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Whispering Knights
Date Added: 24th Nov 2010
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Nov 2010. My rating: Ambience 5
Whispering Knights submitted by hamish on 11th Feb 2004. A gentle stroll from the Rollrights,These stones make a nice triangle with the Rollrights and the King Stone.
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Log Text: I'm quite used to seeing offerings (?) left at prehistoric sites such as crystals, beads, coins etc - which are often placed into holes in the stones. This afternoon (24/11/2010) when I visited the Whispering Knights, it looked like the stones were in the bottom of a wishing well for the sheer number of coins deposited on and in them. Two Pence seems to be the most common deposition.
Rollright Stones
Date Added: 24th Oct 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 24th Oct 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Rollright Stones submitted by JimChampion on 17th Feb 2005. February 2005. A worms-eye view looking north into the King's Men circle. Lovely winter morning sunshine on a somewhat eerie site.
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Kintraw (Kilmartin)
Date Added: 16th Oct 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2005
Kintraw (Kilmartin) submitted by nicoladidsbury on 28th May 2005. Kintraw (Kilmartin) - standing stone and burial mound.
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Wildshaw Burn
Date Added: 8th Oct 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (South Lanarkshire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Sep 2010. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 3
Wildshaw Burn submitted by h_fenton on 4th Dec 2010. One of the more prominent stones at Wildshaw Burn Stone Circle.
23 September 2010 @ 6.42am
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Log Text: Visited Wildshaw Burn stone circle as it was getting light, occasionaly surrounded by hill fog; the ground oozing water after heavy overnight rain. Most of the stones (I found 22) were submerged in puddles, a few others above the peaty ground were lying on their sides. Apart from a lost pair of glasses there were no obvious signs of modern human activity on the site - but still it was not exactly serene, on one side there is the hum of great electricity pylons and the other the M74 motorway.
Not the easiest site to find, but it is where it is marked on the map
Chysauster
Date Added: 7th Oct 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 9th Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chysauster submitted by h_fenton on 9th May 2010. Vertical Kite Aerial Photograph of a courtyard house at Chysauster ancient village.
Photo taken: 9 April 2010
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Log Text: This time I arrived at Chysauster half an hour before closing time, I wanted to get some more aerial photographs, I got permission. Kite and camera rushed into the air, I spent the next 45minutes thoroughly photographing the site, unfortunately the sun was still fairly high in the sky so some of the earthworks didn't show as well as they might otherwise do. staff at the site were relaxed about closing time and by the time I had finished there were still a couple of other visitors wandering around. Nice Ambience.
Chysauster
Date Added: 7th Oct 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 16th Oct 2008. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Chysauster submitted by h_fenton on 19th Oct 2008. Kite Aerial Photograph of part of the site of Chysauster ancient village.
Photo taken: 16 October 2008
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Log Text: Arrived at Chysauster early before the site was quite open, got my free entry with my CADW life membership card, and got permission to fly my kite here. A nice relaxed time, light winds, I was amazed everytime I brought my camera back to the ground how different and understandable everything seemed from the viewpoint far above my head. On the ground you walk through the courtyard houses; peer into the different rooms, but you don't really get the spatial relationship of everything, but the view from the camera hanging beneath the kite just gives the different rooms, different houses, spaces between all a context and enhances the understanding of this remarkable site.
Gussage Down (South)
Date Added: 7th Oct 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 20th Feb 2002. My rating: Access 2
Gussage Down (South) submitted by h_fenton on 3rd Feb 2008. Gussage Down (South) Long barrow (on the right).
to the left is a round barrow. site viewed from the north.
20 February 2002
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St Mungo's Church
Date Added: 4th Oct 2010
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2010. My rating: Access 5
St Mungo's Church submitted by wolfnighthunter on 7th Dec 2008. Christian Cross built into the walls of St Mungo's Church, Simonburn, Northumberland
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Stonehenge.
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 30th Aug 2010. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Stonehenge. submitted by h_fenton on 30th Aug 2010. Stonehenge - 30 August 2010 @ 6.34am.
Kite Aerial Photograph
sorry about the unusually prominent copyright notice
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Log Text: Arrived at Stonehenge before dawn, watched the sun slowly rise from the roadside, crossed the road, popped my kite and camera into the air and then watched Stonehenge security scurry towards me before they told me to take it down because I might damage the stones.
Drumtroddan Cup and Ring Markings
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2010
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 17th Sep 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Drumtroddan Cup and Ring Markings submitted by h_fenton on 25th Sep 2010. A Kite Aerial Photograph of the main outcrop at Drumtroddan, although the outcrop is larger and the rockart goes beyond the extent of this photograph I have cropped the picture to what was visible at this early time of day.
17 September 2010 @ 8.48am
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Log Text: Visited this site in the morning with strong low sunlight which was fantastic for showing up the cup and ring marks. I stayed for a while as the sun rose, highlighting further cup and ring marks. Unfenced out in the field a short distance to the west of the main group a few more ring marks were visible where the grass has worn away.
With the permission of the farmer, I flew my kite here to take some aerial photographs of the rock art. There were a couple of cows in the field but they were only mildly interested in what I was doing.
Cairnholy 1
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 25th Sep 2010
Cairnholy 1 submitted by h_fenton on 25th Sep 2010. Kite Aerial Photograph of the forecourt of Cairnholy 1.
16 September 2010 @10.27am
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Mam Tor
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Sep 2010
Mam Tor submitted by h_fenton on 27th Sep 2010. Mam Tor, an oblique kite aerial photograph looking north along the eastern side of the hillfort. Low sunlight picks out the hollows of possible hutcircles.
9 September 2010 @ 5.15pm
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King Arthur's Round Table
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2010
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2010
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by h_fenton on 1st Oct 2010. King Arthur's Round Table.
I tried to fly the kite here but the wind was too inconsistent to safely get the camera high enough. Here instead of a kite I used a carp fishing pole, with a camera attachment on the end to lift my camera higher (6-7 metres).
10 September 2010
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Knock Rock Art (1)
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2010
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 1st Oct 2010
Knock Rock Art (1) submitted by h_fenton on 1st Oct 2010. Knock 1. below the Gavin Maxwell otter memorial.
A week or so before the autumn equinox shortly after sunrise a finger like shadow of the piece of rock on the outcrop passed right through the centre of the cup and ring mark. Because the light was low it was difficult to effectively photograph.
I waited until the sun was a little higher and brighter then I put my finger close to the lump on the rock that casts the shadow - to indicate the shadow across the circle. At one point the end...
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Lyneham Camp
Date Added: 30th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 26th Jan 2008
Lyneham Camp submitted by h_fenton on 26th Jan 2008. The bank on the the north eastern side of Lyneham Camp (The Roundabout) has recently been cleared of trees and scrub (previously it was pretty impenetrable).
Using some ranging poles (not in this photo) to guage the height of the bank - in the foreground area of this photo the bank stands to a height of 1.2metres from the interior and 2.1 metres from the exterior ground levels.
Photo taken: 26 January 2008
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Whispering Knights
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jan 2008
Whispering Knights submitted by h_fenton on 27th Jan 2008. The Whispering Knights from above!
Kite Aerial Photograph
27 January 2008
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Rollright Stones
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jan 2008
Rollright Stones submitted by h_fenton on 27th Jan 2008. some of the Rollright stones from the air.
Kite Aerial Photo, 27 January 2008
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Meayll Hill
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Channel Islands and Isle of Man (Isle of Man)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Feb 2008
Meayll Hill submitted by h_fenton on 2nd Feb 2008. Mull Circle / Meayll Circle
Summer 2000
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Great Cursus, Stonehenge
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Cursus
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Feb 2008
Great Cursus, Stonehenge submitted by h_fenton on 3rd Feb 2008. Great Cursus looking east on a frosty winter morning.
January 2000?
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Great Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Feb 2008
Great Cursus Barrows, Stonehenge submitted by h_fenton on 3rd Feb 2008. Great Cursus Barrows from the west.
January 2000?
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