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Mam Tor
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1964
Mam Tor submitted by h_fenton on 27th Sep 2010. An almost horizontal kite aerial photograph of Mam Tor viewed from roughly north.
9 September 2010 @ 5.42pm
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Log Text: I can just remember visiting this site as a child with my grandfather. That was before I started school.
Avebury
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1968
Avebury submitted by h_fenton on 4th Aug 2009. Avebury, Oblique Kite Aerial Photograph
12 July 2009
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Stonehenge.
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1971
Stonehenge. submitted by Feanor on 23rd Jun 2011. Inside the Ring
26 October 2010, ~9.30 AM
Shot inside the Eastern edge of the Circle, looking due north.
We have the NorthEast Trilithon on the left with the morning-shadow of Stones 6/7/107 falling across it.
Bluestone 32-C is in the shadow of Stone 6.
It was a lovely morning!
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Carl Wark
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1972
Carl Wark submitted by Vicky on 13th Nov 2001. Carl Wark, near Hathersage, Derbyshire GR: SK260815
The huge dry-stone wall defences at Carl Wark hillfort.
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Arbor Low 1
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1975
Arbor Low 1 submitted by RABarnett on 22nd Dec 2011. Sunrise at the barrow, Arbor Low, Winter Solstice 2011
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Nine Ladies
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1975
Nine Ladies submitted by PaulM on 1st Sep 2001. Nine Ladies Stone Circle (aka Stanton Moor 2), Derbyshire GR: SK249635
Nine Ladies is a typical Derbyshire circle consisting of nine visible small standing stones embedded in a grassed over stone rubble bank approximately 11.5m by 10.5m in diameter. The site is the most popular in Derbyshire and much in the media spotlight due to quarrying plans in the area.
The stones are all composed of local millstone grit and none are taller than one metre in height. The bank has now all but disappea...
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Nine Stones Close
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1979
Nine Stones Close submitted by funsize on 4th Jun 2007. Seen from the south with just a hint of sunshine illuminating the frozen landscape around the stones. The guardian oak tree is the perfect companion to the last remaining stones of what was once a much larger monument.
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Wincobank
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Vitrified Fort
Country: England (Yorkshire (South))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1983
Wincobank submitted by jfarrar on 14th Mar 2007. Wincobank Fort ditch and bank, north-western side
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Scholes Wood
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Yorkshire (South))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1983
Scholes Wood submitted by jfarrar on 20th Feb 2007. Rampart of Caesar's Camp, Scholes Coppice
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Coetan Arthur Dolmen
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1992
Coetan Arthur Dolmen submitted by Johnny on 25th Aug 2001. Coetan Arthur, St. David's Head, Dyfed
(SM725 281):
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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Gardoms Edge 1
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1996
Gardoms Edge 1 submitted by PaulM on 1st Sep 2001. Gardom’s Edge Prehistoric Rock Art, Derbyshire GR: SK273730
One of the finest examples of prehistoric rock art in the Peak District. Discovered in 1965 on a large earthfast boulder 25m east of the enclosure , the design consists of a series of cup and ringmarks together with a small spiral and two circles that enclose multiple cupmarks. Unfortunately, the original boulder had to be reburied some years ago as the pattern was quickly eroding away, but an exact replica fibre glass cast now s...
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Gardoms Edge Stone
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1996
Gardoms Edge Stone submitted by royston7 on 27th Nov 2012. Gardoms edge monolith taken from the east showing the ( not quite ) flat north face. See notes in contribution.
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Gardoms Edge Enclosure
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Causewayed Enclosure
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1996
Gardoms Edge Enclosure submitted by vicky on 19th Sep 2003. Part of the causewayed enclosure on Gardoms Edge - see main site entry for details.
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Swine Sty
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1996
Swine Sty submitted by Stu on 8th Jan 2003. Swine Sty on Big Moor near Baslow. Possibly the remains of a stone footed Bronze Age building.
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Dinas Dinlle
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1996
Dinas Dinlle submitted by gautrek on 14th Apr 2005. Looking across the fort on a baking hot summers day. Note the erosion on the right hand side.
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Creswell Crags
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1996
Church Hole submitted by Andy B on 20th Aug 2007. Ice Age engraving of an ibex with superimposed outline by archeaologist Dr Sergio Ripoll Discovered at the caves at Creswell Crags, Derbyshire. Photo credit: Creswell Heritage Trust
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Stoke Flat
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 13th Feb 2009
Stoke Flat submitted by PaulM on 1st Sep 2001. Froggatt Edge stone circle (aka Stoke Flat), Derbyshire GR: SK249768
Froggatt Edge stone circle is set on a flat shelf, overlooking the picturesque Derwent Valley.
Often referred to as Stoke Flat, the site is complex, though now sadly quite ruined. It consists of an embanked stone circle with two entrances exactly opposite, to the north-north-west and south-south-east. Traces of dry-stone walling in the northern entrance suggest that it may have been deliberately blocked at some time in p...
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Roman Ridge (Rotherham)
Date Added: 9th Aug 2013
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Yorkshire (South))
Visited: Yes on 15th Feb 2009
Roman Ridge (Rotherham) submitted by Andy B on 9th Mar 2011. Yvonne Luke from English Heritage, and Richard Fulbook the landowner in Swinton Woods. They are standing on top of a ramp constructed by mountain bikers with soil dug from the 2,500 year old Roman Ridge, pictured behind.
Image © English Heritage
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Bar Dyke (Yorkshire)
Date Added: 20th Aug 2013
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Yorkshire (South))
Visited: Yes on 12th Mar 2009
Bar Dyke (Yorkshire) submitted by MartinRS on 9th Aug 2013. The dry stone wall follows the line of Bar Dyke at this point.
© Copyright Martin Speck and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 2.0 Licence.
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Giant's Chair (Yorkshire)
Date Added: 19th Aug 2013
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Yorkshire (South))
Visited: Yes on 13th Mar 2009
Giant's Chair (Yorkshire) submitted by MartinRS on 9th Aug 2013. Whitelow Lane looking towards New Whitelow Farm. The Giants Chair would have been located somewhere of to the left in this picture.
© Copyright Martin Speck and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 2.0 Licence.
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