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Nether Tullicro
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Perth and Kinross)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2011
Nether Tullicro submitted by Andy B on 14th Jun 2011. Standing Stone, Nether Tullicro
Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Copyright Mick Garratt and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Nether Largie North
Trip No.6 Entry No.4 Date Added: 2nd Mar 2011
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Would like to visit
Nether Largie North submitted by jeffrep on 15th Mar 2008. Nether Largie Cairn North, Kilmartin Glen.
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Log Text: Neil shows the axe head carvings inside this huge tomb on Episode Four of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Ness of Woodwick
Date Added: 28th Dec 2010
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 20th Nov 2010
Ness of Woodwick submitted by Creative Commons on 20th Nov 2010. Broch at the Craig of Ritten
This one, as is often the case, has a beautiful situation. It is one of several nearby, the largest by far being that at Gurness, 3 km to the NE. They are of course, a Pictish construction.
Copyright Ian Balcombe and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence
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Ness of Brodgar
Trip No.4 Entry No.6 Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2013
Ness of Brodgar submitted by dodomad on 2nd Aug 2013. One side of the newly discovered carved stone from the Ness of Brodgar.
Image Credit: Orca
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Log Text: OK this site wasn't actually in the Ancient History of Britain programme but I wanted a link to all our sites in Orkney as Neil visited to look at the Orkney vole.
Neolithic sites of Villers-Carbonnel
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Picardie:Somme (80))
Visited: Yes on 20th Dec 2011
Neolithic sites of Villers-Carbonnel submitted by Andy B on 20th Dec 2011. Three views of the statuette
Image copyright: Dominique Bossut/Inrap
Site in Picardie:Somme (80) France
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Nationalmuseet (National Museum)
Date Added: 11th Jan 2013
Site Type: Museum
Country: Denmark (Hovedstaden)
Visited: Yes on 1st Nov 2012
Nationalmuseet (National Museum) submitted by dodomad on 1st Nov 2012. Temporary caption by author Merete Pryds Helle.
Fishing spear.
This fishing spear was used by fishermen Skæl and Søle one May morning in the year of 8232 BCE to catch a tuna fish off the coast of Fænø. In view of the fact that rice was not yet grown in the region, Søle was forced to produce their tuna sushi exclusively using wild grains and the bitter horseradish that Fænø remains famous for. It is possible to order a meal in Copenhagen’s restaurant Noma based entirely on Søle�...
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National Museum of Ireland
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Dublin)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Feb 2011
National Museum of Ireland submitted by Creative Commons on 23rd Feb 2011. The Natural History Galleries of the National Museum of Ireland in Upper Merrion Street
Copyright Eric Jones and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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National Museum Cardiff
Trip No.7 Entry No.1 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: Wales (South Glamorgan)
Visited: Would like to visit
National Museum of Wales submitted by TimPrevett on 17th Feb 2004. National Museum & Gallery of Wales in Cardiff. Many hours could be spent here!
Immediately opposite there is a Gorsedd Circle which caught my eye, and demanded a shot.
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Log Text: Neil looks at the bronze artifacts here, in episode one of BBC History of Celtic Britain
National Maritime Museum, Cornwall
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jan 2012
National Maritime Museum, Cornwall submitted by Andy B on 22nd Jan 2012. Andy Wyke of the National Maritime Museum, boat builder Brian Cumby and Professor Robert Van de Noort from the University of Exeter ahead of their building project
Image copyright National Maritime Museum Cornwall
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Narragansett Rune Stone
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: United States (New England)
Visited: Yes on 16th Jul 2013
Narragansett Rune Stone submitted by Andy B on 16th Jul 2013. The Narragansett Rune Stone
Image Credit: State Department of Environmental Management
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Nakovana Cave
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Croatia
Visited: Yes on 25th Jan 2012
Nakovana Cave submitted by Andy B on 25th Jan 2012. A research team has discovered what may be the oldest astrologer's board, engraved with zodiac signs and used to determine a person's horoscope.
Image copyright Staso Forenbaher
Site in Croatia
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Nabta Playa
Date Added: 17th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Egypt (Nubia)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jul 2010
Nabta Playa submitted by Andy B on 8th Jul 2010. Nabta Playa calendar in Aswan Nubia museum
Image by Raymbetz, Creative Commons License
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Na Clachan Bhreige
Date Added: 28th Dec 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Nov 2010
Na Clachan Bhreige submitted by Andy B on 3rd Nov 2010. I got to just the other side of the stream to this site but wasn't going to go in up to my knees to get across!
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Mynydd y Gaer
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (South Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 5th Apr 2013
Mynydd y Gaer submitted by Andy B on 5th Apr 2013. New aerial images taken by the Royal Commission show the outline of Coedcae Gaer Iron Age Hillfort in Bridgend which is very hard to see when not covered in snow
Source: RCAHMW
Site in South Glamorgan Wales
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Mynydd y Betws
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Carmarthenshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Feb 2012
Mynydd y Betws submitted by SandyG on 4th Feb 2012. Located on common land to the east of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Mynydd y Betws Wind Farm was granted planning consent in 2009.
The wind farm will consist of 15 turbines with a tip height of 110 meters and an installed capacity of up to 45MW.
Image copyright Cambrian Renewable Energy Limited
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Museo Arqueológico Gregorio Aguilar Barea
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Museum
Country: Nicaragua
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2013
Museo Arqueológico Gregorio Aguilar Barea submitted by Andy B on 12th Jun 2013. The elaborately carved statues, of which some are over seven meters in height, are estimated to be between a thousand to a thousand-five hundred years old, and represent human figures, idols, deities and zoomorphic figures. There are more than a hundred and twenty statues in the museum collection.
Image copyright: Christoph Schneider
Site in Nicaragua
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Musée du Bretagne
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Museum
Country: France (Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35))
Visited: Yes on 30th Mar 2012
Musée du Bretagne submitted by Andy B on 30th Mar 2012. The Champs Libres includes the Museum of Brittany, the regional library and space sciences (including a planetarium), in a building designed by architect Portzamparc in the center of Rennes.
Creative Commons image by Dalbera
Site in Bretagne:Ille-et-Vilaine (35) France
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Musée de Saint-Crépin
Date Added: 12th Jun 2015
Site Type: Museum
Country: France (Midi:Aveyron (12))
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2013
Musée de Saint-Crépin submitted by Andy B on 22nd Sep 2013. Museum in Aveyron which contains a dozen or more statue menhirs from the region
Site in Midi:Aveyron (12) France
Image Credit: Aveyron
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Mullach Dubh
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2011
Mullach Dubh submitted by Andy B on 13th Jun 2011. Standing stone near Kilmeny, Islay
The limestone stone is about 1.3m high. Part of it has broken off and is embedded in the ground nearby.
Copyright Claire Pegrum and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
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Mulfra Quoit
Date Added: 4th Apr 2012
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 8th Mar 2012
Mulfra Quoit submitted by Andy B on 8th Mar 2012. Photo taken today. You can just make out the quoit (on the right on top of the hill) with flames approaching
Photo copyright Ian McNeil Cooke, with thanks
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