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A well-marked route brought me to the famous house and park of Stonor - the "stony hillside" -and here was another striking relic of the past: a complete stone circle, ruinous when I first saw it, but...
2. Re: Museum Municipal Tavira/ Palace Galeria by davidmorgan
Corrected, thanks....
3. Re: Gorteendarragh Wedge Tomb by davidmorgan
I see the coordinates here are for LE002-018002 Megalithic structure, the LE002-018001 Megalithic tomb is 30 metres to the south....
4. Re: Gorteendarragh Wedge Tomb by davidmorgan
Street view ...
5. Re: Broken Cross (Westminster) by Anonymous
The TNA site is clearly inaccurate, since the place they describe is not in Westminster at all. If you look at the Old Maps website, there are numerous old maps that label the short street between Lo...
6. Re: Museum Municipal Tavira/ Palace Galeria by j_iglar
The pin for this is showing up in Tunisia! The correct coordinates is 37.126040, -7.651397 (Copied from Google Maps based on my own knowledge of the museum!)...
7. Re: The King and Queen Stones by Andy B
Hard luck, you can try using the map on our Megaliths Pocket Guide iPhone app as a location finder - other than that I wish I could help!...
8. Sources of sarsen debitage at Stonehenge revealed by geochemical provenancing by kh
A new study published in Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, February 2024, identifies possible sources...
9. Re: The King and Queen Stones by Anonymous
Yes we tried to find them today but couldn’t 😫 ...
10. Wimblestone Folklore by Andy B
There is no other megalith in Somerset or the Bristol region which has such a wealth of folklore surrounding it than “Old Wimble”. Difficult to find and away from pub lic footpaths in the upper ...
11. Re: Stones adjacent to the Cross Spring pumping station by Andy B
A folktale recorded by Francis Knight at the turn of the century tells of a throwing match between the devil and a local strongman. The protagonists took up positions on Shute Shelve Hill overlookin...
12. Re: Wook's Quoit by Andy B
At Yarborough farm in the bowl of the Lox Yeo Valley there stands the most impressive of West Mendip’s stones - the eight foot high Wook’s Quoit. The unpublished topography of John Strache...
13. Re: Rolstone by Andy B
To find a large number of standing stones on an area that was swamp until the Roman period is perhaps rather peculiar, but here are four thin, narrow slabs boldly set amongst enclosure-age fields...
14. Re: Banwell Moor Stone 2 by Andy B
This one is marked as 'Stone' on the biggest scale OS map and visible on Bing Maps satellite view (using link above)...
15. Lost Rowberrow stone at ST456580 by Andy B
In The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip, Phil Quinn mentions a lost Rowberrow stone at ST456580 Source: The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip, in 3rd Stone Issue 25 (Spring 1997) page 15, Download ...
16. Lost standing stone at Lower Weare by Andy B
In The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip, Phil Quinn mentions a lost standing stone at Lower Weare at approx ST414535 Source: The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip, in 3rd Stone Issue 25 (Spring 19...
17. Lost standing stone at location ST394579 by Andy B
In The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip, Phil Quinn mentions a lost standing stone at location ST394579. Source: The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip, in 3rd Stone Issue 25 (Spring 1997) page 15...
18. Phil Quinn gives another location for the Rolstone by Andy B
In The Forgotten Stones of West Mendip, 3rd Stone Issue 25 Phil Quinn names the Rolstone stone as this one at ST39576188: ...
19. Drombeg Stone Circle in Eurovison by TimPrevett
The Irish entry for Eurovision (Bambie Thug) briefly features Drombeg stone circle in their brief introductory video before the performance. Keep an eye out for the Goth witch performing an exorcism...
20. Castlerigg Older than Stonehenge? by AKFisher
From Cumberland News and Star 6 May 2024: "New research by Cumbrian archaeologist Steve Dickinson has suggested that part of the circle, known as the ‘Sanctuary’, replicates in stone many small r...
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2. Andy B: Yes lovely indeed and welcome back Jim!...
3. dooclay: Nice work ...
4. dooclay: Thanks for the update ...
5. HarryTwenty: There's actually a pretty good face hidden in the cow stone, the sun had gone down when I reached it and it was already fading but if you're around the area when the sun is shining on the stone it'll ...
6. AngieLake: Great shot Jim!...
7. AngieLake: Wow! Lovely photo. What breed of dog is he/she?...
8. Horatio: Nice one Geraint, in fact all lovely photos but this is a winner, we love dogs in pics, just ask Angie! That looks a hefty standing stone. ...
9. TheCaptain: Oh, there went a couple of hours! I have had a good sort out of our Carrowmore sitepages, giving each a unique position with teh help of this website ...
10. Fairycake: Is that a picture in red ochre on the wall or just a stain? ...
11. TheCaptain: I agree. I will change this and others we have as 53. It looks like we dont have every Carrowmore tomb as a seperate sitepage, and the positions of many of them could do with a bit of a sort out, but ...
12. dooclay: The Marker would suggest that this is Cairn 54?...
13. JimChampion: Today I learned that this one is called The Toad Stone....
14. Andy B: Thanks for these photos of the info boards Nigel, and all the others...
15. Andy B: We may as well keep this photo so people know this is not the well. I've updated the caption and swapped the photos round. Thanks both....
16. Antonine: Thanks Grumpyphil, Andy B my photo should probably be deleted or at least the original photo back to the top ...
17. Martin_L: www.irishmegaliths.org.uk/leitrim.htm writes: A small wedge-tomb lies in a thicket, a few metres behind its 3-metre...
18. Andy B: This is just bizarre - you should tweet this one Pete....
19. Bladup: I remember visiting here many moons ago and thinking that it was a bit sad but good it was still there and hadn't been ploughed flat like so many other henges...
20. Andy B: Links to the articles by Dr Rudge in Essex Naturalist Vol.29 17-31, 370-371 The conglomerate track. Rudge, E. A. & E. L. ...
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