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Jordløse Højvang Runddysse
Date Added: 8th Nov 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Denmark (Fyn, Langeland and Islands)
Visited: Would like to visit
Jordløse Højvang Runddysse submitted by holger_rix on 10th Nov 2011. Well-preserved and beautiful Burial Chamber,
on top of the remains of a Round Barrow,
surrounded by an almost complete row of mighty kerbstones.
In a nice garden behind a private house.
The mound ca. 1.1 to 1.2 x 15-16 m, in the middle the rectangular chamber with N-S orientation.
Chamber was build with two stones in each of the sides,
one to N, a threshold stone against S.
Mighty capstone with bowlshaped indentures.
There are 21 kerbstones, partly very large.
Some of these ...
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Easthouse
Date Added: 5th Nov 2013
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Easthouse submitted by Ogneslav on 7th Oct 2008. A view from W towards Whiteness Voe.
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Caseta de las Balanzas Dolmen
Date Added: 4th Nov 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Aragón)
Visited: Would like to visit
Caseta de las Balanzas dolmen submitted by irundarra on 12th Aug 2013. Site in Huesca (Aragón)
X: 257.627, Y: 4.685.583
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Petra Tou Romiou
Date Added: 4th Nov 2013
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Cyprus
Visited: Would like to visit
Petra tou Romiou submitted by AlexHunger on 22nd May 2007. Aphrodite's Rock. Legendary Birthplace of Aphrodite.
She is said to have risen from the foam at this location, reatively close to her temple.
A local folktale has it that if you swim around the rock 3 times your lovelife/fertility will improve.
In reality, the cult of Aphrodite did enter the Greek psyche via Cyprus as Phoenician traders brought the semitic Ashtarte (Ishtar) from the Middle east wherever they went.
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Pedra da Arca (Malpica)
Date Added: 4th Nov 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Galicia)
Visited: Would like to visit
Pedra da Arca (Malpica) submitted by Condros on 12th Nov 2003. In Galicia, Spain, there are some incredible references to this tomb. It lies close to an ancient pathway, and is reputed to be the tomb of "Orca Bella" the Galician equivalent of the Irish war goddesses the "Morrigan",Christian legends, depict her as a horrible demon like woman-who snares saintly men into her tomb,drawing the capstone over them, older faiths show her as a woman carrying a child in one hand and a huge capstone in the other, and being a loving and nurturing mother, responsible fo...
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Lekebacken
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Sweden (Närke)
Visited: Would like to visit
Lekebacken submitted by cereus on 21st Feb 2004. Lekebacken, Hjortsberga at Kumla, Sweden. From Swedish iron-age around 400 BC - 550.
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La Rinconada Dolmen
Date Added: 3rd Nov 2013
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: Spain (Aragón)
Visited: Would like to visit
La Rinconada dolmen submitted by irundarra on 2nd Nov 2013. Site in Huesca
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Ronda Dolmen
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Would like to visit
Ronda Dolmen submitted by Revaron on 6th Jun 2011. It is on the edge of an olive grove that is fenced in, this is the closest you can get
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Doagh
Date Added: 31st Oct 2013
Site Type: Holed Stone
Country: Ireland (Northern) (Co. Antrim)
Visited: Would like to visit
Doagh submitted by MacD on 3rd Aug 2011. Doagh Holed Stone
The other side
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Fevåg Standing Stone
Date Added: 30th Oct 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Norway (Sør-Trøndelag)
Visited: Would like to visit
Fevåg Standing Stone submitted by kenntha88 on 17th Nov 2009. Fevåg Standing Stone
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Lac Gentau Cromlechs
Date Added: 29th Oct 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Aquitaine:Pyrénées-Atlantiques 64)
Visited: Would like to visit
Lac Gentau cromlechs submitted by irundarra on 3rd Aug 2012. Site in Laruns (BEARN)
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Pupput
Date Added: 29th Oct 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Tunisia
Visited: Would like to visit
Pupput submitted by AlexHunger on 2nd Apr 2008. Remains of Roman Villa in Vacation wonderland Hammamet.
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Midas City
Date Added: 26th Oct 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Midas City submitted by davidmorgan on 7th Dec 2006. The shrine of Cybele or the Midas Monument. August 1993.
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D50 Noordsleen
Date Added: 25th Oct 2013
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Would like to visit
D50 Noordsleen submitted by Martin_L on 3rd Sep 2010. Pole aerial view from the South-East showing the halfway exposed 17m x 4,35m chamber [1] and the oval enclosure. The covering barrow is largely removed as well as the drywalling.
The position of the lateral entrance is marked "E". The passage is robbed except for one orthostat, but the positions of the 3 missing orthostats are marked with concrete implements.
Photo taken in August 2010
[1]Reference: van Giffen, A.E., De hunebedden in Nederland, Utrecht 1925, pl. 106
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Voldbjerggård Jættestue
Date Added: 23rd Oct 2013
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Denmark (Sjælland)
Visited: Would like to visit
Voldbjerggård Jættestue submitted by maddy on 8th Oct 2011. July 2011
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Clontygora
Date Added: 22nd Oct 2013
Site Type: Court Tomb
Country: Ireland (Northern) (Co. Armagh)
Visited: Would like to visit
Clontygora submitted by Anthony_Weir on 18th Mar 2013. Image sourced from colour slide
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El Castillo (Cantabria)
Date Added: 22nd Oct 2013
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Spain (Cantabria)
Visited: Would like to visit
El Castillo (Cantabria) submitted by dodomad on 13th Oct 2013. These hand stencils found in the El Castillo cave in Cantabria, Spain, were probably made by a man (left) and a woman (right), respectively.
Photographs by Roberto Ontanon Peredo, courtesy Dean Snow
Site in Cantabria Spain
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Lindet Skov Langdysse 2
Date Added: 22nd Oct 2013
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Denmark (Syddanmark)
Visited: Would like to visit
Lindet Skov Langdysse 2 submitted by PeterR87 on 1st Oct 2013. Lindet Skov Langdysse 2, Denmark
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Kibyra
Date Added: 22nd Oct 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Kibyra submitted by davidmorgan on 19th Nov 2008. The stadium at Kibyra.
October 2006
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Akrokorinthos
Date Added: 19th Oct 2013
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Would like to visit
Akrokorinthos submitted by Antonios on 24th May 2008. Site in Peloponnese Peninsula, Greece: Acrocorinth.
The walled gates of Acrocorinth from the west, as rebuilt by the Venetians.
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