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Coetan Arthur Dolmen
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Nov 2002
Coetan Arthur Dolmen submitted by Johnny on 25th Aug 2001. Coetan Arthur, St. David's Head, Dyfed
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Impressively situated on the hillside close to St. David's Head, Coetan Arthur is the collapsed chamber of what is presumed to be a passage grave which also has a round barrow. The massive capstone measures approximately 5.9 meters by 2.6 meters and is supported on one side by an orthostat approximately 1.5 meters in height.
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St David's Head
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 25th Nov 2002
St David's Head submitted by Adam Stanford on 29th Nov 2004. Inside the enclosure with the seven, possibly eight circular hut remains clearly visible in the foreground. The ramparts are obscured by the rock outcrop, which runs parallel to them (left to right) in the middle of this picture. Coetan Arthur is just beyond another rock outcrop, below the horizon to the left and the double dolmen of Carn Llidi is hard to spot on the slopes in the distance. Between Carn Llidi and Coetan Arthur is another settlement area and ancient field system, delineated by a ...
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Carthage Punic Port
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Tunisia
Visited: Yes on 6th Jun 1979
Carthage Punic Port submitted by AlexHunger on 1st Apr 2008. Ancient carthaginian Port. The commercial port was at the front and the military port at the rear round area with room for over 200 triremes. Weapons of mass destruction of 200 BCE, subject to later Roman arms limitation treaties.
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Dolmen de Tella
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Aragón)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jun 1995
Dolmen de Tella submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Dec 2003. The Dolmen de Tella in the Spanish Pyrenees. A few miles to the south of Bielsa, a road climbs towards the top of the mountain with the ancient village of Tella at the top. Before reaching the top, there is this most spectacularly situated dolmen.
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Caves of Nerja
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Yes on 31st Oct 1977
Caves of Nerja submitted by Andy B on 12th Feb 2012. The newly dated cave painting featuring two seals from the Caves of Nerja
Image copyright the Caves of Nerja
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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.
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Pompeii
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Marche)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 1967
Pompeii submitted by raythemapman on 24th Oct 2009. Vesuvius and Amphitheatre. 1944.
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Asine
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 1989
Asine submitted by Armand on 2nd Jan 2019. Wall
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Tiryns.
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 1989
Tiryns. submitted by AlexHunger on 24th Aug 2006. Mycanaen fortress. Former gate.
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Treasury of Atreus
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 1967
Treasury of Atreus submitted by AlexHunger on 26th Aug 2006. Fanciful name give to a Tholos in use around 1250 BCE, long before the Trojan War. This is one of the few accessible tholos that is completely intact. 36 Meter Dromos.
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Mycenae.
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Peloponnese Peninsula)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 1967
Mycenae. submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Aug 2006. Mycenaean Lions Gate from the front. Achaean hillfort from about 1500 to 1100 BCE and probable starting point of Homer's Iliad. There are numerous tholos tombs in the area.
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Gournia
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 1973
Gournia submitted by AlexHunger on 15th Nov 2004. Gournia NW Platform at end of Courtyard.
Gournia was a regional administrative centre of sorts in Eastern Crete south-east of present day Agios Nikolaos. It had a similar layout to other Minoan palaces, but was sited on top of a hill.
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Lato (Crete)
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Greece (Crete)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 1973
Lato (Crete) submitted by AlexHunger on 15th Nov 2004. Then Temple of Apollo at Lato. (The name itself is derived from Leda, Apollo's mother).
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Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: France (Provence:Alpes-Maritimes (06))
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 1993
Gravures Rupestres de Vallée des Merveilles submitted by neolithique02 on 20th Aug 2015. Moulages au Musée de Tende "Le Sorcier", the most famous one.
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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.
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Grotte de Gargas
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: France (Midi:Hautes-Pyrénées (65))
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 1995
Grotte de Gargas submitted by theCaptain on 26th Nov 2010. The visit entrance, to the higher level cave.
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Tiergues Dolmen
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Midi:Aveyron (12))
Visited: Yes on 14th May 1994
Tiergues Dolmen submitted by johnstone on 29th Dec 2021. What a beauty, Sep.17, 2021
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La Roque-Saint-Christophe
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Aquitaine:Dordogne (24))
Visited: Yes on 6th May 1994
La Roque-Saint-Christophe submitted by theCaptain on 6th Jan 2011. In a gigantic cliff face beside the river Vézère is found this World Heritage Site.
It's an entire troglodytic city which was inhabited continuously from 50000 years ago until a few centuries ago.
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Village de la Madeleine
Date Added: 23rd May 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: France (Aquitaine:Dordogne (24))
Visited: Yes on 6th May 1994
Village de la Madeleine submitted by TheCaptain on 15th Jan 2011. On the west side of the river Vézère is the Troglodytic village of La Madeleine, which has been inhabited since 50000 years ago.
What you mostly see now for your visit money is medieval with several cliff houses, a couple of chapels built into the terrace on the cliff.
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Aescia Roman Fort
Date Added: 22nd May 2024
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: England (Northumberland)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2024
Aescia Roman Fort submitted by Anne T on 24th Jun 2019. The western gate of the fort, looking west. The most visible remains of buildings run north-south along this western edge of the fort.
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