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Palmyra Valley of the Tombs
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Syria
Visited: Yes on 23rd Nov 2007
Palmyra Valley of the Tombs submitted by h_fenton on 23rd Nov 2007. view looking west from the top of the Tomb of Elabel. There appears to be some sort of square structure based around a courtyard, possibly with robbed out walls which have been excavated (leaving narrow straight linear trenches) also looks like some of the cells around the courtyard have been excavated.
Anyone know any more?
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Column of Constantine
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 24th Nov 2007
Column of Constantine submitted by h_fenton on 24th Nov 2007. The column of Constantine in 2003 before it became shrouded in scaffolding for restoration 2004-2007?
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Barpa Langais
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 26th Nov 2007
Barpa Langais submitted by h_fenton on 26th Nov 2007. Inside Barpa Langais, the scale is 1 metre.
14 May 2006
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Studfold Stone Circle
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 4th Dec 2007
Studfold Stone Circle submitted by h_fenton on 4th Dec 2007. one of the stones of the circle still in position and incorporated into the stone wall which splits this site in two. (viewed from east side)
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Camus Nan Geall
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 5th Dec 2007
Camus Nan Geall submitted by h_fenton on 5th Dec 2007. Collapsed chamber of the chambered cairn at Camas Nan Geall.
19 September 2007
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Petra, Nabataean Town
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Jordan
Visited: Yes on 15th Dec 2007
Petra, Nabataean Town submitted by h_fenton on 15th Dec 2007. The tomb commonly known as 'The Treasury' and probably the most famous of all the monuments at Petra
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Jerash
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Jordan
Visited: Yes on 15th Dec 2007
Jerash submitted by h_fenton on 15th Dec 2007. The Oval Plaza / The Forum with collonaded street going off to the north. in the foreground is a Temenos (sacred precinct) which is in front of the Temple of Zeus (out of shot to the right of photographer)
Photo taken from the top tier of the South Theatre looking in north easterly direction.
17 May 2003
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Scrubbity Barrows
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 15th Dec 2007
Scrubbity Barrows submitted by h_fenton on 15th Dec 2007. The largest bowl barrow at Scrubbity Barrows. covered in brambles. when i visited the site in jan/feb 2002 the largest barrow (pictured) was the only barrow accessable, the other bowl barrows lay on the other side of a deer fence in an area which was immensly overgrown with regerating plants and trees after being coppiced.
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Thor Stone
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Dec 2007
Thor Stone submitted by h_fenton on 16th Dec 2007. Thor Stone at Taston.
Scale is 1 metre long.
visited + photo taken: 16 December 2007
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Churchill Standing Stone
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Dec 2007
Churchill Standing Stone submitted by h_fenton on 16th Dec 2007. Churchill standing stone.
Judging from the patterns of weathering on the top of the stone it has been clipped by the hedge cutter a number of times although it looks like the overall height of the stone has not been reduced by more than a couple of centimetres.
at some stage in the history of this stone a piece of iron has been inserted and held in place with some lead the iron has been broken off and has become very corroded, it is too small to be a gate hinge. careful examination of the...
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Hawk Stone
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Dec 2007
Hawk Stone submitted by h_fenton on 20th Dec 2007. The Hawk Stone
Pictures numbered 1-5, '1' viewed from the west then pictures at different angles around the stone in an anticlockwise direction until '5' viewed from the north.
'6' close up of the hollow in the top of the stone viewed from the east.
The badly placed scale is 1 metre long.
Photographs taken 16 December 2007.
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Hoar Stone at Enstone
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 21st Dec 2007
Hoar Stone at Enstone submitted by h_fenton on 21st Dec 2007. not the best angle but you can sort of see all of the stones (but you may not be able tell them apart)
21 December 2007
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Twyfelfontein
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: Namibia
Visited: Yes on 23rd Dec 2007
Twyfelfontein submitted by h_fenton on 23rd Dec 2007. Country: Namibia
rock engravings at Twyfelfontein, the central figure as well as being engraved has also been polished which is uncommon on this site
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Palmyra
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Syria
Visited: Yes on 28th Dec 2007
Palmyra submitted by h_fenton on 28th Dec 2007. Heavy lifting equipment in use during excavations at Palmyra. I'm sure they didn't have such huge cranes in the past.
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Great Sphinx
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Egypt (Lower Egypt (North))
Visited: Yes on 30th Dec 2007
Great Sphinx submitted by h_fenton on 30th Dec 2007. The head of the Sphinx from the side
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Cerrig Duon stone circle
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jan 2008
Cerrig Duon stone circle submitted by h_fenton on 3rd Jan 2008. Maen Mawr and Cerrig Duon.
April 2004
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Castlerigg
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jan 2008
Castlerigg submitted by h_fenton on 4th Jan 2008. Castlerigg stone circle.
18 / 09 / 2006 @ 8.35am
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Callanish 3
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jan 2008
Callanish 3 submitted by h_fenton on 12th Jan 2008. Callanish III, viewed from down by the road.
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Stiaraval Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Benbecula)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2008
Stiaraval Chambered Cairn submitted by h_fenton on 15th Jan 2008. Stiaraval Chambered Cairn.
13 May 2006
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Airidh na h-aon Oidche Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Benbecula)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jan 2008
Airidh na h-aon Oidche Chambered Cairn submitted by h_fenton on 15th Jan 2008. view from Ruabhal (larger hill to the noth east) of Airidh na h-aon Oidche Chambered Cairn within its landscape.
13 May 2006
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