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Gidleigh Common Cairns
Date Added: 17th Apr 2026
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Gidleigh Common Cairns submitted by markj99 on 17th Apr 2026. Gidleigh Common N Cairn viewed from N.
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Log Text: I took a short detour to look for Gidleigh Common Cairns before visiting Scorhill Stone Circle. The low grass circles stood out, green islands in brown moorland. The N cairn has been entirely robbed of stones but there are several upright stones on the S Arc of the S cairn, said to be remnants of an inner stone ring by Two round cairns 400m north west of Scorhill Farm (Historic England 1018908). Further details of the cairns are available on the Historic England listing.
Bennet's Cross
Date Added: 16th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bennet's Cross submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Aug 2006. This is a lovely cross, believed to have been carved from a prehistoric menhir.
It stands about 1.7 metres tall, and is just beside the B3212 road near its high point as it crosses the moor between Moretonhampstead and Postbridge.
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Log Text: There is a dedicated car park off the B3212 c. 40 yards SW of Bennet's Cross. It is the wonkiest cross I have ever seen, roughly hewn from an ancient standing stone.
Marchant's Cross
Date Added: 16th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Marchant's Cross submitted by Bladup on 3rd Feb 2020. Marchant's Cross
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Log Text: I can never resist a quick stop to record a wayside cross. There is a convenient parking spot at a cattle grid c. 20 yards N of the cross. Marchant's Cross has a hard life: it has been struck by a car at least twice in modern times.
Shaden Cross
Date Added: 16th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Shaden Cross submitted by Bladup on 16th Nov 2024. Shaden Cross
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Log Text: Shaden Moor Cross was a bonus on my way to Scorhill Stone Circle. The ancient damaged cross has been re-erected on a modern shaft by the side of a lonely Dartmoor road.
Stentifords Cross
Date Added: 15th Apr 2026
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 31st Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stentifords Cross submitted by markj99 on 14th Apr 2026. Stentifords Cross viewed from SW.
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Log Text: Stentifords Cross is hidden at the junction of 2 stone walls c. 120 yards SE of HemswothyGate Car Park. I stumbled across it on an Historic England Map Search for Foale's Arrishes Hut Circles. My walking directions are posted on the Main Site Page.
Foales Arrishes
Date Added: 14th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 31st Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Foales Arrishes submitted by AngieLake on 9th Jan 2018. Approaching Hut 1 which is easily visible now, on 8th April 2017, without the summer covering of bracken.
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Log Text: My visit to Foales Arrishes Hut Circles was early enough to see the circles clear of vegetation. In the past I have been unconviced by hut circles on OS mapping when viewed in reality. The relatively complete hut circles on Foales Arrishes enabled me to imagine a flourishing ancient settlement. The bonus is that the site is easily accessible from Hemsworthy Gate Car Park, allowing me to make a leisurely exploration of all the structures. I have posted my walking route on the main page.
Prospidnick Menhir
Date Added: 11th Apr 2026
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 30th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Prospidnick Menhir submitted by Bladup on 3rd Jun 2023. Prospidnick Menhir
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Log Text: If you are driving near Helston it is a no brainer to take this 3.5 mile detour through Cornish lanes to Prospidnick Longstone on the roadside. The ancient stone slab reaches an impressive 9 feet high. There is a convenient gateway c. 20 yards NE of the stone allowing a closer inspection. My google maps route from the A394 at Helston can be viewed on Prospidnick Longstone.
Eathorne Menhir
Date Added: 11th Apr 2026
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 30th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Eathorne menhir submitted by maengurta on 31st Dec 2006. Photo of menhir reinstated and looking good.
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Log Text: Eathorne Menhir has been re-erected in a small campsite c. 50 yards NE of Eathorne Farm on a minor road between Penryn & Gweek. The new location is SW 7460 3136. The standing stone has sustained damage in its travels: the top of the stone has broken off leaving a jagged edge. Despite this the stone is still impressive reaching up to c. 8 feet.
There is room to park carefully as the road widens just beyond the gateway to the campsite.
Piskey’s Hall – The Fairy’s Fogou
Date Added: 10th Apr 2026
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 30th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Piskey’s Hall – The Fairy’s Fogou submitted by TheCaptain on 1st Aug 2022. Yes, I have found the main structure and am able to get down into it. This one seems more like a large entrance grave than the other fogous I have seen, but who am I to argue.
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Log Text: Piskey's Hall is buried under an earth mound covered in tangled vegetation on the S edge of a grassy field. There is a wire fence round the perimeter. The subterranean passage has a low entrance to the SW and a hole in the roof in the NE end allowing light to filter in. Once you have crawled inside, the interior is surprisingly dry and roomy.
Boskednan Menhir 2
Date Added: 10th Apr 2026
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Boskednan Menhir 2 submitted by maengurta on 21st Jun 2007. Standing stone on the West Penwith moors.
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Log Text: I found the stump of a supposed standing stone c. 60 yards NW of Boskednan Stone Circle on the path to the N Cairn. It is unimpressive in its current state. The standing stone in this site appears to be part of the ruined cairn.
Boskednan B
Date Added: 10th Apr 2026
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 3 Access 3
Boskednan B submitted by Bladup on 24th Nov 2024. A smaller tumulus found just to the south of the larger tumulus at SW4329435260
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Log Text: The southern ruined barrow N of Boskednan Stone Circle has been virtually razed from the landscape. It is now only visible as a dark green patch in brown moorland. Walk c. 50 yards SSE on the path from Boskednan N Cairn A towards Boskednan Stone Circle. Boskednan N Cairn B lies c. 30 yards W of the path.
Boskednan Menhir 1
Date Added: 10th Apr 2026
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Boskednan Menhir 1 submitted by theCaptain on 14th Oct 2014. From my dim memories, I thought that the menhir was somewhere between the stone circle and the cairns along the path towards Men-an-Tol.
On the way back I notice indeed there is a stump and perhaps a fallen stone right on the pathway where I was expecting it, is it remains of a pair?
Pipers perhaps?
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Log Text: On my previous visit to Boskednan Stone Circle I walked past this stone oblivious to its celebrity status. It is on the path to the N cairns from the circle. Having read about the stone on Historic England, I recorded the stone for posterity. It might have been a King Stone, a satellite standing stone related to Boskednan Stone Circle.
Carfury E Standing Stone
Date Added: 8th Apr 2026
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Carfury E Standing Stone submitted by markj99 on 19th Aug 2025. Carfury E Standing Stone viewed from NW.
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Log Text: I plotted a route from this standing stone to the nearby Carfury S Standing Stone and Carfury N Standing Stone. My walking route is posted on the main page.
Carfury E Standing Stone
Trip No.1 Date Added: 8th Apr 2026
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Carfury E Standing Stone submitted by markj99 on 19th Aug 2025. Carfury E Standing Stone viewed from NW.
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Log Text: I stumbled across this standing stone by accident when I was trying to access Carfury Standing Stone. It has been incorporated into a short ruined dyke running NE-SW. See main page for directions and walking route.
Carfury N
Date Added: 8th Apr 2026
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carfury N submitted by markj99 on 7th Apr 2026. Carfury N Recumbent Stone viewed from NNW.
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Log Text: After my trial and error first visit to Carfury S Standing Stone I was determined to work out a planned route to the stone taking in Carfury Hedge Stone and Carfury N Recumbent Stone en route. My walking route is posted on the main page.
Carfury Standing Stone
Trip No.2 Date Added: 8th Apr 2026
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 29th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carfury Standing Stone submitted by enkidu41 on 24th Aug 2004. Not easy to find but well worth the effort.
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Log Text: After my trial and error first visit to Carfury S Standing Stone I was determined to work out a planned route to the stone taking in Carfury Hedge Stone and Carfury N Recumbent Stone en route. My walking route is posted on the main page.
Carfury Standing Stone
Trip No.1 Date Added: 8th Apr 2026
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 2nd May 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carfury Standing Stone submitted by enkidu41 on 24th Aug 2004. Not easy to find but well worth the effort.
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Log Text: I found this standing stone by trial & error: approaching from the W I saw the stone further up the slope. I followed a meandering path from Carfury E Standing Stone keeping the standing stone in sight through gorse and briars.
Whites Town Farm Tumulus
Date Added: 6th Apr 2026
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Whites Town Farm Tumulus submitted by dooclay on 18th Sep 2022. Visible from the road but uncertain access, Barrow 24087
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Log Text: I made the mistake of visiting Cheddar Gorge on a Saturday. It was very depressing: people were crawling over the rocks like ants and every parking place was occupied. I couldn't face a return through the gorge so I took a random route back to the M5. I spotted this barrow in a field. There was a convenient parking spot opposite a gate. This site was the perfect antidote to Cheddar Gorge: a peaceful solo visit to an ancient site.
Sandbach Crosses
Date Added: 6th Apr 2026
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cheshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sandbach Crosses submitted by TimPrevett on 25th Mar 2005. The two huge crosses at Sandbach (pronounced sand-batch; most are probably familiar with the Sandbach Services on the M6) ; I've travelled many miles taking in other crosses en route, but these two are as near as on my doorstep, and I'd never visited! The astonishment I felt at their size was in proportion to said size.
I wasn't particularly happy with the photos I took on this visit, but having been once and being so close, I'll return, and also for a night shot when they are lit up, hopefull...
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Log Text: I visited Sandbach Crosses located in Market Square on a short detour from the M6. Sandbach is a charming town with preserved old buildings, enhanced by the presence of these Anglo Saxon crosses. I parked in Scotch Common Car Park then walked W along The Cmns turning left into Penda Way footpath. Continue S along Penda Way for c. 100 yards to reach the ancient crosses in Market Square.
Devil's Arrows
Date Added: 4th Apr 2026
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 27th Mar 2026. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Devil's Arrows submitted by Humbucker on 27th Apr 2019. All three Devils Arrows looking from the north. The light improved for a brief few minutes & the sun made a brief appearance while I was there before turning into a flat, grey evening.
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Log Text: I originally visited the Devil's Arrows in 2009 before I became an enthusiastic antiquarian so I had limited photos of this greatly underrated stone row. I made a significant detour onto the A1 to correct this omission. The A1 road works were horrendous as usual but the Devil's Arrows were ample compensation. A new dedicated car park has been constructed on Chestnut Drive with space for 3 cars at 54.092858 -1.40249 on Google Maps. The stone row is sandwiched between the A1 and a new housing estate, however the stones still retain an air of antiquity.