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Poulnabrone
Date Added: 26th Feb 2011
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Clare)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 4
Poulnabrone submitted by groovyearthwisps on 11th Jul 2006. Twilight at Poulnabrone, 10th July 2006.
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Log Text: Situated in the Burren region on the unusual geological Limestone Pavement, exposed rock with its own micro-climate in the cracks - called grykes - for flora and fauna, Poulnabrone Dolmen, made from the same stone, almost blends into its surroundings.
It's so much larger in reality than it looks in images, I could stand inside it easily.
When I visited, the access was unlimited and the landowner sat in a car nearby with a bucket beside it with a handmade sign asking for a donation of 1 Punt per person.
TaglangLa Pass Buddhist road temple
Date Added: 3rd Oct 2010
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: India
Visited: Would like to visit
TaglangLa Pass Buddhist road temple submitted by motist on 10th Jul 2010. TaglangLa Pass Buddhist road temple , Ladakh
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Fairy Well (Stenness)
Date Added: 6th Sep 2017
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Fairy Well (Stenness) submitted by howar on 4th May 2010. overlooking Fairy Well from side
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Wat Phra Mahathat
Date Added: 8th Sep 2017
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: Thailand
Visited: Would like to visit
Wat Phra Mahathat submitted by KaiHofmann on 8th Sep 2017. The Wat Phra Mahathat temple complex.
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Barnhouse Settlement
Date Added: 21st Aug 2011
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 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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Log Text: I visited in 2005 so this log’s from memory, it was a superb location. I’ve not seen structures built so close to a loch. Imagine stepping outside first thing in the morning, a few steps and you could have a quick dip and catch your breakfast simultaneously. The Standing Stones of Stenness are only a short walk away and easily visible from Barnhouse, so it leads the imagination to wonder what went on between the two sites. Did the people who lived at Barnhouse build the circle or use it? Present day (2011) excavations at the nearby Ness of Brodgar are unearthing buildings which seem to be constructed in a very similar way to some of the ones at Barnhouse. I don’t know of any other area that has a stone circle with contemporary dwellings so close by. Here we have two within easy walking distance of each other, the Ring of Brodgar with the Ness settlement then cross the causeway which has its own megaliths, the finest being the Watchstone, to find Stenness with the Barnhouse settlement. Maes Howe is also visible from Stenness, I didn’t check from Barnhouse but it’s likely.
All of these sites are so close to each other and I think contemporary, it’s hard not to let the imagination run riot and wonder how the population socialised. Was it harmonious or human nature being what it is, were the Ness and Barnhouse residents in competition with each other. Did the entire population live in these structures or were they only for one section of the community and the others lived in temporary dwellings?
Some of the features in the houses are delineated by different coloured gravels, wooden posts etc. to give a very clear visual of what was where and what it was used for. One has a trapezoidal stone where you couldn’t help but walk over it. I can’t remember what was found under it but think there was one instance of a burial in a doorway, very liminal, threshold and all that, but not so nice for us to think of granny under the doormat!
This area is literally the Neolithic Heart of Orkney, not only does it have so many monuments in such a small area, it has a tantalising link to the people that lived and worked there.
St.Magnus's Well
Date Added: 21st Aug 2011
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
St.Magnus's Well submitted by howar on 27th Apr 2005. area of possible original stone
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Log Text: Just spotted this as I was driving along. As I was reading the sign, I heard the trickle of running water and found a pipe sticking out of the ground beside a wooden fence that had a clean mug left there for thirsty travellers.
Cueva de Menga
Date Added: 8th Nov 2010
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cueva de Viera submitted by greywether on 13th Jul 2005. The entrance to Viera.
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Kardung petroglyphs
Date Added: 2nd Nov 2011
Site Type: Rock Art
Country: India
Visited: Would like to visit
Kardung petroglyphs submitted by KaiHofmann on 26th Jul 2011. Kardung petroglyphs
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Cathair Crobh Dearg
Date Added: 7th Mar 2014
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Kerry)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cathair Crobh Dearg submitted by Klingon on 11th Apr 2005. Inner stonewall of the Cathair Crobh Dearg fort.
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