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Gallow Hill chambered cairn
Date Added: 7th Feb 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Gallow Hill chambered cairn submitted by josvg on 11th Aug 2014. Close-up of the chamber from the West.
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Scord of Brouster
Date Added: 9th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Scord of Brouster submitted by jeffrep on 28th Jul 2010. Ruins of House 2, Largest Dwelling at Scord of Brouster Ancient Settlement, West Mainland, Shetland, Scotland
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Log Text: Make your way up to the information board at the top of the hill first. From this point you get an overall view of the site.
Stanydale
Date Added: 9th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Stanydale submitted by h_fenton on 12th Jan 2015. Stanydale 'Temple', Vertical Kite Aerial Photograph. Scale: 1 metre.
23 September 2014
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available on the road side. The route to the site is well marked with black and white poles.
Yahaarwell
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Yahaarwell submitted by Anne T on 3rd Aug 2017. The Yahaarwell Standing Stone, submitted on behalf of Spike of Chesterfield. Photograph taken 02/10/2011. Spike describes the stone as being 'a walk up an incline; follow the sheep paths, the stone is so visible. There was a pool of water at the base of the stone, west side.'
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Log Text: Parking available at HU 3047 4321. Ground conditions are rather damp.
Beorgs of Housetter
Date Added: 6th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Beorgs of Housetter submitted by howe on 4th Apr 2012. The much reduced remains of the more southerly cairn also known as the Giant's Stones. Only two uprights of the facade are recognisable.
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Log Text: These stones are seen as the remains of a cairn facade. It is possible that this is a stone row with an adjacent cairn. The stone lying in the centre of the cairn may have once stood in the socket to the east.
Trowie Knowe
Date Added: 6th Feb 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Trowie Knowe submitted by howe on 4th Apr 2012. The remains of the more northerly cairn by the side of the road to North Roe. The cairn is about 9 metres across and appears to have the remains of a trefoil chamber.
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Log Text: This cairn is close to the road and is fairly accessible although wellingtons would help keep feet dry.
East Burra Firth Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 7th Feb 2020
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
East Burra Firth Chambered Cairn submitted by howe on 10th Apr 2012. View of the ruined chamber
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Log Text: Easy access from the nearby road.
Loch of Houlland
Date Added: 8th Feb 2020
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Loch of Houlland submitted by pab on 28th Oct 2006. The broch at the Loch of Houlland is one of about 120 around the coast of Shetland. It is very close to the lighthouse at Echaness, which must have some of the most spectacular sea scenery in the UK. It would be hard to improve on the description given in the very informative guide I used in Shetland (written by Peter Guy: Walking the Coastline of Shetland, ISBN:1904746179) - "The broch dominates a small promontory which juts out from the NW into the loch. It is an impressive ruin with walls on ...
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Giant's Stones (Shetland)
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Giant's Stones (Shetland) submitted by Tom_Bullock on 28th Nov 2004. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM
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Log Text: Parking is available at HU 24245 80576. The Giants’ Stones stand nearby.
Giant's Stones Row (Shetland)
Date Added: 10th Feb 2020
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: Scotland (Shetland)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 5
Giant's Stones Row (Shetland) submitted by Tom_Bullock on 28th Nov 2004. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM
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Log Text: This is not a stone row. It is rubble boundary bank which incorporates the Giant's Stones.
Groat’s Loch, South
Date Added: 5th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Caithness)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2019
Groat’s Loch, South submitted by SandyG on 26th Dec 2014. Looking south west along the the stone alignment (9th August 2014).
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Log Text: The stone row was surveyed on this day.
Kes Tor Cairn
Date Added: 14th Feb 2020
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 16th May 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
Kes Tor Cairn submitted by davep on 31st Jul 2019. Photograph taken 16th May 2019. Kes Tor Reported Cairn from Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks (site 1923).
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Drizzlecombe cist 22
Date Added: 13th Feb 2020
Site Type: Cist
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Drizzlecombe cist 22 submitted by TheCaptain on 6th Jul 2007. To the south of the main Drizzlecombe sites can be found this cairn with cist.
The possible capstone is displaced to the west.
Viewed here looking southeast towards Shavercombe.
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Whittenknowles Rocks
Date Added: 15th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Whittenknowles Rocks submitted by thecaptain on 15th Jun 2008. To the west of the Drizzlecombe sites, on a southern facing hillside, can be found the remains of the very large Whittenknowles Rocks ancient settlement.
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Drizzlecombe Brook
Date Added: 15th Feb 2020
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 15th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Drizzlecombe Brook submitted by Anne T on 11th Jul 2019. This is the 'standing stone' at SX 5870966946, in between Whittenknowles Rocks Settlement and Drizzlecombe Brook with its old tin workings.
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Narrator Brookhead Cairn
Date Added: 5th Feb 2020
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Narrator Brookhead Cairn submitted by TheCaptain on 22nd Nov 2010. This is a big old cairn about 20 metres in diameter, and up to 2 metres high.
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Narrator Brookhead Enclosure
Date Added: 5th Feb 2020
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Devon)
Visited: Yes on 13th May 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Narrator Brookhead Enclosure submitted by TheCaptain on 21st Nov 2010. There is an opening in the southeastern part of the walling, marked with large upright slabs, and facing directly towards the large cairn.
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Halscombe
Date Added: 4th Feb 2020
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 16th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Halscombe submitted by SandyG on 28th Oct 2019. The Halscombe Stone 'grid type' triple stone row. Photograph taken April 2019, view from the south. The row is orientated NNE to SSW and there are a number of cairns in the vicinity.
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at SS 76074 38505. Taking special care walk uphill along the public highway to SS 76067 38274 and enter the moorland through the gate. Head west across the moor to the row.
Shoulsbury Common Stone Row
Date Added: 4th Feb 2020
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 14th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 2
Shoulsbury Common Stone Row submitted by SandyG on 7th Nov 2019. The Shoulbury Common stone row, view from the north. Photograph taken 14th April 2019.
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Log Text: Parking for one vehicle is available at SS 71737 39352. Care should be taken not to impede the farm track or highway. From here take the footpath north to SS 71755 39688. Head westward from this point across the common to the row. There is no footpath and the going is uneven and inevitably slow.
Lanacombe 3
Date Added: 4th Feb 2020
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Lanacombe 3 submitted by TheCaptain on 1st Aug 2007. My hat and bag are marking the positions of fallen stones I found under the turf.
It looked to me as if this setting was once perhaps two rows running up the hillside, perhaps a sixpack.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at SS 76428 42356. From here follow the bridleway eastward to the row. Whilst in the area it is worth having a look at the other Lanacombe stone rows and Trout Hill 4.