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Avebury
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1987. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Avebury Aerial 0507 submitted by JJ on 4th Nov 2003. Here's my theory: As you can see, the shadows cast on the western side of the circle point to the exact spot for the next stone in line. Perhaps this is why Avebury is more hexagonal in shape than round.
Based on this assumption, then it would be easy to work out the heights of the missing stones without too much difficulty. Maybe the distance between each stone along this side was calculated not by 'linear measurement' but rather set by the preceding stone and shadow cast.
Obviousl...
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La Table des Marchands
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1988
La Table des Marchands submitted by JJ on 9th Nov 2002. La Table des Marchands
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Log Text: Visited in 1988 as part of the Brittany Project.
Maen Ceti
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (West Glamorgan)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1988. My rating: Ambience 5
Maen Ceti submitted by PhilipT on 14th Feb 2007.
Maen Ceti, November 2005
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Gavrinis Cairn
Date Added: 20th Dec 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1988
Gavrinis Cairn submitted by neolithique02 on 24th Aug 2011. With thanks to Françoise Guy whose images they are. (Les photos sont libres de droit pour la presse.)
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Log Text: Visited in 1988 as part of an archaeological project
St Lawrence (Eyam)
Date Added: 12th Mar 2021
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1988
St Lawrence (Eyam) submitted by TimPrevett on 11th Jan 2004. The wonderfully carved Anglian cross in the churchyard of St Lawrence in Eyam. SK 21787639
The cross is a Grade 1 listed Anglian high cross dating probably to the 8th century. There are carvings of plant scrolls and leaves on the shaft. On the upper half of the western face are carvings of figures which appear to represent the Virgin Mary with the child.
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Grand Menhir Brisé
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1988. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3
Grand Menhir Brisé submitted by ermine on 27th Jun 2004. Grand Menhir Brisé, Locmariaquer.
A megalithic tragedy.
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Log Text: Visited in 1988 during the Brittany project excavations
West Kennett Long Barrow
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989. My rating: Ambience 4
West Kennett Long Barrow submitted by jackdaw1 on 16th Oct 2007. A shot taken inside West kennet long barrow nr. Avebury on 25 sec exposure at f16-conjuring spooky feels.
A small child called jake was happily playing and respectfully enjoying the atmosphere in there.
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Wayland's Smithy
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989. My rating: Ambience 4
Wayland's Smithy submitted by StoneLee on 11th Jun 2015. Wayland's Smithy
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Uffington White Horse
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Hill Figure or Geoglyph
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989. My rating: Ambience 3
Uffington White Horse submitted by SteveC on 15th Jun 2020. Unable to be seen in it's entirety from the ground, this is an image taken from a drone.
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Grim's Ditch (Ridgeway, Bachelor's Hill)
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989. My rating: Ambience 4
Grim's Ditch (Ridgeway, Bachelor's Hill) submitted by crickhollow on 6th Jul 2020. Grim's Ditch (Bachelor's Hill) near Nuffield Oxon
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Silbury Hill
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989
Silbury Hill submitted by Scanner on 27th Sep 2019. Silbury Hill by Simon Ferguson
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Flag Fen Visitors Centre
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: England (Cambridgeshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1989. My rating: Ambience 3
Flag Fen Visitors Centre submitted by Andy B on 15th Jan 2005. Reconstructed Bronze Age House at Flag Fen Visitor's Centre
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Wigber Low
Date Added: 12th Jan 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1990. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4
Wigber Low submitted by Stu on 8th Jan 2003. Wigber Low Barrow
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Log Text: I excavated here in 1990 with Sheffield University
Minning Low
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Round Cairn
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1990. My rating: Ambience 4
Minning Low submitted by TerryStaniforth on 26th Apr 2006. View toward Minninglow from the nearby railway embankment.
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Log Text: visited in 1990 with Sheffield University undergrads, whilst excavating Wigber Low
Irthlingborough and Stanwick Barrows
Date Added: 18th Jan 2021
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Northamptonshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1990
Irthlingborough and Stanwick Barrows submitted by AngieLake on 20th Dec 2009. These two old photos of Irthlingborough were found in a 1993 edition of E.H.'s 'Bronze Age Britain', by Michael Parker Pearson. [P.79]
Captions: (top) - "The round barrow at Irthlingborough (Northamptonshire) under excavation." [In 1986]
(bottom) - "The deposit of cattle skulls and other bones at Irthlingborough."
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Rudston Monolith
Date Added: 12th Mar 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Yorkshire (East))
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 1990
Rudston monolith submitted by rldixon on 25th Dec 2005. rudston monolith in colour
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Newgrange
Date Added: 19th Jan 2021
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1991
Newgrange submitted by McDeil on 8th Jan 2002. Entry at Newgrange showing massive carved stone which once blocked the entry. Not shown are the tourists who in Summer would queue for up to an hour to be taken through the tomb!
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Browne’s Hill
Date Added: 19th Dec 2020
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Carlow)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 1991
Browne’s Hill submitted by ainsloch on 23rd Dec 2016. The immense Brownshill dolmen on a very chilly winter solstice evening
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Log Text: University field trip with the late Prof Marek Zvelebil
Pompeii
Date Added: 12th Mar 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Italy (Marche)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 1991
Pompeii submitted by raythemapman on 24th Oct 2009. Vesuvius and Amphitheatre. 1944.
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St Lawrence (Eyam)
Date Added: 12th Mar 2021
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Derbyshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st May 1992
St Lawrence (Eyam) submitted by TimPrevett on 11th Jan 2004. The wonderfully carved Anglian cross in the churchyard of St Lawrence in Eyam. SK 21787639
The cross is a Grade 1 listed Anglian high cross dating probably to the 8th century. There are carvings of plant scrolls and leaves on the shaft. On the upper half of the western face are carvings of figures which appear to represent the Virgin Mary with the child.
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