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Çatalhöyük
Trip No.9 Entry No.2 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Çatalhöyük submitted by AlexHunger on 21st Sep 2007. Unexcavated part of Çatalhöyük mound.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Aslankaya
Trip No.9 Entry No.3 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Carving
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Aslankaya submitted by davidmorgan on 8th Dec 2006. A beautifully carved Phrygian shrine to Cybele.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Delphi Temple
Trip No.9 Entry No.4 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Greece (Central Greece)
Visited: Would like to visit
Delphi Temple submitted by davidmorgan on 15th May 2007. The Temple of Apollo.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Rome.
Trip No.9 Entry No.5 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Lazio/Roma)
Visited: Would like to visit
Rome. Pantheon submitted by Bjorn on 5th Jun 2007. The Pantheon in Piazza della Rotonda in central Rome.
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes. More on Early Christian Basilicas here
Tiger Headed Rock-Cut Cave
Trip No.9 Entry No.6 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: India
Visited: Would like to visit
Tiger Headed Rock-Cut Cave submitted by motist on 17th Dec 2006. Tiger Headed rock-cut cave: 5 KM North of Mamallapuram (Mahablipuram) in Tamil Nadu
80 11 39 E 12 37 02 N
Ancient sea port on the golf of Bengal from the beginning of the CE, rock-cut temples and carvings, the capital of the Pallava dynasty (from 630 CE).
Most beautiful rock carvings in India, UNESCO World Heritage
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Log Text: This amazing mandapa contains a shrine that is dedicated to the goddess Durga. Bettany visited the Kamakhya Temple which we don't have listed, but here it is on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple
Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
Trip No.9 Entry No.7 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: India
Visited: Would like to visit
Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh submitted by motist on 10th Jul 2010. Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
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Log Text: Fascinating workshops where they sculpture statues of the Mother Goddess Durga. Bettany visited the Kamakhya Temple which we don't have listed, but here it is on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakhya_Temple
Shovel Down
Trip No.6 Entry No.8 Date Added: 5th Mar 2011
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Would like to visit
Shovel Down submitted by thecaptain on 16th Oct 2004. Overall view of the Shovel Down site, taken looking west from Kestor on Sunday 10th October 2004.
I have tried to indicate the position of most of the various parts of this large ceremonial centre.
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Log Text: Area of hut circles and reaves visited by Neil Oliver in Episode Four of A History of Ancient Britain
Midas City
Trip No.9 Entry No.8 Date Added: 12th Apr 2012
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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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
Kestor Settlement
Trip No.6 Entry No.9 Date Added: 5th Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Would like to visit
Kestor Settlement submitted by thecaptain on 24th Oct 2004. View northeast from Kestor rocks overlooking Kestor Settlement. The entire hilltop and hillsides here are covered in the ancient remains of ancient huts and field systems.
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Log Text: Visited by Neil Oliver in Episode Four of A History of Ancient Britain
The Round Pound
Trip No.6 Entry No.10 Date Added: 5th Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Would like to visit
The Round Pound submitted by thecaptain on 23rd Oct 2004. The Round Pound, looking northwest from across the road which has been curved to pass around it.
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Log Text: Visited by Neil Oliver in Episode Four of A History of Ancient Britain, we think this where they were discussing the different usage of different parts of the same building.
Dry Tree Menhir
Trip No.20 Entry No.1 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Dry Tree Menhir submitted by TheCaptain on 2nd Aug 2022. A glorious mix of ancient standing stone, juxtaposed beside all the hiTech tracking station dishes, especially as the sun was setting behind hazy clouds.
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Log Text: Top 15 Standing Stones in the UK according to our Megalithic Portal visitors and contributors.
#15 Dry Tree Menhir (Cornwall) - yes the one right beside Goonhillly tracking station
Gardoms Edge Stone
Trip No.20 Entry No.2 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes
Gardoms Edge Stone submitted by royston7 on 27th Nov 2012. Gardoms edge monolith taken from the east showing the ( not quite ) flat north face. See notes in contribution.
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Log Text: #14 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain. Gardoms Edge Stone (Derbyshire) - quite possibly a Bronze Age sundial. More of Dr Daniel Brown’s research on our pages:
Carreg y Big (Arthog)
Trip No.20 Entry No.3 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes
Carreg y Big (Arthog) submitted by Ogham on 20th Mar 2018. A lonely place in the winter.
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Log Text: #13 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Drift Stones
Trip No.20 Entry No.4 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Drift Stones submitted by Bladup on 8th Oct 2013. Drift Standing stones.
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Log Text: #12 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Men Gurta
Trip No.20 Entry No.5 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Men Gurta submitted by TheCaptain on 25th Mar 2013. On the top of St Breock Down, stands Men Gurta (the waiting stone) which is the largest and heaviest standing stone in Cornwall.
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Log Text: #11 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Kahanu Garden and Preserve
Date Added: 22nd Aug 2023
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: United States
Visited: Would like to visit
Kahanu Garden and Preserve submitted by Creative Commons on 22nd Aug 2023. Twisty seedpods at Kahanu Gardens NTBG Kaeleku Hana, Maui, Hawaii. Adenanthera pavonina (Red sandalwood, false wiliwili)
Photo Credit: Forest and Kim Starr
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Ōyu
Date Added: 25th May 2015
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Japan (Honshū)
Visited: Would like to visit
Ōyu submitted by Aska on 6th Feb 2008. The Nonakadō circle (east)
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La Hougue des Géonnais
Date Added: 25th May 2015
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man (Jersey)
Visited: Would like to visit
La Hougue des Géonnais submitted by MAIGO on 15th Jun 2008. This is a lovely place.
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Indian Fort Mountain
Date Added: 30th Jul 2023
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Would like to visit
Indian Fort Mountain submitted by Dodomad on 30th Jul 2023. Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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The Longstone (Shovel Down)
Date Added: 1st Aug 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Would like to visit
The Longstone (Shovel Down) submitted by davep on 1st Aug 2019. Shovel Down Long Stone Standing Stone. Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks, site 18.
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