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Pharr Mounds
Date Added: 20th Dec 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Pharr submitted by bat400 on 6th Sep 2012. Panorama of all the mounds visible from the ridge of the Natchez Trace, overlooking the site.
Photo by bat400, October 2011.
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Log Text: This is a large Middle Woodland site of 8 conical or rounded mounds spread out over a 80-90 acre field. It is located at milepost 286 of the Natchez Trace in MS, on the north bound side of the highway. The mounds today range in height from 2 to 18 ft. Generally speaking, the tallest mounds are closest to the road. Four mounds were either partially or fully excavated in the 1960s by the NPS.
There is a large car park overlooking the site, complete with interpretation and rest rooms. Although 4-5 mounds can be seen from the lot, they are a considerable distance away so binoculars are helpful. Trails interconnect many of the mounds, but there is a fair amount of walking involved. A circuit of Mounds A-D, the four closest, was just under a mile including the return trip to the parking area. I did not visit the others.
Bear Creek
Date Added: 19th Dec 2024
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bear Creek submitted by Flickr on 6th Jan 2019. Kristen for scale, Bear Creek mound Image copyright: alfred.crabtree (Alfred Crabtree), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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Log Text: A very small Mississippian mound and village site on the Natchez Trace, right over the MS/AL line in MS.
There is a large parking area with some limited interpretation. There is only a single rectangular platform mound about 200 ft from the lot. For mobility-impaired visitors, the mound and village area can be easily seen from the parking area.
Florence Mound
Date Added: 19th Dec 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Florence Mound submitted by stonetracker on 16th Feb 2023. Florence Mound. Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/florence/. Sponsor: University of Alabama.
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Log Text: A very tall, steep Middle Woodland mound located in Florence AL near the north banks of the Tennessee River. Originally there was an 8 foot semi-circular embankment around the mound, but it was destroyed in the 19th or 20th century. The mound is now in a heavily developed industrial area within a fenced area. An adjacent city-owned museum provides a wealth of information on the site.
The mound is located a short distance east of Route 72 on a side street right after you cross over the Tennessee River from south to north. A paved driveway leads to a small parking area right after the museum.
Hamilton Mounds
Date Added: 18th Dec 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Hamilton Mounds submitted by stonetracker on 17th Feb 2023. Closer view of one of the Hamilton Mounds. Source: https://alabamamoundtrail.org/mound-site/hamilton-mound/ Sponsor: University of Alabama
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Log Text: A Mississippian mound site in Hamilton AL. Parking is in a small paved lot on Old Indian Mound Rd at the corner of a cultivated field about 800 ft east of US Hwy 278. There is an interpretive sign in the parking area.
The mounds are accessible via a mostly paved trail proceeding north and east about 1/2 mile around the field perimeter to the three mounds which are adjacent to the Buttahatchee River. The mounds can also be viewed via a good pair of binoculars from the lot.
Nabers Mound Cemetery Site
Date Added: 16th Dec 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Nabers Mound Cemetery Site submitted by AKFisher on 25th Aug 2023. Obscure Mounds: "Nabors Mound Cemetery Mound" next to a golf course in Amory, Mississippi. Dated to AD 100.
Photo courtesy Dr Greg Little, author of the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Native American Indian Mounds & Earthworks (2016).
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Log Text: A well-preserved Middle Woodland mound that was later used as a 19th to 20th century cemetery, no doubt benefiting its good condition. The property was acquired by the Archaeological Conservancy recently and it abuts a golf course development.
It's in a residential subdivision but on-street parking is not a problem and you can walk right up the mound. The mound is maybe 100 ft from the road, so the mobility-impaired can easily view it from a vehicle.
Crucuno Cromlech
Date Added: 13th Dec 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Crucuno cromlech submitted by thecaptain on 21st Dec 2007. There are 22 remaining stones, on average 2 metres in height, arranged in a rectangle measuring about 33 metres by 25 metres.
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Log Text: This is a restored rectangular cromlech in good condition. It is not far from the much more frequented Crucuno Dolmen. If you want to lose the crowd, park near the dolmen and proceed down the dirt lane just to its left for 300-400 meters. Take the first trail to the right (avoid the residential abutters driveway!) and in another 100 m you will see a "Quadrilatere" sign on the right pointing out the short path to the site.
The area is quiet and secluded. There was no one there during my visit.
Menhir du tumulus du Moustoir
Date Added: 13th Dec 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Menhir du tumulus du Moustoir submitted by DrewParsons on 7th Nov 2009. The menhir on the top of the tumulus
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Log Text: There are three menhirs near the Moustoir Tumulus. This one is on top of the tumulus at its eastern end. It requires a very short but steep climb up the tumulus slope to access the top. Parking is the same as for the Moustoir Tumulus; see the visitor's log for that entry.
Note: This was the end of my Sept 2024 tour in the Carnac area. Hope to return to France in fall 2025, to visit sites in Finistere.
Menhir du Moustoir
Date Added: 13th Dec 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Menhir du Moustoir submitted by thecaptain on 10th Jun 2006. The Moustoir tumulus has a small menhir on the top at the eastern end, and a larger one at the bottom of the western end.
The menhir at the western end is 3.3 metres high, quite thin and a nice pointed triangular shape.
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Log Text: There are three menhirs near the Moustoir Tumulus. This is the western menhir in a small field across the dirt road which separates it from the western edge of the tumulus. See Moustoir Tumulus visitor's log for parking; it's the same for the menhir.
Moustoir tumulus
Date Added: 12th Dec 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Moustoir tumulus submitted by thecaptain on 10th Jun 2006. This massive great mound, 90 metres in length, 40 metres wide and 8 metres high, can be found just to the south of the hamlet of Moustoir, a few kilometres to the north of Carnac.
It has become terribly overgrown.
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Log Text: One of the huge Carnacean tumuli, with a semi-megalithic burial chamber on the western end and at least two burial cists between the mid-point and eastern end of the tumulus. Currently there is no public access to any of these interior features - they are all blocked.
The tumulus lies just southwest of the village of Moustoir, which itself is a short distance off the D186 on the Quatre Chemins road. There is a large dirt parking lot directly opposite the tumulus, which is no more than 100-200 m away.
Mané Bogad Dolmen
Date Added: 12th Dec 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Mané Bogad dolmen submitted by krose on 5th Oct 2008. Mané Bogad
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Log Text: This is a rather damaged passage grave within a visible mound with kerbstones. All of the cover stones are missing and the orthostats are short, but this is likely due to organic fill washing into the tomb over time.
The trickiest bit was finding the trail to it, as I was unable to find the one noted on the map. Parking is in a large dirt lot at the jct of D105 and Rte de Poul Hoh in Ploemel.
From the parking area, walk west on Poul Hoh about 200 m. The trail head is on a right of way squeezed in between private houses. There may or may not be a signpost. The site is up on a hill about 150 m north of the road.
Mané Bras
Date Added: 11th Dec 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Mané Bras submitted by TheCaptain on 11th Nov 2007. On the left, an oval chamber without capstone, has about a 6 metre passage leading out to the edge of the mound.
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Log Text: As stated in the description, this site comprises three passage graves on a small hill surrounded by the remnants of a 30 meter diameter mound. It is a bit off the beaten track but offers seclusion. It is accessed via a 500 m trail heading north from a side road off of D186 at the jct of Rue Kermarquer and Le Penher. Parking is limited to on-street only but you can pull partially off the road. The trail is signposted.
The trail and the site are well maintained, with little or no overgrowth to contend with.
Runesto Dolmen
Date Added: 11th Dec 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Runesto dolmen submitted by stollentroll on 14th Dec 2005. Dolmen Runesto
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Log Text: This is a small passage grave mostly still within its mound, although all that's visible now is the chamber. Modern steps have been cut to provide access down into the chamber.
The site is located at the end of a cul de sac (Rue de Runesto), just past a residential subdivision near the edge of a field abutting the D768. For the mobility impaired, you can park quite close, within 100 ft of the chamber and with a clear view of it from the road without having to walk to it.
Sainte-Barbe alignement
Date Added: 10th Dec 2024
Site Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Sainte-Barbe alignement submitted by greywether on 30th Jun 2005.
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Log Text: According to Burl, this was once an alignment of 8 rows of standing stones stretching over 400 m, with a possible cromlech nearby. Today, only two obvious 100-200 m rows remain, plus an "end cap" of 4 or 5 truly massive menhirs. A number of additional stones are either missing or buried underground or in hedgerows.
Very limited parking is available in a dirt pullout maybe 50 meters north of the site along Rue de Kerentrech. I parked there and walked back to a trail head leading south maybe another 50 meters to the large menhirs and alignments.
Rondossec Dolmens
Date Added: 9th Dec 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Rondossec dolmens submitted by JJ on 9th Nov 2002. Rondossec dolmens
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Log Text: This site is in a public park near the center of Plouharnel, shoehorned into a small residential neighborhood. These are three nearly contiguous passage graves. Two are in fair to good shape. The remaining one is partially buried, particularly at the chamber end.
Parking is on-street only (on either Rue Hoche or Rue Jean Pierre Calloch) and it can get a bit congested in the high tourist season. I had no problems in late Sept. There is a very short path from the street to the easternmost passage grave.
Alignement dit Mer-er-Morh
Date Added: 9th Dec 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3
Alignement dit Mer-er-Morh submitted by maengurta on 5th Apr 2008. Directly opposite the riding stables 1/2 mile west of Erdeven can be found this partially ruined alignment. I counted 7 stones with 2 still standing.
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Log Text: This one turned out to be a "drive by" as there was no obvious (to me) off road public parking nearby and on-street parking was not a safe proposition. So no photos. All I can say is the stones are still there and the site looks cleared of overgrowth and maintained.
Mané-Groh Dolmen
Date Added: 9th Dec 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mané-Groh dolmen submitted by JJ on 9th Nov 2002. Mané-Groh dolmen
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Log Text: This passage grave is along the same road as the Crucuno Dolmen and about 1.5 km NE of the latter. There is a good sized parking area directly across the street from the site. From there it's a quick walk across the street and up a short 10 m path and there you are.
Currently there is a low rope fence around the dolmen and tumulus and, although there are no signs saying "Access Interdit," it's implied that visitors should tread carefully when approaching the dolmen.
Bynum
Date Added: 7th Dec 2024
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bynum submitted by bat400 on 6th Sep 2012. Bynum Mounds and Village site. There were originally six burial mounds (the smaller ones much eroded by the plow.) All six were fully excavated and the two largest mounds were reconstructed .
Photo by bat400, Oct 2011.
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Log Text: Bynum is one of a half dozen or so mound sites spread out along the Natchez Trace, an ancient animal, Native American, and Euro American trail (now a highway) that traverses much of the state of Mississippi and parts of Alabama and Tennessee. The Trace is managed by the National Park Service. Commercial and residential development is prohibited within roughly several hundred yards east and west of the route, resulting in a forever wild strip of land that runs for over 300 miles through the Deep South part of the US.
Access to Bynum is via a short circular driveway that runs to the east at about mile marker 232.4 of the Trace. The two remaining mounds are easily viewed at a distance from the parking area, but I believe a paved walkway gets very close to the mounds. So it's accessible to the mobility impaired. .
Owl Creek
Date Added: 7th Dec 2024
Site Type: Artificial Mound
Country: United States (The South)
Visited: Yes on 1st Dec 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
Owl Creek submitted by Creative Commons on 6th Jan 2019. Owl Creek Mounds The five Mississippian period platform mounds at this site were built between 1100 and 1200 A.D. The U.S. Forest Service owns two of the mounds including the largest 17-foot-high Mound I. Both are open to public visitation. Archeological excavations conducted at the site in 1991-1992 by Mississippi State University revealed the foundation remains of a ceremonial temple or elite residence that once stood atop Mound
www.nps.gov/nr/travel/mounds/owl.htm ...
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Log Text: Site is as described. The portion managed by the Forest Service contains two extant mounds, including Mound 1 the largest in the group. Mound 1 is pretty close to its original rectangular platform shape. The adjacent Mound 2 looks like it has been damaged by plowing but still quite visible. I was unable to find any obvious evidence of the remaining 3 mounds across the street.
There is a parking lot right next to Mound 2 and Mound 1 is a very short distance away.
Petit Mont
Date Added: 2nd Dec 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Petit Mont submitted by AlexHunger on 20th Dec 2004. Petit Mont in Arzon, dating to about 4600 BCE at the earliest, is one of the most significant Cairns in Britany, but unfortunately one of the most brutaly vandalized. In 1942, German troops built a bunker and Flak emplacement into the South East Corner of the cairn, which compeltely destroyed one of the chambers and caused the collapse of the second one pictured above, which has since been restored. The megalithic entrance is sought to be an addition from Gallo-Roman times. All pictures have be...
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Log Text: An important Neolithic site with two extant passage graves in good condition and a large surrounding cairn. It has a complex construction and restoration history, and has suffered much use and abuse (particularly in WW2) over the millennia.
Entrance is via paid admission and guided tours are available in season but I was informed that they are only offered in French at the moment. However, unlike Gavrinis, I was allowed unescorted and unimpeded access to the bunker museum, the grounds, and the interior of both passage graves.
Parking and getting to the site was a little tricky, as construction was going on in the parking lot and there was no obvious signage pointing the way to the site from there. But there is a 300m trail in the back of the lot that leads to the ticket office and information kiosk. The parking area is located at the end of the Rue du Petit Mont.
Kerbourgnec Alignements
Date Added: 2nd Dec 2024
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: France (Bretagne:Morbihan (56))
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2024. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 3
Kerbourgnec Alignements submitted by thecaptain on 12th Jun 2006. There seemed to me to be several very clear lines of rocks stretching out into the sea in parallel rows. I believe I could see at least seven rows of rocks from where I sat on the bottom of the steps down to the beach.
Fantastic!
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Log Text: The beach where these sea-based rows were located is a short walk down an alley directly east from the St. Pierre Quiberon alignments.
Alas, timing is everything and the tide was simply too high to spot much, but the beach is very scenic. I've seen aerial views that certainly suggest there are multiple rows extending out into the ocean, plus they've been confirmed by sonar and other studies.