Happy Valley Tumulus | Round Barrow(s) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 28th Feb 2021 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Very visible on the right side of the Happy Valley road when travelling east. Just after the Chapel and phone box. | ||
| Craig Yr Aderyn | Hillfort | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 26th Feb 2021 | 4 | |||||
| Esguan Stone | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Saw from a distance | 16th Jan 2021 | 3 | 4 | Only visible from the footpath due to fencing | |||
| Waun Fach | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 22nd Jan 2021 | 4 | 4 | The stone is in a field just off the B road that leads from the A493, west of Llanegryn to Tonfanau. Located slightly east of the foopath, it stands proud on a naturally raised platform on the north side of the Dysynni river valley. The stone is smooth and black in places and has a large crack or fi... Read More |
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| Charnwood Museum | Museum | England | Leicestershire and Rutland | Visited | 20th May 2017 | ||||||
| Beacon Hill (Leicestershire) | Hillfort | England | Leicestershire and Rutland | Visited | 1st Jan 2015 | Visited frequently 2015-2019 | |||||
| Salt Knowe | Round Barrow(s) | Scotland | Orkney | Visited | 29th May 2018 | ||||||
| Borth Sands Submerged Forest | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | Wales | Ceredigion | Visited | The submerged forest and peat beds extend a little further north and can also be seen at low winter tides in Tywyn on the north side of the Dyfi Estuary | ||||||
| Newgrange | Passage Grave | Ireland (Republic of) | Co. Meath | Visited | 1st Jan 1991 | ||||||
| Tulum | Ancient Village or Settlement | Mexico | Quintana Roo | Visited | 1st Jan 2002 | ||||||
| Aswan Museum, Elephantine Island | Museum | Egypt | Upper Egypt (South) | Visited | 1st Jan 2009 | ||||||
| Elephantine Temple of Khnum | Ancient Temple | Egypt | Nubia | Saw from a distance | Viewed from the Nile | ||||||
| Tombs of the Nobles, Aswan | Rock Cut Tomb | Egypt | Upper Egypt (South) | Saw from a distance | 1st Jan 2009 | viewed from across the Nile | |||||
| Museum of Egyptian Antiquities | Museum | Egypt | Lower Egypt (North) | Visited | 18th May 2009 | ||||||
| Menkaure's Pyramid | Pyramid / Mastaba | Egypt | Lower Egypt (North) | Visited | 18th May 2009 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Giza Valley Temple | Ancient Temple | Egypt | Lower Egypt (North) | Visited | 18th May 2009 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Great Sphinx | Ancient Temple | Egypt | Lower Egypt (North) | Visited | 18th May 2009 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||
| Khafre's Pyramid | Pyramid / Mastaba | Egypt | Lower Egypt (North) | Visited | 18th May 2009 | ||||||
| Khufu's Pyramid | Pyramid / Mastaba | Egypt | Lower Egypt (North) | Visited | 18th May 2009 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Irthlingborough and Stanwick Barrows | Barrow Cemetery | England | Northamptonshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1990 | ||||||
| La Table des Marchands | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 1st Jan 1988 | Visited in 1988 as part of the Brittany Project. | |||||
| Creswell Crags | Cave or Rock Shelter | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1987 | 3 | 4 | I was part of the Manpower Services Scheme employed here in 1987-88. I excavated in Pin Hole Cave (1cm spits) | |||
| Stonehenge. | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1983 | 4 | Spent a week at the Stonehenge free festival in 1983 (had to go 250 miles home & back midway through to cash my giro!). | ||||
| Arbor Low 1 | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1987 | Visited with the MSC scheme folks from Creswell Crags, 1987 | |||||
| Cheddar Museum of Prehistory | Museum | England | Somerset | Visited | 1st Jan 1987 | 4 | Visited during a tour of sites in the SW of England 1987 | ||||
| Minning Low | Round Cairn | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1990 | 4 | visited in 1990 with Sheffield University undergrads, whilst excavating Wigber Low | ||||
| Wigber Low | Round Barrow(s) | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1990 | 2 | 4 | I excavated here in 1990 with Sheffield University | |||
| Flag Fen Visitors Centre | Museum | England | Cambridgeshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1989 | 3 | |||||
| Silbury Hill | Artificial Mound | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1989 | ||||||
| Grim's Ditch (Ridgeway, Bachelor's Hill) | Misc. Earthwork | England | Oxfordshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1989 | 4 | |||||
| Uffington White Horse | Hill Figure or Geoglyph | England | Oxfordshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1989 | 3 | |||||
| Wayland's Smithy | Long Barrow | England | Oxfordshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1989 | 4 | |||||
| West Kennett Long Barrow | Long Barrow | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1989 | 4 | |||||
| Goughs Cave (Cheddar) | Cave or Rock Shelter | England | Somerset | Visited | 1st Jan 1987 | ||||||
| Cherhill White Horse | Hill Figure or Geoglyph | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1987 | 3 | |||||
| Glastonbury Tor | Ancient Village or Settlement | England | Somerset | Visited | 1st Jan 1987 | 4 | |||||
| Skara Brae | Ancient Village or Settlement | Scotland | Orkney | Visited | 29th May 2018 | ||||||
| Ring of Brodgar | Stone Circle | Scotland | Orkney | Visited | 29th May 2018 | ||||||
| Nine Ladies | Stone Circle | England | Derbyshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1987 | ||||||
| Gavrinis Cairn | Cairn | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 1st Jan 1988 | Visited in 1988 as part of an archaeological project | |||||
| Drombeg Stone Circle | Stone Circle | Ireland (Republic of) | Co. Cork | Visited | 1st Jan 2010 | Visited in 2010 with Lou & the legendary Roy Harper | |||||
| Poulnabrone | Portal Tomb | Ireland (Republic of) | Co. Clare | Visited | 1st Jan 2003 | ||||||
| Browne’s Hill | Portal Tomb | Ireland (Republic of) | Co. Carlow | Visited | 1st Jan 1991 | University field trip with the late Prof Marek Zvelebil | |||||
| Grand Menhir Brisé | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 1st Aug 1988 | 2 | 3 | Visited in 1988 during the Brittany project excavations | |||
| Maen Ceti | Chambered Tomb | Wales | West Glamorgan | Visited | 1st Jan 1988 | 5 | |||||
| Avebury | Stone Circle | England | Wiltshire | Visited | 1st Jan 1987 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Silbury Hill | Artificial Mound | England | Wiltshire | Saw from a distance | 1st Jan 1987 | ||||||
| St Cadfan (Tywyn) | Early Christian Sculptured Stone | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 19th Mar 2020 | ||||||
| Croes Faen | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Wales | Gwynedd | Visited | 19th Dec 2020 | 4 | 3 | 5 |