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Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn)
Date Added: 12th May 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 11th May 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Caer Caradoc (Chapel Lawn) submitted by camperman on 31st Aug 2022. An aerial view from the North.
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Log Text: not far to walk from Chapel lawn, but steep. the ditches/ramparts are deep and high and in very good condition. a bit of wow factor. the entrances are well preserved. a sloping site enclosure. well worth the climb
Stapeley Hill Cairn
Date Added: 12th May 2025
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2025. My rating: Condition 2 Access 3
Stapeley Hill Cairn submitted by TimPrevett on 30th Dec 2004. A cairn on Stapeley Hill; see main entry for full details - click on blue text link to the left of the picture.
A composite shot looking towards Corndon Hill, and Mitchell's Fold (out of view).
It was snowing hard at this point on Midwinter Solstice Eve, and even I was questioning my sanity about being in this exposed, beautiful and dramatic landscape.
A biting wind meant I did not stay here for any longer than necessary to get a shot, but on subsequent trips, it will be worth spending tim...
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Log Text: a great little ring cairn right on the ridge, so has views to NW and SE, so would have been very visible on the skyline.
not protected and unfortunately the footpath goes right over it. so is eroding.
someone pretty important could have been buried here
Mitchell's Fold
Date Added: 12th May 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 10th May 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mitchell's Fold submitted by Orpbit on 21st Mar 2025. The Lion Roared at Mitchell's Fold stone circle on the Equinox and I roared back. After 14 years of researching the site I finally got the one image I really wanted. Almost perfect weather, yet I was the only one there to observe sunrise on this Spring Equinox of 2025, except for a local couple doing a morning walk, who caught up with me walking down the track back to my car. Pity we didn't bump into each other before the sunrise, as I had spare eclipse glasses too. And for me it beat even Stone...
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Log Text: on a level bit of ground overlooking the severn valley to NW, and positioned between Corndon hill to the south and Stapeley hill to NNE. Has been battered by farmers but has a few stones as original.
Bury Ditches (Shropshire)
Date Added: 9th May 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Jul 2012. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bury Ditches (Shropshire) submitted by TimPrevett on 13th Feb 2006. A composite of 3 shots, looking south at the eastern entrance of Bury Ditches. John & Lynne K here help give a sense of scale.
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Log Text: None
Old Oswestry Fort
Date Added: 9th May 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Shropshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th May 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Old Oswestry Fort submitted by Bladup on 16th Jan 2016. Old Oswestry, western side looking north.
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Log Text: a massively built enclosure, built in 3 phases from inner upper to outer lower. a sizable fairly level enclosure on top. good long distance views as usual
Breiddin Hillfort
Date Added: 9th May 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 9th May 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Breiddin Hillfort submitted by TimPrevett on 24th May 2004. From the left Breiddin hill (also spellt Breidden) with New Pieces, centre and Moel y Golfa, right. Viewed from the south.
The hillfort on Breiddin hill made national news in July 2000 when the culmination of a decade of diligent deforestation showed the remains of this settlement, hidden for over 1500 years.
At well over 1000 feet above central eastern Powys (formerly Montgomeryshire), not far from the Shropshire border, the fort has a panoramic position. As one would expect, the extremel...
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Log Text: a fair hike to the summit (Rodneys pillar which sadly has been condemned as too decrepid to repair) took me 3 hours and only 1 1/4 to come down. great long distance views from top. the ramparts are mostly in woodland but the main entrance can be seen as the path goes through it. the full size of them can only be appreciated by a visit-they stretch about a mile from NE to SW on the SE side.
quite an awesome build.
Maiden Castle (Cheshire)
Date Added: 7th May 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Maiden Castle (Cheshire) submitted by vicky on 10th Sep 2002. The earthworks at Maiden Castle in Cheshire (in the summer!). We will go back again in the winter when the veg has died down.
See main site entry for further details.
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Log Text: not very deep ditches but steep natural defences to nw.
splendid views across to Liverpool and the welsh hills
Beeston Castle
Date Added: 7th May 2025
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th May 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Beeston Castle submitted by vicky on 7th Jun 2002. The entrance to Beeston Castle in Cheshire where a 13th Century Castle was built on top of an Iron Age hillfort (GR: SJ538592 ). Excavations in 1978 revealed that the Medieval wall of this outer gateway was constructed on top of a prehistoric rampart with external ditch and counterscarp bank.
Prehistoric artefacts including bronze axes and implements, clay moulds and crucibles for casting bronze and a large amount of prehistoric pottery have been on the site of this 4 hectare hillfort.
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Log Text: you have to be a tourist for this one-National trust. some deep ditches/high banks. models in the visitor centre show the development of the site from Bronze age -Iron age to medieval. a proper good palimpset. they sell fruit wines and spirits in the shop very yummy. very long distance views from the top.
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
Culsh
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Culsh 028 submitted by Andy B on 18th Jan 2004. Part of the Burnham family holiday to Tomintoul, Moray in August 2003
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Log Text: even on a hot day it was cool inside.
Aikey Brae
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Aikey Brae submitted by Suncircle49 on 17th Jul 2022. Aerial view, showing the full circle, and the recumbent’s shadow mid-point on the Winter Solstice.
12:30 21December 2018
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Log Text: forestry has been felled and replanted (native species i think) so its all more open. a very similar site to Tomnaverie: on a hill with some long distance views to south and west. some impressively large stones. another banked kerbed circle. the kerb is a mixture of pink granite and white stones. must have looked striking when first built.
Midmar Kirk S
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Midmar Kirk S submitted by krautrock on 31st Jul 2010. Midmar Kirk S, Recumbent Stone Circle on a churchyard.
June 2010.
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Log Text: One stone is missing, and a couple may be in the wrong position. a good circle though. the flankers are smart.
The blurb on the board says 'RSCs are on crests of hills with a southerly views'.
But.. Midmar is below the crest and has a long view down the valley easterly!
Ones on tops of hills have 360 degree views (eg Tomnaverie, Aikey )
The recumbents are all on the southern quarter.
Cullerlie
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cullerlie submitted by krautrock on 1st Aug 2010. Cullerlie Stone Circle in the evening sun.
June 2010
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Log Text: reminded me of Brats hill cairn
https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=23
Castle Fraser Row
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3
Castle Fraser Row submitted by cosmic on 24th Sep 2005. Pair from WSW.
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Log Text: an odd couple!
Castle Fraser circle
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Castle Fraser circle submitted by megalithicmatt on 15th Jan 2012. View of the recumbent setting from the WSW.
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Log Text: visiting after the crop was harvested seemed a good plan.
Sunhoney
Date Added: 19th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Sunhoney submitted by krautrock on 30th Jul 2010. Sunhoney Stone Circle. Amazing Recumbent Stone Circle surrounded by big trees.
June 2010
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Log Text: Apart from the toppled over recumbent, Sunhoney has all its stones still standing. The tall pointy ones are to the south and the shorter northern stones are flat square. There is a lot of pink granite in the local field walls.
There are also some grey/green stones outside the western stones, possibly field clearance.
Berrybrae
Date Added: 14th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Berrybrae submitted by cosmic on 19th Oct 2005. Recumbent from outside
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Log Text: getting overgrown with nettles grass etc. dark in summer when the trees are in leaf. the east flanker is cracked and the west flanker in massive. As with other local RSCs the stones and bank include some bright orange/pink granite. in flat rolling landscape no long views.
Strichen House
Date Added: 14th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Strichen House submitted by Krautrock on 7th Jan 2009. July 2008
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Log Text: the signposting much better now, but the kissing gates are for skinny folk only! there were no livestock in the field. the site is overgrown with nettles and thistles. its 700m from the nearest car park place yes its been demolished 2x and rebuilt but it has a good feel about it. ok the stones may not all be in exactly the original place but its nice to have a RSC with all the stones upright. on a hilltop so feels a bit like Tomnaverie and Aikey.
Loudon Wood
Date Added: 13th Aug 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Loudon Wood submitted by krautrock on 9th Aug 2010. Loudon Wood. Recumbent Stone Circle. It looks like that anybody disturbed the left corner of the recumbent stone.
June 2010
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Log Text: a typical banked kerbed RSC. now in open (ish) land. felled ex forestry. i suppose it needs renaming to louden ex wood.
there a quite a few loose stones around the bank, i wasn't sure if these were original or had been put there by visitors. a fire had been set behind the recumbent a really stupid thing to do in ex pine forestry which could burn very easily.
a fine site-splendid stones.
White Cow Wood
Date Added: 13th Aug 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Aberdeenshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Access 3
White Cow Wood submitted by cosmic on 19th Oct 2005. Another view of the kerb
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Log Text: a fair bit more overgrown now than the photos. its a banked kerbed cairn with a central cist. basically the centre of a recumbent stone circle without the stone circle.