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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 |
| Grime's Graves Flint Mines | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | England | Norfolk | Visited | 6th Apr 2017 | 3 | 4 | 4 | It's worth bearing in mind that to see much underground you will need to enter the shaft on hands and knees, so dress accordingly. The temperature is about 10C.
The flint was mined from the chalk using red deer antlers that had been naturally shed - the antler material is hardest when just shed.
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| Grime's Graves Flint Mines | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | England | Norfolk | Visited | 6th Apr 2017 | 3 | 4 | 4 | Unlike the public access pit this one will generally be via restricted ticketing, the event I was at was a members event. The English Heritage description of the event
thanks to a new winch and harness system... |
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| Grime's Graves Flint Mines | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | England | Norfolk | Visited | 6th Apr 2017 | 3 | 4 | 4 | There’s not much to see above ground at Grimes Graves, this is a mine, after all, so all the action happened underground. The surface is pockmarked by depressions where the backfill has settled, and sheep are used to keep the ground clear. (part 2 of 4) | 10 | 2 |
| Grime's Graves Flint Mines | Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry | England | Norfolk | Visited | 6th Apr 2017 | 3 | 4 | 4 | English Heritage have opened up a new pit to occasional public access. Greenwell Pit is one of the 433 on the Grimes Graves neolithic flint mine site at Grimes Graves. I was on the first public descent into this pit – it had of course been opened and entered before by archaeologists, but the 6th A... Read More |
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| Kerlescan Alignements | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Sep 2002 | ||||||
| Ménec alignements | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 10th Sep 2002 | ||||||
| Clendy Steinalleen | Stone Row / Alignment | Switzerland | Waadt | Visited | 23rd Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Grandson Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Switzerland | Waadt | Visited | 27th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Kerran Dolmens | Chambered Tomb | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 27th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Pierres Plates (Locmariaquer) | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 27th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| La Table des Marchands | Burial Chamber or Dolmen | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 27th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Luffang Allée Couverte | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 27th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Grand Menhir Brisé | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 27th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Degernau Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | Germany | Baden-Wuerttemberg | Visited | 27th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Martlesham Heath | Round Barrow(s) | England | Suffolk | Visited | 29th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Mané Keriaval | Passage Grave | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 30th Jun 2004 | ||||||
| Kerzerho Alignements | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 1st Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Kerloas Menhir | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Finistère (29) | Visited | 14th Jul 2004 | ||||||
| Le Petit Ménec | Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 6th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Menhir de Goulvars | Standing Stone (Menhir) | France | Bretagne:Morbihan (56) | Visited | 8th Aug 2004 | ||||||
| Toller Porcorum | Standing Stones | England | Dorset | Visited | 26th Sep 2004 | ||||||
| Sutton Hoo | Artificial Mound | England | Suffolk | Visited | 30th Sep 2004 | ||||||
| Thornborough (Bucks) | Barrow Cemetery | England | Buckinghamshire | Visited | 1st Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire | Misc. Earthwork | England | Cambridgeshire | Visited | 4th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Chalice Well | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Somerset | Visited | 4th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Mutlow Hill | Round Barrow(s) | England | Cambridgeshire | Visited | 4th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Mutlow Hill | Round Barrow(s) | England | Essex | Visited | 4th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Lady Well, Woolpit | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Suffolk | Visited | 4th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Iken Saxon Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Suffolk | Visited | 12th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Kedington Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Suffolk | Visited | 16th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| Woolpit Cross | Ancient Cross | England | Suffolk | Visited | 16th Oct 2004 | ||||||
| St Augustine's Well (Cerne Abbas) | Holy Well or Sacred Spring | England | Dorset | Visited | 9th Jan 2005 | ||||||
| Kersey Puddingstone | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Suffolk | Visited | 15th Nov 2005 | ||||||
| Whitestreet Green | Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature | England | Suffolk | Visited | 26th Oct 2015 |