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Disgwylfa Fach Stone Row
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Ceredigion)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Disgwylfa Fach Stone Row submitted by SandyG on 10th Jan 2018. Disgwylfa Fach plan (Source: Survey by Sandy Gerrard and Sophie Smith).
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Log Text: Limited road verge car parking is available at SN 72829 83600. From here walk up the farm track to SN 72866 83754. Head east following the fence and cross the small stream. The ground is very uneven so take care. Once across the stream head south east towards the row.
Buwch a'r Llo
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Ceredigion)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Buwch a'r Llo submitted by Johnny on 17th Jun 2002. Buwch ar Llo standing stones in Ceredigion
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Log Text: This row is situated next to the public highway and car parking is available next to the eastern stones.
The nearby Maen Tarw may have formed part of the stone row.
Maen Tarw
Date Added: 10th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Ceredigion)
Visited: Yes on 21st Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Maen Tarw submitted by Johnny on 10th Oct 2001. Maen Tarw Standing Stone (SN 722 833)
Maen Tarw standing stone is close to the Buwch a'r Llo stone pair (cf) but just within the forestry block, again adjacent to the road. It is a small block of unusual appearance, probably due to severe weathering over the years! Whatever function it originally served is no longer known but it may have, in some way, been linked to the Buwch a'r Llo pair.
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Pump Maen (Five Stones)
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Pump Maen (Five Stones) submitted by sem on 25th Apr 2010. Pump Maen - Five Stones
The first four can be seen but a fifth lies hidden among the grey of rock outcrops.
The row points to a sixth stone on the horizon. This marks a route down a treacherous scree/cliff slope.
The row is aligned at the same angle as Carreg Cadnow Row, but as CC also points to a way down whether there is an Astronomical angle is debateable.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SN 85567 15530. From here walk north east along the waymarked path to SN 86267 15799. Head south east up the hill for about 400m.
It is always difficult to establish whether a line of boulders were deliberately placed or are instead the result of glacial or periglacial activity. Generally there must be a presumption in favour of natural origin, but occasionally some detail may hint at the possibility of human intervention. At Careg Lwyd a number of details support the possibility that this line of stones was created by people. The first is the three stone arrangement at the southern end and the second is the fact that the northern stone is prominent on the skyline when viewed from the southern end. Finally, and most convincingly is the evidence that at least one of the stones has been propped into position with trig stones. Together these details strongly suggest that this site was deliberately fashioned, but whether this happened in prehistoric times is less certain. On balance there is a sound possibility of this feature being a form of prehistoric stone row.
Carreg Cadno
Date Added: 11th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Carreg Cadno submitted by sem on 9th Aug 2014. I've been trying for 6 years to see the sunrise here and due to the background cloud did not expect to see it this time.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SN 85567 15530. From here walk north east along the waymarked path to SN 86957 16141. Head south east up the hill for about 850m.
It is always difficult to establish whether a line of boulders were deliberately placed or are instead the result of glacial or periglacial activity. Generally there must be a presumption in favour of natural origin, but occasionally some detail may hint at the possibility of human intervention. At Carreg Cadno a number of the boulders have been propped into position indicating that this site has been deliberately fashioned. What is less clear is whether this happened in prehistoric times. On balance the possibility of this feature being a form of prehistoric stone row remains the most likely explanation.
Porlock Allotment NE
Date Added: 26th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Porlock Allotment NE submitted by thecaptain on 2nd Nov 2006. What can be found is a large stone which looks like it might once have been standing. It’s a sort of triangular shape, 2.5 m long by 1.5 m wide.
I thought this was a lovely place above the conjugation of the two streams, all very atmospheric.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SS 84543 44569. From here walk northward along the roadside verge for about 50m, then cross the road and enter the field on you left using the gateway. Head westward passing the stone circle. Best visited in the winter or spring months when the bracken is not growing.
Porlock Circle
Date Added: 15th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Porlock Circle submitted by thecaptain on 10th Nov 2006. View roughly northwest across the circle, with the large prone stone in the foreground and the next largest stone on the western side in the distance.
The diameter is about 25 metres and I counted 16 stones, but many of these are just loose stones on the surface.
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Porlock Common SW
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Porlock Common SW submitted by thecaptain on 4th Nov 2006. Seen here looking west, towards the circle.
I found 5 tiny little stones in two parallel rows. There was one row of three stones, spaced about 1.5 metres apart. Adjacent to this is a second row consisting of one stone at the western end, and one more beyond the eastern end, which would seem to be from a fourth pair. The two rows are less than a metre apart. The largest stone is no more than 6 inches in height !
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SS 84543 44569. From here walk northward along the roadside verge for about 50m then veer to the right and walk up the hill for about 50m. The row is not at all obvious and may take you a while to find.
Grimspound
Date Added: 13th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Grimspound submitted by h_fenton on 11th Aug 2008. Grimspound, from the northwest (Hookney Tor). Low level oblique kite aerial photograph. There are a few people on the right side of the photo to help show scale.
Photo taken: 8 August 2008
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Grimslake Cist
Date Added: 15th Jan 2018
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Grimslake Cist submitted by SandyG on 15th Jan 2018. Plan of Grimslake Cist and row. Row stones shown red (Source: Butler, J., 1991, 147).
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Log Text: Visiting this row also offers the opportunity to see the impressive Grimspound prehistoric settlement. Car parking is available at SX 69701 80894. Walk east along the well trodden path up to Grimspound which is defintely worth a good look. Then head north east to visit the row.
Challacombe rows
Date Added: 15th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Challacombe rows submitted by Bladup on 11th Sep 2013. The North end of Challacombe stone rows.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SX 69539 81377. From here walk south west across the open moorland keeping the fields of Headland Warren Farm to your left. The row is visible from the car parking area.
Stanton Drew Great Circle
Date Added: 16th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew Great Circle submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Apr 2009. Stanton Drew Great Circle 01/04/09
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Stanton Drew
Date Added: 16th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Stanton Drew Great Circle submitted by JJ on 6th Oct 2003. Aerial photo copyright JJ Evendon
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Stanton Drew - The Cove
Date Added: 16th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Stanton Drew - The Cove submitted by TimPrevett on 3rd Apr 2009. The Cove 01/04/09
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Stanton Drew NE Avenue
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Avenue submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Dec 2017. Looking along the NE Avenue to the NE circle at Stanton Drew, seen here in spring 2004
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Log Text: Car parking is available at ST 59808 63260. From here follow the sign posts to the stone rows and circles. A fee for access is charged. In 2016 this was £1.
Stanton Drew NE Circle
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stanton Drew NE Circle submitted by ogham on 12th Mar 2013. Interesting site to wander round and usually there no others with you.
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Stanton Drew - Avenue
Date Added: 12th Jan 2018
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Mar 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stanton Drew - Avenue submitted by TimPrevett on 18th Aug 2006. For evidence of the avenue, go past the NE circle, and look for the linear earthwork. The line is visible here on the LH corner of the picture; the group is on another part of the earthwork. Looking on the aerial pics, and on the ground, this can be traced from 3 o'clock to 12 o'clock outside the Great and NE circles. I did have an excellent picture of this from the ground, but have accidentally overwritten it!
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Log Text: Car parking is available at ST 59808 63260. From here follow the sign posts to the stone rows and circles. A fee for access is charged. In 2016 this was £1.
Gors Fawr Outliers
Date Added: 18th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Gors Fawr Outliers submitted by Postman on 6th Sep 2015. Warm lichen cold ground
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Gors Fawr Stone Circle
Date Added: 18th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Gors Fawr Stone Circle submitted by Horatio on 22nd Jun 2019. Summer Solstice sunrise at Gors Fawr 2019. Taken on my phone.
As I stood behind everyone I thought 'just how many people over the thousands of years have stood in my place and watched this and how many more to come in the following years to replace me'
It was a truly moving, 'spiritual' experience.
It was a long day yesterday (not just because the hours of sunlight) as sunrise here, then work (in east Carmarthenshire) and then back to N Pembs for the sunset at Pentre Ifan burial ch...
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Nevern Churchyard
Date Added: 18th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Feb 2016. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Nevern Churchyard Cross submitted by vicky on 10th Dec 2003. The Nevern Great Cross, often described as ‘one of the most perfect specimens of its kind’. It stands in the churchyard at Nevern in Pembrokeshire, not far from the famous tomb of Pentre Ifan. It is believed to date to the 10th or 11th century. Close by is an avenue of ancient yew trees, one of which is said to bleed.
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