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Merrivale Centre N
Date Added: 28th Dec 2010
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2010
Merrivale Centre N submitted by h_fenton on 1st Dec 2010. Merrivale, cairn circle and cist in the middle of the southern (central) stone row.
Kite Aerial Photograph
7 April 2010
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Brent Tor
Date Added: 28th Dec 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 8th Apr 2010. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 4
Brent Tor submitted by h_fenton on 28th Dec 2010. Brent Tor at sunset, viewed from the western edge of Dartmoor near Cudlipptown.
7 April 2010
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Log Text: I was out on Brent Tor just before 7am as the sun rose from the clouds that shrouded Dartmoor to the east, the light gently warming the Devon landscape and the dewy grass glistening beneath my feet. Mist hung in some of the valleys. It was a wonderful sport to just stop and watch the world slowly waking up, the sound of dogs barking in a distant farmyard reached my lofty perch through seemingly very still air. I looked in the church which sits on the summit there was a stained glass window depicting St Michael at the east end with the sun directly behind making it glow.
Back outside the church there was the merest murmur of some wind, I carefully set my kite up, adjusting it to catch the most wind possible. the fabric of the kite whispered that there was just enough wind so I moved out of the churchyard and launched the kite. it slowly rose into the air with only a very small pull on the line. I attached the camera to the kite line and while there was enough wind to lift the kite there was only enough to maintain the height of the camera. I ran a little way down the hill trying to get the camera to lift higher, it quickly returned to the ground. returning to the launch spot I relaunched the kite and flew it as close to the church as was feasible attached the camera, set the camera running. With a little faith I ran down the hill letting the kite line roll off the reel as I went, over the ramparts slipping down the outer sides then continuing down the field - now gently pulling the line, pulling the kite higher and the camera into the air and away from the hill. Slowly the kite and camera came back towards me, I caught he camera, then landed the kite. so impressed with some of the photos I returned to the church and put most of the money I had on me into the collection box.
I flew again on the south side of the church, the wind was still slack, running and walking was again needed to maintain the kite in the air.
After all the kite flying it, the tor was still a wonderful spot just sit or stand and contemplate and view the landscape, I whiled away a few hours here until the ambience was interrupted by other visitors and their dogs.
Hengistbury Head
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 26th Oct 2005
Hengistbury Head submitted by h_fenton on 26th Oct 2005. Eroding ditch at Hengistbury Head. Probably Iron Age, although there is nothing in the fill of the ditch to suggest a date.
SZ 16614 90768
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Upwey Ridgeway
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2007
Upwey Ridgeway submitted by h_fenton on 19th Aug 2007. Upwey Disc Barrow
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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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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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Oakley Down Barrows
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2010
Oakley Down Barrows submitted by h_fenton on 31st Aug 2010. Part of Oakley Down Barrow Cemetery.
Kite Aerial Photograph
29 August 2010 @ 7.07pm
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Badbury Rings
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2011
Badbury Rings submitted by h_fenton on 27th Jun 2011. Badbury Rings viewed from roughly east.
Kite Aerial Photograph
26 June 2011 @ 8.49pm
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Belas Knap
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Oct 2005
Belas Knap submitted by h_fenton on 23rd Oct 2005. Belas Knap Long Barrow from the south.
SP 021254
27-02-2005 afternoon
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Farmcote gatepost
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2008
Farmcote gatepost submitted by h_fenton on 31st Aug 2008. An old stone gatepost(?- no hinges) at Farmcote in Gloucestershire (Cotswolds near Winchcombe). Most stone gateposts across the cotswolds are square in section c.40x40cm and stand upto 1.5metres high with a rounded top. This gatepost is unusual, in that it is a rough triangular shaped stone which has then been extensively carved and shaped on three sides, with recesses that suggest it had wooden posts tightly against it, plus some small rectangular sockets of unknown function. There are also som...
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Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire)
Date Added: 25th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2009
Cleeve Hill (Gloucestershire) submitted by h_fenton on 29th Mar 2009. Cleeve Hill - Hillfort.
Kite Aerial Photograph, 29 March 2009
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Painswick Beacon
Date Added: 4th Apr 2011
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 14th Feb 2011
Painswick Beacon submitted by h_fenton on 14th Feb 2011. Painswick Beacon (hillfort) from the south, a Kite Aerial Photograph.
12 February 2011
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Wyck Beacon bowl barrow
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2012
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2011
Wyck Beacon bowl barrow submitted by h_fenton on 10th Apr 2011. Wyck Beacon bowl barrow, viewed from the southwest.
10 April 2011
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Swell Wold round barrow
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2012
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2011
Swell Wold round barrow submitted by h_fenton on 10th Apr 2011. Swell Wold round barrow, viewed from the east.
10 April 2011
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Amberley Cross Bank
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2012
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Aug 2011
Amberley Cross Bank submitted by h_fenton on 8th Aug 2011. Amberley Cross Bank, viewed from roughly north. The bank comes to the bottom left corner of the photograph.
Kite Aerial Photograph
16 August 2009
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Crickley Hill
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Sep 2011
Crickley Hill submitted by h_fenton on 19th Sep 2011. Crickley Hill, viewed from roughly south east.
Kite Aerial Photograph
18 September 2011 @ 5.18pm
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Roel Camp
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 15th Oct 2011
Roel Camp submitted by h_fenton on 15th Oct 2011. Roel Camp, photographed from the east.
Kite Aerial Photograph
15 October 2011 @ 4.56pm
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Leckhampton Hill
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2012
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 10th Nov 2011
Leckhampton Hill submitted by h_fenton on 10th Nov 2011. Leckhampton Hill hillfort / promontory fort, Gloucestershire. Viewed from the east.
Kite Aerial Photograph
6 November 2011
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Cleeve Hill Cross Dyke
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2012
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Nov 2011
Cleeve Hill Cross Dyke submitted by h_fenton on 19th Nov 2011. Cleeve Hill Cross Dyke, photographed from the east.
Kite Aerial Photograph
13 November 2011
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The Ring (Gloucestershire)
Date Added: 3rd Feb 2012
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Gloucestershire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Nov 2011
The Ring (Gloucestershire) submitted by h_fenton on 19th Nov 2011. The Ring, enclosure on Cleeve Hill (Cleeve Common) Gloucestershire.
Kite Aerial Photograph from the north west.
13 November 2011 @ 2.35pm
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