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Langdale Axe Factory
Trip No.5 Entry No.1 Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Would like to visit
Langdale Axe Factory submitted by Thorgrim on 15th Nov 2003. The Langdale Pikes in Great Langdale.
(see article on Langdale Axes)
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Log Text: Offcuts of stone axes in the mountains - featured in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Maen Llia
Trip No.20 Entry No.15 Date Added: 26th Feb 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes
Maen Llia submitted by cerrig on 22nd Jun 2023. The day after the solstice.
I thought I'd have it all to myself, but I got to share the stone with these delightful ladies instead.
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Log Text: #1 in our rundown of favourite standing stones (and pairs) in Britain
Swinside
Trip No.5 Entry No.3 Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Would like to visit
Swinside submitted by rldixon on 15th Jan 2006. Swinside well worth the walk
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Log Text: Sunkenkirk stone circle (alternative name) - Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Maes Howe
Trip No.5 Entry No.4 Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Maes Howe submitted by Victor Reijs on 9th Jun 2002. Winter solstice sunset at Maes Howe
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Log Text: Shown first from the air in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Carn Meini
Trip No.5 Entry No.8 Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Carn Meini submitted by vicky on 7th Jun 2004. The Bluestones outcrop of Carn Meini as viewed from the top.
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Log Text: The outcrops of rock that are the most likely source of the Stonehenge bluestones, featured in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Durrington Walls
Trip No.5 Entry No.9 Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Durrington Walls submitted by TimPrevett on 10th Oct 2006. A composite image of half of Durrington Walls (the western side); compare scale of house to the left with the ring left in the landscape.
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Log Text: Evidence of feasting from pig bones, see Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Bac Mic Connain
Trip No.17 Entry No.1 Date Added: 5th Jul 2020
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Saw from a distance
Log Text: None
Kilpheder Wheelhouse
Trip No.17 Entry No.3 Date Added: 5th Jul 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Saw from a distance
Kilpheder Wheelhouse submitted by SandyG on 20th May 2016. Detail of the northern wall. View from the south (26 August 2015).
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Log Text: None
Drimore, A' Cheardach Mhor
Trip No.17 Entry No.4 Date Added: 5th Jul 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Yes
Drimore, A' Cheardach Mhor submitted by SandyG on 4th Feb 2019. The short length of visible walling. View from south east (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: None
Newgrange
Trip No.5 Entry No.11 Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Would like to visit
Newgrange submitted by McDeil on 8th Jan 2002. Entry at Newgrange showing massive carved stone which once blocked the entry. Not shown are the tourists who in Summer would queue for up to an hour to be taken through the tomb!
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Log Text: Reconstructed in the style of "Stalin visits the stone age" says Neil Oliver and we agree. Featured in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Drimore, A' Cheardach Bheag
Trip No.17 Entry No.5 Date Added: 5th Jul 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Saw from a distance
Drimore, A' Cheardach Bheag submitted by dodomad on 5th Jul 2020. Model showing the Drimore site under excavation in 1956
Credit: Historic Scotland
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Log Text: None
Watch Stone (Orkney)
Trip No.5 Entry No.13 Date Added: 23rd Feb 2011
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Watch Stone (Orkney) submitted by swatson on 18th Jul 2004. Situated 170m NNW of the Stones of Stennes is the Watch Stone; an impressive monolith 5.6m high, dating back to the 3rd millenium BC.
OS HY306125
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Log Text: Shown briefly in Episode Three of BBC's History of Ancient Britain
Udal (Grenitote)
Trip No.17 Entry No.7 Date Added: 5th Jul 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes
Udal (Grenitote) submitted by Creative Commons on 13th Apr 2012. Wheelhouse at Udal
This is a well-preserved example of an iron age wheelhouse. It was dug partly into the ground. Central stone partitions, like the spokes of a wheel, divided the house into sections.
ScotlandsPlaces says that there is evidence of continuous occupation from Neolithic times to the post-medieval period.
Copyright Rob Burke and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
Site in North Uist Scotland
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Log Text: None
Grimsay, Bagh Nam Feadhag
Trip No.17 Entry No.8 Date Added: 24th Sep 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Saw from a distance
Grimsay, Bagh Nam Feadhag submitted by markj99 on 21st Mar 2021. Grimsay Wheelhouse
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Log Text: None
Eggardon Hill
Trip No.12 Entry No.1 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Would like to visit
Eggardon Hill submitted by adrianmcgrath on 17th Jul 2015. Stunning Hillfort. South eastern entrance. Iron Age Drone!
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Baily's Hill Tumuli
Trip No.12 Entry No.2 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (East Sussex)
Visited: Would like to visit
Baily's Hill Tumuli submitted by DrewParsons on 17th Sep 2015. The barrow seen from the west. An arrow indicates the slight rise in the ground where the barrow is located. September 2015
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Longstone Moor
Trip No.12 Entry No.3 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Longstone Moor submitted by twentytrees on 7th Jun 2006. The barrow with its cairn.
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Cluther Rocks
Trip No.12 Entry No.4 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cluther Rocks submitted by Boggart on 21st Oct 2012. Abandoned quern stone at Cluther Rocks looking down to Kinder Reservoir
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Kemple End Cross
Trip No.12 Entry No.5 Date Added: 21st Mar 2017
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Lancashire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Kemple End Cross submitted by Sunny100 on 10th Jun 2010. Kemple End Cross Nr Clitheroe, Lancashire, at SD.686404
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Eyendorf Steingrab 1
Trip No.13 Entry No.1 Date Added: 27th Mar 2017
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Germany (Lower Saxony, Bremen)
Visited: Would like to visit
Eyendorf Steingrab 1 submitted by krautrock on 26th Aug 2009. Under Holger's shoe a snake. Two seconds later he realize the snake and a scream cut the air in the chamber. What a sound.
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Log Text: RIP Holger Rix, this page is a tribute with some of his very best photos. The main announcement is here