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Mells, Newbury Firs
Trip No.16 Entry No.16 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
Log Text: None
Nunney
Trip No.16 Entry No.17 Date Added: 24th Jun 2020
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes
Log Text: None
Pierre de Kazeg Ven
Date Added: 9th Jul 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Finistère (29))
Visited: Would like to visit
Pierre de Kazeg Ven submitted by GinnynJohn on 25th Jun 2006. This stone is very difficult to locate - there are few references to it apart from old Breton postcards. It is the remains of a much larger stone that was used as a fertility stone - local women and even Anne of Brittany, all used it's powers of fecundity!
Apparently, viewed from above it is a very rude shape!
Fortunately for Ginny it did not work!
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Merrivale Menhir
Trip No.20 Entry No.6 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes
Merrivale Menhir submitted by AngieLake on 10th Apr 2015. This shot shows the "smaller pillar" that Butler describes, in relation to the menhir and the cairn 6 pit. He says: "The menhir, 3.1 m high, still stands in its original position, 42 m almost due south from the centre of the stone circle. There is no evidence that the smaller pillar, 2 m long, lying a few meters away ever stood upright, but it was erected in 1895 in the pit alongside, toppling again a few years later. Between these two stones cairn C6 (3.0 x 0.3 m) has a central pit. Three st...
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Log Text: #10 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Clach An Truishal
Trip No.20 Entry No.7 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes
Clach An Truishal submitted by BERNARDEDWARDS on 12th Sep 2019. September morning before Bahama Storm Dorian remnant rolls in...
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Log Text: #9 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Ty-Gwyn
Trip No.20 Entry No.8 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes
Ty-Gwyn submitted by paulcall on 18th Aug 2006.
Taken early morning on 4 July 2006, giving some idea of the fantastic location of this standing stone
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Log Text: #8 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Penrhos-Feilw
Trip No.20 Entry No.9 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes
Penrhos-Feilw submitted by DrewParsons on 28th Oct 2010. The lovely pair of standing stones photographed on a fine day in late September 2010. The stones are located behind some houses along a short track from the roadside sign. September 2010.
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Log Text: #7 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
King Stone at the Rollrights
Trip No.20 Entry No.10 Date Added: 24th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes
King Stone at the Rollrights submitted by Humbucker on 11th Jul 2018. Sundown at The King Stone
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Log Text: #6 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Llyn Fawr
Trip No.7 Entry No.2 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (South Glamorgan)
Visited: Would like to visit
Llyn Fawr submitted by sem on 29th Mar 2012. Looking NW
This site is intervisible with both Llyn y Fan Fawr and the Brecon Beacons (not shown in pic).
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Log Text: The source of the Llyn Fawr hoard, now in the National Museum of Wales. Shown in BBC History of Celtic Britain with Neil Oliver
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
Garn Turne
Date Added: 20th Apr 2017
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Garn Turne submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Garn Turn Burial Chamber SM979272.
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Great Orme Mine
Trip No.7 Entry No.3 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Would like to visit
Great Orme Mine submitted by stu on 14th Oct 2002. O.S sheet 17 772831.
The Great Orme Mine. A prehistoric copper mine. Well worth a look around,
nice bronze age artefacts in the entrance to the mine.
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Log Text: Neil Oliver goes down some tight squeezes in the prehistoric Great Orme Copper mine in Episode One of a History of Celtic Britain
East Chisenbury Midden
Trip No.7 Entry No.4 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Log Text: Neil Oliver and Niall Sharples discuss evidence of feasting in the early Iron Age period and Suddern Farm Man in the BBC's History of Celtic Britain
Gurness
Trip No.7 Entry No.5 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Broch of Gurness submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Broch of Gurness HY382268. Another well preserved Broch.
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Log Text: Neil Oliver visits this classic broch from approx 600BC in BBC's History of Celtic Britain
Tre'r Ceiri
Trip No.7 Entry No.6 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Would like to visit
Tre'r Ceiri submitted by Billythefish on 3rd Apr 2005. Inside the fort are around 150 hut circles. Here is a group near the main northern entrance, showing the northern rampart wall in the distance.
I loved the atmosphere with the mist swirling about me. I was completely alone, except for the sound of the wind through the stones.
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Log Text: Early Iron Age hillfort visited by Neil Oliver in BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Butser Ancient Farm
Trip No.7 Entry No.7 Date Added: 7th Apr 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Hampshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Butser Ancient Farm submitted by JimChampion on 6th May 2007. Looking through one of the entrances to the village enclosure at Butser Ancient Farm. The site is busy with visitors to the Beltain special event. There are several roundhouses in the enclosure, including the Great Roundhouse which is currently being rebuilt.
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Log Text: Neil Oliver tries his hand at ancient farming with David Freeman, and finds out how a grain storage pit works. BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Pipers (nr Merry Maidens)
Trip No.20 Entry No.11 Date Added: 26th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes
Pipers (nr Merry Maidens) submitted by Bladup on 20th May 2013. The wonderful South West Piper.
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Log Text: #5 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Aberlemno
Trip No.20 Entry No.12 Date Added: 26th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Angus)
Visited: Yes
Aberlemno submitted by dodomad on 12th Mar 2022. A carved Pictish symbol stone uncovered in a field in Aberlemno in 2022. Only 200 Pictish symbol stones are known to exist
Photo Credit: University of Aberdeen
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Log Text: #4 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Long Meg
Trip No.20 Entry No.13 Date Added: 26th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes
Long Meg submitted by JanF on 22nd Jun 2010. Long Meg (and her daughters) Stone Circle, Cumbria UK, is a magical place.. I watched the sunset on this special day in memory of my loved one.. Many others were here with me.. Complete strangers, but yet close friends..
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Log Text: #3 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Rudston Monolith
Trip No.20 Entry No.14 Date Added: 26th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Yorkshire (East))
Visited: Yes
Rudston monolith submitted by rldixon on 25th Dec 2005. rudston monolith in colour
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Log Text: #2 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain