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Zeupire Standing Stone
Date Added: 12th Apr 2017
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Belgium
Visited: Would like to visit
Zeupire Standing Stone submitted by SolarMegalith on 27th Jun 2008. Site in Belgium: Zeupire standing stone near Gozée surrounded by a small hedge
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Anta de San Gens
Date Added: 2nd Apr 2017
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Portalegre)
Visited: Would like to visit
Anta de San Gens submitted by jao on 18th Aug 2009. Site in Central Portugal: view from the west, which looks like the entrance. that is caused by two broken uprights
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Menhirs de Frappe-Cul
Date Added: 25th Jul 2015
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Belgium (Namur )
Visited: Would like to visit
Menhirs de Frappe-Cul submitted by Alta-Falisa on 20th Jul 2015. The taller stone was originally, and hastily, called "Menhir de Tappe-Cul" ("Tappe-Cul" is a toponyme). The smaller one is not related to the taller, and is even less a menhir. Photos : May 2014.
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Anta da Pedra da Orca
Date Added: 7th Jan 2015
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Guarda)
Visited: Would like to visit
Anta da Pedra da Orca submitted by DrewParsons on 8th May 2010. View into the chamber. April 2010.
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Anta da Cerqueira
Date Added: 26th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Aveiro)
Visited: Would like to visit
Anta da Cerqueira submitted by jao on 18th Aug 2009. View from the left of the entrance.
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Pierre qui Tourne (Baileux)
Date Added: 13th Apr 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Belgium (Hainaut)
Visited: Yes on 12th Apr 2014. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pierre qui Tourne (Baileux) submitted by Alta-Falisa on 13th Apr 2014. Now standing right at the limit between two Provinces, Hainaut and Namur.
April 2014.
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Log Text: Easy access on an (a bit bumpy) earth road, an ancestral road linking two old towns mind you ! Already visible from the N.99 Chimay-Couvin road (at km 30,7), about 150 m towards the South.
Althing
Date Added: 9th Apr 2014
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Iceland
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2012. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Althing submitted by DrewParsons on 10th May 2010. The Law Rock or Lögrétta is a high rock on European side of the chasm and was the site from which laws were passed and trials conducted. April 2010.
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Log Text: The closest you can come by car is the car park (64.263337, -21.117194). From there, a walkway leads you as far as the church and old cemetery.
The path to the valley supposed to be just on top of the dividing line Europe-America (where two tectonic plates pull the Atlantic floor apart) is asphalted at first, then more rocky (and you are not supposed to go that far... Naughty, naughty, naughty, I did !).
Try to come before 09.00 : there are still hardly any tourists and, at 09.00 on the dot, you will attend the raising of the flag.
D29 Borger
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2014
D29 Borger submitted by Alta-Falisa on 2nd Mar 2014. Hunebed D.29.
(D.28 lies just next to it.)
Easy to find, along a road. Car park in front of the site.
Photo taken in September 2012.
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Combestone Tor
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2014
Combestone Tor submitted by Alta-Falisa on 2nd Mar 2014. Comberstone, May 2011.
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Dolmen of Duisburg
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Polissoir
Country: Belgium (Bruxelles - Brussel)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2014
Dolmen of Duisburg submitted by Alta-Falisa on 3rd Mar 2014. Where many paths converge...
Park of Tervueren.
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D28 Borger
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Netherlands (Drenthe)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2014
D28 Borger submitted by Alta-Falisa on 4th Mar 2014. D.28 lies just a few meters away from D.29, near the village Borger.
Photo taken in SEP.2012.
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Bosullow Quoit
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2014
Bosullow Quoit submitted by Alta-Falisa on 4th Mar 2014. As in May 2011.
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Anta da Aboboreira
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Porto)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2014
Anta da Aboboreira submitted by Alta-Falisa on 21st Mar 2014. From Baião, take the road to Marco de Canaveses. After about 2 km going uphill, you'll see the signposts "Estações arqueológicas" (which is the last indication you'll see) and "Centro Hípico", both to the right. I give the distances from here.
After 100 m, take to the left : "Centre Hípico". The Centro Hípico will be on your left after 900 m. The asphalted road ends one hundred meters further and here starts the earth road, all right for a normal car.
After 1600 m, in a long cu...
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Brunehault
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Belgium
Visited: Yes on 23rd Mar 2014
Brunehault submitted by Alta-Falisa on 23rd Mar 2014. Pierre Brunehault, in October 2012.
Signposted along road N.507 (Rue de Tournai), but the signpost is oriented for people coming from the North.
In the middle of fields (on the photo, you can see a heap of beetroots...), therefore in a very calm area.
Over the years, many people have engraved inscriptions in the stone.
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Menir de São Paio de Antas
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Portugal (Braga)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2014
Menir de São Paio de Antas submitted by Alta-Falisa on 24th Mar 2014. Menir de Antas, Portugal.
Although the mound on which the menhir stands is surrounded by houses served by a local road, the whole area is residential and quiet. The houses are just 25 m away. The growing vegetation provides an ever changing backdrop to the menhir.
Photo taken in March 2014.
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Anta do Mezio
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Viana do Castelo)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2014
Anta do Mezio submitted by Alta-Falisa on 24th Mar 2014. Easy to find along the road N.202 going from Soajo (go and see a curious pillory - signposted "Pelourinho"- in the historic part of the village) to Arcos de Valdevez (a nice larger town).
The Information Center of Mezio, providing info about the Parque Nacional de Peneda-Gérês [PNPG] in general, is just off the right of this photo.
Mamoas 5 and 6 are a 300 m walk away (see separate entries).
Photo taken in March 2014.
(Be indulgent : the photo has been heavily edited to soften the ha...
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Dólmen da Portelagem
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Braga)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2014
Dólmen da Portelagem submitted by Alta-Falisa on 24th Mar 2014. Despite the (quite bearable) background noise of the nearby motorway, standing face to face in front of such a dolmen, amid trees, is rather moving.
March 2014.
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Menir de São Bartolomeu do Mar
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Portugal (Braga)
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2014
Menir de São Bartolomeu do Mar submitted by Alta-Falisa on 24th Mar 2014. On the West of the N.13, behind the church. Signposted.
Unfortunately, plastic greenhouses, on the right off this photo, are not the best backdrop one would wish for a menhir.
Photo taken in March 2014 at 16.45 GMT.
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Mamoa 6 do Mezio
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Portugal (Viana do Castelo)
Visited: Yes on 25th Mar 2014
Mamoa 6 do Mezio submitted by Alta-Falisa on 25th Mar 2014. Mamoa 6 do Mezio, North Portugal.
Between AUG.2011 (visit of irishbogman) and MAR.2014, the Mamoa is, luckily, still in the same shape.
Except the small tree, all the invasive vegetation has been cleared to preserve the monument. The Authorities take great care of this patrimonium.
Generally speaking, the local population also is well aware of the historical importance of these monuments and can tell, even several km away, where is what.
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La Peña de los Enamorados
Date Added: 30th Mar 2014
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Yes on 25th Mar 2014
La Peña de los Enamorados submitted by Alta-Falisa on 25th Mar 2014. "Según la leyenda..." :
["According to the legend...."] :
The mountain draws its name from a legend which has that two young lovers from rival clans threw themselves from the rock while being pursued by the girl's father and his men.
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