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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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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