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Newgrange
Date Added: 29th Apr 2017
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jan 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
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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Loughcrew Cairn T
Date Added: 29th Apr 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Loughcrew Cairn T submitted by ainsloch on 22nd Mar 2015. Spring Equinox Festival 2015 - pagans
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Knowth
Date Added: 29th Apr 2017
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Knowth submitted by neolithique02 on 22nd Feb 2014. Knowth (Newgrange) Image copyright: Néolithique02, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Dowth Passage Grave
Date Added: 29th Apr 2017
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 27th Apr 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Dowth Passage Grave submitted by jeffrep on 11th Aug 2009. South Entrance, Dowth Passage Tomb, County Meath, Ireland.
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Triscombe Stone
Date Added: 4th Nov 2015
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: England (Somerset)
Visited: Yes on 4th Nov 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Triscombe Stone submitted by Bladup on 3rd Jul 2013. The Triscombe Stone.
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Tlos Settlement
Date Added: 29th Oct 2014
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 29th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Tlos Settlement submitted by davidmorgan on 21st May 2007. Lycian tombs at Tlos.
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Log Text: Some wonderful views of the Xanthos Valley and sea in the distance. Stadium and 'swimming pool' very interesting!
Patara
Date Added: 29th Oct 2014
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Turkey
Visited: Yes on 29th Oct 2014. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Patara submitted by KaiHofmann on 21st Jun 2010. Patara-Site in Turkey
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Log Text: A fascinating site with masses to discover
Blewburton Hill
Date Added: 22nd Sep 2014
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Oxfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Sep 2014. My rating: Condition 2 Access 4
Blewburton Hill submitted by Andy B on 30th Jun 2011. Blewburton Hill from the A417. With Didcot power station in the background. The first stop on Andy, Ruth and SolarMegalith's June 2011 day out.
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Log Text: The defences are still visible on the western side of the hill facing Blewbury
Dun Gerashader
Date Added: 20th Sep 2014
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 1970. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dun Gerashader submitted by ernar on 18th Aug 2004.
Dun Gerashader: This very nice Stone Fort takes full advantage of its location, commanding an excellent view of the surrounding countriside.
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Log Text: Visited it in 1970 as a student when cycling round Skye with my American Friend Bill Eakins. Detailed description in my diary!
Carn Liath (Kensaleyre)
Date Added: 20th Sep 2014
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Carn Liath (Kensaleyre) submitted by Creative Commons on 14th Apr 2010. This Carn Liath is one of many features of that name throughout the Scottish highlands. It is a four metre high chambered cairn. There is no obvious entrance to it, but it is believed to contain at least one cist.
Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: Visited it in 1970 as a student when cycling round Skye with my American Friend Bill Eakins. Detailed description in my diary!
Dun Suladale
Date Added: 20th Sep 2014
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Aug 1970. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Dun Suladale submitted by Creative Commons on 14th Apr 2010. Constructed in the Iron Age, a good portion of the wall of this hill fort survives. The stones here are more even in size than in many other Skye brochs.
Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: Visited it in 1970 as a student when cycling round Skye with my American Friend Bill Eakins. Detailed description in my diary!
Carn Llidi
Date Added: 22nd Jun 2014
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Carn Llidi submitted by sem on 26th Feb 2004. Carn Llidi lies on a rocky outcrop of the same name overlooking Whitesands Bay. This could mean Cairn of the Gates or Cairn of Wrath. SM735278
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Castell Henllys
Date Added: 22nd Jun 2014
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Castell Henllys submitted by vicky on 7th Jun 2002. Iron Age roundhouses reconstructed in their original position at the hillfort of Castell Henllys in Pembrokeshire.
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Pentre Ifan
Date Added: 22nd Jun 2014
Site Type: Portal Tomb
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Pentre Ifan submitted by PaulM on 24th Aug 2001. PENTRE IFAN CHAMBERED LONG CAIRN WITH FORECOURT
NGR: SN09953702 (Landranger map 145/Outdoor Leisure North Pembrokeshire map (No 35))
Located 4km east of Newport on a public footpath. One of the most spectacular and famous monuments of its type it consists of a tilted capstone perched on three uprights. A blocking stone obstructs the doorway and a semi-circular forecourt is found at the southern end. Originally covered by a huge long mound - traces of possible kerbstones can still be fou...
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Craig Rhosyfelin
Date Added: 22nd Jun 2014
Site Type: Rock Outcrop
Country: Wales (Pembrokeshire)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2014. My rating: Ambience 3 Access 4
Craig Rhosyfelin submitted by Estrela on 15th Jun 2013. Craig Rhosyfelin Outcrop of rhyolite bluestone
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Dolmen de Lácara
Date Added: 5th Nov 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Extremadura)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Dolmen de Lácara submitted by simonblackmore on 4th Nov 2013. Site in Extremadura, Spain
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Anta Grande do Zambujeiro
Date Added: 5th Nov 2013
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Yes on 5th Oct 2013. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Anta Grande do Zambujeiro submitted by Magalhaes on 14th Apr 2006.
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Cromeleque dos Almendres
Date Added: 5th Nov 2013
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Portugal (Évora)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2013. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Cromeleque dos Almendres submitted by simonblackmore on 4th Nov 2013. Site in Alentejo, Portugal
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Tombeau de la Chrétienne
Date Added: 5th Nov 2013
Site Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Country: Algeria
Visited: Yes on 21st Oct 2013. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 5
Tombeau de la Chrétienne submitted by simonblackmore on 4th Nov 2013. Tomb of the Christian - in fact the Tomb of Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Mark Antony and the Cleopatra, near Tepaza in Algeria
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Lambaesis
Date Added: 5th Nov 2013
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Algeria
Visited: Yes on 4th Nov 2013
Lambaesis submitted by simonblackmore on 4th Nov 2013. Lambaesis in Algeria
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