Contributory members are able to log private notes and comments about each site
Sites Linanjohn has logged. View this log as a table or view the most recent logs from everyone
Bewcastle Cross
Date Added: 21st May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 18th Mar 2024
Bewcastle Cross submitted by nicoladidsbury on 20th Sep 2004. Bewcastle Cross, Cumbria
Image shows the detail from the north and east sides of the 15m cross. These sides are very well preserved.
The north side is divided into five compartments. In the highest and lowest are vines running in graceful curves and bearing foliage and fruit. "In the second and fourth divisions are two curiously-devised and intricately-twisted knots." The third division is filled with the chequer work. Between the compartments are lines of Runes which are now so indi...
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Addingham Cross
Date Added: 21st May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 6th Mar 2024
Addingham cross submitted by nicoladidsbury on 15th Mar 2005. Near the entrance stands a well preserved Anglo-Saxon hammer-head cross, with four holes and carved scrolls (right).
In the porch of the Church is a Viking hog-back tombstone, two parts of a 14th Century Viking cross, and two coffin lids decorated with early Christian emblems
More images at http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/chp24.htm
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Long Meg And Her Daughters
Date Added: 21st May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 6th Mar 2024
Long Meg And Her Daughters submitted by Iain_P on 12th Aug 2017. Another. It was the only sun we saw all week!
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Ireby Old Church
Date Added: 27th May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 5th Mar 2024
Ireby Old Church submitted by nicoladidsbury on 11th Feb 2005. Carvings inside the church
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Giants Grave, Penrith
Date Added: 21st May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 29th Feb 2024
Giants Grave, Penrith submitted by nicoladidsbury on 12th Feb 2005. Giants Grave Viking Crosses and Hogback stones
The 'Giants Grave' is a collection of ancient grave stones comprising two 11' high stone crosses and four hog-back stones. An excavation of the 'Giants Grave' showed a skeleton underneath with a sword. The four hogback stones surrounding the grave are said to represent wild boar he killed in nearby Inglewood Forest.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Penrith Museum
Date Added: 22nd May 2024
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 29th Feb 2024
Penrith Museum submitted by Anne T on 25th Feb 2023. The Norse cross base, tucked away in a small corner of the museum by their display of rock art stones. A sign just describes it as 'Norse' and gives details of how these cross bases would have been used. I hadn't expected to see this here, so for someone who searches for these cross bases, it was a treat to see it. Museum staff (volunteers?) were unable to help me with more details on the day, suggesting I email the museum for more information, which I've done.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Dacre Church
Date Added: 21st May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 28th Feb 2024
Dacre Church submitted by nicoladidsbury on 22nd May 2005. St Andrew's Church - 9th Century Cross Fragment.
This is the smaller fragment, which is believed to date from the 9th century, was found in 1900 close to the Church and deep in clay. It is considerably damaged but some detail of the carving is still quite sharp. The least damaged face of the shaft, where the top has been broken off, shows two pairs of human feet. Beneath is a lion-like winged creature, with a large face and sorrowful eyes, with the head and part of the body of a serpent.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Vindolanda Roman Fort
Date Added: 22nd May 2024
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 19th Feb 2024
Vindolanda Roman Fort submitted by dodomad on 8th Mar 2023. Rock art uncovered by the Border Reivers Archaeology Unit at a remote location near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland may be an ancient phallic symbol
More details in the comments on our main page.
Photo credit: Border Reivers Archaeology Unit
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Housesteads Roman Fort
Date Added: 22nd May 2024
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 12th Feb 2024
Housesteads Roman Fort submitted by jeffrep on 6th Apr 2020. Housesteads was a Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland near the border with Scotland constructed around 124 A.D.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Hadrian's Wall (Poltross Burn)
Date Added: 22nd May 2024
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2024
Hadrian's Wall (Poltross Burn) submitted by Anne T on 11th Jul 2019. Standing at the entrance next to the footpath, looking at the eastern range of buildings and the outer walls of the milecastle (to your left hand side as you stand at NY 63405 66207).
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
King Edward's Monument
Date Added: 22nd May 2024
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jan 2024
King Edward's Monument submitted by Anne T on 22nd Aug 2017. First view of the monument from the parking area at NY 32876 60329
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Maryport Roman Fortress
Date Added: 21st May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jan 2024
Maryport Roman Fortress submitted by Horatio on 26th Jun 2023. The Fortress with the Senhouse Roman Museum bottom of the picture.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
St John The Evangelist (Crosscanonby)
Date Added: 21st May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 5th Jan 2024
St John The Evangelist (Crosscanonby) submitted by Anne T on 17th Aug 2018. Face D of AS Corpus Cross Canonby 03, also known as The Thunder Bolt Stone. The Corpus tells us this face shows: "the incised ornament consisting of a single horizontal line on which converge three incised lines from above and below." This is the famous 'thunder bolt' symbol.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Castlerigg W
Date Added: 21st May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 25th Nov 2023
Castlerigg W submitted by nicoladidsbury on 11th Mar 2007. This is the outlier stone of Castlerigg stone circle... Showing its position in relation to the main stone circle, and Blencathra
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Castlerigg
Date Added: 21st May 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 25th Nov 2023
Castlerigg submitted by Pressure on 9th Nov 2022. Castlerigg October 22
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Bowder Stone
Date Added: 21st May 2024
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2023
Bowder Stone submitted by maigo on 25th Jun 2013. May2009
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Mayburgh
Date Added: 21st May 2024
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 10th Nov 2023
Mayburgh submitted by wildtalents on 15th May 2024. The henge banks at Mayburgh were built up mainly using cobbles like those surrounding the one remaining megalith at the site. It's a really large structure and may have been a meeting point for many hundreds of people at a time. These days mainly sheep throng the henge. Image from spring 2023.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Castle How Fort
Date Added: 24th May 2024
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 11th Apr 2023. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 4
Castle How Fort submitted by Linanjohn on 22nd May 2024. Taken from the top of Castle Howe, looking across Bassenthwaite.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
La Pierre Martine
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Lot (46))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2019
La Pierre Martine submitted by greywether on 4th Jul 2005. In an area where all the dolmens tend to look the same, this one does have a USP in that it is the largest dolmen in Lot. 7.1x2.3m capstone weighing 20 tons. Shame about the concrete supports at each end of it.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None
Menires de Milrei e do Padrão
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Portugal (Faro)
Visited: Yes on 17th Nov 2007
Menires de Milrei e do Padrão submitted by paulcall on 1st Sep 2008. This menhir is the only one in the area of south-western Portugal which is, to my knowledge, upright, having been re-erected. It is also known as Menir de Padrao This stone is found south of Raposeira, by heading out of the village and turning right onto the first road, and driving about 500m.
(View photo, vote or add a comment)
Log Text: None