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Caer Bach
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Caer Bach submitted by TimPrevett on 22nd Aug 2004. A view down on to Caer Bach, showing its prominent place above the Conwy Valley.
This is taken ascending Tal y Fan mountain.
There is a conspicuously white stone just left of centre; this stone is very large, and of different character than the other stones.
In the valley below within the picture (but not visible) is the Roman port and fort of Canovium - an essential link in their North Wales strongholds.
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Log Text: middling sized hill camp. steep hill to SE with bank and ditch uphill to the NW. the entrance seems to be from the south, curving into a flat area in the SE separate from the main camp. at the top can be seen large rounded boulders of the inner ramparts. it commands extensive views over the Conwy river.
Cae Coch
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Cae Coch submitted by TimPrevett on 9th Apr 2004. A composite of the spectacular back drop to the south west of Cae Coch standing stone, a short walk from the Rowen Youth Hostel, along with numerous other ancient monuments.
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Log Text: another grand cefn coch southside stone orientated north south
Maen Crwn
Date Added: 6th Jun 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Conwy)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Maen Crwn submitted by stu on 16th Oct 2002. Nice standing stone in field outside Red Farm.
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Log Text: another stone orientated north south
Bryn Celli Ddu
Date Added: 11th Jun 2025
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bryn Celli Ddu submitted by Humbucker on 23rd May 2022. The replica carved standing stone at the rear entrance to Bryn Celli Ddu.
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Log Text: i got to the car park fairly early so managed to get an hour at the site by myself which was lovely.
a woman turned up and started walking round and round looking very serious and superior.
Then some German tourists turned up, had not researched their visit and flew their drone around high and then right down low over us. Really irritating. I was fairly abrupt to them in a very anglosaxon manner. this amused the walking around woman.
At least ask people if they mind being filmed not just film them without asking. very rude and against drone guidance. It's a CADW listed site so has a no drone policy. I could have brought my drone and got some great shots. it seems it is old fashioned to be polite.
so. mixed feelings on the site. great site. and most visitors are respectful.
Bodowyr
Date Added: 11th Aug 2025
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Bodowyr submitted by Postman on 14th Aug 2015. january 2010
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Log Text: an easy amble across the field from road layby
Castell Bryn-Gwyn
Date Added: 11th Jun 2025
Site Type: Henge
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Castell Bryn-Gwyn submitted by stu on 28th Jun 2002. Castell Bryn-Gwyn Henge. The remaining bank of the henge at Bryn-Gwyn. A farmhouse now occupies the other half.
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Log Text: i parked in a small layby opposite the farm at Cefn Maesoglan, walked down the old pathway past the ponds. absolute magic. my phone app registered a Cetti's warbler!!!!
Bryn Gwyn Stones
Date Added: 11th Jun 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Bryn Gwyn Stones submitted by petelovespurple on 24th Apr 2012. I'd been to see Castell Bryn Gwyn, noticed the stones marked on the map, when I got there discovered there was a dig going on, they had found the base of one of the destroyed stones plus stone holes for other stones, I'd have thought there would be more info here......
more photos in a set of the same name on my Flickr photostream
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Log Text: i nearly missed these after visiting the henge, they are almost entirely hidden by the high hedge now. quite gobsmackingly large. two very different stones and types. one is thin slate like, the other is thick chunky.
Presaddfed
Date Added: 11th Jun 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Presaddfed submitted by pab on 25th Sep 2012. Presaddfed, September 2012
Timber support which features in most photos on Portal has now been removed, so the more southerly chamber looks even better.
Delightful location - the walk over the field feels more like a procession, with the chambers looking more impressive all the time.
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Log Text: a pair of dolmens, one collapsed, the other has the capstone on still. a mixture of stone types-thin slate and chunky (dolomite?)
Trefignath
Date Added: 12th Jun 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Trefignath submitted by ericgrindle on 29th Jul 2016. Trefignath - Anglesey Trefignath is a chambered tomb found close to Holyhead. despite its proximaty to the urban environment, lingering as the sun goes down often reveals stunning sunsets. Trefignath is a chambered tomb found close to Holyhead. despite its proximaty to the urban environment, lingering as the sun goes down often reveals stunning sunsets. Image copyright: Eric Grindle (Eric Grindle), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: Three tombs built on a rock outcrop. The earliest opened to north, the second and third to the east. Then it was all made into a large mound. With two tall portals at the east.
There are several quartz stones in and around the edge of the horn of the cairn, and the SW stone of the first chamber is a stone of solid quartz.
The site exuded power and kudos.
nice to see another site that supports the idea that cardinality was important
Ty Newydd (Llanfaelog)
Date Added: 12th Jun 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Ty Newydd (Llanfaelog) submitted by SandyG on 17th Dec 2021. View from north west in 1980.
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Log Text: Massive chunky stones the cap looks like a whale it even has a forked tail
Barclodiad-y-Gawres (Anglesey)
Date Added: 12th Jun 2025
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Barclodiad-y-Gawres (Anglesey) submitted by TimPrevett on 13th Apr 2004. A look at the dolmen, which is the top of the cruciform section, inside Barclodiad.
As with many dolmens, the capstone almost seems precariously placed.
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Log Text: Enclosed encaged in a mock up like at Newgrange, which is very misleading.
It has guided tours inside at summer weekends you book online. I would rate the guide at 5/10.
The original tomb is quite small, has a similar sized cap on the main chamber as other local chambers. What makes Barclodiad different is its side chambers, and the decorated stones giving a distinct Irish style. No Bronze Age material was found so it seems to be not used later.
Oh, and the passage faces north. Haha.
Mynydd Bach
Date Added: 12th Jun 2025
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Access 4
Mynydd Bach submitted by guile on 4th May 2010. Small and perfectly formed, this boulder has much to please the eye in Mynydd Bach ring cairn.
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Log Text: an unassuming little ring cairn. in a dramatic coastal location just below the more well known Barclodiad y Gawres
Barp Reineval
Date Added: 4th Jun 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Barp Reineval submitted by SandyG on 23rd May 2016. View from the south east (28 August 2015).
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Log Text: Capstone 1.5m x 1.8m 0.3m thick plus adjacent stone 1.2m x 0.6 x 0.6 m
views of mountains to east. view west blocked.
https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue8/cummings/reineval1.html
Panorama
https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue8/cummings/qtvr/reinev/reinev.htm
Pollachar
Date Added: 4th Jun 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Access 5
Pollachar submitted by h_fenton on 20th Jul 2006. Pollachar standing stone, South Uist. view from south west, showing proximity to the Pollachar Inn behind
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Log Text: None
Frobost chambered cairn
Date Added: 4th Jun 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Frobost chambered cairn submitted by drolaf on 4th Jun 2024. view of cairn from SE
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Log Text: i noticed there were lots of pink quartz crystaline rocks mixed with the grey boulders
Quoyness Barrow
Date Added: 29th Dec 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Quoyness submitted by castawaycouple on 15th Oct 2003. Quoyness Barrow, Sanday, Orkney.
Visit Orkneys Megaliths
you choose where you want to go!!!
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Log Text: pretty stunning place to visit. long sandy beach, seals etc
Augmund Howe
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Augmund Howe submitted by DrewParsons on 18th Oct 2010. PID photo. Sept 2010.
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Log Text: had fulmars nesting in it so i did not disturb them,
Vinquoy
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Vinquoy Chambered Cairn submitted by shogbits on 24th Feb 2006. External view of Vinquoy chambered cairn - not far from the Stone of Setter.
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Log Text: a prominent position on the hill with a superb views over the islands, and it lines up with the Setter stone and Mill loch cairn down the hill. it was very damp and there was a fine mist or dust in the chambers. The corbelled side cells are quite large compared to Wideford and Cuween. One side cell had water in.
Huntersquoy
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn submitted by shogbits on 24th Feb 2006. Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn. Apparently this is a two storey construction. I would have liked to have gone inside but the entrance was tiny and full of water at the time.
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Log Text: None
Braeside
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Braeside submitted by LizH on 19th Nov 2004. Braeside Orkney
I was on a minibus trip round Eday when I insisted on jumping out to take a picture of this; even though it was very misty. The other 6 people stayed firmly on the bus, although this was one of Eday's 'sights'. But despite the mist, I got a nice picture.
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Log Text: None