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St Ann's Well (Aconbury)
Date Added: 3rd Jun 2013
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st May 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
St Ann's Well (Aconbury) submitted by HOLYWELL on 28th Aug 2006. St Ann's Well Aconbury
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Log Text: So overgrown it is a little hard to find but a good map and 'alert ears for running water' and you will find it just below and to the east of Aconbury Camp - nice spot
St Alphages Well
Date Added: 8th Sep 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 6th Sep 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
St Alphages Well submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 7th Sep 2012. The rusty old door
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Log Text: Study 'Old Maps' and the 1990 OS Pathfinder Map before you go - site on a steep scarp and heavily overgrown - took some finding - nice area south of Bath Racecourse
Soudley Camp
Date Added: 30th Jul 2011
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
Soudley Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 30th Jul 2011. The NE bank of the Camp.
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Log Text: If only the conservationists would allow the bracken to be cleared
Solsbury Hill
Date Added: 28th Mar 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 27th Mar 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Solsbury Hill submitted by mishkin on 11th Aug 2006. Solsbury hill, probably an entrance, but there seems to be a lot of quarrying in this north west corner.
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Log Text: It is easy to understand why Peter Gabriel was so charmed by this camp and its views
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
Snake's Well and Spring
Date Added: 10th Aug 2012
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2012. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Snake's Well and Spring submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 10th Aug 2012. The trough of the Well - heavily overgrown
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Log Text: Wish I could find out more about the history of this site
Shortwood Hill barrow
Date Added: 21st Sep 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Shortwood Hill barrow submitted by thecaptain on 25th Jan 2005. Shortwood hill barrow viewed from the north
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Log Text: Very easy to find - just park by the bus stop and go through the footpath gate - pretty much destroyed - 1.5m high - S side cut into by hedge
Royal Oak
Date Added: 15th Jul 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Royal Oak submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 15th Jul 2011. Viewed from the N
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Log Text: When at Woodbarrow looking at a nice view over Bleakmoor nr (E) Chedworth look over your right shoulder - if the sun has almost set you will see this (in outline) it is just discernible
Rowden Wood
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Nov 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Rowden Wood submitted by Downhamhill on 25th Apr 2007. View of Rowden Wood Long Barrow from the south (April 2007)
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Log Text: This really is NOT a Long Barrow
Roel Camp
Date Added: 1st Sep 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Roel Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 1st Sep 2011. The View NNE across the Camp towards Beckbury Camp bathed in Sunshine (telephoto lens)
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Log Text: There is a lot more to be learned about Roel - field walking to the E (although over pasture) should reveal a large flint scatter
Rodborough Camp
Date Added: 14th Aug 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Rodborough Camp submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 13th Aug 2011. The SW bank and ditch looking SE.
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Log Text: Enclosed twice within 3000yrs - first in the Iron Age then by greedy Wool Merchants in the 18th Century
Rockhampton Standing Stone
Date Added: 13th Mar 2012
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Rockhampton Standing Stone submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 12th Mar 2012. The Stone from the East.
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Log Text: Another 'wandering' Gloucestershire Stone on the old trackway between two old towns with castles Thornbury and Berkeley
Red Well (Matson)
Date Added: 5th Sep 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Sep 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Red Well (Matson) submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 5th Sep 2011. The Well from above (having just avoided injury from the HSE railings).
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Log Text: Well and nearby lake quite delightful - grey shed green railings and general area not so -
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
Randwick Cross Dyke
Date Added: 20th Jun 2011
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Randwick Cross Dyke submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 20th Jun 2011. The National Trust Sign.
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Log Text: Comes over the spur from the NW and plunges down the other side to the SE - but where does it guard? - certainly not the Haresfield Hillforts to the N - deep quite steep sided and really quite impressive
Randwick Barrows
Date Added: 20th Jun 2011
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Randwick Barrows submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 20th Jun 2011. The pair - SW in the foreground and the NE at 2 o'clock.
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Log Text: I think there are others close by - unusual for there to be just a pair
Ranbury Ring
Date Added: 15th Jul 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ranbury Ring submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 15th Jul 2011. Bank and ditch on SW looking SE
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Log Text: A pleasant walk around the fort - much to see
Portbury
Date Added: 8th Sep 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Portbury submitted by hamish on 10th Oct 2002.
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Log Text: Pity about the modern brass plaque - quite an imposing stone
Poles Wood South
Date Added: 14th Jun 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Poles Wood South submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 14th Jun 2011. On the approach from SE
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Log Text: GLO2 is a big one almost split in two by past excavations
Pinkwell (Chedworth)
Date Added: 15th Jul 2011
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Pinkwell (Chedworth) submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 15th Jul 2011. The view from that dip in the West towards the East
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Log Text: Easier to trace its outline in a late evening sun - nice setting