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Wookey Hole Caves Museum
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 26th Aug 2008
Wookey Hole Caves Museum submitted by JimChampion on 26th Aug 2008. I encountered this palaeolithic hunter-gatherer in the "Dinosaur Valley" at Wookey Hole. Hopefully it doesn't reinforce the idea that 'cavemen' co-existed with dinosaurs. His beard is looking a little green.
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Creeg Tol
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2008
Creeg Tol submitted by JimChampion on 29th Aug 2008. View south-west from Creeg Tol, with the rock outcrop and basin(?) in the foreground. The dip in the horizon to the left is at Lamorna, the tower on the horizon to the right is St Buryan. The Boscawen-Un stone circle is a short distance to the south-east, just off to the left of this photo. This is a composite image from two photographs.
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St Levan's Well
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2008
St Levan's Well submitted by JimChampion on 29th Aug 2008. The back of St Levan's Well, in its spectacular setting above Porthchapel cove.
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Trewern menhir
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2008
Trewern menhir submitted by JimChampion on 29th Aug 2008. The Trewern standing stone is just below centre in this photograph. Apologies for the quality, but it was taken at full zoom from a very windy Trengwainton Carn.
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Trewern Round
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2008
Trewern Round submitted by JimChampion on 29th Aug 2008. An oval Iron Age enclosure, about 50 metres in diameter. The stone wall still survives under the hedge, and the whole thing is quite obvious from some distance away. Apologies for the quality of this picture, it was taken from some distance at full zoom, and it was very windy (no tripod!).
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Churchyard Cross St Levan
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2008
Churchyard Cross St Levan submitted by JimChampion on 29th Aug 2008. On the right, the tall churchyard cross; beyond and to the left the split St Levan Stone. I have read suggestions that the stone represents the female form and the cross represents the male form, or that the proximity of the Christian cross neutralises the pagan influence of the stone.
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Trink Hill
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2008
Trink Hill submitted by JimChampion on 29th Aug 2008. The triangulation pillar on Trink Hill, which stands on top of the remains of a tumulus. The hill in the middle distance, beyond the farm buildings, is Trencrom Hill - topped with the remains of an Iron Age hillfort/settlement.
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Carn Lês Boel
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Aug 2008
Carn Lês Boel submitted by JimChampion on 29th Aug 2008. View across Mill Bay to the Carn Lês Boel headland, from Carn Boel. The headland is a 'cliff castle', although the remains are very slight. On the left is Nanjizal beach.
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St Levan's Stone
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 30th Aug 2008
St Levan's Stone submitted by JimChampion on 30th Aug 2008. Not wide enough for a packhorse with panniers astride, so the world's not done just yet. Demonstration by the other Dr Champion.
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Trengwainton Cross
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2008
Trengwainton Cross submitted by JimChampion on 31st Aug 2008. The front of Trengwainton Cross, after the brambles and bracken had been moved out of the way!
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Maen Castle
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2008
Maen Castle submitted by JimChampion on 31st Aug 2008. The name "Maen" Castle is from the Cornish for 'stone', and that describes it quite well. This exposed granite headland has many boulders and outcrops, and the promontory fort has little room for occupation. It is thought to be associated with field systems on the slope immediately to the east.
The headland in the distance is Dr Syntax's Head at Land's End, with the Longships rocks and lighthouse offshore.
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Boskednan Menhir 2
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Aug 2008
Boskednan Menhir 2 submitted by JimChampion on 31st Aug 2008. This triangular stone stands on the tumulus at grid reference SW43263530, to the north-west of the Nine Maidens stone circle. The ruin on the hill in the distance is the Greenburrow engine house at the Ding Dong mine.
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Abbotsbury Castle
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005
Abbotsbury Castle submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. December 2004. Looking east from the trig point on top of Abbotsbury hillfort. The hillfort's round tumulus is in the centre of the picture, with a person for scale. At a height of 215m above sea-level you get an impressive view of the surroundings: it is obvious why this site was chosen for a hillfort.
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St Michael's Mount
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005
St Michael's Mount submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. August 2004. "Diodorus Sicululs, the Greek historian writing in 70 CE called this island Ictis, and it was from here that Cornish tin was traded with Mediterranean countries." [from Celtic Britain by Homer Sykes, 1997]
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Treryn Dinas
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2005
Treryn Dinas submitted by JimChampion on 2nd Jan 2005. August 2004. Looking west from the headland towards Porthcurno and the Minnack Theatre. This cliff-fort commands impressive views over this part of the Penwith coastline.
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Spinsters' Rock
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005
Spinsters' Rock submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. 20 August 2004, rainy at noon. This chunky dolmen stands in a field with two sheep and a horse for company (all three animals can be seen in this photo).
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Carn Euny Fogou
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005
Carn Euny Fogou submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. August 2004. This picture shows sunlight on the wall of the underground round chamber at Carn Euny. The shadow is cast by a grille in the centre of the roof. The chamber is pleasantly cool on this hot summers day.
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Avebury - The Cove
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005
Avebury - The Cove submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. August 2004. Lichen on one of the tremendous Cove stones.
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Avebury
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2005
Avebury submitted by JimChampion on 1st Jan 2005. August 2004. North-east portion of the ditch, looking towards the causeway where the road enters the site. There are lots of colourful small flowers on the embankment.
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Trencrom
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jan 2005
Trencrom submitted by JimChampion on 2nd Jan 2005. Dusk, 20 August 2004. Visible for many miles around, Trencrom hill is an excellent spot for a hillfort. It affords views of the north and south coasts of the Penwith Peninsular.
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