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Boscawen Un
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Boscawen Un submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. Picture taken looking North on a hot August day, just before noon. The shadow cast by the 'gnomon' affords little shade.
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Carn Gluze
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Carn Gluze submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. Composite image, taken whilst standing sea-ward of the barrow looking East. The fauna on the barrow is a feast of purples, greens and browns.
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Chun Quoit
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Chun Quoit submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. Looking East, towards Chun castle (which can be seen the the left of the quoit). Impressive lichen on this side of the quoit. Recent rainfall meant that the chamber within was one big muddy puddle.
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Chysauster
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Chysauster submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. Looking West from the settlement site, with the engine-house of the Ding Dong mine visible on the horizon. The site is incredibly well-kept, with just a few visitors late on this bright summer afternoon. Disappointing to find that the fogou has been blocked up for 'safety' reasons.
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Grey Mare and her Colts
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Grey Mare and her Colts submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. Boxing Day 2004. Taken at noon over the wall/fence to the north of the barrow. One of several small concrete posts that surround the site is visible, presumably there to prevent any further ploughing of the monument. The arrangment of stones is like a smaller, more ramshackle, Waylands Smithy.
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Gun Rith
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Gun Rith submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. The stone is still standing upright, with its base neatly set in concrete with a tidy wall supporting the earth bank behind. This may help to prevent toppling, but does give the site the ambience of a contemporary structure. About 3.5m tall, it is a particularly phallic menhir.
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Halliggye
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Halliggye submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. View from within of the Victorian-era entrance to the fogou. If you want to see more than this then a torch is essential.
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Kingston Russell Circle
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Kingston Russell Circle submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. Boxing Day 2004. Composite image, taken shortly after noon looking south-west. The field is currently being used as pasture, which means that access is muddy but at least the circle is not lost in crops. Lyme bay can be seen in the distance, and Abbotsbury hill-fort to the left of this.
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Lanyon Quoit
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Lanyon Quoit submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2002. Late afternoon sunshine gives a pleasant colour to this picture-postcard quoit in West Penwith. The almost-horizontal capstone gives a very ordered feel to this monument: is this an artifact of the nineteenth-century rebuilding?
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Maiden Castle (Dorset)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Maiden Castle (Dorset) submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. Looking west along the southern flank of this impressive hillfort, towards the Hardy Monument. The ditches are not as deep as they once were, and the ramparts were once topped with wooden pallisades. These formiddable defences forced the Roman army to take the slightly 'easier' option of attacking via the south-eastern entrance.
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Merry Maidens (Circle)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Merry Maidens (Circle) submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. Composite image of this popular stone circle, looking east. There were several visitors to the site on this pleasant summer afternoon, but none were standing near the stones when I took these pictures.
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Mulfra Quoit
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Mulfra Quoit submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. Taken looking west at sunset. We only just made it to the quoit before the sun set, but were rewarded with spectacular ambience. Running up the bracken-covered hillside from the Try Vally, the quoit was hidden from view until we got very close to it. A lot of anticipation, capped by a pleasant surprise. Its not obvious where to park for access from the Try Valley, there is a shallow lay-by at SW454356.
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Nine Stones (Dorset)
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Nine Stones (Dorset) submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. Boxing Day 2004. Composite image. A bright sunny morning, but the trees keep this little circle in the shade. Only eight stones are visible: the ninth is being engulfed by the roots of the large beech tree on the left of the picture.
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Tregeseal East
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Tregeseal East submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. August 2004. Composite image. The granite outcrop of Carn Kenidjack towers over this pleasant stone circle. This is a very wide open landscape and the Dancing stones seem very small in it. The variety of colours in the landscape are amazing at this time of year.
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Uffington White Horse
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Uffington White Horse submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. December 2004. An view from above the White Horse, looking down its hind leg towards the rippling Manger valley.
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Wayland's Smithy
Date Added: 19th Sep 2010
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2004
Wayland's Smithy submitted by JimChampion on 31st Dec 2004. December 2004. This barrow has a somewhat sinister air, surrounded by leafless trees on a gloomy winter's day. The barrow itself is remarkably long, as can be seen in this photo, and is flanked by small upright stones.
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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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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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