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Windmill Tump
Date Added: 30th May 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Windmill Tump submitted by TheCaptain on 16th May 2010. Rodmorton Longbarrow (Windmill Tump) viewed from the end of the footpath along the field edge, at the way into the barrow from the west, March 2009.
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Log Text: Very tidy - almost too well manicured - quite peaceful
Symonds Hall Farm
Date Added: 30th May 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd May 2011. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 2
Symonds Hall Farm submitted by thecaptain on 18th Nov 2004. Symonds Hall Farm Long Barrow, seen looking southeast into the winter sunset
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Log Text: Went all round it trying to get nearer - followed by anxious local farmer who warmed to my task if only begrudgingly - maybe he was having an off day
Nympsfield
Date Added: 30th May 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Nympsfield submitted by enkidu41 on 26th Apr 2004. SO 794013
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Log Text: Manicured to the point almost of being contrived - obviously a well trodden picnic spot with excellent views over the Severn Vale
Soldier's Grave
Date Added: 17th Jun 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 17th May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Soldier's Grave submitted by thecaptain on 10th Apr 2009. This large round barrow can be found on the top of the Cotswold escarpment just into the woods at the northwest corner of the country park / picnic area, a couple of hundred yards to the north of Nympsfield long barrow.
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Log Text: This is quite different from Buckholt Wood, Bown Hill, Nympsfield and HPT (all in the same area) in that it is very definitely Round rather than Long
Randwick Long Barrow
Date Added: 20th Jun 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Feb 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Randwick Long Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 13th Apr 2009. The massive bulk of Randwick longbarrow viewed from the north.
The remaining mound is about 55 metres in length, up to half as wide, and still 4 metres in height.
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Log Text: What a whoppa! Those horns at the entrance are impressive
St Michael's Mount
Date Added: 27th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1955. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
St Michael's Mount submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. August 2004. "Diodorus Sicululs, the Greek historian writing in 70 CE called this island Ictis, and it was from here that Cornish tin was traded with Mediterranean countries." [from Celtic Britain by Homer Sykes, 1997]
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Log Text: I became fascinated by this site at an early age - I rarely fail to visit it when close and that meant monthly visits when I lived nearby - nicer (more peaceful) when the holidaymakers have gone home
The Queen Stone
Date Added: 12th Jun 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Visited (still working on). My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
The Queen Stone submitted by thecaptain on 13th Nov 2006. The Queen Stone, Symonds Yat, seen from the edge of the field to the east, and with a telephoto lens.
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Log Text: This Stone is something of an enigma - there is no good reason for it being where it is - it is however worth that 'little bit extra' to get close to - the markings are quite extraordinary - was there any human influence on its placement?