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Coldrum
Trip No.4 Entry No.5 Date Added: 16th Feb 2011
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Kent)
Visited: Would like to visit
Coldrum submitted by enkidu41 on 8th Apr 2004. The surviving sarsens of the chamber of large oval-shaped mound tomb, now virtually disappeared. This is the rear of the east-facing chamber. TQ 654 607
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Log Text: Featured in Episode Two of BBC's History of Ancient Britain with Neil Oliver
Crickley Hill
Trip No.4 Entry No.9 Date Added: 16th Feb 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Crickley Hill General submitted by vicky on 10th Sep 2002. Crickley Hill in Gloucestershire - Neolithic enclosure and Iron Age Hillfort.
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Log Text: The Battle of Crickley Hill - featured in Episode Two of BBC's History of Ancient Britain with Neil Oliver
Windmill Hill (Avebury)
Trip No.4 Entry No.12 Date Added: 16th Feb 2011
Site Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Windmill Hill (Avebury) submitted by Thorgrim on 13th Oct 2003. One of the concentric causewayed ditches of Windmill Hill.
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Log Text: Featured in Episode Two of BBC's History of Ancient Britain with Neil Oliver
Grime's Graves Flint Mines
Trip No.6 Entry No.1 Date Added: 2nd Mar 2011
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Norfolk)
Visited: Would like to visit
Grime's Graves Flint Mines submitted by Thorgrim on 8th Jun 2004. Galleries radiate out from the bottom of the mine shaft in search of the top quality "floorstone" flint. They are only two or three feet high and would have been a tight squeeze
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Log Text: Flint mines seen in Episode Four of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Great Cursus, Stonehenge
Trip No.4 Entry No.11 Date Added: 16th Feb 2011
Site Type: Cursus
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Great Cursus, Stonehenge submitted by TimPrevett on 27th Dec 2010. Winter Solstice 2010 - The camber of the cursus can be made out well here, north side.
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Log Text: We have a huge database of cursuses on the Megalithic Portal
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
Kilmartin House
Trip No.6 Entry No.5 Date Added: 2nd Mar 2011
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Would like to visit
Kilmartin House submitted by DrewParsons on 29th Jun 2010. Display of local finds housed at Kilmartin House Museum.
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Log Text: Location of the replica jet neckace shown in Episode Four of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Göbekli Tepe
Trip No.9 Entry No.1 Date Added: 11th Apr 2012
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Turkey
Visited: Would like to visit
Göbekli Tepe submitted by AlexHunger on 1st Aug 2006. Segment D is one of the near circular shaped pillared areas in the best condition of Göbekli Tepe.
There are 5 more, usually smaller such pillared areas on this site, many of the pillars having elaborate carvings.
Göbekli Tepe is apparently a Pre Pottery Neolithic Temple dating back to about 9,000 BCE near the Euphrates in South Eastern Turkey.
With kind permission from Dr. Klaus Schmidt, of the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut.
Original text provided: Anlage D ist die bes...
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Log Text: Visited in episode one of the BBC TV series Divine Women by Bettany Hughes
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: