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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
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
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
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
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
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
Kermario Alignements
Trip No.4 Entry No.3 Date Added: 16th Feb 2011
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Would like to visit
Kermario alignements submitted by rw1 on 20th Jan 2008. 09/2007
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Log Text: Featured in Episode Two of BBC's History of Ancient Britain with Neil Oliver
Fiskary Bay Mesolithic Settlement
Trip No.3 Entry No.7 Date Added: 15th Feb 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Isle of Coll)
Visited: Would like to visit
Log Text: Featured as part of BBC's History of Ancient Britain with Neil Oliver
Creswell Crags
Trip No.3 Entry No.5 Date Added: 14th Feb 2011
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Creswell Crags submitted by stu on 10th Dec 2005. Looking down the limestone gorge of Creswell Crags...the cliffs and caves almost completely hidden by the trees.
Even if you don't go for any of the cave tours on offer....Creswell is a great place to spend an afternoon.
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Log Text: Featured as part of BBC's History of Ancient Britain with Neil Oliver
Goat's Cave, Paviland
Trip No.3 Entry No.4 Date Added: 14th Feb 2011
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Would like to visit
Goat's Cave, Paviland submitted by nahwah on 6th Apr 2010. View inside cave to sea (note small person seen in entrance this is my son who was seven at time, gives an idea of scale).
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Log Text: Featured as part of BBC's History of Ancient Britain with Neil Oliver
Uruk.
Trip No.1 Entry No.1 Date Added: 17th Jan 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Iraq
Visited: Would like to visit
Uruk. submitted by AlexHunger on 4th Nov 2006. Excavated remains of the Inana Temple (Ishtar Temple) dating to ca 1400 BCE from Uruk at the Berlin Pergamum museum.
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Log Text: Featured in the BBC programme, Ancient Worlds with Richard Miles
Tell Brak
Trip No.1 Entry No.2 Date Added: 19th Nov 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Syria
Visited: Would like to visit
Tell Brak Statue menhir submitted by AlexHunger on 30th Jan 2006. Statue Menhir from Tell Brak in Modern Syria now in Louvre Museum in Paris. Dated to about 2000-1600 BCE.
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Log Text: Featured in the BBC programme, Ancient Worlds with Richard Miles
Ballymichael Bridge
Date Added: 25th Aug 2016
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Couldn't find on 25th Aug 2016
Ballymichael Bridge submitted by Aska on 16th May 2019. Can you find the brown stone on the right?
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Log Text: I tried to get to this site but it would have required wading through knee deep water - I'm dedicated but not that dedicated!
Tormore 1
Trip No.11 Entry No.5 Date Added: 24th Aug 2016
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Couldn't find
Log Text: Way too boggy to get to sadly
The Park Fort (Ashdown Forest)
Date Added: 2nd Oct 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (East Sussex)
Visited: Couldn't find on 1st Oct 2010
Log Text: Deep in bracken and thick forest, couldn't find it
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
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
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
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
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