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Knowlton Great Barrow
Date Added: 18th Feb 2021
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Dorset)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 28th Sep 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 3
Knowlton Great Barrow submitted by JimChampion on 3rd Apr 2008. The Great Barrow viewed from within the Central Circle (the "Church Henge"), looking east through one of the entrances.
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Gunnerkeld
Date Added: 17th Feb 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Mar 2007. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 3
Gunnerkeld submitted by Bladup on 8th Oct 2014. Gunnerkeld.
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Silbury Hill
Date Added: 17th Feb 2021
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: England (Wiltshire)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 1st Jul 2009. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Silbury Hill submitted by Scanner on 27th Sep 2019. Silbury Hill by Simon Ferguson
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Midhowe Broch
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Midhowe Broch submitted by SandyG on 20th Sep 2015. Broch interior looking towards the entrance showing internal compartments denoted by large slabs. (3rd June 2015).
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Midhowe Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 4
Midhowe Chambered Cairn submitted by SandyG on 30th Sep 2015. Looking north along the chamber. (3rd June 2015).
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Knowe of Yarso
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Knowe of Yarso submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 404281
On Rousay. A neolithic stalled cairn about 50' long x 25' wide entered by a 13' long passage at the eastern end. The chamber (which my have originally been two-storied) is divided into 4 compartments by 3 pairs of upright slabs.
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Blackhammer
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Blackhammer submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Blackhammer Chambered Cairn HY415276. Ancient cairn entombed in a modern bunker.
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Taversoe Tuick
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 31st Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Taversoe Tuick submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 426276
On Rousay this is a two-storied stalled cairn, one of only two known. The round cairn is about 30' in diameter. The lower chamber, reached by a 19' passage, is about 12' long x 5' wide x 5' high, and is divided into 4 cells by upright slabs. The upper chamber, whose floor is the celing of the lower chamber, is reached by an 11' long passage, and is divided into 2 compartments. The cairn is built on a hill so each passage is at ground level, one on the uphill side, the other on the dow...
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Gurness
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 29th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Gurness submitted by PAB on 11th Jan 2021. 4.45am, the beautiful glow lighting up the stones. Worth getting up for such an experience, only an hour's sleep lost, and so much gained!
June 2016
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Skara Brae
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Skara Brae submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Looking out over Bay of Skaill.
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Unstan
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Unstan submitted by howar on 27th Jan 2004. Unstan Chambered Cairn front
HY283117 Orkney
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Comet Stone (Orkney)
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Comet Stone (Orkney) submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Comet Stone HY296132 standing 137mtrs SE from the Ring of Brodgar.
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Ring of Brodgar
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Ring of Brodgar submitted by Dodomad on 12th Apr 2025. Back in 2022, historian Tristan Hughes visited Orkney to film part of the Mysteries of Prehistoric Scotland. Although the three programmes were initially for History Hit TV subscribers, the full series can now be viewed by all as a single, two-hour long documentary.
In it we hear from, among others, Professor Jane Downes, the director of the UHI Institute, at the Ring of Brodgar and Skara Brae; Dr Antonia Thomas at the Unstan stalled cairn; Nick Card at the Ness of Brodgar; Roy Towers on Gr...
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Barnhouse Settlement
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Barnhouse Settlement submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Barnhouse Settlement HY306127. Probably in use around the same time of Skara Brae.
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Stenness
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Stenness submitted by Runemage on 15th Jul 2005. Ethereal and numinous.
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Maes Howe
Date Added: 3rd Aug 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 28th Jul 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Maes Howe submitted by howar on 24th Sep 2013. distant Maes Howe ablaze with sun, viewed from the bird hut near the Barnhouse settlement
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Log Text: My second visit to Maes Howe having previously visited back in 1999. The site is noticably busier now and the new visitor centre and tour arrangements make the experience of visting feel much more formal than before. Maes Howe is a timeless and stunning as ever however!
Chinnor Hill Barrows
Date Added: 5th May 2025
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Chinnor Hill Barrows submitted by Richard13 on 20th Aug 2023. A view across the Chinnor Barrows. They are covered in vegetation but can be made out once found, and the picture also shows the fine views available from this site.
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Log Text: The Chinnor Hill barrows are recognisable but are covered in vegetation so could be missed at first. However there is a sign to show their location, and once found the nature and layout of the site becomes clear. Situated on top of the Chiltern escarpment in the heart of nature reserve this site has a beautiful and spectacular location, with fine views available of the surrounding landscape and the local flora and fauna. It is a short walk on a good path from the nature reserve car park.
Ballynahatty
Date Added: 5th May 2025
Site Type: Henge
Country: Ireland (Northern) (Co. Down)
Visited: Yes on 30th Apr 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Ballynahatty submitted by Flickr on 17th Mar 2016. Image from page 438 of "Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland" (1849) Identifier: journalofroyalso1899roya
Title: Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Transactions Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Proceedings and transactions Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. Proceedings and papers
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Publisher: Dublin, Ireland : The So...
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Log Text: Visited this impressive site on a fine spring evening. The lengthening shadows helped to show the height of the banks and how the henge fits into the surrounding landscape. Although located very close to the city of Belfast, the urban landscape feels a world away here.
Kendrew Quadrangle
Date Added: 8th Dec 2024
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 8th Dec 2024. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 1 Access 5
Kendrew Quadrangle submitted by theSongofFfraed on 4th Jan 2018. St. Michael and the dragon atop Keble College chapel, right in the centre of the henge.
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Log Text: Although nothing remains of this site, which has long been destroyed, I thought that it would be interesting to visit the location and try walking the location of the Henge where possible. Based on the information already posted on the Megalithic Portal and an article from Oxonensia by Lambrick from 2013 (https://www.oxoniensia.org/volumes/2013/Lambrick.pdf) I was able to trace the location of the henge around Keble, Parks and Blackhall Road.
It is fascinating to think that this part of Oxford could once have been part of a wider ceremonial landscape of major significance, especially in the light of discoveries in adjacent areas such as the University Parks and the Radcliffe Infirmary site. I certainly feel that it would merit an information board or plaque at the location to explain the history.
Caer-Dyni
Date Added: 28th Jul 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Wales (Gwynedd)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Jul 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Caer-Dyni submitted by Tivy01 on 21st May 2013. Parking for Caer-Dyniis is in a lay-by east of Cricceth.Less than a 5 minute walk from the lay-by.Caer-Dyni has a great view of Cricceth castle.
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Log Text: Situated within easy reach of Criccieth this site deserves to be better known even if it has sustained some damage. Rather than accessing it from the car park off the main road I think it is best appreciated by walking along the path by Dylan's restaurant between the railway and the golf course. The path turns sharp left to cross the railway and at this point the capstone is quite prominent on the hillside and is visible as you approach,. The views across the beach and town to the castle are spectacular.