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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
Starveall
Date Added: 29th May 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Starveall submitted by TheCaptain on 29th Mar 2004. Starveall Barrow, South Gloucestershire, ST794879, March 2004.
View looking west at the barrows east side.
The ploughed field surrounding the barrow is eating away at it. The most recent ploughing must have taken a couple of feet from each end, with all the stones which formerly made up the mound being scattered across the field.
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Log Text: On its last legs - recent what seems to be destructive work
Hetty Pegler's Tump
Date Added: 29th May 2011
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2011. My rating: Ambience 1 Access 4
Hetty Pegler's Tump submitted by TimPrevett on 24th May 2011. Photo of English Heritage's restoration of Hetty Pegler's Tump taken on a visit 23/05/11. Scheduled to complete by July 2011.
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Log Text: This came as an awful shock - I have an idea that there was muddled thinking by local government - and we have the gall to criticise 19th century tomb hunters
Norn's Tump
Date Added: 29th May 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Norn's Tump submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 2nd Jun 2011. A very attractive site
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Log Text: Pleasant site on Golf Course - the site has been plundered long ago
Leighterton Long Barrow
Date Added: 29th May 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2011. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Leighterton Long Barrow submitted by thecaptain on 15th Nov 2004. View from the northwest, showing the massive size of this barrow. It looks to be one worthy of further exploration if possible.
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Log Text: Would love to get nearer - binoculars/long lens on camera just make temptation greater - no public footpath to site - nearest public highway 150yds +
Uley Bury
Date Added: 29th May 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Uley Bury submitted by camperman on 29th Oct 2022. The Southern entrance with the hollow way leading down the slope.
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Log Text: Wonderful in a refreshingly strong gale - spectacular views - quite a feat of ancient engineering
Gatcombe Lodge
Date Added: 30th May 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2011. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
Gatcombe Lodge submitted by thecaptain on 24th Mar 2009. Having read several tales of people being stopped and questioned by rapidly arriving police here, I didn’t spend long, and just took a photo from the entry to the estate.
It looks to be the regular shapeless lumpy bumpy mess covered in trees.
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Log Text: Overgrown - for obvious reasons heavy security wanting to know what your camera is for
The Tingle Stone
Date Added: 30th May 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 27th May 2011. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 3
The Tingle Stone submitted by TimPrevett on 29th Dec 2009. The Tingle Stone - sole remaining slab of a chamber upon the chambered long barrow. Apparently off a footpath.
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Log Text: Overgrown - would like to get nearer - for obvious reasons heavy security
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
Lechmore Tump
Date Added: 30th May 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Lechmore Tump submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 30th May 2011. The portal names this as Lechmore whereas the OS refers to it as Ledgemore - there is also a tumulus nearby - this photo shows the site from the east
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Log Text: This is one for Ley Liners - excellent sight lines - site not too badly overgrown for May - makes up for any disappointment at Oldfield Wood
Long Stone (Minchinhampton)
Date Added: 30th May 2011
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Long Stone (Minchinhampton) submitted by TimPrevett on 30th Dec 2009. Sunset 26/12/09 - an unplanned visit to a number of sites in the area.
No maps - just a vague 1970s guidebook - took us a couple hours to locate this having gone from Minchinhampton via Hampton Fields to Tetbury to Avening missing the stone at first by a narrow margin.
Having resigned ourselves to a long barrow this stone was spotted with just a few minutes before the sun went below the horizon.
A very impressive 7 feet tall stone, and make sure to see the smaller stone bisecting the wall ...
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Log Text: So this stone is from 'The Devil's Churchyard' - it caused HRH to think again when a planning application she made failed because of it
College Plantation 1
Date Added: 2nd Jun 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
College Plantation 1 submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 2nd Jun 2011. Trees were being felled as I arrived - this site and its immediate neighbour College II are quite impressive
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Log Text: On Earl Bathursts Estate which welcomes visitors who behave - trees that had grown out of site now felled
College Plantation 2
Date Added: 2nd Jun 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
College Plantation 2 submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 2nd Jun 2011. I watched as the tree was felled - and then there was light but the Tomb looked like a scale model of Vesuvius - one big crater in the top
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Log Text: Right next to Coll Plantn 1 - both recently had large trees growing out of them which had just been felled - both are quite impressive
Hoar Stone at Duntisbourne
Date Added: 2nd Jun 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Hoar Stone at Duntisbourne submitted by baz on 17th Mar 2004. The Hoar Stone long barrow, with an exposed capstone in the foreground and the Hoar Stone behind. GPS: SO 96483 06604.
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Log Text: Site still much like photos by hamish - take the opportunity to see College Plantation 1&2 whilst you are there - Jack Barrow also very close by but virtually nothing left of it
Blackquarries Hill
Date Added: 13th Jun 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Blackquarries Hill submitted by thecaptain on 17th Nov 2004. Blackquarries Hill Long Barrow, seen here in the November evening sunlight from the northeast.
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Log Text: Quite a surprise - very peaceful - super views SW to Severn Vale - Site eroded by ploughing - boundary wall demolished for 60% of its length
The Toots (King's Stanley)
Date Added: 13th Jun 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
The Toots (King's Stanley) submitted by thecaptain on 22nd Apr 2009. The Toots on Selsley common is a favourite place for model plane flying.
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Log Text: Tremendous views of the Severn Vale to the West
Bown Hill Long Barrow
Date Added: 17th Jun 2011
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bown Hill Long Barrow submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 17th Jun 2011. Approaching from the riding School/Livery Stables this Long Barrow is impressive.
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Log Text: Approach gets harder the nearer you get - good views to north - the barrow itself is not easy to walk across - riding school very amenable
Buckholt Wood
Date Added: 17th Jun 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Buckholt Wood submitted by 4clydesdale7 on 17th Jun 2011. It also reveals its size when seen from the E (along the S side).
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Log Text: Easy to find with a couple of extras close by - a Bowl Barrow at the far end of the Airfield and a little further on the strange Penn Hill Cross Dyke