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Seven Lords' Lands
Trip No.22 Entry No.2 Date Added: 10th May 2026
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Seven Lords' Lands submitted by AngieLake on 31st May 2010. Looking towards Rippon Tor from the now tidied-up Seven Lords Lands Cairn.
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Log Text: Second visit - not so overgrown this time.
Hound Tor Ring Cairn
Trip No.22 Entry No.1 Date Added: 9th May 2026
Site Type: Ring Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Hound Tor Ring Cairn submitted by h_fenton on 23rd Oct 2009. Hound Tor Ring Cairn, with Hound Tor in the background.
29 September 2009
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Log Text: Cute ring cairn and cist under Hound Tor
Innisidgen Upper
Date Added: 4th May 2026
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Innisidgen Upper submitted by enkidu41 on 27th Apr 2004. SV 9220 1265
This entrance grave on St. Mary's comprises a 26' diameter mound and an 18' long entrance passage roofed with 5 large capstones.
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Innisidgen Lower
Date Added: 4th May 2026
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Innisidgen Lower submitted by enkidu41 on 27th Apr 2004. A poorly preserved entrance grave. Most of the roofing stones have disappeared although the passage is still clearly visible.
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Bant's Carn
Date Added: 4th May 2026
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bant's Carn submitted by Postman on 7th Aug 2015. Probably the best burial chamber in the world, pyramids not included.
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Halangy Down
Date Added: 4th May 2026
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Halangy Down Settlement submitted by Thorgrim on 1st Jul 2003. Iron Age courtyard house settlement similar to Chysauster. Situated on St Marys at SV 90981237, it overlooks the sea and is below the much older Bant's Carn entrance grave.
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Log Text: Well preserved courtyard house
Mount Flagon Menhir
Date Added: 4th May 2026
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Isles of Scilly)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Mount Flagon Menhir submitted by enkidu41 on 27th Apr 2004. SV 9093 1093
An 8' high menhir standing next to a windmill-shaped daymark. Remarkably, it survived unscathed by the adjacent construction of a Tudor fort, Harry's Walls.
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Log Text: Stone next to a Tudor fort
Ranmasu Uyana
Date Added: 19th Apr 2026
Site Type: Carving
Country: Sri Lanka
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Ranmasu Uyana submitted by Catrinm on 14th Apr 2026. A replica of the 'cosmological' carving which is easier to see than the original in the gardens. ( Photo taken at Maritime Archeology Museum, Galle). Estimated 9C AD
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Log Text: Image of the Stargate carving (replica, as better image ) uploaded - fascinating; wish could be better interpreted by someone with the knowledge !
Aukana Buddha
Date Added: 15th Apr 2026
Site Type: Sculptured Stone
Country: Sri Lanka
Visited: Yes on 24th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Aukana Buddha submitted by Flickr on 30th Sep 2015. Buddha
image by Nick Leonard, 2006
Wendy looks up at the amazing and enormous fifth-century Aukana Buddha, one of the great ancient sites of Sri Lanka, to add perspective to the carving.
The Buddha is 12m high (though it appears much, much taller) and is completely carved from the rock behind it, as is the case at Gal Vihara. But this Buddha is taller than those at Gal Vihara, and the work that went into it must have been immense. It is in extraordinary condition (the last chiseling co...
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Log Text: Impressive large Buddha carved from one piece of rock. 500AD estimated. He has a beehive hanging off his arm ! There are also ancient carvings on a slab.
Kuttam Pokuna
Date Added: 14th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Sri Lanka
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Kuttam Pokuna submitted by Catrinm on 11th Apr 2026. Twin Ponds with sophisticated water engineering 4 th C
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Log Text: Particularly atmospheric at night, these twin bathing ponds ( for the monks) are beautifully carved with exceptional engineering - and still contain water. They are considered to be a separate site within the complex.
Bristol City Museum
Date Added: 14th Apr 2026
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Would like to visit
Bristol City Museum submitted by TheCaptain on 14th Mar 2011. The Pool Farm Cist slab is now back on display in Bristol museum, in the "Curiosities" section, where they are asking children to leave their suggestions for its meaning, but with no further information.
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Isurumuniya Temple
Date Added: 14th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Sri Lanka
Visited: Yes on 30th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Isurumuniya Temple submitted by Catrinm on 10th Apr 2026. Rock temple in Srilanka
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Log Text: Well worth a visit an atmospheric place - 500 rupees entrance. Many elements to it- rock cave temple with steps up to the top with views ; museum; various rock carvings; elephant pond.
Samadhi Statue and Rathna Prasadaya
Date Added: 14th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Sri Lanka
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2026. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 5
Log Text: Atmospheric ruins - notable a long trough where the rice for 5000 monks was served !
Thuparamaya
Date Added: 14th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Sri Lanka
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Thuparamaya submitted by Catrinm on 14th Apr 2026. Thuparamaya at night
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Ancient stupa surrounded by columns which once supported a roof.
Ruwanwelisaya
Date Added: 14th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Sri Lanka
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Ruwanwelisaya submitted by Catrinm on 14th Apr 2026. Site in Sri Lanka
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At night experiencing the stupa lit up 100s of white dressed pilgrims worshipping and bringing offerings to the temples was extremely moving. Did not take photos of them as would have been disrespectful. But here's the lit up stupa. part of the UNESCO WHS but restored.
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi and Lovamahapaya
Date Added: 12th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Sri Lanka
Visited: Yes on 22nd Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi and Lovamahapaya submitted by Catrinm on 14th Apr 2026. Tree View from below Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
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Very moving to experience all the pilgrims. Some beautiful carvings on the steps
Jetavanaramaya
Date Added: 12th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Sri Lanka
Visited: Yes on 20th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Jetavanaramaya submitted by Catrinm on 12th Apr 2026. What an enormous stupa !
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Log Text: Huge restored stupa
Galle Museum of Marine Archeology
Date Added: 12th Apr 2026
Site Type: Museum
Country: Sri Lanka
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2026. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 5
Galle Museum of Marine Archeology submitted by Catrinm on 14th Apr 2026. Site in Sri Lanka
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Log Text: Interesting museum with modern displays
Royal Cornwall Museum
Date Added: 12th Apr 2026
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Royal Cornwall Museum submitted by Andy B on 23rd Sep 2022. Gold lunalae in the 'Gathering Light' Bronze Age gold exhibition running until the 5th November at the Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro.
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Log Text: Lots of interest in the museum including the original cup marked stone from the Tregiffian burial chamber at the merry maidens.- and a new Cornish Folklore exhibition . £10 for annual entry.
Llech-y-Doll
Date Added: 11th Apr 2026
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Llech-y-Doll submitted by postman on 27th Oct 2012. Looking out across over Porth Ceiriad
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